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an edifice was finished in 1792, is an excellent establishment, 
containing 700 persons, of all ages and of both sexes, who 
are maintained and employed in spinning silk, in carding 
and spinning wool, and in making camlets and some silk 
stuffs. The clergy of various descriptions are very numerous. 
Saragossa is the place of residence of the general chapter of 
the kingdom of Arragon, the chief place of the intendant’s 
jurisdiction, and the seat of the royal audience, which is 
the supreme court of this province. The civil government 
of this town is carried on by a criminal judge, and by a 
certain number of magistrates. It has two alcade mayors, 
who administer justice in concurrence with the judge, a tri¬ 
bunal of the inquisition, an university, an academy of the 
fine arts, a society of the friends of the country, a school for 
drawing, one for agriculture, and one where mathematics, 
moral philosophy, the law of nations, and the elements of 
commerce and public economy are taught. The university 
contains near 2000 students, and for their instruction the 
doctors constantly residing are, 40 in theology, 20 for the 
canon law, 36 for civil law, 17 for medicine, and 8 for arts. 
The foundation of this seminary was laid A.D. 1118, on the 
expulsion of the Moors; but the university was not incor¬ 
porated till A.D. 1474, and from that period it has con¬ 
stantly been cherished and protected by the sovereigns of 
Arragon. 
At Saragossa are two public libraries, which are open for 
the studious, who owe both to the beneficence of two indi¬ 
viduals ; one is in the convent of St. Udefonso, belonging to 
the Dominicans, and contains 1600 volumes, which were 
given by the Marquis de la Compuesta; it has no modern 
books. The other is in the seminary, and is the ancient 
library of Don Emanuel da Roda, formerly a secretary of state, 
who began to collect it at Rome, and augmented it at Madrid 
during his ministry; it is handsome, numerous, and well- 
chosen, and contains valuable collections. 
The inhabitants of Saragossa indulge to no great degree ex¬ 
pense or luxury in their dress or amusements ; the former is in 
general plain and simple; and the latter are restricted and 
partial. Although it is one of the handsomest cities in Spain, 
extensive, delightfully situated, under a temperate sky, and 
capable of being amply supplied with all the conveniences 
of life, it is without industry and without commerce. It is 
said, that the clergy possess the greatest portion of the wealth 
of the place. However that be, Laborde observes, that all 
here is serious and regular, not to say dull and monotonous : 
here are no society, no parties, nor any kind of entertain¬ 
ment. It seems quite destitute of every resource, because the 
inhabitants make no effort to obtain any; accustomed to this 
state of apathy and languor, they have not an idea of the pos¬ 
sibility of delivering themselves from it. A canal has been lately 
made near the town, designed for forming a communication by 
the Ebro from sea to sea, between S. Ander, in the Bay of Bis¬ 
cay, and Tortosa, on the borders of the Mediterranean ; a 
distance of more than one hundred Spanish leagues. It was 
begun in 1529, by order of Charles I., suspended in 1538, 
recommenced in 1566, by order of Philip II., again aban¬ 
doned, and again began in 1770, under Charles III. It has 
already cost a very large sum; but Arragon has experienced 
the advantage of it, and agriculture has assumed a new ap¬ 
pearance in the countries which are watered by the canal. 
Saragossa is distant 160 miles north-east from Madrid. Lat. 
41. 44. Nl long. 0. 48. W. 
SARAGURO, a. settlement of South America, in the 
kingdom of Quito, and province of.Loxa, situate on the 
royal road which leads from Quito to Lima; 38 miles south 
of Cuenga. 
SARAGURO, a river of Quito, in the province of Loxa, 
which runs west, and being enlarged by various tributary 
streams, receives the name of Amarilio, after which it 
passes through the city of Zamora, and enters the woods 
and unknown countries to form the Tumbez; which see. 
SARAH, Point, a cape on the west coast of North 
America, and eastern point of entrance into Desolation 
Sound. Lat. 50. 4. N. long. 235. 25. E. 
SARAISIC, a small town of the interior of European 
Russia, in the government of Riasan, on the river Ostr, with 
3700 inhabitants; 40 miles west-north-west of Riazan. 
SARALBE, a small town in the north-east of France, 
department of the Moselle, at the influx of the A! be into 
the Sarre. Population 2000. In the neighbourhood are 
salt springs; 39 miles east-by-south of Metz. 
SARAMA, a small river of Guiana, which runs north, 
and enters the Caura. 
SARAMBIRA, a small river of New Granada, in the 
province of Choco, which enters the Pacific Ocean, opposite 
the island of Gorgona. 
SARAMONT, a small town in the south of France, 
department of the Gers, on the Gimone. Population 1000 ; 
14 miles south-east of Auch. 
SARANAC, a river of the United States, in New York, 
which, after a north-east course of 65 miles, flows into Lake 
Champlain, at Plattsburg. 
SARAND, the former name of a small county of 
Hungary, lying on the west frontier of Transylvania, and 
now united to the county of Arad; which see. 
SARANGdS, SaranGjEI, or Zarang;E, a people who 
inhabited the north-east part of Persia, near the Chorasmii, 
Cantali, and Attasini, according to Pliny. This country 
corresponded to that part of Persia, which was comprehended 
under the present province of Segestan or Seistan. The 
Sarangeans composed a part of the army of Xerxes. They 
were dressed in splendid and varied coloured habits, and 
armed with bows and javelins. They were the Euergetsese 
of the Greeks; a title bestowed upon them by Cyrus, in 
gratitude for the relief which they afforded him, on his 
return from an unsuccessful expedition into Scythia. 
SARANGPORE, a district of Hindostan, province of 
Malwah, situated about the 24th degree of northern latitude, 
and belonging to the Mahrattas. It is a fertile track, being 
intersected by the Sopra and Gilly Sinde rivers. The prin¬ 
cipal towns are Sarangpore, Rajegur, and Sher. 
SARANGPORE, the capital of the above-mentioned 
district, situated on the north side of the Sopra river. Lat. 
23. 38. N. long. 76. 30. E. 
SARANGUlt, a town of Hindostan, province of Gund- 
waneh, possessed by a native chief, who is tributary to the 
Mahrattas. Lat. 19. 40. N. long. 82. 26. E. 
SARANSK, a town of the east of European Russia, in 
the government of Penza, on the rivers Insaraand Saranja. 
It contains 8000 inhabitants, and has numerous manufac¬ 
tures of soap and leather, in which, with foreign silk, wool, 
and wine, it carries on a large trade. It has a yearly fair on 
the 16th of August; 68 miles north of Pensa. Lat. 54. 30. 
N. long. 54. 23. E. 
• SARAPILLY, a town of Hindostan, province of the 
Carnatic, district ofNelloor. Lat. 14. 14. N. long. 79. 58. 
E.—There is another place of this name within 30 miles of 
Hyderabad. 
SARAPIQUI, a river of the kingdom of Guatimala, in 
the province of Costa Rica, which runs north, and enters the 
Desaguero, in the lake of Nicaragua. 
SARAPUL, a town of the east of European Russia, in 
the government of Viatka, on the river Kama; 188 miles 
south-east of Viatka. It contains 6000 inhabitants, but it 
has no manufactures, except a few soap-works and tanneries 
on a small scale. It has, however, a large annual fair, and 
vast rafts of fire-wood are constructed here, and sent down 
the Kama and the Wolga to Astracan, wood being scarce in 
all the country round that city. 
SARARE, St. Nicolas de, a settlement of New Gra¬ 
nada, on the shore of the river of its name. It contains 
1200 inhabitants, partly Spaniards, Indians, mestizoes, and 
negroes. 
SARARE, a river of the Caraccas, in the province 
of Venezuela, which, uniting itself with other streams, enters 
the Portuguesa. 
SARARE, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
St. Juan de los Llanos, which rises in the mountains of 
Pamplona, to the south of this city. It runs south-east 
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