MONEY. 



649 



LEE\VAKD ISLANDS. Coittmuti. 



Leewtfd Currency. 



WINDWARD ISLANDS. EXGLISH. 



Tobago, St. Vimeemt, aid Grenada, use nearly the tame monies u 

 Ihe Lcewaid Itlands. Stumpri are current prinripally in Tobago, 

 and Dogt in Su Vincent and Grenada. 



FRKNC 11 ISLANDS. 



MtrMat, St facia, Guadaioupf, Marifalantr. &.<. The 

 is the none u in the J .reward Islandi, the Dog being 

 I the \uir ; the Stimi* the Tempt ; the Bit the Etc,,!;* ; 

 and fee Dollar the Gturie. The French Httlan keep their acnMnu 

 in Noire, Sol* and Denier*. The Noir U g Sols 6 Denien, 

 ud the Doubloon - 111 Uvrta. 





ISLANDS. 



'aaw. 



vn 

 tola 

 11 Piaitm 



1 Keal or 



1 i'iattn current, 



Uoe 







3 



1 17 



i- 



SPANISH ISLANDS. 



Cuba, Trinidad, and Porto ttico. The monies in these islands are 

 tfae same as those of Mexico. In Trinidad, since the English pos- 

 sessed it, the monies of the Leeward Islands have been adopted. 



ZEALAND. See DEXMABE. 



ZANTE. 

 Accounts are kept in Keali of 10 Lire or 100 Soldi or Aspii. 



For farther information respecting the moneys of 

 different nations, the reader is referred to the following 

 works. Zanetti, Xuova Racolta delle Monnete, et Zecche 

 d'ltalia, 5 vol. J. M. Benaven, Le Caitter Ilalien, 1787, 

 2 vol*. also the Works of Kruse of Hamburg, Ricard 

 ut' Amsterdam, Maricn of Spain, Gerhart of Berlin, 

 Dubost of London. See also an useful little work, en- 

 titled, A Manual nf Foreign Exclianget, Glasgow, 1820, 

 from which we have taken some of the preceding tablets ; 

 but particularly that elaborate and excellent work, 

 Dr. Kelly'* L'nittrsal Cambift, in 2 vols. quarto. Lond. 

 1811, which contains the most copious information 

 on the subject of Monies, Coins, Weights, and Mea- 

 sures. 



MONK. Groicc. 



MONW H 



M \ 

 See ENGLAND, vol. iv. p. 593, 



oNACHISM. 



1 1 1;K, maritime county in the 

 d, is bounded on the north- east by 

 Herefordshire, from which it is separated by tin- river 

 Myniiow ; on the east by Gloucestershire, from which 

 it M divided by the Wye ; nn the south-east by the ac- 

 tuary of the Severn, which divides U from Gloucester- 

 shire and Somersetshire ; on the north-west by Breck- 

 ockshire ; and en the weit by Glamorganshire, from 

 which it is divided by the Kumney. Its length is 

 bout 38 milts ; its breadth about 24 ; its circumfe- 

 rence mix mt 1 10 miles ; and its area about 5 Hi iquare 

 miles, or 330,000 acre*. In point of sime, therefore, it 

 approaches nearest to Herefordshire ; and of all the 

 fnnntin in England surpasses only Rutlandshire and 

 Huntingdonshire. It is divided into six hundreds 

 Skenfreth, Usk, Abergavenny, Wentlog, Caldicot, and 

 Raglan. Its principal towns are situated on the banks 

 of the Wye and the Usk, and are, Mot mouth, the 

 county town, at the confluence of the Wye and the 

 Mjrnnow ; Chepstow, near the mouth of the Wye ; Usk, 

 on the river of the same name ; Abergavenny, also on 

 this r . I) pool, on the Avon, a branch of the 



L'tk ; Caerlcon, at the confluence of the Avon and Usk ; 

 and Newport, near the mouth of the IJsk. Monmouth- 

 shire returns three members to Parliament, viz. two for 

 the county, and one for Newport, Monmouth, and 

 t.'k conjointly ; and is in the province of Canterbury 

 and diocee of Lambeth. 



The natural divisions of this county are strongly 

 marked by the river Usk ; the eastward, and larger 

 portion partakes of the character of the adjoining coun- 

 ty of Hereford, and U well wooded, low-lying, and 



VOL. XIV. PAKT II. 



Mon- 

 mouth- 

 shire. 



M O N 



fertile; the smaller western part partakes of the cha- 

 racter of Wales, being mountainous, and in great part 

 unfavourable to cultivation, though there are several 

 long, narrow valleys in it, watered by rivulets which 

 flow into the a-stuary of the Severn. " This is proper- 

 ly the county of landscapes. In other districts of our 

 island, extent excites admiration, but in Monmouth- 

 shire all are home views ; even where the estuary 

 of the Severn forms a part of the enchanting scene, 

 the points of the horizon are the hills of Glouces- 

 ter, and Somerset. The course of the Wye is every 

 where interesting, in some places sublime ; that of the 

 Usk, fringed with woods, or bounded by rich mea- 

 dows, is a scene of perpetual beauty. The whole 

 county forms but one exquisite landscape, of which the 

 British channel is the foreground. Hills covered with 

 woods, which the roads beautifully limit, or boldly 

 climb : vallrys fertilized by streams ; thickets endlessly 

 diversified ; turrets rising in coverts, and ruined arches 

 almost buried within tlicin ; mutilated castles, and 

 mouldering abbeys, partially concealed ; hamlet*, 

 churches, cottages, houses, and farms, are blended into 

 Ms* general and extensive scene, while the mountains 

 nf ( ilamorgan and Brecon melt into a distant and mag- 

 nificent horizon.'' Such is a general picture of this 

 county ; nnd as it is inten-tinjr and important, chiefly 

 from its beauties, we shall almost exclusively confine 

 this article to those particulars which form or illustrate 

 them. 



The vale of the Usk is the largest tract of level Vale of 

 ground in the inland parts of the county ; it extends to Usk. 

 the west of the town of Usk, along the lands watered 

 by die Ebwy ; and to the South brtwtm the Usk and 

 the elevated ground, almost to New-bridge ; it if a 

 rich and fertile district, but exposed to the overflowing 



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