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faid, that Difhley wethers well fattened are in the propor- 

 tion of one ounce of bone to a pound of (lefh. 



That the offal, in the fat wether of the South Down 

 breed firft ftated, was but a fifth part and a fraftion of the 

 live weight, as below : 



Live weight . - - - 



Offal 



Carcafe .... 



Fat - - 



Loft by killing ... 



Some ufeful information, which has a tendency to eluci- 

 date the point concerning the proportion between the live 

 and dead weight of fome different breeds of {heep, has been 

 given under the head (heep. See Sheep, Pelt, and 

 Tallow. 



In good pig ftock the difference in the proportion be- 

 tween the live and dead weight of the animals, or the lofs 

 of weight that is fuftained by the farmer, will be found 

 probably to be rather lefs than a fourth in the better breeds, 

 and rather more than that in thofe which are inferior in their 

 qualities. The beft breeds of pigs have by much the leaft 

 lofs in this way, and they have advantages in other refpefts. 

 See Swine. 



Thefe fafts and ftatements tend to fhew the advantages 

 which the farmer has in keeping good live-ftock of all 

 kinds. 



WEIGHTON, Market, in Geography, a fmall market- 

 town in the Holme-beacon divifion of Harthill wapentake, 

 Eaft Riding of the county of York, England, is fituated 

 on a little river called Foulnefs, in the high road between 

 York and Hull, at the diftance of 19 miles E.S.E. from 

 York, and 192 miles N. by W. from London. Some an- 

 tiquaries coniidered this place the Roman ftation, Dolgovi- 

 tia, till Drake, with great appearance of probability, affigned 

 that ftation to the village of Londeftjurgh, nearly three 

 miles north of Weighton. This town confills of one 

 long ftreet, interfered by a few fmaller : till within the laft 

 thirty years, the houfes were in general low and mean, and 

 covered with thatch ; but fince that period, a number of 

 refpeftable buildings have been eretled, and confiderable 

 improvements have been made. A weekly market is held 

 on Wednefdays, when a great quantity of corn is often fold, 

 though but little is expofed, being chiefly difpofed of by 

 fample. Two fairs are held annually for horfes, cattle, and 

 particularly for fheep, and cheefe. The trade of the town 

 has been confiderably increafed by means of a canal from 

 the Humber ; whereby coals and other articles are brought 

 hither, and the barges return laden with grain. By the po- 

 pulation return of the year i8ii, the inhabitants of this 

 town are enumerated at 1508 ; the number of houfes as 239. 

 The church is an ancient maflive edifice ; it formerly had a 

 wooden fpire, which has been recently taken down, and a 

 confiderable addition made to the height of the tower ; the 

 interior of the church has alfo been greatly improved, and 

 furnifhed with an additional gallery. A meeting-houfe for 

 Methodifts has lately been erefted. There is no endowed 

 fchool in the parifti. About two miles eaft of Weighton is 

 the brow of the Yorkftiire wolds, whence very extenfive 

 views are obtained. — Beauties of England and Wales, 

 I vol. xvi. Yorkftiire, by J. Bigland, 1812. Drake's Ebora- 

 ! cum, or the Hiftory and Antiquities of York, fol. 1736. 

 i Vol. XXXVIII. 



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WEIGSDORF, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Boleflaw ; 8 miles N.N.E. of Krottau. 



WEIGSTOTTEN, a town of Auftria ; 6 miles N.W. 

 of Steyr. 



WEIKENDORFF, a town of Auftria ; 8 miles S. of 

 Zifterfdorf. 



WEIKERSTORF, a town of Auftria ; 4 miles S.V/. 

 of Sonneberg. 



WEIKERTSCHLAG, a town of Auftria; 8 miles 

 W. of Drofendorf. 



WEIL, a town of Wurtemberg, on the Wirm. This 

 was an imperial town, till in 1802 it was given to the duke 

 of Wurtemberg, by whofe dominions it was furrounded ; 

 lomilesW.S.W. of Stuttgart. N. lat. 48° 48'. E. long. 

 S'^ 50'. 



WEILACH, a river of Bavaria, which runs into the 

 Par, near Schrobenhaufen. 



WEILBACH, a river of Germany, which runs into 

 the Lahn, 2 miles S. of Weilburg. 



WEILBURG, a town of Germany, which gives name 

 to a county belonging to the houfe of Naffau, hence called 

 Naffau Weilburg, fituated on an eminence on the Lahn, 

 over which it has a bridge of ftone. The prince's palace 

 here contains fome very elegant apartments ; with a fine 

 garden belonging to it, and a chapel anfwerable to the 

 whole. All the roads near the town lie in a direft line, and 

 are planted on each fide with a row of trees. In the neigh- 

 bourhood is a large menagerie ; 9 miles W. of Wetzlar. N. 

 lat. 5o<^26'. E. long. 8" 18'. 



WEILE, or Wedel, a fea-port town of Denmark,in 

 North Jutland, fituated on a bay in the Little Belt ; 38 

 miles N.E. of Ripen. N. lat. 55°45'. E. long. 9° 30'. 



WEILHAIM, orWEiLHEiM, a town of Bavaria; 26 

 miles S.W. of Munich. N. lat. 47° 44'. E. long. 1 1° 4'. 



WEILHEIM, a town of Wurtemberg, on the Lauter ; 

 20 miles N.E. of Ulm. N. lat. 48° 33'. E. long. 9'^ 35'. 



WEILKO Stkzlcze. See Strelitz. 



WEILMUNSTER, a town of the principality of Naf- 

 fau Weilburg ; 5 miles S. of Weilburg. 



WEILNAU, a town of Germany, in the principality 

 of Naffau Weilburg ; 13 miles S. of Weilburg. 



WEILTINGEN, a town of Wurtemberg, on the War- 

 nitz ; 40 miles S.W. of Nuremberg. N. lat. 49° 3'. E. 

 long. 10° 30'. 



WEIMAR, a principality and duchy of Saxony, fitu. 

 ated in Thuringia, on the fides of the Ilm ; about 24 miles 

 in length, and 20 in breadth, but confiderable trafts are de. 

 taclied from the main body. — Alfo, a town of Saxony, and 

 capital of a duchy of the fame name, with a palace of the 

 prince, in which the duke has a valuable hbrary, a cabi- 

 net of medals, a mufeum, and a gallery of pamtings ; and 

 where are kept the archives of the Erneftine line of the 

 dukes of Saxony ; 94 miles W. of Drefden. N. lat. 51° 2'. 

 E. long. 11° 22'. 



WEINBERG, a town of Auftria; 4 miles S.E. of 

 Freyftadt. — Alfo, a town of the principality of Anfpach ; 

 3 miles N.N.E. of Feuchtwang. 



WEINFELDEN, a town of Switzerland, in the can- 

 ton of Zurich, and principal place of a bailiwick, in the 

 Thurgau ; 4 miles S.W. of Conftance. 



WEINGARTEN, a town of the duchy of Baden ; 13 

 miles S.S.E. of Spire. N. lat. 49° 3'. E. long. 8° 30'. 



WEINGE, a town of Sweden, in the province of Hal- 

 land ; 12 miles S.E. of Halmftadt. 



WEINHAUSEN, a town of Weftphalia, in the prm- 

 cipality of Luneburg Zell ; 6 miles from Zell. 

 ^ ' ^ N„ WEIN- 



