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entirely exterminated. A very fmall remnant of a populous 

 nation repalTed the Rhine, and eftabliihed themfelves with 

 the Sicambri : but in the time of Auguftus, or a little more 

 than half a century after the terrible defeat juft mentioned, 

 they found themfelves in a condition to make war, firil with 

 the Sicambri, and then with the Romans. From the expe- 

 dition of Drufus into Germany, we learn that the country 

 of the Ufipians and that of the Teuchten were then dif- 

 ferent. The Ufipians extended along the right bank of the 

 Lippe ; but when Drufus paffed the Rhine, and fubjugated 

 the Ufipians, he threw a bridge over the Lippe, by which 

 he entered into the country of the Sicambri. The Teuch- 

 teri inhabited a territory W. of the Sicambri, and the Rhine 

 feparated them from the Menapians. Tiberius, having af- 

 terwards tranfported the Sicambri into Gaul, the country 

 which they had occupied in Germany was given to the 

 Ufipians and Teuchteri ; at length the Teuchteri extended 

 themfelves along the Rhine from the Segos (the Sige) as 

 far as the Roer, and along the Lippe and the Ahfe (the 

 Alene). As to the Ufipians, they remained on the two 

 banks of the Lippe and the Rhine, perhaps as far as the 

 place where the Rhine divides to form the Ifle of the Batavi. 

 At the commencement of the reign of Trajan, it appears that 

 the Teuchteri had been almoft exterminated by the Cherufci 

 and Angrivarians, who took poffeffion of a great part of 

 their territory. The Ufipians muft alfo have fuffered. In 

 the time of Conftantine, the Ufipians and the Teuchteri 

 oeafed in a manner to have any pohtical exiftence, having 

 probably fubmitted to fome people more powerful than 

 themfelves. 



USITZA, in Geography, a town of Servia, taken by the 

 Turks in 1738 ; 23 miles N.W. of Jenibafar. 



USK, a borough and market-town in the upper divifion 

 of the hundred of the fame name, and county ot Monmouth, 

 England, is fituated at the confluence of the rivers Olwy 

 and Ufli, at the diftance of 14 miles S.W. from the county- 

 tovyn, and 144 miles W. by N. from London. Though 

 fcarcely a vellige of Roman remains has, at leaft in modern 

 times, been difcovered at this place, all antiquaries, except 

 Salmon,who makes this the fite of Ifca Silurum, have agreed to 

 fix here the Buirium of Antoninus' Itinerary, and the Bul- 

 lasum of Ptolemy. It is evident that Uik is a place of high 

 antiquity, and has been of much larger extent and greater 

 importance. The hiftory of its cattle furnifhes the earlieft 

 written records of the place ; and though from fome of its 

 architectural features, it appears to have been of Roman or 

 Roman-Britifli origin ; yet the remoteft notice that has hi- 

 therto been difcovered is, that, in the time of Henry III., 

 it formed part of the poffeffions of Richard de Clare, earl 

 of Gloucefter : from his family it came to the Mortimers, 

 earls of March. In the third year of Henry VI., on the 

 death of Edmund Mortimer without iflfue, his great pof- 

 feffions were granted to his nephew Richard duke of York, 

 whofe favourite refidence this cattle appears to have been : 

 his fons, Edward IV. and Richard HI., were born here. 

 On the death of the latter, it became the property of 

 Henry VII.: it afterwards belonged to William Herbert, 

 fifil earl of Pembroke : the duke of Beaufort is the prefent 

 proprietor. This fortrefs experienced frequent affaults dur- 

 ing the alternate fucceffes of the Welfh chieftains and the 

 Anglo-Norman lords : and it fuffered particularly, together 

 with the town, in the ravages of Owen Glendwr, who, at 

 length, here met with a compleat defeat. The prefent re- 

 mains of the cattle confift of a court, the principal entrance 

 to which is by a tower gateway, having a pointed arch with 

 a groove for a portcullis : an area of confiderable extent is 

 furrounded by walls, flanked with round and fquare towers, 



deftitute of windows, but having occafional narrow aper- 

 tures : within are the keep, a iquare tower, and fcveral 

 apartments, one of which appears to have been the baronial 

 hall. A priory was founded in this town, previous to the 

 year i 236 : a few remains of the building are ftill ftanding ; 

 and in an apartment on the firtt floor, the frieze of the ceil- 

 ing is decorated with thirty emblematic devices and embla- 

 zoned arms. Ufli is a borough town and fince the 27th 

 year of Henry VIII. has been privileged with elective fran- 

 chife, being, in conjunftion with Monmouth and Newport, 

 rcprcfented by one member of parliament. By a charter 

 granted in 1398, the civil government is vetted in a bailiff, 

 community, and burgeffes. The town is of confiderable 

 extent, but, according to the population return of the year 

 1 8 1 1 , contains only 1 64 houfes, and 844 inhabitants. Several 

 ways bear the name of ttreets, though fcarcely deferving 

 that appellation : for the houfes in general are ifolated, 

 having gardens, orchards, and paddocks intervening ; which, 

 though they give an irregularity to the town, tend much to 

 comfort and convenience. Two fairs are held annually, and 

 a fmall market weekly on Mondays : the tovrn has no trade, 

 and only a fmall manufaftory of japan ware. Some of the 

 inhabitants derive advantage from its being a thoroughfare ; 

 fome are employed in huibandry ; and fome gain a main- 

 tenance by the falmon liOiery, which is abundant in the river 

 Uik. The church, which belonged to the priory, appears 

 to have been erefted in the Anglo-Norman era. By found- 

 ations yet remaining, it was built cruciform, in the manner 

 of a cathedral : the fquare embattled tower, now ttanding 

 at the eatt end, was in the centre, and feems to have com- 

 municated with a tranfept and choir, both of which have 

 long been deftroyed. Many alterations have taken place in 

 the building ; the circular columns and arches of the tower 

 exhibit the Norman charafter ; but the nave is feparated 

 from the north aile by four pointed arches, and the win- 

 dows and doorways are in the fame ftyle. 7^he interior 

 affords nothing worthy of notice, except an infcription on a 

 brafs plate, which has for more than half a century been a 

 perplexing fubjeift to antiquaries, and llill appears to defy 

 critical difquifition. It was firtt publilhed in the fecond 

 volume of the Archxologia, thence copied into Gough's 

 edition of Camden, and lince given more correft by Mr. 

 Coxe. A ttone bridge of five cuxular arches, flanked on 

 each fide by triangular buttreffes, is tlie only other public 

 ttruifture deferving mention. Near the foot of the bridge 

 was formerly a Roman Catliolic chapel : it is now the com- 

 mon prilon. In the vicinity of Ullc are feveral ancient en- 

 campments : almott every two or three miles exJiibit veftiges 

 of hoftile pofitions, and the tumuli of heroes (lain. — Beau- 

 ties of England and Wales, vol. xi. Monmouthrtiire, by J. 

 Britton, F.S.A. Coxe's Hittorical Tour through Mon- 

 mouthfliire, two vols. 4to. 1801. 



UsK, a river of South Wales, which rifes in the S.W. 

 part of the county of Brecknock, and runs into the Severn, 

 below Newport, in Monmouthttiire. 



USKALINMAA, a fmall ifland on the E. fide of the 

 gulf of Bothnia. N. lat. 61° 18'. E. long. 21° 5'. 



USKEI, an ifland belonging to RufTia, in Beering's 

 ftraits. N. lat. 65° 58'. E. long. 1 89° 2 1 '. 



USKELA, a town of Sweden, in the government of 

 Abo; 27 miles E. of Abo. 



USKER, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the government 

 of Kur, on the Kur ; 12 miles N.N.E. of Akalzike. 



USKOLOMSKOI, a town of Ruffia, in the province 

 of Urtiug, on the Vitchegda ; 80 miles E.N.E. of Eaft 

 Sifolfli. 



USKUBS, a town of Natolia ; 36 mUes N.W. of Boli. 

 I USLAH, 



