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George from the fouth-fouth-weft, winch is fakl to be 
100 feet higher than the waters of this lake. Half the 
rivers and ftreams which rife in Vermont fall into it. 
There are feveral which come to it from New-York ftate, 
and from Canada ; to which laft it fends its own waters 
through Chamblee river into the St. Lawrence. This 
lake is well ftored with fifli, particularly falmon, falmon- 
trout, fturgeon, and pickerel; and the land on its bor¬ 
ders, and on the banks of its rivers, is good. The rocks 
in feveral places appear to be marked, and ftained, with 
the former fiirface of the lake, many feet higher than it 
has been fince its difcovery in 1608. The waters gene¬ 
rally rife from about the 20th of April to the 20th of 
June, from four to fix feet; the greateft variation is not 
more than eight feet. It is feldom entirely fiiut up with 
ice until the middle of January. Between the 6th and 
15th of April the ice generally goes off; and it is not 
uncommon for many fquare miles of it to difappear in 
one day. The fcenery along various parts of the lake is 
extremely grand and pidturefque, particularly beyond 
Crown Point; the fliores are there beautifully orna¬ 
mented with hanging woods and rocks, and the moun¬ 
tains on the weltern fide rife up in ranges one behind 
the other in the mod magnificent manner. 
CHAMPLAIN', a town, the moftnortherly in Clinton 
county, Ne\*-York, which takes its name from the lake 
above defcribed. It was granted to fome Canadian and 
and Nova-Scotia refugees, who were either in the fer- 
vice of the United States during the war, or fled to them 
for protection. The indigence or ill habits of thefe peo- 
le occafioned the breaking up of the fettlement; and a 
etter fet of inhabitants have now taken their place. 
The lands are fertile ; and two livers run through it 
well ftored with fifli. 
CHAMPLEMY', a town of France, in thedepartment 
of Nyevre, and chief'place of a canton, in the dillriCt of 
La Charite : four leagues louth-fouth-weft of Clamecy. 
CHAMPLIT^TE, a town of France, and principal 
place of a diltriCt, in the department of the Upper Saone, 
it contains about 1000 inhabitants: twdnty-feven miles 
weft of Vefoul, and twelve north of Gray. 
CHAMPRO'ND, a town of France in the department 
of the Eure and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftriCt of Nogent le Rotrou; fifteen miles weft of 
Chartres. 
CHAMPROUE'NT, a town of Savoy: nine miles 
north of Chambery. 
CHAMPTERCIER', a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Lower Alps, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftrift of Digne : three miles weft of Digne. 
CHAMPTO'CE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftridt of Angers: four leagues weft-fouth-weft of 
Angers. 
CHAMPTOCE AU'X, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Mayne and Lorre, and chief place of a 
canton, in the diftrift of St. Florent le Vieil, containing 
about 1000 inhabitants: four miles weft-fouth-weft of 
Ancenis. 
CHAMPVA'NS, a town of France, in the department 
of Jura, and chief place of a canton, in the diftri< 5 t of 
Bole: one league fouth-weft of Dole. . 
CHAMPVA'NT, a town of France in the department 
of the Upper Saone, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diltricft of Gray : one league fouth of Gray. 
CHAM'TA, or Tchamta, a town of Afia, in the 
country of Thibet: 107 miles eaft of Lafla. 
CHAMTOU', a town of Afia, in the country of Thi¬ 
bet : feventy-five miles north-north-weft of Cont-Choud- 
fong. * 
CHAMU'NY, a town of Savoy, in the lordfhip of 
Faucigny : nine miles eaft of Salanche. 
CHAMUS'CA, a town of Portugal, in the province 
of Eftramadura; three leagues north-eaft of Santaren. 
CHAMU'TI, a river of Italy, in the kingdom of Na- 
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pies, which runs into the fea: fix miles fouth-fouth eaft 
of Girace. 
CHAMU'TI, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Calabria Ultra: five miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Girace. 
CHAN-CHAN, a town of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Corea : twelve miles fouth-weft of Long-Kouang. 
CHANAC', a town of France, in the department of 
Lozere, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
Mende : two leagues and a half fouth-weft of Mende. 
CHANAID', a fmall ifland of Scotland, near the fouth- 
weft extremity of the ifland of Iia. 
CHAN ANAs'I, the name of the ancient inhabitants 
of Canaan, defcendants of Canaan, but peculiarly ap¬ 
propriated to fome one branch, though uncertain which 
branch or fon of Canaan it was. 
CHA'NAS, a town of France, in the department of 
the Ifere, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrifl: of 
Vienne : four miles fouth-fouth-weft of Vienne. 
CHANCAIL'LO, a feaport of South America, in the 
Pacific Ocean, on the coaft of Peru, north-weft of Lima. 
Lat. J2. 5. S. 
CHAN9AY', a town of South America, in Peru, and 
principal place of a jurifdiftion, in the archbilhopric of 
Lima ; it contains 300 families, chiefly Spaniards: ten 
leagues fouth of Lima. 
CHANCE, f. [chance , Fr.J Fortune; the caufe of for¬ 
tuitous events.— Chance is but a mere name, and really 
nothing in itfelf; a conception of our minds, and only a 
compendious way of fpeaking, whereby we would ex- 
prefs, that fuch effefts as are commonly attributed to 
chance, were verily produced by their true and proper 
caufes, but without their defign to produce them. Bent¬ 
ley. —Fortune; the a£t of fortune; what fortune may 
bring: applied to perfons.—Thefe things are commonly 
not obferved, but left to take their chance. Bacon. —Ac¬ 
cident, cafual occurrence; fortuitous event.—To fay a 
thing is a chance or cafualty, as it relates to fecond 
caufes, is not profanenefs, but a great truth ; as fignify- 
ing no more, than that there are fome events befides the 
knowledge and power of fecond agents. South. 
All nature is but art, unknown to thee; 
All chance direction, which thou canft not fee. Pope, 
Event; fuccefs; luck : applied to things : 
Now we'll together, and the chance of goodnefs 
Be like our warranted quarrel! Sbakefpeare, 
Misfortune; unlucky accident: 
To fay extremity is the trier of fpirits. 
That common chances common men could bear. ShakefL 
Poflibility of any occurrence: 
A chance, but chance may lead, where I may meet 
Some wand’ring fpirit of heav’n, by fountain fide, 
Or in thick fliade retir’d. Milton. 
CHANCE, adj. [It is feldom ufed but in compofition.J 
Happening by chance: 
Now ftiould they part, malicious tongues would fay, 
They met like chance companions on the way. Dry den. 
To CHANCE. <v. n. [from the noun.] To happen ; to 
fall out; to fortune.—How chance thou art not with the 
prince thy brother ? Shakefpearc. 
I h ofe the fafer fea, and chanc'd to find 
Ar[ ver’s mouth impervious to the wind. Pope. 
CHANCE,/. The doftrine and laws of, are the fame as 
thofe of expeftation or probability, &c. Chances, in 
play, confift of the number of ways by which events 
may happen. Thus’, if a halfpenny, or other piece of 
money, be tofled up, there are two events, or chances, 
or fides that may turn up, namely, one chance for turn¬ 
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