the same name, 95 m N. of Riga. Long. 24. 3.
E., lat. 58. 30. N

P ernes, a town of France, department of Vau-
cluse, noted as the birthplace of the celebrated
orator Flechier, bishop of Nismes. 12 m. E. by
N. of Avignon.

Pernes, a town in the department of Pas de Ca-
lais, seated on the Clarence, 17 m. N. W. of Arras.

Perno, a town of Sweden, in the province of
Nyland, on the coast of the Baltic, 36 m. E. of
Helsingfors.

Peronne, a strong town of France, department
of Somme. It was called Pucelle, because never
taken, though often besieged, till the 26th of
June, 1815, when it was stormed by the British.
Charles the Simple was imprisoned in the castle,
where he miserably died ; and the duke of Bur-
gundy detained Louis XI. here three days, till he
consented to sign a disadvantageous treaty. It is
seated on the Somme, 27 m. S. W. of Cambray
and 80 E. by N. of Paris. Long. 3. 2. E., lat. 49.

55. N.

Perousa, a town of the Sardinian states, in
Piedmont; seated on the river Cluson, 6 m. N.
W. of Pignerol.

Perpignan, a fortified town of France, capital
of the department of Eastern Pyrenees, with a
good citadel and a university. The inhabitants
carry on a trade in corn, wool, iron, and wine,
and have manufactures of silk, woolens, soap,
liqueurs, &c. This town was the scene of two
battles between the French and Spaniards, in
1793. It is seated partly on a gentle declivity
and partly in a plain, on the Tet, near the Med-
iterranean's m. S. E. of Toulouse. Long. 2. 54.
E., lat. 42. 42. N.

Perquimans, a county of N. Carolina. Pop.
6,857. Hertford is the capital.

Perrinton, ph. Monroe Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,155.

Perry, a county of the E. District of Pennsyl-
vania. Pop. 14,257. New Bloomfield is the
capital. A county of Kentucky. Pop. 3,331. A
county of Missouri. Pop. 3,377. Perryville is the
capital. A countv of Ohio. Pop. 14,018. Somerset
is the capital. A county of Indiana. Pop. 3,371.
Rome is the capital. A county of W. Tennessee.
Pop. 7,038. Shannonsville is the capital. A county
of Alabama. Pop. 11,509. A county of Mississippi.
Pop. 2,285. Augusta is the capital.

Perry, ph. Washington Co. Me. on Passama-
quoddy Bay. Pop. 735. Here is a remnant of the
Passamaquoddy Indians consisting of about 50
families, under the government of a chief named

Socbason They are catholics and have a priest
xc2xaef that religion, and a protestant missionary
among them during the summer. They live in
rude wigwams, and subsist by fishing, hunting
and the manufacture of chip baskets, which are
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executed with considerable neatness. Their
numbers are diminishing.

Perry, ph. Genesee Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,792; also
towns and villages in Venango Co. Pa., Geauga
Stark, Wayne, Shelby, Tuscarawas, Muskingum,
Gallia, Brown, Franklin, Licking, Fairfield, and
Richland Cos. Ohio. Perry Co. Ken. and Perry
Co. Alabama.

Perryopolis, p.v. Fayette Co. Pa.

Perrysburg, ph. Cattaraugus Co. N. Y. 30 m.
S. Buffalo. Pop. 2,440 ; ph. Wood Co Ohio.

Perrysmlle, p.v. Alleghany Co. Pa. 7 m. N
Pittsburg.

Perrysmlle, villages in Madison Co. N. Y.,
Richland Co. Ohio, Mercer Co. Ken., Perry Co.
Missouri, Perry Co. Ten. and Bond Co. Illinois.

Perstpolis, anciently the capital of the Persian
empire. It was taken by Alexander the Great,
who set it on fire. Its magnificent ruins are 50
m. N. E. of Shiras.

Pershore, a town in Worcestershire, Eng.
Here are two churches, and that of Holy Cross
contains several ancient monuments. It is seated
on the Avon, 9 m. E. S. E. of Worcester and 102
W. N. W. of London.

Persia, a large kingdom of Asia, consisting of
several provinces, which, at different times, have
had their particular kings. It is bounded on the
N. by the Caspian Sea, and the mountains of
Caucasus, W. by the Euphrates and Tigris, S. by
the gulfs of Persia and Ormus and the Arabian
Sea, and E. by Hindoostan. It is about 1,225 m.
in length from E. to W. and 900 in breadth from
N_vto S., the chief rivers are the Tigris and Amuc.
In the N. and E. parts it is mountainous and
cold ; in the middle and S. E. parts sandy and
desert; and in the S. and W. level and fertile,
though for several months very hot. The soil
produces various sorts of pulse and corn, and
cotton in great abundance. In several places
naptha, a sort of bitumen, rises out of the ground,
and here are numerous mines of gold, silver,
iron, turquois stones, and salt; but the first two
of these are not worked on account of the scarcei-
ty of wood. This country produces all the va-
rious sorts of fruits, excellent wine, and a great
number of mulberry trees. The citron here
grows to great perfection. Likewise dates, pista-

chio-nuts, and trees which produce manna. Sheep
and goats are abundant; as are also camels,
buffaloes, and horses. The principal manufae
tures are silks, silks mixed with cotton or with
camels’ or goats’ hair, brocades, gold tissues, gold
velvet, carpets, calicoes, camlets, &c. The Per-
sians are subjected to a despotism similiar to that
which presses upon all oriental nations; vet their
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