m. NNW of Saffron-Walden, and intersected by the London and Cambridge railway. Area 3,030 acres. Pop. 917.-The village of C. is pleasantly situated on the E bank of the Granta.

CHESTERFORD (LITTLE), a parish of Essex. 3 m. NW of Saffron Walden. Area 1,260 acres. Pop. 229.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, a parish and township of the co. of Durham. Area of p. 31,260 acres. Pop. 16,359. The township is 6 m. N of Durham, in a valley W of the Wear, intersected by the Great North of England railway, and on the Roman military road between Durham and Newcastle. It consists of a single street about 1 m. in length. In the vicinity is a productive salt spring. Area 2,940 acres. Pop. 2,599.

CHESTERNIA, a town of Russia in Europe, in the gov., district, and 75 m. NNE of Kherson, on the bank of the Ingouletz. Pop. 1,200.

CHESTER SPRINGS, a village of Pikeland township, Chester co., in the state of Pennsylvania, U. S., 72 m. SE of Harrisburg, resorted to as a watering place.

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CHESTERTON, a parish of Cambridgeshire, about a m. N of Cambridge, on the Cam. 3,080 acres. Pop. 1,617.-Also a parish of Huntingdonshire, 5 m. NNW of Stilton, bounded on the S by the Nen. Area 1,440 acres. Pop. 129.-Also a parish of Oxfordshire, 2 m. SW of Bicester, on a branch of the Ray. Area 2,850 acres. Pop. 393.Also a township of Staffordshire, 23 m. NNW of Newcastle-under-Lyne, near the Manchester and Birmingham railway. Pop. 1,207.-Also a parish of Warwickshire, 54 m. NNE of Kington, on a branch of the Avon. Area 2,960 acres. Pop. 192.

ticularly belonging to the hosiery and lace districts, a large portion of the population being occupied in these manufactures. The lace-trade has been considerably extended within the last few years.-The neighbourhood abounds with coal, iron-stone, and lead-ore, all of which are successfully wrought. There are several iron-foundries in the vicinity of the town; and there are potteries employing some hundreds of people. The sessions for the hundred, and once a-year for the county, are held in the town-hall. | Races are held annually in autumn.-The Chesterfield canal, which commences in the tideway of the Trent, and is 46 m. in length, terminates at Č. The North Midland railway between Derby and Leeds crosses this canal near Brimington, and passes C. at a point 244 m. from Derby, and 153 m. from Masbro'. At Rotherham this railway is connected with Sheffield by the Sheffield and Rotherham railway. CHESTERFIELD, a county of the state of Vir-1. ginia, U. S., comprising a superficies, somewhat broken, of 456 sq. m., bounded on the N and NE by James river, and on the S and SW by the Appo- | mattox river. Pop. in 1830, 11,689; in 1840, 17,148, of whom 7,859 were whites, 8,702 slaves, and 587 free coloured. The cap., of the same name, consisting of a few dwellings, is 16 m. SW of Richmond. Also a district of South Carolina, comprising an area of 750 sq. m., bounded on the NE by Great Pedee river, by Lynch's creek on the SW, and intersected by Black creek. Excepting on the banks of the streams, the soil is poor and sandy. Pop. in 1830, 8,472; in 1840, 8,574, of whom 5,537 were whites, 2,871 slaves, and 166 free coloured. The cap., of the same name, is situated on Thompson's creek, an affluent of Great Pedee river, 115 m. NNE of Columbia.-Also a township of Cheshire co., in the state of New Hampshire, 59 m. SW of Concord, on Connecticut river, opposite Brattleboro, in the state of Vermont; and watered also by Cat's Bane and Partridge brooks, and Spafford's lake, a beautiful sheet of water, covering an area of 526 acres. The surface is diversified, and well adapted to the culture of Indian corn and to pasturage. Pop. in 1840, 1,765.-Also a township of Hampshire co., in the state of Massachusetts, 11 m. WNW of Northampton, drained by a branch of Westfield river, which affords good water-power. The surface is hilly, but affords excellent pasturage, and is adapted to the culture of Indian corn. Pop. 1,132.-Also a village of Montville township, New London co., in CHESUNCOOK, a lake of the state of Maine, the state of Connecticut, 36 m. SE of Hartford.-U. S., 15 m. NE of Moosehead lake. It is traversed Also a township of Lucas co., in the state of Ohio, 170 m. NNW of Columbus, watered by Bean creek, an affluent of Maumee river. Pop. 301-Also a township of Burlington co., in the state of New Jersey, 12 m. NE of Mount Holly, bounded on the W by the Delaware river, and intersected by its tributaries Crosswicks and Black creeks. Its surface is level, and its soil consists of sand and clayey loam. Pop. 3,438.-Also a township of Essex co., in the state of New York, 150 m. N of Albany, bordered on the E by Lake Champlain, and intersected by Ausable river. It has landing-places at Ports Douglas and Kent, and at Keeseville. The surface is mountainous, and the soil sand and clayey loam. Pop. 2,716.

CHESTERFIELD INLET, a gulf of British North America, in Churchill co., extending 300 m. WNW from the NW side of Hudson's bay. It is about 15 m. in average breadth, and is thickly studded with islands of different dimensions. The upper part, named Bakers lake, receives the waters of several extensive lakes conveyed by the Doobaunt and Cathawchaga rivers.

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CHESTERTOWN, a village of Chester township, Warren co., in the state of New York, U. S., 81 m. N of Albany. Pop. in 1840, about 350.-Also a seaport and village, cap. of Kent co., in the state of Maryland, 54 m. NE of Annapolis, on the W side of Chester river, which is here crossed by a bridge, 30 m. above its entrance into Chesapeake Bay. Pop. in 1840, nearly 1,000.

CHESTERVILLE, a township of Franklin co., in the state of Maine, 26 m. NW of Augusta, watered by Wilson's stream, a branch of Sandy river. Pop. in 1840, 1,098.—Also a village of Chester township, Knox co., in the state of Ohio, 53 m. NNE of Columbus. Pop. 283.

by the Penobscot river.

CHESWARDINE, a parish and township of Salop, 44 m. SSE of Drayton, near the Birmingham and Liverpool canal. Area of p. 6,070 acres. Pop. 1,015. Pop. of township, 367.

CHESWICK, a township of the co. of Durham,locally in Northumberland,-10 m. NNW of Belford. Pop. 290.

CHETECAN, a town and harbour of the island of Cape Breton, on the NW coast, to the E of Cape Beauque.

CHETIGUA, a town of Gangetic India, in the prov. and 50 m. SSW of Tenasserim, on a small river which flows into the Indian ocean, opposite the Dome island.

CHETIMACHES, a lake of the state of Louisiana, U. S., between the Atchafalaya, with which it inosculates by several intermediate streams, and the Teche rivers. It is 40 m. in length, and varies from 1 to 6 m. in breadth, and is very shallow. The surrounding country is low and marshy, and is annually overflowed.-A tribe of Indians who inhabit the banks of the Teche, near its mouth, bear this name.

CHETNOLE, a chapelry in the p. of Yetminster

of Dorset, 6 m. SSW of Sherborne. Area 1,340 acres. Pop. 222.

CHETTISHAM, a chapelry in the p. of St. Mary, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Pop. 90.

CHETTLE, a parish of Dorset, 6 m. NE of Blandford Forum. Area 1,510 acres. Pop. 122. CHETTON, a parish of Salop, 4 m. WSW of Bridgenorth. Area 7,140 acres. Pop. 693.

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CHEVIOT FELLS, a mountain range of South Africa, on the N frontier of the county of Somerset, between the Groen-Bergen on the W, and the Winterberg or Hyndhope - fells on the E. The head streams of the Baviaans river flowing through Glen Linden, descend from it on the S, and the Ganna Hock and other head-streams of the Tarka, issue from its N side, in the co. of Cradock.

CHETWODE, a parish of Buckinghamshire. m. WNW of Winslow. Area 1,200 acres. Pop. 197. CHETWYND, a parish of Salop, 13 m. N of CHEVIOT HILLS, a range of porphyritic hills, Newport, on the Mees. Area 3,330 acres. Pop. 740. occupying a circle of about 15 m. in diam., on the CHETWYND, a township in the p. of Edgmond, border of England and Scotland, but chiefly within Salop, about a mile S of Newport. Pop. 385. Northumberland, between the Scottish border on the CHEUX, a commune and town of France, in the NW, and the upper part of the river Coquet on the dep. of Calvados, cant. of Tilly-sur-Seulles, 9 m. W S. Some regard this chain as commencing at Loch of Caen, on the r. bank of the Mue. Pop. 1,009. Ryan on the W, and extending, with occasional inCHEVAGNES, or CHEVANNES, a canton and terruptions, to the head of the Northumberland commune of France, in the dep. of the Allier, arrond. Beaumont; but the Cheviots, commonly so called, of Moulins. The cant. comprises 10 com. Pop. in lie on the borders of Roxburgh and Northumberland, 1831, 7,133; in 1841, 7,507. The village is on the and may be regarded as commencing, on the east, 1. bank of the Acolin, 12 m. ENE of Moulins. with Cheviot hill, in N lat. 55° 29', 19 m. from SunPop. 858. Fairs are held three times a-year. derland-point. This hill, the highest in the range, CHEVAIGNE', a commune of France, in the has an alt. of 2,684 ft., according to Sir Thomas dep. and 16 m. NE of Mayenne, cant. of Couptrain. | Brisbane, or of 2,695 ft. according to Messrs. Adie Pop. 1.240. and Galbreath. From this point, the C. run in a SW direction, by Carter Fell, alt. 2.020 ft., to Peel fell, in N lat. 55° 17', and W long. 2o 35'. The principal pass in the range is that known by the name of Carter-bar, by which the road from Jedburgh to Newcastle enters England. Many of these hills are of a conical form, some of them being perfect cones; almost all are pointed and finely formed, with smooth steep sides, their bases being separated only by deep, narrow, and sequestered glens. The soil on the lower slopes is fertile, producing a rich, close, green sward; but on the higher acclivities, patches of heath, points of rocks, and loose stones appear. Their only produce is grass; but they are the most valuable of the mountain tracts in this vicinity, being depastured by numerous flocks of the valuable and peculiar breed of sheep termed Cheviots, now widely diffused not only over the N of England, but also over almost all Scotland. Goats also are kept among them, and they abound with grouse. On the top of the mountain, called by way of eminence, the Cheviot, there are extensive tracts of heath, and a large loch which is often frozen at midsummer.

CHEVAL-BLANC (LE), a commune of France, in the dep. of Vaucluse, cant. of Cavaillon, near the r. bank of the Durance, 19 m. SE of Avignon. Pop. 1,530.

CHEVALIER, an island of France, in the dep. of Finistere, cant. of Pont-l'Abbé, 11 m. SSW of Quimper, in a lake formed by the river Pont l'Abbé. | It is about 3 m. in circumference, and is very fertile. CHEVANCEAUX, a commune of France, in the dep. of Charente-Inferieure, cant. of Montlieu, 16 m. SE of Jonzac. Pop. 1,346.

CHEVELEY, a parish of Cambridgeshire, 34 m. SE of Newmarket. Area 2,489 acres. Pop. 645. CHEVELINKA, a town of Russia in Europe, in the gov. and 42 m. SSE of Kharkov, district and 20 m. S of Zmiev.

CHEVENEY, or KEVENACH, a parish and village of Switzerland, in the cant. of Berne, 4 m. WSW of Porentruy. Pop. 272.

CHEVENING, a parish of Kent, 3 m. NW of Seven-Oaks. Area 3,550 acres. Pop. 1,003.

CHEVERELL (GREAT), a parish of Wilts, 1 m. W of West Lavington. Area 1,840 acres. Pop. 557. CHEVERELL (LITTLE), a parish of Wilts, 13 m. W of West Lavington. Area 1,930 acres. Pop. 295. CHEVERMEH, a village of Persia, in Kurdistan, 3 m. NW of Mush.

CHEVERNY, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Loir-et-Cher, cant. of Contres, 10 m. SE of Blois, on the 1. bank of the Conon. Pop. 1,021.

CHEVET, a township in the p. of Roystone, W. R. of Yorkshire, 44 m. SSE of Wakefield, on the York and Derby railway. Area 850 acres. Pop. 52. CHEVILLON, a canton and commune of France, in the dep. of the Haute-Marne, arrond. of Vassy. The cant. comprises 15 com. Pop. in 1831, 5,906; in 1841, 6,414. The town is 12 m. ENE of Vassy. Pop. 991.

CHEVILLY, or LANGENNERIE, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Loiret, cant. of Artenay, 12 m. N of Orleans. Pop. 1,281.

CHEVINAY, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Rhone, cant. of Vaugneray, 12 m. W of Lyon. Pop. 559. It contains the ruins of some Roman aqueducts, and several copper-mines that have been wrought from a remote period.

CHEVINGTON, a parish of Suffolk, 5 m. WSW of St. Edmund's-Bury. Area 2,240 acres. Pop. 624. CHEVINGTON (EAST and WEST), townships in

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CHEVIRE-LE-ROUGE, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Maine-et-Loire, cant. and 5 m. NW of Baugé. Pop. 1,741.

CHEVLI, a village of Persia, in the pashalik of Diyarbekir, in the district of Jabukjur, 35 m. ENE of Pelu, on a branch of the Murad-chai.

CHEVRE, a hamlet of France, in the dep. of the Nievre, cant. of Moulins-en-Gilbert, com. of Vandenesse. Pop. 70. It contains a blast furnace and extensive iron forges.

CHEVREUSE, a canton, commune, and town of France, in the dep. of the Seine-et-Oise, arrond. of Rambouillet. The cant. comprises 21 com. Pop. in 1831, 9,181; in 1841, 9,863. The town, which is small, is situated on the Yvette, in a fine valley of the same name, 12 m. ENE of Rambouillet. Pop. 1,730. It contains an hospital and several tanneries, and has a considerable trade in cattle, wool, mercery, and earthen-ware. Fairs are held 4 times a-year. In the environs is a brick-work. C. was formerly fortified; and on an adjacent height commanding the town are the ruins of a fortress. It was taken in 1414 by the duke of Burgundy, three years afterwards by Tanneguy-du-Châtel, and subsequently by the English.

CHEVRIERE, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Loire, cant. of Saint-Galmier. Pop. 1,454.

CHIA'VARI, a province in the Sardinian states, in the division of Genoa, on the Mediterranean. It is about 20 m. in length from NW to SE, and from 10 to 15 m. in breadth. Its area is estimated at 263 Italian sq. m. Of the surface one-fourth part is under cultivation; and nearly one-half is covered with forests. The general character of the country is mountainous. The principal streams are the Rapallo and the Vara. The chief agricultural productions are corn, wine, oil, and chestnuts. A considerable amount of cattle and sheep are reared. The prov. is divided into 8 mandamento, and 28 comuni.The pop. was returned in 1842 at 107,953.—Its cap., of the same name, is a handsome town, at the head of the bay of Rapallo, 22 m. ESE of Genoa, at the embouchure of the Sturla. Pop. 10,619. There is an ecclesiastical seminary here, and a very handsome church. Its chief manufactures are lace, silk, oil, and wine. An important fishery of anchovies is conducted from its small port; and inarble and slate are quarried in the neighbourhood.

basco; on the E by Guatimala; on the S by Soconusco; and on the W by Oaxaca. Its area is estimated at 38,500 sq. m. The pop. in 1837 was supposed to be 92,000. A large proportion of the surface is mountainous, and clothed with dense forests. The principal rivers are the Zeldales, the Chiantla, the Sumasinta, and the Tabasco. The climate is moist and warm, and the soil fertile. The principal article of export is logwood, which is floated down the Usumasinta and Tabasco. This prov. was formerly an intendancy of Guatimala, and comprised the government of Soconusco. Lying contiguous alike to Mexico and the federal states of Central America, it was claimed by both; and the option being given to the inhabitants of determining to which federation they would adhere, C. declared its wish to join the Mexican union, while the district of Soconusco adhered to the Central federation.-Near the village of Palenque in this prov. are some extraordinary ruins called Las casas de Piedras, or the Stone houses,' which mark the site of what must once have been a large and opulent city. "This metropolis," says Juarros, "concealed for ages in the midst of a vast desert, remained unknown until the middle of the 18th cent., when some Spaniards having penetrated the dreary solitude, found themselves within sight of the remains of what had once been a superb city, 6 leagues in circumf." Mr. Stephens, in his Incidents of Travel in Central America, has given a most inter-commerce; and it has some native trade in silk, esting account of these ruins, and illustrated his explorations with numerous drawings of the principal edifices. See PALENQUE.

CHIAPA-DE-LOS-ESPANOLES, or CIUDAD REAL, the capital of the above prov., is situated in the plain of Gueizacatlan, in N lat. 16° 35', W long. 94° 16, on the Zeldales river, 300 m. NW of Guati- | mala. Pop. 5,000, of whom about one-eighth are Indians. It has some commerce in cocoa, sugar, cochinella, cotton, and wool.

CHIAPA-DE-LOS-INDIOS, a town in the same prov. of Chiapa, 36 m. W of the above, on the 1. bank of the Tabasco, near the centre of the isthmus of Tehuantepec, in N lat. 17° 5', W long. 95° 53'. It is chiefly inhabited by Indians, who are said to amount to nearly 4,000 families, and who conduct an active commerce in sugar and logwood.

CHIAPUT, a town of Sinde, 50 m. S of Khyerpur, in N. lat. 26° 52'.

CHIAVENNA, a town of Venetian Lombardy, in the gov. of Milan, deleg. of the Valteline, 20 m. NW of Sondrio, on the Maira, 8 m. above the point where that river flows into the lake of Como, and at an alt. of 1,090 ft. above sea-level. Pop. 3,000. The union of the two great roads across the Splugen and the Septimer at this point, renders it a place of active transit

wine, and cattle.-C. is an ancient, and was formerly a fortified town. Its castle is regarded as one of the keys of Italy on the side of Germany. From 1512 to 1797 the territory of C. belonged to the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

CHIBAY, a village of Peru, in the district and 20 m. S of Caillomas, in S lat. 15° 40'.

CHIBLAK, a village of Turkey in Asia, in the Anatolian sanjak of Biga, on a stream flowing W to the Kalifaith-Asmak river, 23 m. SE of Hissarjik or Ilium Novum.

CH'HUNTAUNMYU, a town of Burmah, on the E bank of the Bhanmo river, 30 m. NNE of Hentha. CHIBUK-ABAD, a town of Turkey in Asia, in the sanjank and NE of Anguri, on the declivity of the Elma-tagh.

CHICA-BALAPUR, or CHINABALABURAM, a town of India, in the Mysore territory, 36 m. N by E of Bangalore.

CHICACOLE. See CICACOLE.

CHIARAMONTE, a town of Sardinia, in the prov. and 20 m. ENE of Sassari, on a mountain of CHICAGO, a thriving town, the cap. of Cook co., the same name. Pop. 1,600.-Also a town of Sicily, in in the state of Illinois, U. S., 204 m. NNE of Springthe prov. of Syracuse, 15 m. NNW of Modica. Amico, field, in N lat. 42° 0', W long. 87° 35'. It is well in his topographical dictionary of Sicily, published situated, on both sides of a river of the same name, in 1759, assigns a pop. of 6,222 to this town, and it m. above its entrance into the S end of Lake Miwas returned a few years ago at 6,594. It is a well-chigan.-The river is from 50 to 75 yards wide at built town.

CHIARAVALLE, a village of Lombardy, in the gov. and 3 m. SE of Milan.-Also a town of Naples, in Calabria - Ultra 2da, 18 m. SSW of Catanzaro. Pop. 3, 107.-Also a town in the States-of-the-Church, 10 m. W of Ancona, on the r. bank of the Esino. CHIARENTZA. See KLARENTZA. CHIARI, a town of Venetian Lombardy, in the gov. of Milan, and deleg of Brescia on the 1. bank of the Oglio, 15 m. W by S of Brescia. Pop. 8,000. Silk is extensively grown in the environs. The town possesses some remains of its ancient fortifications. -Prince Eugene defeated Marshal Villeroi in the neighbourhood of C. on 1st September, 1701.

CHIAROMONTE, a town of Naples, in the prov. of Basilicata, in the district and 25 m. E of Lagonegro. Pop. 2,948. The neighbouring territory produces good wine and silk.

CHIASEM, or TSHIASEM, a town of Java, on the N coast, 60 m. E of Batavia.

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the town, with a depth of from 15 to 25 ft. Its mouth is barred, but a good artificial harbour has been formed by the construction of piers running into the lake on each side of the entrance of the river. It rises in two branches. The N has its sources on the N boundary of Illinois, and after a course of about 40 m. unites with the S branch, which is only 6 m. in length, just above the town of C. There is a natural portage of only 6 m. from the C. river to the Des Plaines river, a head-branch of the Illinois; and the level between the two rivers is so low that at high-water it is often overflowed, so that boats can pass from river to river. In fact the waters flowing into two oceans at immense distances apart, rise in an immense swamp or feeding lake, whose elevation probably does not exceed 5 or 6 ft. above the C. river, while the descent to the Des Plaines is still less considerable.-The town of C. is most advantageously situated for trade at the W termination of the great chain of lake and canal communication by

CHICAMOCHA, a river of New Granada, in the prov. of Santa Fe de Bogota, which rises near Tunja, under the name of the Gallinazos; flows NE at the base of the Lomas-del-Viento; turns W, and assumes in succession the name of the Sogamoso, the Chia, and the C.; and flows into the Magdalena under the parallel of 7° 10′ N, after a course of 250 m. Its principal affluent is the Suarez.

CHICAMUGLUR, a town of India, in Mysore, 86 m. NW of Seringapatam, on a head-stream of the Hennavutti.

CHICANHUALLI, a town of India, in Mysore, 67 m. N of Seringapatam. It is strongly fortified. CHICAPA, a river of Mexico, in the state of Oaxaca, rising on the S flank of the Sierra de la Madre, and flowing in a course from E to W, and then from N to S, into the Duic-quialoi, a lake to the road from the Portillo-de-Tarifa strikes it, this river has an alt. of 24 metres=78 ft. above sea-level; near the rancho of Puerta-Vieja, of 272 ft.; and at the Ultimo rancho, of 682 ft. This river conveys a considerable body of water into the lake; and might be made an important feeder of the proposed canal across the isthmus of Tehuantepec.

CHICATI, a river of Mexico, in the state of Tabasco, a continuation of the Arroyo-de-Meluco, which inosculates with the Arroyo-de-Jaboncillo, flowing W into the Chilapa, and running NNW, is said to join the Usumasinta on the 1. bank.

which Lake Michigan is connected with the Atlantic | During the rains it discharges the greater part of its at New York. The completion of the Canadian waters into the Pacific; but at other times they are canal has likewise opened a channel of communica- all used for irrigation. Sugar and olives are cultition with the St. Lawrence, and steam-boats of the vated in the valley of the river. first class now travel, without break or transhipment, from Quebec to C.,-a distance of nearly 1,700 m. Buffalo is the point of junction of the two routes from New York and from Quebec. To this point the emigrant travels first by steamer, 150 m., up the Hudson to Albany, and thence on the Erie canal by a horse tow-boat to Buffalo, a journey of 360 m. more, which is not generally performed in less than 8 days, so that it may safely be computed that the whole journey occupies 9 to 10 days. From Quebec, on the other hand, passengers are conveyed in steamers direct to Lewiston, and thence by railroad to Buffalo 30 m., performing the entire journey in 3 days at the utmost; so that, in addition to the certainly greater comfort of this mode of travelling, about 6 days are saved, and the expense of provisions for that period is avoided. There is a railroad from Albany to Buffalo, but it is, of course, far too expen-E of Tehuantepec. At the Venta de C., where the sive a conveyance for the majority of emigrants. The length of the voyage from Buffalo to C. is above 1,200 m., in which the traveller is carried by long stretches to the W, the N, and the S, but never out of sight of land on Lake Erie, and not long on Huron and Michigan.-C. is also connected by canal with the river Illinois. The Illinois and Michigan canal is about 100 m. in length, with 15 locks, overcoming 140 ft. of lockage. It is 60 ft. wide at the top, and 6 ft. deep. The Central railroad through Michigan is already in operation, and another road is progressing which is to go round the head of Lake Michigan to C., all tending to increase the facilities and to make this route a great thoroughfare, from the At-Butan, in N lat. 26° 85', 20 m. N of Cutch-Bahar. lantic cities to the Mississippi. When the government expedition to the source of St. Peter's river visited this place in 1823, they arrived at the opinion that, "as a place of business, C. offers no inducement to the settler: for the whole annual amount of the trade on the lake did not exceed the cargo of 5 or 6 schooners." All the advantages enumerated have, however, given the town of C. an extraordinary impulse. In 1840, its pop. was 4,853; in 1848, it had increased to 19,724. In 1836 the value of imports into the town of C. amounted to 325,203 dollars, while the whole value of exports for the same year was only 1,000 d. In 1840, the imports had risen to 3,500,000 d. In 1848, the imports were 8,338,639 d., and the value of exports was estimated at 10,706,333 | d. These consisted of 2.160,000 bushels of wheat, 45,200 barrels of flour, 59,200 barrels of beef and pork, and 961,400 lbs. of wool. Nor is its importance as a town likely to decrease, as the time is not far distant when, by a junction of that canal with the Wisconsin river, there will be a practicable navigation to the Mississippi, giving to this town and the state of Illinois the advantage of the New Orleans market on one side, and that of New York on the other. The country near C. is very flat and featureless. The lake is unchequered by islands; and the land scenery is equally undiversified, consisting of a level plain with a few patches of thin and scrubby wood scattered over it. It is one of the oldest settlements in the Indian country. Perrot, who visited the place in 1671, found Chicagou' the residence of a powerful chief of the Miamis.

CHICAMA, a town, or rather a collection of ranchos, of Peru, in the dep. of Truxillo, near the 1. bank of a river of the same name, in S lat. 7° 52', 12 m. E by N of San Jago. About am. to the E, is a large convent of the order of Merced.-The river rises on the W flank of the Nevado-de-Huavlillas, and has a circuitous course N, NW, and SW, to the Pacific.

CHICHACOTTA, a town of Northern India, in

CHICHAS, a district of Bolivia, in the intendancy of Potosi, stretching across the head-streams of the Pilcomayo to the frontiers of La Plata. Among the streams which intersect its surface is the C., a tributary of the San Juan.

CHICHAWUTNI, a village of Northern India, in the Punjab, on the 1. bank of the Ravi, N lat. 30° 29′.

CHICHE', a town of France, in the dep. of DeuxSevres, cant. and 6 m. SE of Bressuire, on the r. bank of the Thouaret. Pop. 1,124.

CHICHE'E, a commune and village of France, in the dep. of Yonne, cant. of Chablis. Pop. 768. CHICHELEY, a parish in Bucks, 24 m. NE of Newport-Pagnell. Area 1,620 acres. Pop. 256.

CHICHESTER, a city and county of itself, locally situated in the hund. of Box and Stockbridge, W division of Sussex, 56 m. SW by S of London, and about 6 m. from the coast, on a plain which extends from the W of Brighton to Portsmouth. The Lavant, a rivulet generally dry in the summer, nearly encircles the town, and falls into an estuary at Dell-key. There is a small harbour about 1 m. from the city, which communicates with it by means of a canal forming a branch of the Portsmouth and London canal. Vessels of 180 tons can come up at high tides to the quay of this harbour.-The city is generally well-built, paved, watered, and drained. The principal streets are spacious, and contain several large houses; but there is still room for considerable increase within the walls, which were originally strongly built, with four gates fronting the cardinal points of the compass. From these gates run four principal streets, named after their gates, which meet in its centre nearly at right angles to each other. In the centre of their point of intersection stands a cross, which is universally acknowledged to be one of the finest buildings of the kind existing in England. It is an octagon in the de