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never at all put the hides into the fait brine. 3. Inftead of 

 the honey-preparation and the pickling, they lay the hides 

 before the dyeing, in the foregoing manner, in the tan of the 

 leavej of the kitzliar tan-tree, leaving them in it eight days. 

 4. For preparing the dye, they have no need of the herb 

 tfchagan, but the berries alone are boiled in clear water, of 

 which to four Ruffian vedros of water about ten pounds are 

 requifite, and heighten the colour afterwards with three 

 lotes of alum to every pound of berries. The dyeing is 

 performed in the fame manner as has been related with the 

 red, and after the dyeing there is no need to lay the fafSans 

 in the tan, as having before received it. Nothing more is 

 neceflary than to fcrape them clean, to work them thoroughly, 

 to polilh and to ornament thera. The yellow faffians ufually 

 are fold at one ruble twenty kopeeks ; but the red at fome- 

 vrhat more, on account of the dearnefa of the dye, gene- 

 rally one ruble eighty kopeeks. 



YUG, or Yog, the more correft mode of writing the 

 viordjogue, by which the Hindoos diftinguifh the poetical 

 or mythological ages of the vt'orld. We have noticed 

 thefe wild fpeculations under the more popular word jogues; 

 to which, to Gentoos, Kalki, Kalpa, and Yogeswara, 

 we refer thofe defirous of farther information hereon. 



YUG.ASIRI, in Hindoo Mythology, is the name of the 

 wife of Vairaxa, an incarnation of Siva. See thofe 

 articles. 



YUH AGHIRS, in Geography, a Ruffian tribe, which oc- 

 cupies the northernmoft parts of the territory of the Yakutes, 

 bordering on 'the Frozen ocean, from the Yama to the Koly- 

 ma. They were known to the Ruffian conquerors as early as the 

 Yakutes ; but on account of their wild and impaffable deferts, 

 could not be brought into entire fubjeftion until the year 

 1639. They had never feen a horfe, though that fpecies of 

 animals was found among the Yakutes ; and therefore they 

 appear to have been for a long time confined to their cold, 

 fenny, and mountainous diilricts. The whole people, at the 

 revifion before the laft, fays Mr. Tooke, paid taxes only for 

 about 1000 heads ; but it was fo eafy for them in their de- 

 ferts to evade the payment, that their entire population may 

 be computed at a much higher number. See Yakutsk. 



YVIAS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 North coafts ; 4 miles E.N.E. of Pontrieu. 



YVICA. See Ivica. 



YUKANLOOT, a town of Candahar ; 10 miles E.N.E. 

 of Suffa. 



YULDUZ. See Yolotou. 



YUMA, or YuMBA.or /,on^ IJland, one of the Bahama 

 iflands : about 50 miles in length, of very unequal breadth. 

 N. lat. 23° 20'. W. long. 74° 50'. 



Yuma, in Mythology. See Tscheremisses. 



YUM.\R, the name of the object of worfhip among the 

 Votiaks ; fimilar probably to Yuma, Yummcl, and Yummala, 

 among other tribes of the ancient Fmns. 



YUMBA Bay, in Gecgraphy, a bay on the E. coaft of 

 theifland of Hifpaniola, S. of Cape Spada. 



YUMETOS, a duller of fmall iflands, among the Ba- 

 hama iflands, about 20 miles S.W. from Yuma. 



YUMFONG, a fmall ifland, near the coall of China, 

 about three miles from the ifland of Tfeng-ming. N. lat. 

 31° 42'. E. long. 121° 17'. 



YUMMALA, in Mythology, an idol deity of the Finns, 

 who had a rich temple m Permia, or Biermia, fuppofed to 

 have extended fro.nri the White feato the mountains of Ural. 

 Tiiis temple was decorated with a profulion of gold and 

 jewels. See Permians. 



YUMMEL, an appellation by which the Lieflanders and 



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Efthonians worfhipped the true God ; in fubordination to 

 whom they only admitted inferior deities as beneficent and 

 malicious fpirits. 



YUN, in Geography, a city of China, of the fecond 

 rank, in Yun-nan ; 1262 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 

 24° 3^'- E. long. 99° 35'. 



YoN, or Tongpe, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Yun-nan ; 1135 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 26° 44'. 

 E. long. 1 00" 34'. 



YUNA, a nv r of Hifpaniola, which runs into the So- 

 mana bay. 



YUNCHA, a town of South America, in the pronnce 

 of Tucuman ; 60 miles S. of St. Jago del Eftero. 



YUNG-KANG, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 

 in Quang-fi ; 1140 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 22^ 

 56'. E. long. 107° 26'. 



YUNG-NGAN-POU, a fortrefs of China, in Chen-f5, 

 on the borders of Tartary ; no miles N. of Ling-tao. 



YUNG-NING, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 

 in Chan fi ; 300 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 37° 35'. 

 E. long. 1 10° 59'. 



YUNGUS, or VuNGUS Vicus, in Ancient Geography, a 

 place of Gaul, on the route from Reims to Treves. Anton. 

 Itin. 



YUN-HING, in Geography, a city of China, of the 

 firft rank, in Ho-nan. The country within its diftrift \i 

 very large, and is partly fiat, and partly mountainous, efpe- 

 cially to the north and fouth ; it is watered by (everal rivers, 

 which render the foil very fruitful. There are two towns of 

 the fecond rank, and twelve of the third under its jurifdic- 

 tion ; 430 miles S. of Peking. N. lat. 33'^. E. long. 

 113° 52'. 



YUN-LEAN-HO, a canal of China, formed of the 

 river Pay-ho, or ra:her the river itfelf made navigable 

 from Hiam-ho to Tien-tfin, in the province of Pe-tche-li, 

 for the purpofe of conveying corn towards Tong-tcheou and 

 Peking. The name in the Chinefe language is faid to mean 

 corn bearing. 



YUN-NAN, a province of China, bounded on the N. 

 by Se-tchuen and Thibet, on the E. by Quauir-fi and Koei- 

 tcheou, on the S. by Laos, and on the W. by Ava and 

 Pegu ; about 300 miles in length, and 250 in breadth. 

 This province is reckoned one of the moft fertile and opu- 

 lent in China. Its inhabitants are brave, robuft, affable, 

 and fond of the fciences, which they cultivate with fuccefs : 

 its rivers, gold, copper, and tin-mines ; its amber, rubies, 

 fapphires, agates, pearls, precious ilones, marble, mufli, 

 filk, elephants, horfes, gums, medicinal plants, and hnen, 

 have procured it a reputation which renders it refpeftable to 

 the Chinefe. Its commerce is immenfe, as well as its riches, 

 which are faid to be inexhauftible. This province contains 

 21 cities of the firft clafs, and 55 of the fecond and third. 

 Sir George Staunton eltimates the population at eight 

 millions. 



Yun-nan, a city of China, of the firft rank, and capital 

 of Yun-nan, fituated at the north extremity of a lake. It 

 was formerly celebrated for its extent, and the beauty of its 

 public edifices. Here were feen magnificent buildings, vaft 

 gardens, tombs, triumphal arches, and elegant fquares ; but 

 the Tartars, in their difi'erent invafions, deftroyed all thefe 

 monuments ; and the city at prefent contains nothing re- 

 markable : it is, however, the refidence of the governor of 

 the province. It comprehends in its diftrift four towns of 

 the fecond clafs, and feven of the third ; 1 152 miks S.S.W. 

 of Peking. N. lat. 25° 6'. £. long. 102^ 2&'. 



YUNTAI, an ifland near the coall of China, ia t.he 



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