NOR 
wn ‘thips s, and which held out this reward, ‘only to fuch 
fhips as fhould difcover a paflage. throu og Haden s Bay. 
fhe 
very, the fum 
we to 7 difcovery ae a canes between the At t- 
Jaatic and Pacific oceans, that if any fhip fhall a} ahagaae 
to within one degree of the north pole, the owner, &c. 
commander, &c. fo approaching, fhall receive, as a ohare 
for fuch tirftapproach, the fum of sooo/. In order to facilitate 
the fuccefs of Capt. Cook’s expedition, lieutenant Pickerf- 
ill in 5776, and lieutenant Young in 17779, were ordered 
to proceed to Baffin’s bay, to explore its weltern parts, &c. 
The execution of thefe preconctrted voyages did not an{wer 
the expectations that were formed of them, for reafons which 
it is here needlefs to detail. ‘The inftructions esac a to 
Capt. Cook were founded on an porwig knowledge o 
what had been already done, and of what ftill remained to 
be performed ; and this knowledge aomed out the inutility 
of beginning his fearch for a paflage till his atrival in the la- 
titude of 65°, whither he was direted to repair. The 
Hudfon’s Bay company: though = fome time tardy in the 
contrivance and oe of plans and voyages towards the 
W. paflage, at acd: exerted themfelves 
&. 7 Introdudtion to Cook’s Third Voyage, vol. i. 
Nortu-Wef Point, in Gaara a cape on the weft 
eek of Ais S. lat. 16° 
H-Weft River, a ca of Cape Fear river, in 
Nor Cert 
We Terri itory, a part of the United States of 
America, dnited nto the ftates of Ohio, Indiana, and the 
county of Wa 
Norru Wind See 
NORTHADSTEDE. 3 is 1 Geography, ; oo of the 
duchy of Holftem ; eight miles N.E. of M 
NORTHALBEN, or Noaaeann See eee. 
NORTHALLERTON, a borough and market-town 
in idee apentake of ararety North Riding of the 
‘y 
"was a tall mait,’fixed in‘a four-wheel carriage, and 
NOR 
to return to their own count of 
their army. pot on hich the confli& took place, is 
ftill “age Standards 
The t confifts principally of one ftreet, the houfes of 
which are ¢ built with brick : the market-place is fpacious, and 
furrounded with very eth houfes. The church is an an- 
cient ftructure, bui 
al monuments. 
right of eleGtion is in the who 
ing fcot and lot. A market is held on Wednefdays, and 
here are five annu i i 
conftitute the chief articles of traffic. 
furvey of the year 1811, Piaget was ftated to c 
2234 inhabitants, occupying 510 Near this on 
an hofpital, dedicated to St. ele was founded b 
Pufar, bifho clofe of t 
ine, 
Chriftchurch college, 
founded by Richar 
beings but part 
only four perfons are maintained in i 
the fe of Carlifle, the patron. 
Wales; Yorkfhire, vol. xvi. by J. B 
NOR AMERICA paca all that part of 
the continent of America which lies N. of the ifthmus of 
b 
Benue of England and 
and. 
to the sg ocean, bic as the 57th and 168th deg. 
W. lon m Greenwich. Beyond the 7oth degree N. 
lat. few aifooveries aie been miade. 
difcovered in 1497, in the reign of Henry VII. by John 
Cabot, a Venetian; and was then thickly i ects by 
than 
ther particulars, corre€ting~ C 
largely under that article, and ne others that have not 
bees ready introduced. neg e provinces and ftates compre- 
es) 
3 & Countries, Provinces, . Number of 
4 nd States. Inhabitants. 
oO 
oO 
3 4 Welt Greenland, about 10,000 
- 
te r New Britain unknown 
=, | Upper Canada about 80,000 
= | Lower Canad — 150,000 
ry J Newfoundland _ 3000 
3 } Cape Breton Ifland — 1,000 
= | New Brunfwick 
3 _ fore) 
& | Nova Scotia 3520 
” | St. John’s Ifland in 1783, 5,000 
Vermont 
