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Tliat territory which lies between Yezd and Ifpahan is the 

 moft arid part of Irak. The foil is poor, light, and fandy ; 

 and here is a general fcarcity of wood and water : the cli- 

 mate alfo is hot, though not unhealthy. The fmall towns 

 of Ardiftan, Naiii, Aujdah, Mynboot, and Sezdabad, are 

 badly built, and contain from ico to 200 houfes each. 

 M'Kinneir's PerCa. 



YEZDEGERDIC Year, in Chronology. See Per- 

 SiAN Tear. 



YEZDICAN, in Geography, a river of the Perfian em- 

 pire, in the province of Azerbijan, which has its fource 

 :.bout 60 miles to the E. of the lake of Van, and which, 

 piirfuing a N.E. courfe, patTes under the walls of Yezdican 

 -nd Kurs, and meets the Araxes a little to the N. of Nuch- 

 iliivan. 



YEZEDI, the name of a Perfian feft, of which fever|l 

 tribes inhabit the mountains of Sinjar, about eight or ten 

 miles from Nifibis. They are numerous in the vicinity of 

 Moful, and are faid to worfhip, or rather deprecate, the 

 dfvil, entertaining an idea that he poflefles an unlimited 

 j 'iwer over mankind. They even diflike to hear the name 

 of the evil Ipirit mentioned in their prefence. They are the 

 (Icfcendants of thofe Arabs who followed the banners of 

 Yt-zid, and fought againft HoufTein, in the battle of Ker- 

 uela ; and fcheik Ade, the founder of the kSl, is interred 

 ii?ar Moful. They adore one Supreme Being as the crea- 

 tor and benefaftor of the human race, drink wine and other 



ong liquors, and circumcife hke the Mahometans. The 



zedi are hated by the Turks, to whom they are mortal 

 enemies, and who have never been able to fubdue them. 

 They lie in ambufli behind the rifing grounds which Ikirt 

 tlie road between Moful and Merdin ; and as travellers are 

 obliged to pafs a lonely wild, twenty furlongs in length, 

 they are liable, if not numeroufly attended, to be mur- 

 dered by thefe mifcreants. Sinjar affords abundance of paf- 

 turage, and alfo yields a fufEcient quantity of grain for 

 ♦Jie confumption of its favage inhabitants. M'Kinneir's 

 Perfia. 



YFFINIAC, a town of France, in the department of 

 the North Coafts ; 6 miles S.E. of St. Brieuc. 



YGEA, a town of Spain, in Old Caftile ; 12 miles S. 

 cf Calahorra. 



YGGEDE, or Uggade, in Ancient Geography, a place 

 cf Gallia Lyonnenfis. Anton. Itin. 



YGIN, in Geography, a town of Corea ; 28 miles 

 S.S.W. of Haimen. 



YGROMETER. See Hygrometer. 



YGUALADA, in Geography, a. town of Spain, in 

 Catalonia ; 28 miles N.W. cf Barcelona. 



YGUISAN, a fmall illand among the Philippines, 

 near the north coaft of Panay. N. lat. 1 1** 35'. E. 

 long. 122° 32'. 



Y-HO, a river of China, which rifes in Chan-tong, 

 and runs into the Hoang, near Sou-tcheou, in the pro- 

 vince of Kiang-nan. 



YIAN-CHAN, a town of Corea; 28 miles E. of 

 Hetfin, or Etfin. 



YICHKENISH, one of the fmaller Weftern iflands of 

 Scotland ; i mile N. of Benbecula. 



YIELD or Slack the Hand, in the Manege. See 

 Slack. 



YIELDING and Paying, a law phrafe, formed by cor- 

 ruption from the Saxon geldan, or gildan, to pay. Hence, 

 in Domefday, gildare is frequently uied {or fohere, reddere ; 

 the Saxon g being eafily converted into a y. See Gejld, 

 and Gild. 



YIETI, in Geography, a town of South America, m 

 the province of Paraguay; 120 miles S.E. of Affump- 

 tion. 



YIN, a word ufed by fome of the chemical writers to 

 exprefs verdigrife. 



YISSER, in Geography, a river of Algiers, anciently 

 called Serbetis, which runs into the fea at Jinnett. 



YKINA, a town of Sweden, in the province of Finland ; 

 45 miles N. of Biorneborg. 



YLANE, a town of Sweden, in the government of 

 Abo ; 27 miles N. of Abo. 



YLAY. See Ila. 



YLIGAN, a town on the north coaft of Mindanao. 



YLIKANNUS, a town of Sweden, in the government 

 of Wafa ; 24 miles E.N.E. of Gamla Karleby. 



Y-LIN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Hou- 

 quang ; 617 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 30° 52'. 

 E. long. 1 10° 44'. 



YLISTARO, a town of Sweden, in the government of 

 Wafa ; 24 miles E.N.E. of Wafa. 



YLIVIESKA, a town of Sweden, in the government 

 of Ulea ; 38 miles S. of Ulea. 



YLO, or Ilo, a fea-port town of Peru, in the diocefe 

 of Arequipa, fituated near the mouth of a frelh-water river 

 of the fame name, which is dry from the beginning of Oc- 

 tober to January ; 25 miles W. of Moquegna. S. lat. 

 17° 38'. 



YLST. See Ilst. 



YLUM Oe, a fmall ifland of Denmark, in the Littk 

 Belt. N. lat. 55° 8'. E. long. 10° 7'. 



YLWISKA, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Bothnia; 28 

 miles S. of Braheltad. 



YNATILAN, a town on the weft coaft of the illand of 

 Sibu. N. lat. 10° 21'. E. long. 123° 22'. 



YNCA, Yncan, or Inca, an appellation anciently given 

 to the kings of Peru, and the princes of their blood ; the 

 word fignifying literally, lord, king, emperor, and royal 

 blood. 



The king himfelf was particularly called capae ynca, i. e. 

 great lord ; his wife, pallas ; and the princes fimply yfuas. 

 Thefe yncas, before the arrival of the Spaniards, were ex- 

 ceeding powerful. Their people revered them to excels, as 

 believing them to be fons of the fun, and never to have 

 committed any fault. If any perfon offended the royal 

 majefty in the fmalleft matter, the city he belonged to was 

 totally demolifhed. 



When they travelled, whatever chamber they lay in on 

 the road was walled up as foon as they departed, that no- 

 body might ever enter in after them. The like was done 

 to the room in which the king died ; in which, likewife, all 

 the gold, lilver, and precious furniture, were always im- 

 mured, and a new apartment was built for his fucceffor. 



His beloved wives, domeitics, &c. likewife facrificed 

 themfelves, and were buried alive in the fame tomb along 

 with him. See the Hiftory of the Yncas, by Garcilaffo 

 de la Vefia. See alfo Inca. 



YNG, or Yn, in Geography, a city of China, of the 

 fecond rank, in Chan-fi. N. lat. 39° 40'. E. long. 

 112° 49'. 



YNIESTA, a town of Spain, in New Caftile; 20 miles 

 S.E. of Alarcon. 



Y-NING, a town of Corea ; 33 miles E.N.E. of Tfin- 

 tcheou. 



YN-PING, a town of Corea; 38 miles S.W. of K-oang- 



tcheou. -1 ,- r /-. 



YN-TCHENG, atownof Corea; 25 miles E. of Ou- 



''^'^"- YN-YUEI, 



