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Sea, pleafantly fituated near the head of a bay between 
the rivers Dneiper and Dneifter, which is rendered a fafe 
and convenient port, and where is formed a harbour, in 
which ftiips of no fmall burden may ride fecure from 
every ftorm. A mole has been lately conftru&ed, which 
runs nearly half a verft into the fea : here are other 
fmaller moles, a lazaretto, &c. The roads without the 
port are fafe in fummer, and the anchorage is good. This 
town has fcarcely exifted twenty years, but the popula¬ 
tion is already upwards of 15,000 perfons, and is daily 
increafing. The houfes and magazines are good, and 
built of free-ftone ; and the ftreets are wide, though hi¬ 
therto uivpaved. This place is the fummer-relidence of 
the Polifli nobility, who repair hither for the pleafure of 
fea-bathing. The refident merchants are refpeftable and 
hofpitable : they confift of perfons of various countries. 
Two Englifh houfes are eftablifhed here ; but the principal 
are Germans and Italians. They carry on a very confide- 
rable trade: in the year 1808 it is faid that one thoufand 
lhips were loaded in this port. A monument has been 
lately (1S18) erefted here in memory of the benevolent 
Howard, who died in 1790 at Cherfon. Odeffa is forty- 
five miles weft of Oczakow. Lat. 46. 32. N. Ion. 30. 38. E. 
ODESTU'GU, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Smaland: thirteen miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Jonkio- 
P in S- 
ODE'UM, f. [wJsiov, Gr.] In antiquity, a mufic-theatre 
built by Pericles ; the infide of which was filled with feats 
and ranges of pillars, and on the outfide the roof defcended 
ftielvingdownwards from a point in the centre, with many 
bendings, in imitation of the king of Perfia’s pavilion. 
Here the mufical prizes were contended for. 
Odeum was fometimes alfo extended to buildings that 
had no relation to the theatre. Thus, Paufanias fays that 
Herod the Athenian built a magnificent odeum for the 
fepulchre of his wife. And ecclefiaftical writers alfo ufe 
odeum for the choir of a church. 
ODEYGUN'GE, a town of Bengal : three miles north- 
eaftofToree. Lat. 23.39. N. Ion. 84. 55. E. 
ODEYPOU'R, a town of Bengal: thirteen miles weft 
of Palamow. 
ODEYPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, capital of Jufli- 
pour, in the fubah of Oriffa : fifty-two miles fouth of 
Surgooja, and 190 north-weft of Cattack. Lat. 22.36. N. 
Ion. 83. 25. E. 
O'DI, a town of Africa, on the Slave Coaft. 
O'DIBLE, adj. [from odi, Lat.] Hateful.—Apes, how- 
lettes, maremaydes, and other odible monfters. Bale on 
ihe Rev. 1550. 
ODI'EL, a river of Spain, which joins the Tinto at its 
mouth. 
O'DIHAM, a fmall market-town in the hundred of 
tiie fame name, in the Bafingftoke divifion of Hampftiire, 
England, is fituated on the north fide of a chalky hill, 
two miles fouth of the great weftern road from London 
to Plymouth. It is feven miles from Bafingftoke, eight 
from Farnham and Alton, fixteen from Reading, twenty- 
dour from Winchefter, and forty-two from London. It 
was formerly a free borough, belonging to the bifhops of 
Winchefter. The church is an ancient and fpacious ftruc- 
ture ; and near it is an old alms-houfe. In the popula¬ 
tion furvey of tlje year 1811, Odiham is ftated to con¬ 
tain 202 houfes, occupied by 1104 perfons. The poorer 
clafs of inhabitants are chiefly employed in fpinning 
worfted and winding filk. At one extremity of the town 
is a convenient wharf, on the Bafingftoke Canal, by which 
all kinds of goods are conveyed to and from London. 
See the article Canal Navigation, vol. iii, p. 678. to 
which we may add, that the tunnel through Gravell-hill, 
S40 feet below the furface, was confidered, at the time it 
was effected, as a very curious work indeed. 
Odiham is the place of nativity of the famous gramma¬ 
rian Lily. The patronage of the vicarage is in the chan¬ 
cellor of the church of Sarurn for the time being. The 
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vicar is entitled to all fmall tithes: the chancellor is alfo 
impropriator: but the great tithes are let on a leafe for 
three lives : they confift of the tithes of corn, grain, and 
hay. There is a free-fchool in the town for twenty poor 
boys, and an almlhoufe for twelve poor old people. The 
former is governed by truftees; the latter according to 
the rules of Lady Dacres, or Emanuel Hofpital, London. 
Here is a weekly market on Friday 5 and two fairs in the 
year, viz. Midlent Saturday and the 31ft of July. 
The Odiham Society of Agriculture and Induftry was 
eftablifhed in May 1783. The principal objefts of the fo- 
ciety’s attention are : To excite, by premiums and other- 
wife, afpirit of emulation among ploughmen ; to encou¬ 
rage a fpirit of induftry and fobriety among poor labourers 
and cottagers ; to encourage the poor female part of fo- 
ciety in fpinning worfted ; to promote the knowledge of 
agriculture, by encouraging experiments on thofe fubjefits 
which are of the moft importance to it; by diftributing 
rewards to fuch perfons as fhall raife the largeft and beft 
crops of natural and artificial grades, and the feveral fpe- 
cies of grain, on any given quantity of ground ; to encou¬ 
rage the improvement of wafte lands by enclofing, 
draining, manuring, raiding quick-hedges, plantations, 
and by the introduction of various kinds of vegetable 
food for cattle; to induce thofe, whom it may moft con¬ 
cern, to provide for the health of liorfes, cows, and fheep, 
better than has hitherto been done; to promote all im¬ 
provements in the various .implements belonging to the 
farmer, and introduce fuch new ones as the experience 
of other counties has proved more valuable than thofe 
generally in ufe j to promote the interefts of agriculture 
by premiums for reducing theexpenfes of agriculture; ahd 
for keeping regular accounts and minutes of the pro¬ 
ceedings, expenfes, and profits, in the different depart¬ 
ments of farming-bufinefs; to provide for the better 
education of the lower rank of people, by fome appropri¬ 
ate courfe of elementary inftruftion at fchools, and by 
rewarding the diligence and improvement of fcholars*at 
parochial fchools ; and, as a neceflary part of fuch edu¬ 
cation, to encourage and aflift the eftablifnmentof Sunday- 
fchools. 
At North Warnborough, about a mile from the town, 
are the remains of Odiham Caftle, the origin of which was 
anterior to the reign of king John, when it belonged to 
the fee of Winchefter, and became celebrated for its re¬ 
finance againft. the army of Louis dauphin of France. 
Here David Bruce, king of Scotland, who was made 
prifoner at the battle of Neville’s Crofs, was confined for 
eleven years, and then releafed on paying 100,000 marks, 
and giving hoftages for his future conduct. The original 
extent and form of the caftle cannot now be afcertained ; 
the fragments that remain are parts of the keep, which 
was an o&agonal building : fome of the ditches may yet 
be traced.—South Warnborough is about two miles far¬ 
ther : here the earl of Egmont and lord Elcho have each 
a feat. 
About two miles from Odiham is Dogmersfield Park, 
the feat and property of fir H. Mildmay, bart. The man . 
fion is an extenfive brick building, and contains feveral 
fpacious and elegant apartments, decorated with paintings 
of the Italian, Venetian, and Flemifli, fchools. In the li¬ 
brary is a very valuable colledlion of books, amounting 
to upwards of 5000 volumes, among which is a choice 
feledtion of topographical works. The park includes 
700 acres of diveriified ground; and is embellifhed with 
feveral new plantations, in addition to its woods of an¬ 
cient growth. Near the houfe is a piece of water of about 
forty-four acres. Adjoining to the park is an extenfive 
common, covered with oak-trees and hollies, and in 
many parts bearing a ftriking refemblance to the New Fo- 
reft. The archbifhops of Canterbury had a palace at 
Dogmersfield as early as the twelfth century. Jocelyn. 
Fitz-Jocelyn, who was tranflated to that fee in 1190, died 
here the following year. Some extenfive foundations, 
fuppofe4 
