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l Mill few remain* ben. 4fnwrf. on U.. left bank of tb* 

 Rryeknur, 10 mile* X.Ji.W. from Bow*, i* itu*tl in very fertile 

 diiUirt, and DM 1400 uibabitauu, who trada ill corn and cattle. 

 /WWJia, town of I Jon mhabiuuu, i* ituU-d ou the right bank 

 of the AID, It mile* 8.E. from Uourv, at the foot of a hill, crowned 

 by an old <mUe, built by UM duke* of Savoy. ,/W-oV- l',i . . a 

 * ' r built and prettily tituaied market-town, on the right bauk 

 att, and near th* left bank of the 3aou, with which it 

 by a abort caual, ha* a mineral spring, and 8136 

 H u a plan of soiu* industrial activity ; cotton stuffs, 



pMiry, ehoe and chanioi* luathur are manufactured. There 

 i a considerable trade in coru, flour, wine, hemp, bone*, and 

 nttlr Po*t-<le- \'rylr, 1 5 mile* W. by 51. from Bourg, on the left 

 bank of the Veyle, and about a mile and a half above ita uiouth in 

 the Saooc, ha* a population of 1321. The low hill* along the river 

 near thu town an oovered with vine*. TnfoH, a market-town 

 situated on tb* alope of a vin*-clad hill, 8 mile* N.E. from Bourg, 

 ha* 2154 inhabitant*. The town wa* almost entirely destroyed by 

 fin in 1830. St.-Tnrier, surnauied <lu C'uurlouj-, to di*tingui*h it from 

 niK^tr*' St-Trivier in tbi* department, in a small market-town of 

 1(00 inhabitant*, situated 18 miles N,X.\V. fn.ni Bourg. The pariah 

 church of St-Trivier i* *aid to date from the Cith century. 



The Kouoil arroodiatement in named froui it - chief town Bdlty, 

 formerly the capital of Bugey, which in situated in a fertile valley 

 watered by th* Purau, between two hills at uo great distance fruui i he 

 Rhone, in 45* 454' N. lat., 5 41' E. long., at a distance of 80 miles 

 S.E- from Bourg. and ha* 3821 inhabitant*. The road from I 

 Geneva pa**e* through the town, which u al*o connected with Choui- 

 Wry by a road earned across the Ubdne by the suspension-bridge 

 near th* fort of Pierre-ChlteL Belley gives title tu a. bishop, whose 

 dioceee i* co-extensive with the department ; it has a tribunal of first 

 8 nrrtfflr~*. an ecclesiastics! school, a cumiuunal college, and a society of 

 agriculture. The town wa* long held by the dukes of Savoy, who 

 surrounded it with wall*. It was given up with the rest of Bugey to 

 France in 1601. The most remarkable object* are the episcopal 

 palace, the cathedral, of which the tower i* modern, the college, and 

 the cabinet of medal* and antiques. The industrial products comprise 

 ome printed cotton*, rnualin*, and leather. Silk-worms are reared, 

 and lithographic itonea are quarried in the neighbourhood. Belley is 

 rather CUBOU* for it* sausage*, and has gome commerce in timber, 

 cattle, Ac. A mbtrirtLc, population 2677, i* situated near the right 

 bank of the A 1 bonne, 22 mile* X.W. from Belley, ou the slope of a 

 bill crowned with the ruins of the cattle of Gondebaud, one of the 

 early king* of the Burgundian*. Liueu, blankets, regimental cloths, 

 cotton yarn, paper, and leather are manufactured un a small scale. 

 Ckampojpu, 11 miles N. from Belley, >.n the right bank of the Seran, 

 population 569 ; and IJautfritlt, among the high mountain*, 15 miles 

 V. from Belley, population 686, are mere villages, but yet give 

 name* to canton*. Lagnien, a market-town, 1 9 mile* N. W. from Belley, 

 near the right bank of the Khune, which U crowed by a suspeusion- 

 bridge, ha* a population of 2531. The town U prettily situated 

 between two vine-clad hill*, from which two streams issue that drive 

 evenl corn-mill*, and after traversing the streets of the town are 

 drawn at to irrigate the adjacent fields. Straw-hata, in imitation of 

 Leghorn, leather, and flour are the principal industrial product*. 

 CHmt, a village in which fair* are held, 6 miles W. from Belley, and 

 near UM right bank of the Rhone, also give* name to a canton : popu- 

 lation, 1805. &..JIaml*rt, picturenuuely aituated between two high 

 mountain* called Le-Joux, which are ofbhoots of the Jura, 18 miles 

 from Belley, on the right bank of the Albarine, ha* 2683 

 mh.UunU,who manufacture linen, ailk thread, oaahmerea, and ribands. 

 Uthoviron* are forges and irun-foundrie*. The gorge of 8t-Rambert, 

 an anonnou* rocky rent in the mountains 12 mues in length, is very 

 inure*tu>g to the geologist, showing the rtructure of the Jura range. 

 &e; 15 mile. N. by from Belley, i. aituatod on the Kh6ne, which 

 Imde* it into two part* one in France, the other in Savoy united 

 br a etone bridge. The population of the French part of the town is 

 The town i* pretttly .ituated and ha* a considerable trade, for 

 ****!.'* ^'"^ fad " 1 *" > * nation of the Rhone. Large 

 Quantities of timber floated down the Uh6ne from Switzerland and 

 Savoy an sewed here into planks, and then sent in rafts for sale to 

 Boat-building, cotton-npinniiig, and the working of the famous 

 snoaHe mine* in tb* vicinity, give employment to a good many hands. 

 Tbr. i* some commerce aUo in wine, salt, and timber. Small steamers 

 ply on tb* Rhone between Lyon and SeneeL Vtriauc^GratuL 

 ** TmUes N.N.W. from Belley, in a go^d wine district, ha. m 

 " "** P a - n>" Ploe of 605 inhabitant*, 



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n. of tbe Uk. rf Nantoa, in a wild and !rrow gorge 

 stesj mountaw. whoee .urnmit. crowned with fin are 

 reflected in tb.Uk*. The town, which i* 80 mile. E. from Boure ha* 

 a tnl^al ^ ftrt bMUoo*. . oolU.* a comnUt^e dumber of 



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M pnory, and 



the Lombard rtyle j the 



priory building*, now converted into a court-house and prison ; the 

 Auguatioian mouantery , which now forms the office* of the sub-prefect ; 

 the college ; and tb* hospital. In the church, which is very ancient, 

 Charle* the Bald wa* buried in 877 ; his tomb has been transferred to 

 SL-Deui*. Nantua i* a place of some manufacturing activity. Among 

 it* products are musUna, oalioo, cashmere shawls, couutar]>anea, ooarae 

 carpeting, and horu-oomb* ; yarn of cotton, silk, sheeps'-wool, and caab- 

 mere wool ; leather, paper, and nails. It ha* also hydraulic saw-inillK, 

 and *ome trade in corn, wine, fish, cheese, and shoe*, lirrmil, Hituated 

 between two bills on the right bank of the Albarine, (i miles S. nf 

 Nantua, has 1UU2 inhabitant*. dhalMon-de-MickaiU: 

 aituated well-built market town, 10 mile* I. 



ouufliuinoe of the Semine and the Valserine, ha* 1451 iiiliiiKitant*. 

 Iiemorr, a village lituated in a plain 5 mile* K.N.\^ :i ... Nantua, 

 ha* a population of lull. It stands on part of the site of an ancient 

 town, of which there exist some trace* of the fortification*. Then 

 are also remain* of a small ancient temple. are extant 



which were struck here under the MeVovingian king*. Oyonenir, 



8 miles N. from Nantua on th* Cenouille, a small feeder of the 

 Albariue, ha* 2593 inhabitants, who manufacture cheauneu, turnery, 

 horn and box- wood combs, and trade also in timber, deal*. Ac. The 

 Cersouille drive* several saw-mills. Poacia, a market-town, situated 

 11 miles ti.W. from Nantua, on the left bank of the Ain, and at the 

 foot of a high bill crowned with an old castle of the liltli reutiiry, ha* 

 2109 inhabitant*. The mountain-road from I'mn-in through Cerdoo to 

 Nantua and Bellegarde, leads through some of the beat scenery of the 

 Jura. At Bellegarde, a frontier-town at the junction of the Vahwrine 

 wit li the Ulu'me, is a bridge which carries the road from Belley to 

 Geneva over the Yalserine, and a little above the bridge is the fall 

 known a* the I'crlt-du-Iih&nt, or loe* of the Khone. Tin- river, in a 

 contracted |H>rti<m of it* bed, disappears under a ledge of rocks for 

 about 120 yards. When the waters of the river are increased by Hoods, 

 however, this phenomenon is not witnessed, for at such time* tin 

 daahe* over a* well as under the rocks. Part of the ledge has been 

 blasted of late years to facilitate the floatage of timber, so that the 

 Perte-du-Rhdne is not so attractive a* formerly. 



In the fourth arrondissement the chief town is (Hex, which i* situated 

 in the north-eastern angle of the department, on the left bank of the 

 mountain-torrent of Jornans, and ou the eastern alope of the Jura, which 

 commands fine views of the lake and city of Geneva ; at a distance of 

 ! J null's N.K. fi-oni Bourg, and has a tribunal of first instance, an 

 agricultural society, and 2SS5 inhabitants. The town consist* chiefly 

 of one long, wide, and steep street. It was formerly surrounded by 

 walla, of which there still remain some traces. The road from Paris to 

 Geneva passes through Gex. There are irnn-foundrius here, tan-yard*, 

 and tan-mills ; some trade also i* carried on in wine, charcoal, and 

 ofapcgfl, Collonga, 16 miles 8. from Gex, at the northern end of the 

 gorge, commanded by the I luse, has 1278 inhabitant*. 



Ferney, a pretty village (! miles 8.E. from Gex, ou the Geneva road, 

 consists of one long street of neat house*, and has 1214 inhabitant*, 

 many of whom are engaged in watch-making a trade introduced 

 here, in 1708, by Voltaire, to whom the town may be aaid to owe its 

 origin. The house in which be resided for 20 years still remain* at 

 the west end of the village. 



In the fifth arrondissement the chief town is Tn'ruu.r, which i* 

 situated on the slope of a hill above the left Imnk of the Saouo, at 

 a distance of 29 mile* S.W. from Bourg, and has a tribunal of first 

 instance, an agricultural society, and 2684 inhabitant*. The town wus 

 the capital of the principality of Dombes, and the seat of its parlia- 

 ment. It is badly built, but contains some interesting buildings, the 

 princi|Ktl of which are the old parliament-house, the former mint, and 

 the hospital founded by Anne Marie I . . < i i . i ' < irleaus. The jewellery 

 trade and gold-beating are carried on here. Vkalam" voux, 



between two large pond*, has 1561 inhabitant*, who trade in game 

 and fish, CkaiiHott-ltn-Domba, 16 mile* N'.N.K. from TreVoux, is a 

 market-town, prettily situated ou the Chalaronne, and ha* a |!i>|,u!uti<>n 

 of 3236. It ban paper-mills and some trade in wine and agricultural 

 produce. M uoar the right bank of the Ain, 20 mile. E. 



from TreVoux, has a junior ecclesiastical school, and 2086 inhabitant*. 

 Monilufl, a town of 2946 inhabitant*, situated on th* Seraine, a small 

 feeder of the UhAne, 18 miles 8.E. from TreVoux, ha. several corn ><n>l 

 scutching mill*, manufacture* of woollen cloth, canvas*, and iw;wiii K - 

 thread ; and a considerable ti h.-ni|'.:in.l seeds. Tlmitxy, 



on the Chalaronne, and near its entrance into the Saone, stand, in a 

 very fertile district, and has 1568 inhabitants. .V.-7ViVi<r-<rn-/toi4, 



9 miles N.N.E. from TreVoux on the Moignans, a (mall feeder of the 

 Chalaronne, i* situated in an unhealthy marshy district, and ha* a 

 imputation of 1620. 



The department form, the see of the bishop of Belley, who is 

 sunYagan to the archbishop of licsancon. It is included in the sixth 

 military divi-i >n. of whirh I. yon is head quarters. Under the 

 monarchy it returned five members to the Chamber of De| 



AIN-TAB, a town of Syria, situated near the source, of the Sajur, 

 a feeder of the Kuphrates, in 37 4' N. lat., 87 26' E. long., 66 miles 

 N. by Iv from Aleppo. It is a large town, inhabited by Moham- 

 medans, Greek*, and Armenians, amounting together, it is said, 

 to about 20,000. The houses are well built of stone, some of the 

 street* are traversed by streams of water, and the air in healthy. Oil 



