I M I 



uoa of the Turks ; and it was taken by the 

 in 1809. 



The natives of Imiretta are chiefly occupied in agri- 

 culture. Some thousands emigrate annually to Georgia, 



where they hire tbcmsrlve* out as servants or porters. 

 The remainder manufacture good silken stufi and thick 

 woollen cloths, but no linens. They make a kind 

 of wine of superior quality to that of the countries 

 in the vicinity, ouch of which is exported in skins 

 to Georgia, and drank at Teflts; and they also ex- 



novt Mmtn_ InivisW AIM! ^rav All tfwt tfwnm^rvvi rf" 



C out k is in the bands of 

 a* far the 



R:. 



who carry their 

 <.: kfa*. 



The Imirettian* profeas the religion of the Greek 

 church: they have a patriarch, who i* usually of the royal 

 family, but who nfvrrthela** can seldom read or write. 

 najrdmnm* 



rtbei 



of the Virgin Mary and thei. sahi 



UMntta, H governed or prince ependent on 

 sia, with which country & H now incorpuaatod. He u 

 tried Mepbe, TBJ w wider the controul of national 



whose < 



The Uwt of Imirrtta 

 of the sovereign; but 



h*H< 



of life 



Friday*, the market days, by a 



i.m.'ut. rr |.rir'.-.-l U {>:,- 



water ordeal prevail*. The i 



only to between 1 5000 and 7000 yearly, 



MM C0QtVilMrtlOO CH IsM pMsMsM 



By thecBMMof 1809, it 



i,-. p,..i .m 



Thts country U said to be the aneient Iberia. At the 

 ajajdnfca of the ftaanth tiMuy te h ilangJ to Goer. 



mftfjftaM mfmwMhnt Km! nVtfnm- It Wmm %** *! umtttallft^tfi KtJT 



the Turks who were expelled by the Russian* in the 

 year 1770. A Sortthat period. <slsmon. King of I mi- 



I N C 



province of Letschum. In ISO?, Anna, the widow of 

 David, and mother of Constantine, repaired to Peters- mcnt 

 burg, and obtained the liberation of her son, who had 

 undergone a confinement of ten year*. Solomon 1 1., in 

 order to secure himself in the government, acknowledg- 

 ed the supremacy of Russia in 1804; and he and hit 

 BBEOUSUII were declared the lawful sovereigns of Imi. 

 retta. Lat. S3* to S4 N. Long. 48 E. (c) 



IMIT..U HMENT. ink w, is a mode of trying great 

 and enormous offenders, or a presentment by the Com. 

 mons of Great Britain, as the most solemn grand in- 

 quest of the whole kingdom, to the House of Lord*, 

 as the most high and supreme court of criminal juris. 

 diction. The method of proceeding is to exhibit arti. 

 des on behalf of the Commons, who also appoint ma- 

 nager* to make good their charge*. The article* are 

 then carried to the Lord*, before whom, as judge*, 

 trial by fmnrurhanant must be conducted. A 

 cannot be impeached before the Lords for 

 any capital owence, but only for high misdemeanours. 

 A peer may be impeached for any crime. No pardon 

 great seal can be pleaded in bar of an im- 

 oy the Commons of Great Britain in parlia- 

 t. SceCovBT. (*) 



IMPOSSIBLE QUANTITIES. See ALOIBBA, and 



In AOIXABY QUANTITIBB. 



IMPOTI :i Uw, or that corporal imbecility 



rer which landiii a party naturally incapable of procrea- 

 on tion, u a ground for annulling* marriage in the >pintu- 

 I B al court. See MABBIAOB. 



IMPULSE. SeeMrciiAMcs. 



IM HKI ITII, an island of the Frith of Forth, Karl; u*. 

 which derive* it* name from the Gaelic word Innu, an wry. 



and Knik. the title of a noble family of Scot. 

 to whom with other land* this island was gifted 

 the year 1010, by Malcolm II. fur eminent er- 

 rendrred by that family against the Dexet at the 

 battle of Barry in Angu^shire. The island afterward* 

 cam* into the ^ iiiiiTiB of the lords of Glami. in the 

 of Robert II. along with the barony of I. 

 a* part of the dowry of one of the King's diugh. 

 From this period 



rrtta. threw off the Turkish vokr . 



t-,,-,..ti:,. h H,,.,,, 1 ,.M-.'r,.,:ll.r ,!....,. 



the abalitien of trssV in Uve*. It 



to have pasatd 

 tely by inheri- 

 i family of Buo 



ll,r : * I 



of King Jane* the IV. a (erlai* iluta-t limpid * 



.a 



that br ordered the walls and eitadri of Cotati* to be de. 

 afcoyanV nsenrisw that the rocks of < 

 the only fertineatioM which were i 

 fandedVyan .inJemfiuiJ siaij of < 

 drd wnhartil 



died in I7I& He wa* twice 



i* saa by the ftrst 

 but U* reign wa* productive of 

 lion, and a civil war arose wf " 

 bis death or depuaiiiim in a year. 



I,.. : 



to the kingdnm, and 



Darid, 





Mm**. 



,hc...n.,-,. 



king of GwaTRisv dwroM of i sating bar 



into fosiretta, whereby an fa 

 Mid David expaflad from the 



in a 



After wandering a* a fugitiv* several yean, David 

 died Aghalaigne. TurkiA town of tb. i 



II. wa* isniimiJ , and in IdOS, be 



VOL. J1I. FAB I I. 



limpid * 

 thb bbnA. 



of Edmburgh. vis. - That all 

 being within the free. lorn of this 

 !tod of the said contagious plague 

 called the Grandgore, devoid, rid, and pass forth of 

 tin* 'town, and IUMIHII upon the sands of Lrith at 10 

 noun before noon, and there shall have and find boat* 

 randy in the harbour, ordered to them by the officers 

 of this burgh, readily fumuhed with victuals to have 

 them to the Inch, (island of Inchkeith,) and there to 

 BBBksjn till God provide for their health. And all other 

 persons who take upon themselves to heal the said ran. 

 tagiou* infirmity, and take the care thereof, that they 

 devoid and pas* with them, so that none of those per- 

 son* who take the cure upon them, use the same with, 

 in this burgh." The penalty of contravention, either 

 by the diseased or their physicians was burning on the 



Such bad afterwards been the deserted and seqnes- Rtperimcnt 

 * situation of this isUnd, that James IV. in the ofJsrowlV. 

 of hi* inquiries hi to the origin of language, 



