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menced on or near their present site in 1443. They were built at the expense of the university, aided by liberal benefactions. They form three sides of a small court. The whole quadrangle of apartments over the schools, consisting of four large and commodious rooms, is occupied by the public library, which containe upwards of 160,000 volumes.-The botanical garden on the SP side of the town occupies between 3 and 4 acres, conveniently laid out and well-watered.-The anatomical school contains a large collection of rare and valuable preparations.-The observatory stands on an eminence about 1 m. from the college walks on the road to Madingley. It was completed in 1832, at an expense of £19,000 The front extends 120 ft. The principal entrance is under a portico supported by fluted Doric columns. For the purpose of promoting scientific inquiries, and of facilitating the communication of facts connected with the advancement of philosophy and natural history, a philosophical society was instituted in the winter of 1819. It has published several very interesting volumes of transactions.-The Pitt press, in Trompington street, a very elegant building, was finished in 1833.-The new Fitzwilliam museum is situated in the open part of Trompington street, in front of the grove of Peterhouse college. The edifice is of the Corinthian order, covering an area of 160 ft. in length, by 162 ft. in depth. The façade, which is 76 ft. in height, presents an octastyle portico, pseudo-dipterally arranged, with side-colonnades or wings. The broad flight of steps ascending to the portico, elevates the latter considerably above the adjacent buildIt is imposing in its proportions; and a great richness of effect is given by the sculpture with which it is decorated. The other three fronts are also highly ornamented with fluted Corinthian pilasters, niches, and statuary; and the bold and florid modillion cornice of the portico is carried in its full projection round the whole building. The material employed is Portland stone.

Particular professorships.] Besides the regular professorships in the several colleges and halls, professorships have at different periods been founded for the university generally: some of them by the university itself, others by individuals who took a special interest in promoting the study of particular subjects. Of these, the first in order of time is Lady Margaret's professorship of divinity, founded in 1502, by Margaret, countess of Richmond, and mother to Henry VII. The regius professorship of divinity and civil law, physic, and Hebrew, was founded by Henry VIII. in 1540. A professorship of Arabic was founded by Sir Thomas Adams, Bart., in 1632. In 1663, Henry Lucas, Esq., M.P. for the university, founded a professorship of mathematics, named from him the Lucasian professorship. In 1683, John Knightsbridge, D.D., fellow of St. Peter's, founded a professorship of casuistry. In 1684, the professorship of music was founded by the university. A professorship of chemistry was also founded by the university, in 1702 In 1704, Dr. Plume, archdeacon of Rochester, founded the professorship of astronomy and experimental philosophy. In 1707, the professorships of anatomy and botany were founded by the university, and, in 1724, the professorship of modern history by George I. In 1727, the famous Dr. Woodward founded the professorship of geology. In 1749, Thomas Lowndes, Esq, founded that of astronomy and geometry, In 1768, John Norris, Esq., of Whitton, in the county of Norfolk, founded a professorship of divinity, named from the founder the Norrisian professorship. In 1783, the Rev. Richard Jackson, M. A., founded the professorship of natural and experimental philosophy. A professor-ings: ship of the laws of England, and a professorship of medicine, were founded in 1800, by Sir George Downing, Bart., K. B. A professorship of mineralogy was founded by the university in 1808, and soon after endowed by government; and, in 1823, a professorship of political economy.-In addition to this long list of professorships, there are a number of distinct lectureships and literary offices.

Orders.] The several orders in the different colleges are a head, fellows, noblemen-graduates, doctors in the several faculties, bachelors in divinity, graduates, bachelors in civil law and in physic, bachelors of arts, fellow-commoners, pensioners, scholars, and sizers. The head is generally a doctor in divinity. Fellows are doctors in divinity, civil law, or physic, bachelors in divinity, masters or bachelors of arts,— their number is between 400 and 500. Noblemen-graduates are doctors in the several faculties, bachelors in divinity, who have been masters of arts, and masters of arts who are not on the foundation, but keep their names upon the boards for the purpose of being members of the senate. Graduates are bachelors in divinity, neither members of the senate, nor in statu pupillari, denominated four-and-twenty men, or ten-year men. Bachelors of arts, who are in statu pupillari, and pay for tuition, whether resident or not, keep their names on the boards to become candidates for fellowships, or members of the senate. Fellow-commoners are generally the younger sons of the nobility or young men of fortune, and have the privilege of dining at the fellows' table. They are equivalent here to gentleman-commoners at Oxford Pensioners and scholars both pay for their rooms, commons, &c.; but the latter are on the foundation, and, from the enjoyment of scholarships, read the graces in the hall, the lessons in chapel, &c. The number of scholarships and exhibitions in the university is between 700 and 800. The terms are three:-Michaelmas term begins October 10th, and ends on the 16th of December. Lent, or January term, begins on the 13th of January, and ends on the Friday before Palm Sunday. Easter, or midsummer term, begins on the 11th day after Easter-day and ends on the Friday after commencement-day, which is always the first Tuesday in July. The number of resident members of the several colleges in 1840, 1845, and 1846, was as follows:1840. 1845. 1846.

November, 1849.
In coll. In lodg. Total.
546
383

443 516 526

228

318

342 384 381

238

145

Emmanuel's,

1,754 1,915 1,943 1,173

791 1,964 Public buildings] The senate house, the public schools, and the library, are the principal public buildings belonging to the university. The senate house, designed by Sir James Burrell, is an elegant building of Portland stone, and was erected at the expense of the university, aided by an extensive subscription. The foundation was laid in 1722, but it was not entirely completed till 1766. The exterior is of the Corinthian order, the interior Doric. The galleries are of Norway oak, and calculated to accommodate 1,100 persons. The public schools were com

St. Peter's college.] Of the colleges, the union of which forms the university which we have above described, St. Peter's, called Peter house, is the most ancient. It was founded in 1257 by Hugh de Balsham, bishop of Ely, on the west side of Tromp ington-street. It consists of three courts, but has little of architectural character. The chapel, built in 1632, is chiefly remarkable for its fine window of painted glass representing the Crucifixion.

Clare hall.] Clare hall, originally University hall, was founded in 1326 by Dr. Richard Badew. Having been burnt to the ground about 1342, it was rebuilt and liberally endowed by Elizabeth de Burgh, one of the sisters and coheiresses of Gilbert, earl of Clare, whence its name. It stands on the E bank of the Cam, over which it has an elegant stone-bridge, leading by a fine avenue into a lawn surrounded by lofty elm-trees, and commanding a prospect towards Coton and Madingley. It was rebuilt in 1638, and is the most uniform of the university buildings. It consists of a court 150 ft. long by 111 broad. The chapel, rebuilt in 1769 at an expense of £7,000, is celebrated for the neatness of its stucco-work.

Pembroke hall] Pembroke hall or college was founded by Mary countess of Pembroke, in 1343. It stands on the east side of Trompington-street, nearly opposite to St. Peter's. It consists of two courts of nearly equal dimensions, being about 95 by 55 feet, with the hall between them. The chapel, built by Dr. Matthew Wren, bishop of Ely, from a design by his nephew Sir Christopher Wren, is considered to be among the most elegant and best proportioned in the university.

Caius' college.] Gonville hall was founded by Edmund, son of Sir Nicholas Gonville of Torrington, in the county of Norfolk, in 1348. It was consolidated with the new foundation by Dr. John Caius, in 1558, and under the charter then obtained the united foundations received the name of Gonville and Caius college. This college consists of three courts. The S court, and three remarkable gates of Grecian architecture, built by Dr. Caius, one of the founders, are supposed to have been designed by John of Padua, architect to Henry VIII., and to be the only works of his now remaining in the kingdom. The chapel is small, but greatly

admired.

Trinity hall.] Trinity hall was founded by William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, in 1350. The chapel is remarkable for its finely painted altar-piece, and the library, for containing a complete body of the canon, Roman, and common law. This college is almost exclusively devoted to the students of civil law.

Corpus Christi college.] Corpus Christi college was founded in 1351 by the brethren of two guilds in Cambridge, bearing the names of Gilda Corporis Christi, and Gilda Beata Maria Virginis. The W front of the new court is 222 ft. long. It has a lofty and massive tower at each extremity, with a superb gateway in the centre flanked with towers corresponding with those at each end. The exterior is built of Ketton stone, and richly ornamented. The court is 158 ft. long, and 129 broad, having the chapel on the E, the library on the S, and the hall on the N sides. The chapel is 66 ft. long, and its exterior is richly adorned with sculpture.

King's college.] King's college-the most magnificent foundation in Cambridge-was founded in 1441 by Henry VI It consists of a provost and 70 fellows and scholars, the latter of whom are supplied in regular succession from Eton college. The seve ral buildings of this college form altogether the most superb group in Cambridge. To the S of the old court stands the chapel, one of the finest specimens of the later style of English architecture in the kingdom. It was begun in 1441 by Henry VI.. continued by Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry VII, and completed with money bequeathed by the latter for that pur

Magdalene college.] Magdalene college was begun by Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, by the name of Buckingham tainder, it was granted to Thomas, Baron Audley, lord-high-bouring places. It contains a jail, a state arsenal, 3

science.-Mount Auburn cemetery, about 1 m. W of the university, for beauty and extent may be considered the Pere, la Chaise of the United States. The grounds, 100 acres in extent, are delightfully situated, comprising every variety of hill and dale, and embellished with ornamental trees and shrubbery. The first interment was made in 1831, since which time it has been gradually filling up, and now contains numerous monuments.

CAMBRIDGE, a district of Monmouth co., in Van Diemen's land, in the peninsula of Bellerive, stretching WSW along Pitt Water.

decayed vegetable matter, is very rich: but the farmer is often subjected to considerable damage from heavy rains and consequent inundations. In the SE part of the county, particularly those portions of it watered by the Cam, the dairy is the great object of attention. The parishes of Cottenham, Soham, and Willingham, are famous for their cheese; the superiority of which is attributed to the quality of the herbage on the grazing tracts. Ely is noted for its garden-vegetables. Besides the butter and cheese produced in this district, a vast number of calves are fattened for the London market. The oxen are usually of the Norfolk and Suffolk breed; the cows of the C. horned breed. The SE of the county, from Gogmagog-hills to Newmarket, being bare and heathy, is appropriated chiefly to sheepwalks. This district is an open thinly inhabited and bleak country, connected with that vast tract of land, which, extending S into Essex, and N across Suffolk into Norfolk, forms one of the largest plains in the kingdom. Its soil is lean and gravelly. The best parts produce light crops of barley; but much of it is only used as sheep-walks. A great number of sheep are also kept in the fens; the breed preferred is a cross between the Leicester and the Lincolnshire. The extent of highland country depastured by sheep within the county was estimated in 1808 at 243,000 acres. C. ranks as the 6th agricultural county in England.-This county may be said to have no manufactures, if we except that of white bricks and coarse pottery. The fens abound in wild fowl, which, by means of decoys, are caught in vast numbers for the London market. In the fenny dis

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, an inland county of England, between 52° 1′ and 52° 45′ N lat.; bounded on the N by Lincolnshire; on the E by Norfolk and Suffolk; on the S and SW by Hertfordshire and Essex; and on the W by Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Northamptonshire. Its extreme length is about 50 m.; its greatest breadth about 30 m.; and its circumference 138 m. It contains an area of 857 sq. m., or about 584,480 acres; although in the census of 1841 only 536,313 acres are returned. The surface of this county, being in most places very level and thinly wooded, affords no great variety of scenery. On the S, the landscape, heaved into little hills, with woods, open downs, and rich corn fields, is pleasing. The Gogmagog hills, a bleak bare range, a few miles to the SE of the town of C., though of no great elevation, yet, rising from a level country, command extensive and interesting prospects. To the SW of C. is Orwell hill, which rises to an alt. of 300 ft. above sea-level. The vale of the Granta, or Cam, between Cambridge and Bartlow, abounds with elm trees, and here the scenery around the villagestricts the trade in leeches forms a considerable branch is fine. The N part of the county, including the Isle of Ely, is, for the most part, a dead level, intersected by canals and ditches. Of that vast expanse of fen land known by the name of the Bedford level, the full half, comprehending nearly the whole of the Middle and a great part of the South level, lies in this county. Over this extensive flat, the towns and villages, built upon little elevations, through the moist and foggy air rise upon the view like so many islands, and the turrets and spires can be seen at the distance of many miles. The principal of these elevated spots is that on which the city of Ely is placed. All the low grounds are naturally a bog, formed by the stagnation of water from the overflowing rivers of this tract; but, by infinite labour and expense in cutting drains and raising banks, much of them has been rendered either rich meadows, proper for the fattening of cattle, or arable land covered especially Rivers.] The rivers of Cambridgeshire-the prinwith some of the finest oats in the kingdom. The cipal of which are the Ouse, the Cam, the Lark, and principal of the drains are the Old and New Bedford the Nen-abound in fish, particularly pike and eels. rivers-as they are called-which run in a straight-The Old Ouse, entering the county in the p. of line upwards of 20 m. across the country, from the Great to the Little Ouse.

Soil, Agriculture, &c.] The soil of this county is exceedingly diversified, but the greater part is fertile, The general nature and products of the Ely fens are the same with those of Lincolnshire, which they adjoin. Though their soil is rich, and, in dry years very productive, they are subject to frequent inundations; and the farmer is occasionally liable to lose all the labour of the year. The fenny country extends S of the Ouse, and runs up to the neighbourhood of Cambridge. There are still about 150,000 acres of unimproved fen land in this county; but considerable districts of fenny land have been much improved of late years by the employment of steamengines in draining. The marshes in the vicinity of Wisbeach consist of sand and clay; the soil of the fens is a strong black earth on a gravelly bottom; the uplands consist of chalk, gravel, loam, and clay. In the fen districts, the soil, consisting of mud and

of employment. The manner in which they are taken is this:-Two or three persons, furnished with long poles, enter the marshes with their shoes and stockings off, and continue beating the weeds and rushes for some time. The leeches, by this proceeding, are aroused from their wonted lethargy, and, impelled by hunger, the effect of long abstinence, seize with avidity the first animal object they meet with. The feet and ancles of the leech-catchers being exposed to them, are freely fastened upon by the creatures, which are thence removed and deposited in a basket carried for the purpose. When taken home, they are washed in a weak solution of salt and water, and when purified, are carefully packed in wet linen cloths, and in this manner are despatched to the different leech - merchants and medical establishments throughout the country.

Haddenham, below St. Ives, and crossing it from W to E, passes Ely, and forms the S and SE boundary of the Isle of Ely. It receives the Cam at Harrimere, and the Lark, which is navigable to Bury-St.Edmund's, at a place called Prickwillow below Ely. At Brand creek it receives the Little Ouse, and enters Norfolk, through which it flows N to the Wash. In its modern course, the Ouse, entering the county to the NW of Earith bridge, runs down the New Bedford river, in a direction nearly NE, and enters Norfolk a little to the W of Welney. It is navigable in its whole course through the county.

The Cam, or Granta, navigable to Cambridge, is formed by two small streams which unite between Granchester and Harston. Its length above C. is 25 m.; and from C. to its junction with the Ouse, 15 m.

In its old course, the Nen enters the county from Huntingdonshire at Benwick, and, flowing NE, enters Norfolk at Outwell. In its modern or N course, it separates Huntingdonshire from the isle of Ely, till

it enters the isle at Moreton's Leam, whence it pro- and income-tax in 1843 was £1,102,415.--The exceeds to the Wash. A new tidal channel has been penditure for relief of the poor in 1846-7 was £81,334. cut for this river along the W side of the Sutton wash. The proportion per cent. of paupers relieved on the Canals and roads.] The numerous canals which estimated pop. of 186,538, in 1847, was 107; the intersect the isle of Ely were cut for the purpose of average on all England being 8.8 per cent. The rate drainage, but a number of them are also navigable. per head on this pop. of expenditure for relief of the Vermuyden's canal, commencing at Ramsey in Hunt-poor was 9s. 14d.; the average on the estimated pop. ingdonshire, enters the isle near Ramseymere. At of all England being 6s. 1d. Welche's dam it joins the Old Bedford river, and leaves the county a little to the W of Welney. This cut is seldom used.-The New Bedford river is the main channel for barges passing from the upper to the lower parts of the Ouse. The Old Bedford river, running parallel with the New, excepting the lower part of it near Denver-sluice, is now seldom navigated, being nearly choked up since the New was made. A canal has been cut from Peterborough, through Whittlesea-dyke to the Old Nen below Benwick, and thence to Marsh. There are also short cuts from the Ouse to Soham and Reche.-The great north road from London to York and Edinburgh passes through the W border of Cambridgeshire, entering it at Royston, 37 m. from London, and quitting it at Papworth-St.-Agnes, between the 52d and 53d mile-stones. The road from London to Norfolk passes through the SE corner of the county, entering it at Great Chesterford, 46 m. from London, and leaving it about 5 m. beyond Newmarket. The Eastern counties line of railway intersects the S part of the county. It runs from Bishop-Stortford station, 324 m. from London, by Stanstead, Elmham, Newport, Warden, Chesterford, Littlebury, Whittlesford, and Shelford, to Cambridge, and thence to Ely, from which it is prolonged to Norwich.

C. is within the Norfolk circuit. The assizes and quarter-sessions for the county are held at the town of C. The isle of Ely, with all its privileges, having been restored to the abbey of Ely after the re-establishment of that monastery by King Edgar, the abbots, and after them the bishops, exercised the privileges of a co.-palatine till the reign of Henry VIII., when, in common with those of other palatinates, these privileges were abridged by act of parliament. The bishop is still Custos rotulorum of the isle of Ely, including the hundreds of Ely, Wisbeach, and Witchford. His jurisdiction is entitled the royal franchise, or liberty of the bishop of Ely. The civil officers of this franchise are a chief justice, a chief bailiff, a deputy bailiff, two coroners, and a few subordinate officers, all of whom are appointed by the bishop. The spring-assizes and the April and October sessions for the isle are held at Ely; the summerassizes and the other sessions at Wisbeach; at each of these places there is a gaol and a court-house.— Under the old system of representation, 2 knights were returned for the shire, 2 for the borough of C., and 2 for the university. Under the reform act, the county now returns 3 members, who are polled for at Cambridge, Newmarket, and Royston. The number of electors in 1842-3 was 3,903.

History.] This county, at the time of the Roman invasion, formed part of the kingdom of the Iceni. In the time of the heptarchy, when several Saxon chiefs settled upon the ruins of the Roman government, C. became part of East Anglia, consisting of

this county, Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Suffolk, and so called on account of its easterly situation in respect of the other Saxon kingdoms. On the conquest of East Anglia by the Danes, in East Anglia remained under the Danish dominion, the city of C. 870, this county was laid waste; but, for fifty years, during which appears to have been one of their principal military stations. After the overthrow of Harold at the battle of Hastings, and the

Divisions, &c.] With the exception of fifteen parishes in the E part of it, which belong to the archd. of Sudbury and dio. of Norwich, and the p. of Iselham, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the bishop of Rochester, C. forms an archd. in the dio. of Ely, and prov. of Canterbury; and comprises the deaneries of Barton, Bourne, (otherwise Knopwell,) Cambridge, Camps, Chesterton, Ely, Shangeryard, Wisbeach. It contains 169 parishes, of which 66 are rectories, 84 vicarages, and 14 perpetual curacies. The dissent-consequent advance of the conqueror, the isle of Ely became the ing churches in it are also numerous. The number of daily schools in the county in 1831 was 550, attended by 14,565 children; of Sunday schools 94, attended by 14,051.-It is divided into 18 hundreds,

viz.:

refuge of the Anglo-Saxon prelates and nobility, who here successfully defended themselves, and bade defiance to the power of the Normans from 1066 to 1074. The county in general, and the isle of Ely in particular, suffered severely during the civil wars in bles in the reign of Charles L., C. and the isle of Ely, were assothe reigns of Stephen, John, and Henry III. During the trouciated under Lord Grey of Werke for the parliament; and though the university voted its plate for the king's service, yet Clarendon enumerates C among the associated counties in which the king had no visible party, nor so much as one fixed quarter. Triplow-heath and the neighbourhood of Royston were places of general rendezvous for the parliamentary army during its presence in the county.

CAMBRIDGE GULF, an extensive indentation of the NW coast of Australia, about 60 m. in depth, and 11 m. in width, terminating in a narrow creek, but entirely destitute of fresh water.--King.

CAMBRIDGE PORT, a village of Cambridge township, Middlesex co., in the state of Massachusetts, 2 m. W of Boston. It possesses considerable trade and manufactories.

CAMBRILS, or CAMBRILLA, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, prov. and 11 m. WSW of Catalonia, on a small river, and 24 m. above its entrance into the Mediterranean. Pop. 2,000. It is surrounded by walls, and possesses a small port, a parish-church, and an hospital. Its commerce consists chiefly in wine and wool.

CAMBRIN, a canton and commune of France, in the dep. of Pas-de-Calais, arrond. of Bethune. The cant. comprises 17 com., and in 1831 contained a pop. of 17,300. The village is 6 m. E of Bethune, and 17 N of Arras. Pop. 499.

CAMBRON-CASTEAU, a town of Belgium, in

the prov. of Hainault, on the Dendre, 10 m. NNW ¡ ton, peaches, melons, &c. in great abundance. Two of Mons. Pop. 618. It possesses a fine castle, celebrated battles took place in this locality in 1780 which occupies the site of an ancient abbey. and the following year. About 2 m. to the W is a CAMBUSLANG, a parish in the middle ward of large Indian mound, supposed to mark the site of an Lanarkshire, on the S bank of the Clyde. Pop. of ancient town of the Catawbas.-Also a township of p. in 1801, 1,558; in 1841, 3,022. Coal abounds in Lorain co., in the state of Ohio. Pop. 504. this district.

CAMBUSNETHEN, a parish in the middle ward of Lanarkshire, lying along the S Calder and the Clyde. Pop. in 1801, 1,972; in 1841, 5,796; of whom 485 were in the v. of C., 15 m. E of Glasgow. Coal and iron are extensively wrought in this p. CAMBUTO, a town of Bolivia, in the intendancy and 130 m. NW of La Paz, on the E side of Lake Titicaca, and 70 m. W of Zarata.

CAMBYNA, an island of the Asiatic archipelago, in the Flores sea, near the SE extremity of the island of Celebes, in S lat. 5°, E long. 122° 28'. It is 63 m. in circumference, and is generally mountainous. In the centre is a lofty peak. It produces rice and dye-woods, and abounds with goats, buffaloes, and varieties of fowls.

CAMDEBU, a district of S Africa, in the territory of Graaf Reynet. It is watered by the Sunday and its tributaries, including one of the same name, which takes its rise on the S side of the Sneeuwberg or Snow mountains, and falls into the Sunday at the village of Camdebu.

CAMDEN, a township of Upper Canada, in the Western district, bounded on the S by the Thames. Pop. 316.

CAMDEN, a county of New South Wales, bounded on the NE by the Nepean, by which it is separated from Cumberland co.; on the NW by the Warragamba; on the E by the ocean; on the S by the Shoalhaven river, by which it is separated from St. Vincent co.; on the W by Berber's creek and the river Wolondilly; and on the NW by the Wolondilly and the Warragamba. It is 72 m. in length from Ň to S, and 39 m. in breadth, and is generally mountainous, but is well-watered, and possesses considerable fertility. It is watered by branches of the Cowpasture and Wingecarabee rivers, falling into the Hawkesbury, and by some branches of the Shoalhaven. The Merrigong range runs in a SE and NW direction through its whole length. The timber is generally cedar.

CAMDEN, or JONESBURY, a village, the cap. of Camden co., in the state of North Carolina, Ú. S., on the E side of Pasquotank river.

CAMDEN BAY, an indentation of the N coast of Russian America, in W long. 145°.

CAMDEN HAVEN, or ST. BROTHER'S HARBOUR, a port of New South Wales, co. of Ayr, 15 m. SSW of Port Macquarie, in S lat. 31° 40′, E long. 152° 53'.

CAMDEN (EAST), a township of Upper Canada, in the Midland district. It contains two lakes, and is intersected by a mill-stream. Near the centre is a quarry of fine marble. The township is generally well-settled, its soil varies in quality. The timber consists of hardwood and pine. Pop. 4,788.

CAMDEN VALLEY, a district of New South Wales, in Cambridge co., intersected in a N direction by York river, and bounded on the W by a

CAMEARAN, a name common to five Indian tribes of Brazil, who inhabit the mountain-ranges which separate the provinces of Goyaz and Para.

CAMEL. See ALAN.

CAMELEY, a parish of Somerset, 43 m. SSW of Pensford. Area 1,630 acres. Pop. in 1841, 643.

CAMDEN, a county in the state of North Carolina, U. S., comprising a surface, generally low and marshy, bounded on the SW by the Pasquotank river. Pop. in 1830, 6,721; in 1840, 5,663; of whom 3,844 were whites, 1,661 slaves, and 158 free coloured. Also a county in Georgia, comprising an area of 700 m., bounded on the E by Cumberland island, by which it is separated from the Atlantic, and on the S by St. Mary's river, which is navigable to the largest vessels. It is intersected by the Santilla and its tributaries. Pop. in 1830, 4,578; in 1840, 6,075; of whom 2,004 were whites, 4,049 slaves, and 22 free coloured. Cap., Jeffersonton.-Also a township of Waldo co., in the state of Maine, 42 m. ESE of Augusta. It is pleasantly situated on the W side of Penobscot bay, has a good harbour, extensive build-range of low barren hills. ing docks, and an active coasting-trade. Pop. in 1840, 3,005.-Also a township of Oneida co., in the state of New York. It presents an irregular surface, drained by Fish creek and its tributaries. The soil consists of sandy loam, and is generally fertile. Pop. 2,331.-Also a city and port-of-entry in Gloucester co., in the state of New Jersey, on the E side of Delaware river, opposite Philadelphia, and 29 m. SSW of Taunton, and at the termini of the Camden and Amboy and Woodbury railroads. It consists of three parts, the central or principal, and N and S suburbs, and contains about 400 dwellings. Vessels of 150 tons come up at high tide to the central district of C., and those of the largest dimensions to the lower suburb. Pop. 3,371.-Also a village of Kent co., in the state of Delaware, on the S branch of Jones' creek, 3 m. S of Dover. It contains about 30 dwellings. Also a village of Somers township, Preble co., in the state of Ohio, near the junction of Paint and Seven Mile creeks, and 102 m. WSW of Columbus. It consists of about 60 dwellings. Also a township of Hillsdale co., in the state of Michigan, 120 m. SE of Detroit. Pop. 147.-Also a village, cap. of Benton co., in the state of and 9 m. W of the Tennessee, and 79 m. W of Nashville.-Also a village, cap. of Kershan district, in the state of South Carolina, on the E bank of Wateree river, which is crossed, 14 m. to the SW, by a bridge, and which is navigable by flat boats of 70 tons. It contains about 200 dwellinge, and 1,000 inhabitants. The surrounding district is liable to inundation, but produces corn, cot

CAMELFORD, a market-town in the p. of Lanteglos, Cornwall. It is situated on the Camel river, 1 m. from Lanteglos. The town is small, and its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agricultural occupations; but from the time of Edward VI., till its disfranchisement by the reform-act, it returned two members to parliament.

CAMEL ISLAND, an island of the China sea, midway between the Malay peninsula and the island of Borneo, in N lat. 1° 10, and E long. 106° 55'.

CAMELMOUTH STATION, a town of South Africa, in Hottentotia, at the junction of the Fish or Harbeest and the Gamka or Lions river, and 50 m. SSE of the confluence of these united rivers with the Gariep or Orange river.

CAMELON, a village in the shire of Stirling, and p. of Falkirk, 14 m. NW of Falkirk, on the line of the Forth and Clyde canal.

CAMEL-QUEEN'S, or QUEEN'S-CAMEL, a parish of Somerset, 5 m. ENE of Ilchester. Area 2,280 acres. Pop. in 1841, 739. In the vicinity is a remarkable eminence named Camalet.

CAMEL'S RUMP, one of the highest peaks of the Green mountains, on the E border of Huntingdon township in the state of Vermont, U. S., 17 m. W