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= the abfence of his fpoufe, fent for her to the camp before 
or men 
r valour, was afterwards captivated ak her 
» and was not eafy till he made her the partner of his 
ened and he had by her a fon mamed Ninyas. He brought 
back immenfe fpoils from Ba¢tria, and died after a reign of 
fifty years, leaving Semiramis regent of his vaft dominions. 
rhaps, more properly {peaking, 
mitted by various writers 
dence can be 
n 
when Nimrod had eftablifhed the beginning of his empire 
at Babylon, and in the land of Shinar, he advanced towards 
Affyria, where he built powerful cities, alfo La | fortrefles, 
to keep the people in fubjeétion. On this fubje&, fee 
AsHu Whoever: was the founder of Ni- 
fome ma ay Pica 7 oo to the eaft . this river. 
of the het Jonah (ch. iv. 11.), it was 
pana Ge ontain aor ee 120,000 nee who could 
not diftinguith their right hand from their left, or of young 
children who had not attained the age of reafon; whence 
it has been inferred, that the number of inhabitants at se 
Strabo allows it 
have been much larger than Babylon. Diodorus Siculus 
fays, (Bibl. ‘lib. ii.) that it was 480 ftadia in circumference, 
or forty-feven miles, and that it was furrounded with lofty 
walls and towers; the former being 100 feet high, and fo 
broad, that three chariots might drive upon = abreaft ; 
ach 200 
8 
It ond time by 
tyages and ‘Nabopolaer, from Cac ae of Affyria, 
B.C. 62 fc) mer i eadoue 
about the feventh century. 
that the ruins of ancient Nineveh may {till be feen on the 
eaftern bank of the Tigris, and on the oppolite fide the city 
of ied fies many do not diftinguifh from Nineveh. 
ee He 
INZIN, in the Materia Medica, a name ufed by fome 
ee for a = ous Chinefe root, commonly called 
ginfeng. See 
in Cay, an ifland of the we Archi- 
pelago, anciently known under the name of Jos, becaufe 
it was peopled by Lonians, is lofty, mountainous, and in- 
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terfe&ted by fome vallies and fome plains that are not very 
extenfive, and is little more than 40 miles in circuit. The 
pays to the captain-pacha nearly gooo piaftres, colleGted by 
a Greek waiwode, who is appointed by the Porte, and who 
maintains order and adminifters juftice, conjointly with fix 
primates, whom the inhabitants ele&t every year in a a general 
aflembly. This ifland would have almoft efcaped notice, if 
chants; and as the 
{upply herbage and fruits, and well 
foil, they render it, though naturally far from 
being fertile, in a confiderable degree produdtive. The 
women employ themfelves in {pinning the ave which they 
ather, and in knitting fto ockings and caps for fale. This 
ifland fara es wine, not only to all its ‘nbabitante, but alfo 
to t which anchor in the harbour. When the 
otto ten 
thoufand okes, and alfo gnc and a are annually 
exported for Ancona and Venice; and fome cotton per 
are manufactured and esdine in the ifla ad. 
uantity of wax and honey is eal The ifland breeds 
400 {mall fized oxen, 6000 goats, and 300 
the cae as thieves and robbers. The felival of St. Gre- 
roaches, which are here, particularly in fummer, ver 
gufting and troublefome infe&ts. They alfo note the feftival 
of St. John the Baptifl ; ; and they abftain from oe 
any bufinefs of importance on the fame da week 
throughout the whole year, becaufe eee ia them 
to imagine, that its iffue would be unprofpero N. lat, 
36° 46’. E. long. 5° a eae Sonnini. 
or Nyvo of Switzerland, in the 
Pays de ” Vaud, delighflly Gea upon the edge of 
the lake of Geneva, It was formerly called ‘ Colonia 
Equeftris Noiodunum ;” and. in pro oof of its antiquity, 
Roman infcriptions and other ancient remains have been 
frequently difcovered in the outfkirts of the town. In this 
part the lake forms a beautiful curve, happily alluded to by 
Lucan, where he mentions the army of Julius Cefar ftriking 
their tents, which were pofted on ie borders : 
«* Deferuere cavo tentoria fixa Lemano.” 
tue. “ They ftrike their ae and quit the nel bend of 
Lem lake.’ 
The modern manufacture of as town Is a beautiful porcelain 5 $ 
1o miles N. of Geneva. N. lat. 46°24’. E. long. 6° 6’. 
TIONS. See Nyo 
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