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on the Susquehannah, 1 mile below the junction of the east 
and west branches. It is regularly laid out, and contains a 
court-house, a jail, and a Presbyterian and Lutheran church. 
Population 790; 122 miles north-west-by-west of Philadel¬ 
phia. 
SUNBURY, a seaport and post township of the United 
States, in Liberty county, Georgia, at the head of St. Catha¬ 
rine’s sound; 42 miles south-south-west of Savannah. The 
harbour is safe and commodious, and the situation of the 
town is pleasant and healthy. It contains an academy, and 
is the resort of planters from the adjacent country during 
the sickly season. 
SUNCHULI, a mountain of the viceroyalty of Buenos 
Ayres, in the district of Laricaxas, celebrated as having been 
the situation of a gold mine, which was discovered in 1709, 
and was worked with immense profit till 1756, when it was 
inundated by a spring which suddenly burst into it. 
SU'N-CLAD, part. adj. Clothed in radiance; bright. 
To him, that dares 
Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words 
Against the sun-clad power of Chastity, 
Fain would I something say. Milton. 
SUNCOOK, a river of the United States, in New Hamp¬ 
shire, which runs south-west into the Merrimack; 7 miles 
below Concord. 
SUNDA, Straits of, the arm of the sea which separates 
the large islands of Sumatra and Java. It is known to Euro¬ 
peans by this name: by the Malays it is termed Sunda Kalapa. 
The length of this channel taken from the flat point to Var- 
kens or Hog point, is about 70 miles, and on the opposite 
coast, from Java head to Bantam point, about 90. In the 
mouth of the straits lies Prince’s island, by the situation of 
which two passages are formed; one between Prince’s island 
and Java, which is made use of, for the most part, by ships 
which have to pass the straits during the south-east monsoon, 
iu order that, sailing close in with the Java shore, they may 
soon get within anchoring depth, and escape all danger of 
being driven to sea with the currents, which at that time of 
the year set strongly out of the straits to the westward. The 
other passage, which is called by seamen the Great Channel, 
sometimes also serves as an entrance to the straits during the 
south-east monsoon, but it is with the greatest difficulty, and 
after continual struggling with the south-easterly winds and 
the current, that this can be effected. In the narrowest part 
of the straits, and opposite to Hog’s point, on Sumatra, lies 
an island, that, on account of its situation, has been called 
Thwart the Way, or Middle isle. A strong current runs 
through the passage on both sides of this island during the 
whole year, setting with the prevailing easterly or westerly 
winds, either to the north-east or south-west. The chief 
islands in the straits of Sunda are Prince’s isle, Krakatau, 
Thwart the Way, and Pulo Baby. The others are very 
small and insignificant, mostly level, founded on beds of 
coral, and covered with trees. A few have steep naked sides, 
and at a little distance resemble old castles, mouldering into 
ruins, but, on a nearer view, appear to be of volcanic origin. 
The Dutch East India Company claim an absolute sove¬ 
reignty over the straits of Sunda, but it never has been, in 
any respect, enforced. These pretentions originate from the 
circumstance of their superiority over the land on each 
side; Bantam on the Java shore, and Lam pong on that of 
Sumatra. 
SU'NDAY, s. [punnan-bsej. Sax.; the day of the sun.] 
The day anciently dedicated to the sun; the first day of the 
week ; the sabbath.—If thou wilt needs thrust thy neck into 
a yoke, wear the print of it, and sigh away Sundays. 
Shakspeare. 
SUNDAY ISLAND, a small island on the east coast of 
New Holland, discovered by Captain Bligh in 1789. Lat. 
11.58. S. 
SUNDBURG, a fortress in the south-west of Sweden, in 
the province of Bahus, on the Swynesund, a bay to the north 
of Gottenburg. 
Vol. XXIII. No. 1601. 
SUNDEELA, a town of Hindoostan, province of Oude, 
and district of Lucknow. Lat. 27. 5. N. long. 80. 30. E. 
SUNDEEP, an island of Bengal, situated at the mouth of 
the eastern or great branch of the river Ganges. It is about 
20 miles in length by 10 in breadth. The soil is fertile, and 
affords excellent pasture for cattle, and might easily be 
rendered of much more value than it is at present; but the 
same reasons which have hitherto induced the British not to 
cultivate Sagur, apply equally to this island, and it is chiefly 
used as the station of one of the government factories in the 
manufacture of sea salt, being an appendage of the Chitta¬ 
gong agency. Ships may safely approach it on all sides but 
the north, where the passage between it and Boming is 
reckoned dangerous. The town is situated on the north 
bank of a river or creek called Sittal, and stands about a 
mile from the western shore. The entrance to the river is 
safe, and at the distance of a mile inland has four fathoms 
water even at ebb tide. It possesses also good anchorage 
where ships might remain in safety during the adverse mon¬ 
soon ; but the climate is unfavourable to Europeans. To¬ 
wards the end of the sixteenth century, a number of Portu¬ 
guese were settled on the coasts of Arracan and Chittagong. 
Many of these had entered into the service of the native 
princes, and from their knowledge of maritime affairs, and 
desperate bravery, had risen to considerable commands, and 
had obtained extensive grants of land both on the continent 
and adjacent islands. Turbulent or treacherous conduct of 
these adventurers having, in the year 1607, given offence to 
the rajah of Arracan, he determined to extirpate them from 
his dominions. Many were in consequence put to death, 
but a number of them escaped in their vessels, to the islands 
at the mouth of the Ganges, where for some time they lived 
by piracy, and having elected a person named Sebastian 
Gonzales to be their chief, took possession of the island of 
Sundeep. His countryman, and some converts to Christi¬ 
anity joined his standard, and in a few years he had col¬ 
lected an army of 3000 men, and 80 small vessels of war, 
with which force he took possession of all the neighbouring 
islands. After a turbulent career of nine years, he was 
defeated by the rajah of Arracan, who took possession of the 
island, and retained it till the year 1666, when it was con¬ 
quered by a Mogul army sent from Dacca by the nabob 
Shaista Khan, and, with the rest of the province, came into 
posession of the British. The town is situated in Lat. 22. 25. 
N. long. 91. 36. E. 
To SU'NDER, v. a. [punbjuan, Sax.] To part; to sepa¬ 
rate ; to divide.—It is sundred from the main land by a 
sandy plain. Carew. 
SU'NDER, s. [punbep. Sax.] Two; two parts.—He 
breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder. Psalms. 
SUNDERBERG, or Sonderborg, a small town of 
Denmark, in the island of Alsen. It has a castle and an 
hospital, and contains a population of 2700. Its harbour is 
accounted one of the best in Denmark, and has belonging 
to it about 60 vessels, great and small. In the castle at this 
place Christian II., king of Denmark, was confined as a 
prisoner for 13 years; 16 miles east-north-east of Flensborg. 
Lat. 54. 56. N. long. 9. 49. E. 
SUNDERBUNDS, or Chunderbund, an extensive and 
woody district of Bengal, situated in the Delta of the Ganges 
and intersected by innumerable rivers or creeks, all of which 
are salt, and through the whole track nothing but brackish 
water is to be found. It is therefore, generally speaking, 
uninhabited, except by deer and tigers: even the birds seem 
to have abandoned this inhospitable territory, as not one is 
to be seen till you approach one of the few scattered villages 
which are mostly situated at the junction of two of the most 
frequented rivers, and are supplied with fresh water by the 
passing boats. The navigation through the Sunderbunds is, 
however, extremely romantic, and well worth seeing once. 
There are pilots who are well acquainted with all its intrica¬ 
cies, and who conduct the boats through with great safety. 
Instances have occurred of tigers jumping into, or swimming 
to boats, and carrying off some of the crew, but they are 
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