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UMELHEFEL, a town of Africa, in tlie coimlry of 

 Tafilet ; 40 miles S.W. of Sugulmcffa. 



UMEMGIVEAIBE, a town of Africa, in the king- 

 dom of Fez. 



UMENAK, an ifland on the W. coaft of Eaft Green- 

 land. N. lat. 60° 35'. W. long. 45= 30'. — Alfo, an 

 ifland on the S.W. coaft of Eaft Greenland. N. lat. 



59° 43'. W. long. 43° 20' Alfo, an ifland near the W. 



coaft of Weft Greenland. N. lat. 61° SS'- W. long. 

 48° 25'. 



UMIAK, a river of Riiffia, which runs into the Viatka, 

 20 miles S. of Marmalifch, in the government of Kazan. 



UMMA, or Amma, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Paleftine, in the tribe of Aflier. Jo(h. xix. 30. 



UMMANTZ, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Baltic, 

 near the W. coaft of the ifland of Rugen. N. lat. 54^ 30'. 

 E. long. 13° 14'. 



UMMENDORF, a town of Weftphalia, in the duchy 

 of Magdeburg ; 24 miles W. of Magdeburg. 



UMMERSTADT, a town of the principality of Co- 

 burg ; 5 miles W. of Coburg. 



UMPIRE, a third perfon, chofen to decide a contro- 

 verfy, left to an arbitration, in cafe the arbitrators cannot 

 agree. See Akbitrator. 



Minfhew fuppofes the word formed of the French un pere, 

 a fiither. Some call him ^fur-arb'Urator. 



UMPLE, in our Statutes, fignifies fine linen. 3 Ed. IV. 

 cap. 5. Blount. 



UMREVISKOI, in Geography, a town of Ruffia, in 

 the government of Tobolflv, on the Oby ; 88 miles S.W. 

 of Tomflc. 



UMRITA, or Amkita, the Sanfcrit name of a 

 precious elixir, that, according to Hindoo fabuhfts, con- 

 fers immortality on thofe who quaff it. This word, and 

 the legends connefted with it, remind us ftrongly of the 

 Ambrofia of Weftern poets. There can, indeed, be little 

 doubt of a common derivation, <ir of one being borrowed 

 from the other. In the Sanfcrit language its root is trace- 

 able to mrit, meaning mortality : a being a privative particle. 

 Immortal is, therefore, a ftritt tranflation of the compound. 



With the Hindoos, as with the Greeks, the fubjeft of 

 this article furniflies an endlefa fource of poetical alliifion. 

 Both people had the notion that the moon was a vafe of this 

 quinteflence, which both fometimes confound with amber 

 and ambergris. ( See Soma.) Under our article Ki uma- 

 VATARA, a brief relation is given of the churning of the 

 ocean by gods and demons for the purpofe of recovering 

 the beverage of immortality, which appears to have been 

 loft by the iniquities of the antediluvian world. For farther 

 information as to the fabulous origin and hillory of tlie Am- 

 rita, we refer to the notes to Wilki:is's Gita, and the fecond 

 article of the i ith vol. of the Afiatic Rcfcarches, by major 

 Wilford. 



When the gods fliarcd among thcmfelvcs the precious 

 things gained in the churning procefs above alluded to, 

 Indra, regent of the firmament, obtained the Umrita, hence 

 probably the name of his city Umravati ; for we find feve- 

 ral places ftill fimilarly named : Umrapura, the metropolis 

 of Ava (fee Ava) ; Umritfir, or Amritfar, the capital of 

 the Sikh nations, and others, might be inftanccd. Perhaps 

 too the cave and village of Amboly, on the ifland of Sal- 

 fette, may be hence derived. This beautiful cavern temple 

 is faft mouldering to decay, and no good defcription of it 

 has yet been given. There is alfo a refpcftable town about 

 40 miles S.E. from Poonah called Amravaty. 



I'MRUT, in Geography, a town of Hindooltan, in Gii- 

 y.crat ; 18 miles E. of Pernalla. 



UMSEQUIR, a towu of Africa, in the defertof Barca ; 



2Q miles E. of Siwah. 



UMSTADT, a town of HefTe Darmftadt ; 10 miles 

 E. of Darmftadt. 



UNA, in /Indent Geography, a river of Africa, in Mau- 

 ritania Tingitana, the mouth of which, according to Ptolemy, 

 is between Suriga and the outlet of the river Agna. 



Una, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in Gu- 



zerat ; 20 miles S.S.E. of Chitpour Alfo, a town of 



Brafil, in the government of St. Paul ; co miles S.E. of 

 St. Paul. 



UNADILLA, a paft-townfliip of America, in New 

 York, fituated in the extreme fouthern angle of Otfego 

 county, ICO miles S. by W. from Albany ; bounded 

 N. by Butternuts and Otego ; E. by Otego ; S.E". by 

 Sufquehanna river, or the county of Delaware ; and W. 

 by the Unadilla, or the county of Chenango. Its area is 

 fuppofed to be about 65 fquare miles. The furface is hilly 

 and uneven, but along the ftreams that form the boundaries, 

 and alfo fome fmaller ones, the land is very good and pro- 

 duftive. The uplands and hills alfo afford fine grazing and 

 meadow lands. Several fmall ftreams furnifli mill-feats, which 

 are numerous. Here are a quarry of ftones ufed for grind- 

 ing, fixteen faw-mills that prepare lumber conveyed to the 

 Baltimore market on rafts upon the Sufquelianna, five grain- 

 mills, an oil-mill, and other water-works, and five diftilleries 

 of whiflvey. Here are one epifcopal church, and fourteen 

 fchool-houfes. In 18 10, the whole population confifted of 

 1426 perfon s, with 1 16 fenatorial eledors, 341 taxable in- 

 habitants, and 141,^96 dollars of taxable property. 



Unaililla Village is pleafantly fituated on the Sufque- 

 hanna, and contains an epifcopal church and 30 dwellings, 

 befides ftores, &c. 



UNALASHKA. See Oonalashka. 



UNALGA, one of the Fox iflands ; 15 miles S.E. of 

 Unalaflika. 



UNAMAK. See Ooxamak. 



UNAMIS, a tribe of Delaware Indians. 



UNAMPELLY, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore ; 

 15 miles S.W. of Gootv. 



UNANIMITY of Juries. See .Jury. 



UNANNEALED Bottles, or Bologna Bollles, a kind 

 of unannealed glafs bottles made at Bologna, and many 

 other places, in the year 1742, which, though appearing 

 very ftrong, yet are to be broken by a fragment of flint, 

 fcarce larger than a grain of fand, thrown into them. See 

 jlnniiiling of Gla.SS. 



UNARA, in Geography, a river of South America, 

 which ferves for a line of divifion between the governments 

 of Caraccas and Cumana. It is navigable as far as the 

 village of San Antonia de Clarinas, fix leagues from the fea. 

 Its courfc extends about 30 leagues from S. to N. 



UNA ROTA, among the Ancients, a carriage with only 

 one wheel. 



UNAU, in Zoology, a name given by BufFon to the 

 V)n\Tt\vv^ Jittad^liis ; which fee. See alio Sloatii ; 



UNAWA, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in Gu- 

 zerat ; 12 miles S.E. of Pattan. 



UNBALLAST, To, in Sea Language, is to difcharge 

 the ballaft of a fliip. 



UNBENDING, generally implies the aft of taking off 

 the fails from their yards and ftays ; of cafting loofe the 

 anchors from their cables, or of untying one rope from 

 another. 



UNBIAK, or SKMI.sOKO.sruNoi, in Geography, one of 

 the Fox iflands, in the Nortli Pacific ocean, about 71 nules 

 in tircumftreace. N. lat. 53' 40'. E. long. 179'^ 14'. 



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