57. and 35. and 49. 16. N. lat., and are about 30
in number, but several are small and uninhabited.
The largest is sometimes dignified with the appel-
lation of Mainland, but is more frequently called
Pomona. Beyond this island, to the N. E., are
seen, among others, Rowsa, Eglisha, and Westra :
Shappinsha and Edda; Stronsa, Sanda, and N.
Ronalsha; and to the S. appear Hoy. and S.
Ronalsha, with others of inferior note. The cur-
rents and tides which flow between these islands
are rapid and dangerous, and near the small isle
of Swinna are two whirlpools, very dangerous
to mariners, especially in cairns. The sea coast
swarms with seals and otters, and is visited by
whales, cod, ling, and haddocks, herrings and
other fish ; and on the shores are found large oys-
ters, muscles, cockles, &c. The islands are vis-
ited by eagles, falcons, wild geese and ducks in
great variety, herons, hawks, gulls, &c. Springs
of pure water are found in all the mountainous
parts, and there are numerous lakes and rivulets
abounding in fish. The heath on the mountains
shelter grouse, plovers, snipes, &c., but there are
no partridges, hares, nor foxes. There are great
numbers of small sheep and black cattle, swine,
rabbits, and red deer. The products ofthe valleys
and plains are chiefly big and oats. Except ju-
niper, wild myrtle, heath, and a shrub called
cvorhordon, there is scarcely a tree or plant to be
seen ; but this nakedness cannot have been their
former state, as many trunks of large oaks are to
be found in all the mosses. The climate in sum-
mer is moist and cold, but in winter there is
vert little snow, and that lies only a snort time.
Preceding the autumnal equinox: dreadful storms
of wind rain, and thunder occur. For abont three
weeks in midsummer these islands enjoy the rays
ofthe sun almost without intermission; but, for the
same space in winter, that luminary hardly rises
above the horizon, and is commonly obscured by
clouds and mists. In this gloomy season the ab-
scene <f day is supplied partly by moon-light and
partly ay the radiance of the Aurora Borealis,
which here gives a light nearly equal to that of a
full mocn. The coasts afford numerous bays and
harbours for the fisheries. The chief exports 'are
hnen and woolen yarn, stockings, butter, dried
fish, herrings, oil, feathers, and skins of various
kinds, and kelp. The English language prevails
in a l tlese islands, although there are many
word? in the Norse, or Nonvegian, still in usxc2xbb.
The inhibitin'- have the general character of
bein; frugal, sogi Ions..circumspect and hospita-
ble ; hut the    m    people are superstitious.

Tne Jrkney zs.c S'.-'And Isles unite in sending
one.run're: to tr.e imperial parliament.

town of Germany, in Saxe-Gotha,
m t ne Saa'.e er-posite the influx of the Or-
ia_ 4 no W S. W. of Altenburg.

Oictd. o t. Har.c'-ek Co. Me. Pop. 975.

Omnd*. a care cn the N. coast of Sicilv. 15 m.
W. or N ocPiui. Long. 15.4. E.. lat. 35. 14. N.

Oa*s. n t- Fascnier Co. Va.

Omens, a city of France, capital of the depart-
mentof Lire, asc a bishop's see. It is seated
on tb Loire, aae has a canal thence to the Loing,
nearVJontarrs. Urater the sons of Clovis, it was
the cpita! of a kingdom. In 1428 it stood a me-
morale siege agaiass Use English, which was
raise by tn-e cerebrated Jean of Arc, called the
Maitof Orteans. It is now considered one of
the irgest and most pVasant cities in France.
The irincipal psheie buildings are the cathedral,
towr house, court of justice, mint, ai d theatre.

The trade consists in stockings, sheepskins, wine,
brandy, corn, grocery, and particularly sugar,
which is brought raw from Nantes and Rochelle.
The fauxbourg of Paris is of a prodigious length,
and that of the Olivet, on the left side of the Loire,
has a communication with the city bv a bridge of
nine arches. Near the city is a forest, contain-
ing 94,000 acres, planted with oak and other val-
uable trees. Orleans is 30 m. N. E. of Blois and
60S. S. W of Paris. Long. 1. 54. E., lat. 47.54.
N.

Orleans, a county of Vermont. Pop. 13,980.
Irasburgh is the capital. A parish of Louisiana.
Pop. 3,793.

Orleans, ph. Barnstable Co. Mass. 84 m. S. E.
Boston. Pop. 1,799; p.v. Orange Co. Ind.

Orleans, an island and town of Lower Canada,
in the river St. Lawrence, a little to the E. of Que-
bec. Long. 69. 50. W., lat. 17. 0. N.

Orlenga, a town of Russia, in the government
of Irkutsk, situate on the Lena, 235 m. N. of
Irkutsk. Long. 105. 40. E., lat. 56. 0. N.

Onnea, a towin of the Sardinian states, in Pied-
mont. seated on the river Tanaro, 12 m. S. of
xe2x80xa2Mondovi.

Ormskick, a town in Lancashire, Eng. The
chief branch of trade is cotton spinning; coarse
thread is also made far sail-cloth. 3 m. N. by E.
of Liverpool and 209 N. N. W. ofLondon.

Ormus. a small island in a strait of the same
name, at the entrance of the gulf of Persia, 9 m.
S. of Gombron. In 1505 the Portuguese were
permitted to form a settlement here, and it was
afterwards frequented by a number of rich mer-
chants. In 1622 the Persians, bv the assistance
of the English, expelled the Portuguese and de-
molished the buildings. Some time after the
Persians rebuilt tbe fort, and, though they could
never bring it to be a place of trade as before, it
is stili the key of the gulf of Persia, on account
of the commodiousness of the harbour. It is al-
most deserted ; for it produces nothing but salt,
which sometimes is two inches deep upon the
surface of the earth. Long. 56. 25. E., lat. 27.

20. N.

Ornans, a town of France, department of Doubs,
seated on the Louvre, 10 m. S. E. of Besancon.

Ome, a department of France, including the
old province of Perche and part of that of Nor-
mandy. It takes its name from a river which
rises in the department, and runs into the Eng-
lish Channel 8 m. below Caen. The capital is
Alengon.

Oronoco, or Orinoco, a river of S. America
which issues from the small lake Ipava, in lat. 5.
5. N., flows E. and S. E. to the lake Parima, from
which it runs toward the W.; but, after receiving
the Guaviari, it bends N., then N. E. and E., till
it enters the Atlantic hy an extended delta of
mouths opposite the isle of Trinidad ; but the
principal one is considerably to the S..E. of that
island, in lat. 8. 30. N. In this singular winding
course, estimated at 1,400 m. it receives many
large rivers ; and its chief estuary is so deep and
impetuous as to stem the most powerful tides
See Parima.

Oronsa, a small fertile island of Scotland, one
of the Hebrides, to the S. of Colonsa. Here are
the ruins of an abbey, with many sepulchral
statues, and some curious ancient sculpture.

Orington, p.v. Cattaraugus Co. N. Y.

Orono, ph. Penobscot Co. Me. 10 m. N. E. Ban-
gor. Pop. 1,473 This township contains Indian
Old Town