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On one fide the carenage, and on the other the bay. — Ac- 

 cordingly here is the " Bay-town,'' which has a handfome 

 fquare and market-place, and the " Carenage-town," in 

 which the priscipal merchants refide ; the fliips lying land- 

 locked, and in deep water clofe to the wharfs. On the 

 ridge between the two towns ftands the church, and on the 

 promontor)' above it is a large old fort, which was probably 

 conftrucled by the firil French inhabitants. It is built of 

 ftone, and is large enough to accommodate an entire regi- 

 ment. N. lat. 12° 4'. W. long. 6l^ 31'. Edwards's 

 Weft Indies, vol. ii. — Alfo, one of the Azores iflands, 

 about 10 leagues in length, and two in breadth. The foil 

 is generally le%'el, except towards the north, where it is rocky 

 and barren ; it is elfcwhere fertile in corn, and the 

 other neceflaries of life. It is chiefly remarkable for a 

 great number of lotty and full-grown cedars, with which 

 the natives carry on a confiderable trade. N. lat, 3S 39'. 

 W. long. 28 . — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, on the coall 

 of Malabar ; eight miles S. of Cochin. — Alfo, a fea-port 

 on the ifland of Sciro. N. lat. 38" 58'. E. long. 24-' 37'. 

 —Alfo, a fmall ifland in the Grecian Archipelago, three 

 miles E. of Milo. — Alfo, a fmall ifland in the Grecian Ar- 

 chipelago, at the entrance of the gulf of Sandarlick. N. 

 lat. 38' 48'. E. long. 26"' 42'. — Alio, a fmall ifland in the 

 Eaft Indian fea, near the coalt of Hindooftan ; four miles 

 from Goa. — Alfo, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Mayne and Loire ; 20 miles S.S.W. of Angers. 

 — Alfo, a large and deep bay on the W. fide of Newfound- 

 land. N. lat. 48' 12' — Alfo, a river of America, or 

 rather an arm of the fea, in Lincoln county and ftate of 

 Maine, lying about two leagues S.W. of Penobfcot 

 bay. This river is naNngable for brigs and (hips of a large 

 burden up to the narrows ; and from thence about four 

 miles higher, to nearly the head of the tide, for floops and 

 fchooners of 80 or 90 tons. It is about half a league wide 

 up to the narrows. The navigation is in winter. This 

 river abounds with all kinds of fifli. — Alfo, a river of St. 

 Mary's county, in Maryland, which is a broad but fliort 

 creek, having its mouth between Piney point and St. Mary's 

 river on the north bank of the Potowmack ; oppofite to 

 ihe ifland of the fame name. 



Si. George'j Bani, a Sftiing bank in the Atlantic 

 ocean, in the Mafl"achufetts, E. of cape Cod. It txttnds 

 from north to fouth between 41' 15' and 42 22' N. lat., and 

 between Oj" 50' and 68 40' W. long. 



St. George'j Bay, a bay of the Pacific ocean, on the 

 S.E. coaft of New Ireland, between cape St. George and 

 cape Orford. 



Si. Georgl'/ Channel, that part of the Atlantic ocean 

 which isCtuated between Ireland and AVales. — Alfo, a ftrait 

 of the Pacific ocean between New Britain and New Ireland, 

 300 miles in length. — Alfo, a ilrait between the little Nico- 

 bar and S.imbelong ifics, in the Eafl Indian fea. 



St. GeorgeV JJland, ?i fmall ifland in the mouth of the 

 river Potowmack. N. lat. 38- 13'. W. long. 76 -34'. 



St. Gkorge'j- IJlands, a clufter of fmall iilands near the 

 coaft of Eaft Florida, oppofite to the mouth of the Apala- 

 fhicola. — Alfo, fmall iflands in the AtUntic, near the coaft 

 of Maine in Amenca. N. lat. 43 50'. W. long 68"^ lo'. 



St. Geohge'j Key, was one of the principal Britifh 

 f.'ttleraents in the bay of Honduras, taken by the Spaniards 

 during the American war, but retaken by the Britifli foon 

 alter. The Britilh fettlements on the Moftjaito Ihore, and 

 iii the bay of Honduras, were fiurrendered to the crown 

 of Spain at the Spuniih convention, figncd at London on 

 {he i4ih of July, 1786. N. lat. 17^ 35'. "W. long. 

 8S° 43'. 



St. George d'Allora, an ifland in the Grecian Archi- 

 pelago, about feven miles in circumference. N. lat. 37* 28'- 

 E. long. 23° 20'. 



St. George di Comiers, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Ifere ; nine miles S. of Grenoble. 



St. George d Elmma. See Elmin.a. 



St. C£ORGii.s-en-Cou/ans, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Loire, and chief place of a canton in the 

 diftrict of Montbrifon, 9 miles N.W. of Montbrifon. The 

 place contains 1020, and the canton 7271 inhabitants, on a 

 territory of 207! kfliometres, in 8 communes. 



6'/. George d' Efperanche, a town of France, in the de» 

 partment of the Ifere ; 18 miles S.E. of Lyons. 



St. Georges de Levefac, a town of France, in the de» 

 partment of the Lozere, and chief place of a canton in the 

 diftria of Florae, 1 8 miles S.'W. of Mende. The place 

 contains icoo, and the canton 2600 inhabitants, on a territory 

 of 1374 kiliometres, in 5 communes. 



St, Georges yJ/r Loire, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton 

 in the diftrid of Angers ; 9 miles S.W. of Angers. The 

 place contains 2,320, and tlie canton 9951 inhabitants, on a 

 territory of 205 kihometres, in 9 communes. 



St. GF.onGYS-/es-Bai//argenu.\; a town of France, in the 

 department of the Vienne, and chief place of a canton in 

 the diftridt of Poitiers. The place contains 11 19, and the 

 canton 6027 inhabitants, on a territory of 190 kihcmetres, 

 in 7 communes. 



6'/. George d'Orque, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Hcrault ; 4 niilss W. of Montpellier. 



St. George de Rantambaut, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Ille and V;!aine ; 9 miles N. of Fou- 

 geres. 



St. George in Reilb, a town of Auftria, 6 miles S.E. 

 of Waidhoven. 



St. George am Sec, a town of Germany, in the princi- 

 pality of Culmbach, feated t>n a lake, called the pond of 

 Brandenburg ; 24 miles N.N.E. of Bayreuth. 



Si. Georges des Sept Vcies, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Maine and Loire ; 1 2 miles N.W. of 

 S:iumur. 



St. Georges-i/i/- Vievre, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Eure, and chief place of a canton in the dif- 

 tria of Pontaidtmer; 25 mfles N.W. of Evreux. The 

 place contains 830, and the canton j 1,733 in.'iabitants, o" ^ 

 territory of 95^ kiliometres, in 14 communes. 



GEORGENBERG, a town of Silefia, in the principa- 

 lity of Oppeln ; 40 miL-s E. of Oppeln. N. lat. 50 30'. E. 

 long. 18 52'. 



GEORGENFELD, St., a town of Sa.xony, in the 

 circle of Erzgebirg ; 18 miles S. of Pirna. N. lat. 50" 40'. 

 E. long. 13^ 44. 



GEORGENTHAL, a town of Saxony, in the princi- 

 pality of Gotha ; 6 miles S of Gotha 



GEORGENZELLS, a town of Germany, in the coun- 

 ty of Henncberg ; 5 mi!e<; S S.E. of Salzungen. 



GEORGE-TOWN, a townof America, being the chief 

 and poft-town of SufTox county, in the ftate of Delaware, 

 fituated IC3 miles S. of Philadelphia, containing about 30 

 houfes, and lately inadethe feat ofthe county-courtf. — Alio,a 

 poft-town in Maryland, in Kent county, on the eaft fide of 

 Chefapeak bay, c^^ntaining about ^o houfes ; 9 miles from 

 the mouth of the river Saft"afras, 65 miles S.W. of Phila- 

 delphia.— Alfo, a poft-town of Btaver county, Pennfylva- 

 nia, on the S.E. fide of Monongahela river, at the mouth 

 of George's creek ; 16 miles S.W. of Union. In this place 

 axe annually built many boat?^ for the trade and emigration 

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