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NG AN-PIN-TCHING', a final 1 ifland in the Chinefe 
Sea, near the weft coaft of Formofa. Lat. 23. N. Ion. 119. 
34-E. 
NGAN-SA'I, a town of China of the third rank, in 
Chen-fi, on the Yen river*, eight miles north-weft of 
Yen-ngan. 
NGAN-SU', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Pe-tche-li: thirteen miles north-weft of Pao-ting. 
NGAN-TIN', a town of China, o£ the third rank, in 
Chen-li, on the river Tfin-kien : thirty-five miles north- 
north-eaft of Yen-ngen. 
NGAN-TIN', a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 
Quang-fi : 1087 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 
2.3.49. N. Ion. 107. 31. E. > 
NGAN-TING', a town of China of the third rank, in 
Chen-fi : forty miles north-eaft of Ling-tao. 
NGAN-TONG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Kiang-nan, on the river Hoang : eighteen miles north- 
north-etfft of Hoai-ngan. 
NGAN-Y', a town of China,, of the third rank, in 
Kiang-fi : twenty miles north-weft of Nan-tchang. 
NGAN-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Hou-quang : twenty-three miles fouth-eaft of Fong. ■ 
NGAN-YUEN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Kiang-fi : forty miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Kan-cheou. 
NGEN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Cftang- 
tong : twenty miles fouth of Te. 
NGEN-PING', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Quang-tong: fixty-three miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Tchao-king. 
NGI-TCHEOU', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Chen-fi : thirty-three miles eaft-north-eaft of Fou. 
NGIN-HA'I, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 
Chang-tong, near the fea : 307 miles vveft-fouth-weft of 
Peking. Lat. 37.25. N. Ion. 121. 34.. E. 
NGIN-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Chang-tong : thirteen miles north of Yen-tcheou. 
NGO-HI'EN, a city of China, of the third clafs, in the 
province of Chang-tong, remarkable only for producing a 
drug,of which thecompofition will no doubt appear as lin¬ 
gular as the numerous properties afcribed to it. Near this 
city isa well formed by nature, which is reckoned to be fe- 
venty feet in depth, and which has a communication, as 
the Chinefe fay, with fome fubterranean lake, or other large 
refervoir. The water drawn from it is exceedingly clear, 
and much heavier than common ; and, if it be mixed with 
muddy water, it purifies it and renders it limpid, by pre¬ 
cipitating ail its impurities to the bottom of the veflel. 
This water is employed in making the vgo-lda, which is 
nothing elfe but a kind of glue procured from the Ikin 
of a black afs. 
The animal is killed and flayed, and the Ikin is fteeped 
for five days in water drawn from this well. At the end 
of that time, it is taken out to be fcrap’ed and cleaned ; it 
is afterwards cut into fmall pieces, which are boiled over 
allow fire, in the fame kind of water, until it is reduced 
to a jelly, which is {trained, while warm, through a cloth, 
to free it from all the grofs matter which could not be 
melted. When this glue is cool, and has acquired a 
confidence, it is formed into fquare cakes, upon which 
the Chinefe imprint characters and coats of arms, or the 
figns of their (hops. 
This well is the only one of the kind in China; it is 
always Ihut, and fealed by the governor of the place with 
his own feal, until the cuftomary day of making the em¬ 
peror’s glue. This operation generally lafts from the au¬ 
tumnal harveft till the month of March. During that 
time, the neighbouring people and merchants treat for the 
purchafe of the glue with thofe who guard the well, and 
with the people who make it. The latter manufacture as 
much of it as they can, on their own account;' with this . 
difference, that it is not fo pure, and that they are lefs 
fcrupulous in examining whether the afs be fat, or of a 
very black colour : however, all the glue made here is as 
much efteemed at Peking as that which the mandarins 
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who are on the fpot tranfmit to court and to their friends. 
As this drug is in the greateft requeft, and as the quantity 
of it made at Ngo-hien is not fufficient to fupply the 
whole empire, there are not wanting people who coun, 
terfeit it elfe where, and who manufacture a fpurious kind 
from the {kins of mules, horfes, and camels, and fome- 
times even from old boots. It is, however/very eafy to 
diftinguifh that which is genuine; it has neither a bad 
fmell nor a difirgreeable tafte when applied to the mouth ; 
it is brittle and friable, and always of a deep black colour, 
fometimes inclining to red. The qualities of the coun¬ 
terfeit kind are entirely different; both its tafte and fmell 
are difagreeable, and it is vifcous and flabby even when 
made of the {kin of a hog, which is that which imitates 
the true kind the beft. 
The Chinefe attribute a great number of virtues to this 
drug. They allure us that it diflolves phlegm, facilitates 
the play and elafticity of the lungs, gives a free refpira- 
tion to thofe .who breathe with difficulty ; that it comforts 
the breaft, increafes the blood, ftops dyfenteyies, provokes 
urine, and ftrengthens children in the womb. Without 
warranting the truth of all thefe properties, it appears 
at leaft certain, by the teftimony of the miffionaries, that 
this drug is lerviceable in dileafes of the lungs. It is 
taken with a decoction of fimples, and fometimes in 
powder. Ency. Brit. 
NGUIAN'QUE, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Koval, and fometimes called the capital. 
NIIANDIRO'BA,yi in botany, SeeFEUiLLEA. 
NHING, a city" of China, of the fecond rank, in 
Kiang-fi: 675 miles fouth of Peking. Lat. 29. N. Ion. 
114I 3. E. 
NHING-ILO'A, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Fo-kien : thirty-two miles north-north-eaft of Ting- 
tcheou. 
NHING-KOU'E, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 
Kiang-nan, fituated on a river, which runs into the Yang- 
tie. The country about it is very uneven, being fur- 
rounded by mountains; but its hills are very pleafant, 
and the mountains, covered with woods, produce excel¬ 
lent medicinal plants. Here are many manufactures of 
paper; and it has fix towns of the third order under its 
jurifdifilion : 537 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Peking. Lat. 
31.2. N. ion. 118.24. E. 
NHING-LOU 7 , a town of China, of the third rank, in- 
Ho-nan : feventeen miles weft of Kou-te. 
NHING-TE', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Fo-kien: forty miles north of Fou-tcheou. 
. NHING-TOU', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Kiang-fi : fixty miles fouth-eaft of Ki-iigap. 
NHING-YANG', a town of China, 61 the third rank, 
in Fo-kien: fifty-eight miles eaft of Tching-tcheou. 
NHING-YUEN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Hou-quang: fifteen miles eaft of Tao-tcheou. 
NI'AB, a town of Arabia, near the coaft of the Red 
Sea: feventy-two miles weft-fouth-weft of Shade, and fifty- 
eight north of Abu Arifch. 
NIABA'NI, a river of Weft Florida, which runs into 
Lake Maurepas in lat. 30.17. N. Ion. 90.26. E. 
NIABUS'SAN, a town of Bengal: forty-two miles 
fouth-weft of Burdwan. Lat. 22.45. N. Ion. 87.25. E. 
NIAGA'RA, a town and fort of America, in the ftate 
of New York, on the fouthern fhore of Lake Ontario. 
The fort is fituated on the eaftern fide of the river, and 
is now in the pofteffion of the United States; and on the 
oppofite or Britifli fide is the town, mod generally 
known by the name of Niagara, although it has been 
named Newark by the legifiature. The original name ox 
the town was Niajara; it was afterwards called Lenox , 
then Naffau , and afterwards Newark^ This town has 
been, and (till is, the capital of the province of Upper 
Canada; but it has been propofed to remove the feat of 
government from this town to Torento, which was 
deemed a more eligible fpot for the meeting of the legis¬ 
lative bodies, as being further removed from the frontiers 
