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ill March 1754, in the 61II year of his age. He beheld the 

 approaches of death with tranquilUty and refignation. Wet- 

 ftein was focial, and fond of innocent amufements, though 

 ftudious. He was an excellent Greek i'cholar, poffeffed a 

 retentive memory, and fpoke fevera) modern languages. 

 He was affable even to ftrangers, and kind and condefcend- 

 ing to his pupils. His benevolence comprehended all of 

 every nation and communion, and he was prompt in commu- 

 nicating alTiltance and advice to all who applied to him. 

 His charafter has been amply vindicated from invidious and 

 degrading charges by Knghout, in his " Memoria Wet- 

 fleniana Vindicata," 410. Formey's Elog. Gen. Biog. 



WETTELSHEIM, in Geography, a town of Ge.many, 

 in the principality of Anfpach ; 4 miles N.W. of Treucht- 

 lingen. 



WETTENHAUSEN, a princely abbey, founded in 

 the tenth century ; 20 miles W. of Augfburg. 



WETTER, a town of Germany, in the county of 

 Mark ; 6 miles S.W. of Schwiert — Alfo, a town of Ger- 

 many, in the principahty of HefTe ; 6 miles N.W. of 

 Marburg. N. lat. 50'^ 54'- E. long. 8° 45'.— Alfo, a 

 river of Germany, which rifes in the county of Solms, and 

 runs into the Nidda, at Aflenheim. 



Wetter IJland, an iiland in the Eaft Indian fea, 

 about 90 miles in circumference, of an irregular form. S. 

 lat. 7° 24'. E. long. 126^ 40'. 



Wetter Lake, a lake of Sweden, in Eaft Gothland, 

 fixty-five miles long, and from ten to fixteen wide. This 

 lake has but one outlet by the river Motala, though above 

 forty little ftreams difcharge ihemfelves into it. This lake 

 lies much higher than either the Baltic or the North fea, 

 and is deep and clear, but very boifterous in winter. It is 

 fuppofed certainly to prognofticate the approach of ftormy 

 weather. As this lake, like all inland pieces of water, 

 furrounded with hills or mountains, is fubjeA to fudden 

 ftorms in the ftilleft weather, fuperilition and creduUty co- 

 operating, as in other cafes, have been bufy in explaining and 

 admitting caufes for this phenomenon ; and accordingly it 

 has been reported and credited, that tliefe fudden ilorms are 

 occafioned by a fubterraneous communication with the lake 

 of Conftance in Switzerland. It is faid, that by a regular 

 feries of correfpondence and obfervation it was found, that 

 when the waters of one lake arofe, ihofe of the other fell in 

 the fame proportion ; and frequently the waters of the Wetter 

 were violently agitated without the leaft wind, or any appa- 

 rent caufe, until information arrived that at the fame lime 

 the lake of Conftance had been difturbed by a tempcll. 

 The whole is fuppofed to be a fable grounded on fome anti- 

 quated tradition. See Wadstena. 



WETTER AU, or Wetteravia, a country of Ger- 

 many, Htuated between the county of Heffe and the river 

 Maine, which takes its name from the river Wetter. It 

 contains the counties of Siegen, Schaumburg, Dillenburg, 

 Dietz, Hadamar, Weilburg, Idftein, Hanau, Solms, Wef- 

 terburg, Ifenburg, Sayn, Witgenftein, Hohenftein, Cron- 

 berg, and Waldeck, the lordlhips of Weid, and the imperial 

 towns of Wetzlar, Friedberg, and Gelnhaufen. The 

 northern part is called Wefterwald. 



WETTERINGEN, a town of Germany, in the bi- 

 fliopric of Munfter ; 7 miles S.W. of Rheine. 



WETTING, a town of Weftphalia, in the duchy of 

 Magdeburg, on the Saal, the principal place of a bailiwick, 

 which was formerly a county, in the year 1283 granted to the 

 cathedral of Magdeburg. In the neighbourhood are fome 

 coal-mines ; 34 miles S. of Magdeburg. N. lat. 51° 37'. 

 E. long. 12° 3'. 

 WETTINGEN, a town of Switzerland, and principal 

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place of a bailiwick, in the county of Baden, on the Lim. 

 mat, with a celebrated wooden bridge of one arch over the 

 river, executed by the fame perfon who built the bridge over 

 the Rhine, at SchafFhaufen ; I mile S. of Baden. 



WETZ, a river of Germany, which runs into the Lahn, 

 near Wetzlar Alfo, a town of Germany, in the princi- 

 pality of Solms Braunfels ; 5 miles S. of Wetzlar. 



WETZLAR, an imperial town of Germany, in the cir- 

 cle of the Upper Rhine, fituated on the Lahn. The Ro- 

 man Cathohcs, the Lutherans, and the Calvinills, have each 

 a church ; 45 miles E. of Coblentz. N. lat. 50''' 34'. E. 

 long. 8° 33'. 



WEVELSBURG, a town and citadel of WeftphaUa, in 

 the bilhopric of Paderborn ; 8 miles S. of Paderborn. 



WEVER, a river of England, in the county of Chef- 

 ter, which runs into the Dee, 7 miles N. of Chefter. — 

 Alfo, a river of England, in the county of Devon, which 

 runs into the Culm, near Bradninch. 



WEVERHAM, a townfhip of England, inChefhire; 

 3 miles W. of Northvvich. 



WE VERY, a river of Wales, %vhich runs into the Wye, 

 near Builth. 



WEWER, or Wever, a town of Weftphaha, in d;-; 

 bifliopric of Paderborn ; 22 miles S.S.W. of Paderborn. 



WEWURTZE, a river of Lithuania, which runs into 

 the Minnie, 3 miles S. of Proeculs. 



WEXEL, a mountain of Stiria ; 4 miles N.W. of Frid- 

 berg. 



WEXFORD, a county of Ireland, in the fouth-eaft 

 part of it, which has St. George's Channel on the E. and 

 S., the counties of Waterford, Kilkenny, and Carlow, on the 

 W., and that of Wicklow on the N. It extends from N. 

 to S. 44 Irilh miles, and from E. to W. 25 ; being j6 

 Englifh miles in length, by 32 in breadth. It contains 

 342,900 acres, or 535 fquare niiles Irilh, equal to 5:50,888 

 acres, or 695 fquare miles in Englifh meafuie. The num- 

 ber of parifhes 142, h.iving 41 churches, all of which, ex- 

 cept two parifhes with one church, are in the diocefe of 

 Farns. The population was eftimated by Dr. Beaufort at. 

 about 115,000. Wexford forms almoft a peninfula, being 

 feparated from Waterford and Kilkenny by the haven of 

 Waterford, and the deep and navigable river Barrow, and 

 from the counties of Carlow and Wicklow by formidable 

 ranges of mountains, which admit of few paffes. Being 

 fituated next to the principality of Wales, and nearly 

 oppofite to the mouth of the Britifh Channel, it prefcnted 

 great advantages to the Englifh invaders of Ireland in the 

 reign of Henry II. ; who, after their firft viftories over 

 the natives, felefted this county, from its natural ftrength, 

 for the refidence of the firft colonifts. The inhabitants of 

 the baronies of Bargie and Forth are fuppofed to retain 

 traces of their defcent from thefe fettlers. (See Bargie.) 

 Wexford cannot be called hilly or mountainous, except on 

 the frontiers of Carlow and Wicklow. Yet it contains a 

 great deal of coarfe cold land, and ftiff clay foil, which the 

 want of lime-ftone renders it difficult and expenfive to im- 

 prove. The baronies of Bargie and Forth, b?ing of a 

 lighter foil, are well tilled, and produce large quantities of 

 barley. The river Slaney croffes the county from New- 

 town Barry to Wexford, receiving the Bann from the 

 northward, and affords a perpetual variety of pifturefque 

 and romantic views among its wooded and winding banks. 

 This river is navigable to Ennifcorthy. The hnen manufac- 

 ture has made no progrefs in this county, but there is a ma- 

 nufafture of coarfe woollens. The chief towns are Wet 

 ford, New Rofs, and Ennifcorthy, of which an account if 



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