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obliged, againfl: his confent, to fervc on juries out of the 
town, or bear any office for the king, flieriffs for the coun¬ 
ty excepted. They had other privileges which may 
now be confidered as obfolete; but (till they are entitled 
to all waifs, ftrays, and all goods calf on-ffiore, within 
their admiralty jurifdiction, which extends, on the Elfex 
coaft, beyond Harwich, and on both fides the Suffolk coaft j 
and the bailiffs even hold their admiralty-court beyond 
Landguard-fort, &c. In the reign of Edward III. it was 
determined, at a trial, that the bailiffs and burgeffes had 
the foie right to take the cuitom-duties for goods coming 
into the port of Harwich. Here is a convenient quay and 
cuftom-houfe ; and no place in Britain is fo well fituated 
for the Greenland trade, becaufe, befides its conveniency 
for boiling the blubber, and erecting ftore-houfes, See. the 
fame wind, which carries them out of the mouth of the 
harbour, will carry them to the very feas of Greenland. 
Ships of 500 tons have been built here. The tide rifes 
generally twelve feet, and brings great fhips within a 
fmall diffance qf it, but flows a very little way higher. 
At low water the harbour is almoft dry. Here are a town- 
hall, council-chamber, a fit ire- hall for the county feffions j 
a'palace for the bilhop of Norwich ; a free-fehool; a good 
library, adjoining to a workhoufe, or hofpital, for poor 
lunatics, where rogues, vagabonds, See. are kept to hard 
labour; and a noble foundation for poor old men and 
women. Here are other almfhoufes, three church-fchools, 
in two of which are feventy boys, and in the third forty 
girls; and an excellent charity was begun here, in 1704, 
for the relief of poor clergymen’s widows and orphans of 
this county, by a fubfeription, which has rifen to near 
5000I. 
Ipfwich is thought to be one of the cheapeft places in 
England to live at, becaufe of eafy houfe-rent, the beft of 
inns, plenty of all kinds of provifions, and an eafy paf- 
fage, either by water or land, the coach going through to 
London in a day. It has markets on Tuefday and Thurf- 
day for fmall meat; on Wednefday and Friday for fiffi; 
and on Saturday for provifions of all kinds. In the midlt 
of the market-place is a fine crofs. It has fairs on May 4, 
July 25, and September 25. The adjacent country is cul¬ 
tivated chiefly for corn ; of which a great quantity is con¬ 
tinually {hipped off for London, and fometimes it is ex¬ 
ported to Holland. This part of the country alfo abounds 
fo much with timber, that, fince its trade of (hip-building 
has abated, they fend great quantities to the king’s yards 
at Chatham ; to which they often run, from the mouth 
of Harwich river, in one tide. The river here is beft 
known by the name of Ipfwich Water. There is Laving- 
ton-creek in it, where are prodigious flioals of mufcles to 
be feen at low water. The French refugees attempted 
formerly to ere6l a linen-manufadlory here, but it did not 
anfwer; however, the poor people are employed in fpin- 
ning flax for other places where the manufactory is fet¬ 
tled. Ipfwich is forty-two miles fouth of Norwich, and 
fixty-nine north-north-eaft of London. Lat. 52.4. N. Ion. 
1.10. E. 
IPS'WICH, the Agawam of the Indians, is a poft-town 
of the American States, and a port ©f entry on both fides 
of Ipfwich-river, in Effex county, Maffaehufetts ; twelve 
miles fouth of Newburyport, ten north-eaft of Beverly, 
thirty-two north-eaft-by-north of Bofton, and about a 
mile from the fea. The townfhip is divided into five pa- 
riffies, and contains 601 houfes and 4502 inhabitants. 
There is an excellent ftone-bridge acrofs Ipfwich river, 
compofed of two arches, with one folid pier in the bed of 
the river, which conneds the two parts of the town. The 
fupreme judicial court, the courts of common pleas and 
feffions, are held here. The inhabitants are chiefly far¬ 
mers, except thofe in the compadt part of the townfliip. 
A few veffels are employed in the fiffiery, and a few trade 
to the Weft Indies. Silk and thread lace are manufac¬ 
tured here by women and children, in large quantities, 
and fold for ufe and exportation in Bofton and other mer- 
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cantile town*. In 1790, no lefs than 41,079 yards were 
made here, and the manufacture is increaT,ng. Ipfwich 
townfliip was incorporated in 1634, and is 378 miles north- 
eaft of Philadelphia. Lat. 42. 43. N. Ion. 70. 50. 
IPS'WICH (New), a townfliip of the American States, 
in HilKborough county, New Hampfhire, containing 1241 
inhabitants, fituated on the weft fide of Souheagan river, 
and feparated from Whatohook Mountain by the north 
line of Maffaehufetts: fifty-fix miles north-welt of Bof¬ 
ton, and about feventy-feven weft of Portfmouth. 
IPT'HAUSEN, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg; 
three miles from Konigfliofen in der Grabfeld.f 
I'PUT, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the Soz, op- 
pofite Bilitz, in the government of Mogilev. 
IQUEY'QUI, or Ioui'que, an ifland in the Pacific 
Ocean, near the coaft of Peru, about a mile in circum¬ 
ference, fituated in a fmall gulf, which affords a flielter 
for veffels, but no freffi water. It is inhabited by Indians 
and Haves belonging to the Spaniards, who are employed 
in collecting a yellow earth, formed by the dung of birds, 
as manure for vines, and with which eight or ten fliips 
have been loaded annually for a century. Lat. 20 20. S. 
IQUISEN'QUI, one of the iflands of Japan, fituated 
near the fouth-eatt coaft of the ifland of Ximo. It is very 
fmall. Lat. 32.N. Ion. 132. 40. E. 
IR, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
I'RA, [Heb. a city.] A man’s name. 
I'RA, a city of Meffenia, which Agamemnon promifed 
to Achilles, if he would refume his arms to fight againfl; 
the Trojans. This place is famous in hiltory as having 
fupported a liege of eleven years againlt the Lacedaemo¬ 
nians. Its capture, B. C. 671, put an end to the fecond 
Meffenian war. Ho?ner. Strabo. 
I'RA, feu Balari, /. in botany. See Cyperus. 
IRABAD', or Hirabad, a town of Perfia, in the pro¬ 
vince of Irak: 180 miles eaft of Ifpahan, and 240 north- 
eaft of Schiras. Lat. 32. 16. N. Ion. 55. 50. E. 
IRABAT'TY, a name given to the river Ava, in fome 
part of its courfe. 
I'RAC AR'ABI, a country of Arabia Deferta, fitu¬ 
ated to the fouth of the Tigris, and Euphrates, the ancient 
Babylonia or Chaldea; towards the north-eaft it is water¬ 
ed by the branches of the Euphrates, and is fertile, with- 
a number of cities and towns; towards the fouth-weft it 
is a dreary wildernefs. It is varioufly written Yerach, 
Erec, Jerack, and Irak. Baffora is one of the principal 
places. 
I'RAC A'GEMI, a province of Perfia, bounded on the 
north by Ghilan and Mazanderan, on the eaft by Chora- 
fan, on the fouth by Farfiftan, and on the weft by the Ara¬ 
bian Irac. This province contains a part of ancient Me¬ 
dia and Parthia. It is about one hundred and fifty leagues 
in length, and one hundred and twenty in breadth ; a part 
of it is compofed of barren and naked mountains, orfandy 
plains, in which little can grow for the fervice of man. 
The air is healthy, but extremely dry ; the climate is hot, 
and it hardly ever rains in the fummer for fix months to¬ 
gether; near the rivers are vaft and fertile plains; elfe- 
where the country is barren. Muflc is obtained from an 
animal found on Mount Taurus, which croffes the pro¬ 
vince ; and in feveral places manna is collected of exqui- 
fite whitenefs. Galbanum is collected in the mountains, 
a few leagues from Ifpahan ; and in feveral places they 
cultivate grapes, part of which are dried, and the reft 
made into white wine. They reckon about forty towns 
or cities. Ifpahan is the capital. 
IRACOU'BO, a river of Guiana, which runs into the 
Atlantic in lat. 5. 35. N. Ion. 54. 27. W. 
IRACUN'DIOUS, adj. [from iracundus, Lat.] Captious 3 
difpofed to anger. 
I'RAD, [Heb. a wild afs.] A man’s name. 
I'RAM, [Hebrew.] The name of a man. 
IRAMAL'LY, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 
Dindigul; thirty miles weft-north-weft of Dindigul. 
IRA'NEY, 
