Pultney, a township of Belmont Co. Ohio, on
the Ohio.

Pultousk, a town in the interior of Poland,
where in 1807 a battle was fought between the
French and Russians, in which both sides claim-
ed the victory. It is seated on the Narew, 30 m.
N. of Warsaw.

Pultowa. See PoPara.

Puna, an island in the Pacific Ocean, 35 m.
long and 12 broad, lying at the entrance of the
bay of Guayaquil. It has an Indian town of the
same name, on its S. side. 115 m. N. of Paita.

Punch Iiall, a village of Caroline Co. Mary-
land.

Punhcte, a town of Portugal, in Estremadura,
at the cftndux of the Zezere with the Tajo, 6 m.
N. W. of Abrantes.

Punta del Guda, the capital of St. Michael, one
of the Azores, with a strong castle. It is situate
on the S. side, and contains 10,000 inhabitants.
The streets are regular and of convenient width,
and the churches, religious houses, and public
edifices may be deemed elegant. There is no
harbour in the vicinity of the town, and vessels
usually anchor at a distance from the shore in an
open road. Long. 25. 42. W., lat. 37. 47. N.

Punxctmony, p.v. Jefferson Co. Pa. 70 m. N.
E. Pittsburg.

Purbech, Isle of, a rough and heathy tract in
Dorsetshire, to the S. of Pool Bay. It is insulated
by the sea and rivers, and is famous for its stone
quarries, the principal of which lie at its eastern
extremity, near Swannage, whence the stone is
exported : it is of the calcareous kind, but dis-
tinguished into numerous sorts, the finest of which
deserves the name of marblb, and is used for
chimney-pieces, hearths, &c.; while the coarser
kinds are made use of in paving. Tobacco-pipe
clay is dug up in several parts of this island, the
finest near Corfe Castle, of which much is export-
ed, particularly for the Staffordshire potteries.

Purchena, a town of Spain, in the province of
Granada, 70 m. E. of Granada. Long. 2. 25. W.,
lat. 37. 19. N.

Purfleet, a village in Essex, Eng. situate on the
Thames, 4 m. W. of Grays-Thurrock. It has ex-
tensive lime-works, and a large magazine for gun-
powder.

Purification, a town of Mexico, in the province
of Xalisco, 90 m. S. by E. of Compostella. Long.
105. 30. W., lat. 19. 58. N.

Purmcrend, a strong town of the Netherlands,
in N. Holland, 10 m. N. by E. of Amsterdam.

Purneah, a town of Bengal, capital of a fertile
and populous district of its name ; seated on the
Scraw, 125 m. N. N. W. of Moorshedabad.

Purysburg, t. Beaufort Dis. S. C.on the Savan-
nah, 20 m. above Savannah, 94 m. S. W.
Charleston. It was established by a colony of
Swiss, to introduce the cultivation of silk.

Puscliiavo, a town of Switzerland, in the can-
ton of Grisons, 3 m. N. from a lake to which it
gives name. It is 17 m. W. S. W. of Bormio, and
20 E. of Chiavenna.

P viola, or Pateli,a mountain of Thibet, near the
banks ofthe Burrampooter, 7 m. E. of Lassa. On
its summit is the palace of the grand lama, the
high priest of Thibet.

Put in Bay, a harbour in Ohio at the West end
of Lake Erie, formed by the largest of the Bass
Islands, 14 m. N. W. Sandusky. It has 2 entran-
ces, and is deep enough for the largest vessels,
and sheltered from every wind. Here the Ameri-
can fleet under Commodore Perry rendezvoused in

September 1813 when he captured the British
Squadron.

Putlitz, a town of Prussia, in the province of
Brandenburg, with an old castle, 11 m. N. N. E.
of Perleberg.

Putnam, a county of New York. Pop. 12,701.

Carmel is the capital; a county of Ohio. Pop
230. Sugar Grove is the capital; a county of
Georgia. Pop. 13,653. Eatonton is the capital.

Putnam, ph. Washington Co. N. Y. on Lake
Champlain. Pop. 718 ; ph. Muskingum Co. Ohio.

Putney, a village in Surrey, Eng. seated on the
Thames, over which is a wooden bridge, 4 m. W.

S. W.ofLondon. On Putney heath is an obelisk,
erected in 1786, in commemoration of Mr. Hart-
ley’s invention of fire-plates, for securing build-
ings from fire ; and on its borders are several ele-
gant mansions.

Putney, ph. Windham Co. Vt. on the Connec-
ticut. 33 rn. S. W indsor. Pop. 1,510.

Puttun Somna.uth, or Pulton, a town of Hindoos-
tan, near the southern extremity of the Guzerat
Peninsula. Somnauthis one ofthe twelve images
of Seeb which are said to have descended from
heaven to earth; and the great faml of its tem-
ple attracted the cupidity, while it stimulated the
bigotry, of Sultan Mahmood, of Ghizni. Accord-
ing to Mahomedan authors, the image was de-
stroyed, but the Hindoos assert that the god re-
tired into the ocean ! The symbol placed in the
temple is deemed peculiarly propitious to those
who desire offspring. It is visited by pilgrims
from every quarter, who pay a trifling duty to
the Nabob for permission to perform their devotions
at this favourite shrine. The Bombay Presidency
is stated to have used its influence with the Junag-
har State, in 1816, to secure greater freedom of
pilgrimage to Puttan. It stands near thesea,9om.

S. of Noanagur. Long. 69. 40. E., lat. 21. 2. N.

Puy, a city of France, capital of the depart-
ment of Upper Loire, and a bishop’s see. The
cathedral is famous for a prodigious quantity of
relics; and Our Lady of Puy is celebrated in the
annals of superstition. Puy has manufactures of
blankets, linen, lace, silk, stuffs, and stoneware.

It is seated on the mountain Anis, near the river
Loire, 45 m. N. E. ofMendoand 65 S. E. of Cler-
mont. Long. 3. 58.. E., lat. 45. 58. N.

Puy de Dome, a department of France, contain-
ing part of'the former province of Auvergne. It
has its name from a mountain, situate to the W.
of Clermont, the capital of the department.

Puy en Anjou, a town in the department of
Maine-et-Loire, 10 m. S. S. W. of Saumur.

Puyl' Eveque, a town in the department of Lot,

16 m. W. by N. of Cahors.

Puy la Roque, a town in the department of
Tern-et-Garonne, 18 m. S. S. E. of Cahors.

Puy Moisson, atownin the department of Low-
er Alps, 15 m. S. of Digne.

Puycerda, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, caD-
ital of the county of Cerdagna, seated at the foot
of the Pyrenees, near the source of the Segra, 47
m. W.by S. of Perpignan and 78 N. by W. of
Barcelona. It was taken by the French'in 1794.

Long. 1. 50. E., lat. 42. 36. N.

Puyzaurens, a town of France, department of    f

Tarn, 28 m. S. by W. ol Alby.

Puzzuoli, or Pozzuolo, a celebrated, but now
inconsiderable city of Italy, on the bay of Na-
ples Here are the remains of the temple of
Jupiter Serapis, an interesting monument of an-
tiquity, being different from the Roman and
Greek temples, and built in ti e manner of the