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ing, when Mr. Pitt became paymaster-general, to one of 
the lucrative clerkships of the privy council, and his ob¬ 
taining the place of treasurer to Chelsea hospital. In 1755 
lie lost an only son, and in the following year his life was 
terminated by a paralytic stroke, March 1756, at the age of 
fifty. “ Mr. West was a gentleman in manners, agreeable 
in conversation, and lively though serious. He was regular 
in the performance of family devotion and in attendance on 
public worship, and was particularly attached to Dr. Clarke 
as a preacher.” 
The other works of Mr. West were “ Translations of the 
Odes of Pindar, with a Dissertation on the Olympic Games;” 
“ Translations from the Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius, 
and the Tragopodagra of Lucian 5 ” “ The Abuse of Tra¬ 
velling ;” and “ Education;” poems in the imitation of the 
stanxa and manner of Spenser; “ Iphigenia in Tauris,” 
from “ Euripides;" and Original Poems on Various Occa¬ 
sions.” Several of these pieces were printed in the col¬ 
lections of Dodsley and Pearch, and also in three distinct 
volumes, 12mo. 1766 ; and entitle the author, says his bio¬ 
grapher, to a respectable rank among the minor poets. 
Johnson's Lives. Nichols's Lit. Anccd. Gen. Biog. 
WEST, a township of the United States, in Huntingdon 
county, Pennsylvania. Population 998. 
WEST ACRE, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 5 miles 
north-west-by-north of Swaffham. 
WEST BAY, a bay of the South Pacific ocean, in Cook’s 
Straits, between the two islands of New Zealand. 
WEST BAY, a bay of the English Channel, on the coast 
of the counties of Dorset and Devon, of vast extent. It be¬ 
gins west of Portland, and ends at Berry Point near Torbay, 
according to some; according to others, from Portland to 
Lyme or Exmouth. The tide is current here nine hours; 
high water at ten o’clock at new and full moon; an east- 
south-east moon makes full sea. The sea off the coast is 
reckoned the most dangerous part of the channel, especially 
on the west, where ships, not aware of the currents, are em¬ 
bayed and driven ashore on the beach. 
WEST BAY, a bay at the western extremity of Lake 
Superior. Lat. 46. 45. N. long. 91. 45. W. 
WEST BAY, a bay on the north-west coast of Virgin- 
Gorda, in the West Indies* Lat. 18. 23. N. long. 62. 48. W. 
WEST, CAPE, a cape on the western coast of Tavai- 
Poenammoo, the southernmost island of New Zealand. Lat. 
45. 54. S. long. 193. 17. W. 
.WEST CASTLE, a post village of the United States, in 
Caswell county, North Carolina. 
WEST CHESTER, a county of the United States, in the 
south-east corner of New York, bounded north by Putnam 
county, east by Connecticut, south-east and south by Long 
Island sound, and west by New York island and the Hudson. 
The soil of this county admits of no general character, ex¬ 
cept that its tillage is productive to the agriculturist. The 
chief towns are Bedford and White Plains. Population 
30,272.—2. A post village of the United States, in Middle¬ 
sex county, Connecticut; 6 miles from Middle Haddam.-— 
3. A post township of the United States, in West Chester 
county. New York, on East river; 12 miles north-east of 
New York. Population 1969.—4. A borough of the United 
States, and capital of Chester county, Pennsylvania; 24 miles 
west of Philadelphia. 
WEST CREEK, a river of the United States, in New 
Jersey, which runs into the Delaware bay. Lat. 39. 14. N. 
long. 74. 57. W. 
WEST FARMS, a post village of the United States, in 
West Chester, New York. 
WEST HAMPTON, a township of the United States, in 
Hampshire county, Massachusetts; 100 miles west of Boston. 
Population 793. 
WEST HARBOUR, a bay on the south coast of Jamaica, 
formed by a peninsula called Portland Ridge. Lat. 17. 48. N. 
long. 77. W. 
WEST HAVEN, a post village of the United States, in 
Rutland county, Vermont. 
WEST ISLAND, one of the smaller Phillippine islands, 
Vol. XXIV. No. 1660. 
near the south coast of Mindora. Lat. 12. 18. N. long. 121. 
12. E.—2. A small island at the east entrance of the straits 
of Sunda. Lat. 5. 27. S. long. 106. 20. E.—3. A small 
island in the Eastern seas, near the south coast of Cumbava. 
Lat. 8. 49. S. long. 119. 2. E.—4. An island on the north 
coast of New Holland, near the head of the gulf of Carpen¬ 
taria, about ten miles long and five broad, one of the three 
called, by Captain Flinders, Sir Edward Pellew’s groupe. 
WEST POINT, a town of the United States, in Virginia, 
on the York river; 35 miles east of Richmond. Lat. 37. 
30. N. long. 76.56. W.—2. A post village and military post 
of the United States, in Orange county, New York, on the west 
bank of the Hudson, at its passage through the Highlands; 7 
miles south of Newburgh, 58 north of New York, and 102 
south of Albany. Lat. 41. 23. N. long. 74. W. 
WEST RIVER, a post village of the United States, in 
Ontario county. New York. 
WEST RIVER, a post village of the United States, in 
Ann Arundel county, Maryland. 
WEST TOWN, a post village of the United States, in 
Orange county. New York. 
WEST RIVER, or Wantastiquet, a small river of the 
United States, which has its rise in the state of Vermont, on 
the eastern side of the Green Mountains, about three miles 
south-east from the head of Otter creek.—2. A river of the 
United States, in Virginia, which runs into Black Bay. Lat. 
36. 30. N. long. 76. 17. W. —3. A river of the United States, 
in Maryland, which runs into the Chesapeak. Lat. 38. 54. N. 
long. 76. 42. W.—4. A river of the United States, in the 
province of Maine, which runs into Machias Bay. Lat. 44. 
45. N. long. 67. 19. W. 
WEST RIVER MOUNTAIN, a mountain of the United 
States, in New Hampshire, in Chesterfield and Hinsdale, near 
the Connecticut, opposite the mouth of West river. 
WEST UNION, a post town of the United States, and 
capital of Adam’s county, Ohio, situated on a branch of the 
East Fork of the Little Miami, on the road leading from 
Limestone in Kentucky, to Chillicothe; 52 miles south-west 
of Chillicothe. 
WEST WAIN, the west shore of Hudson’s bay. 
WESTALL, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Chel¬ 
tenham, Gloucestershire. 
WESTBERE, a parish of England, in Kent; 4 mile3 
north-east-by-east of Canterbury. 
WESTBORNE, a parish of England, in Sussex ; 6 miles 
from Chichester. Population 1702. 
WESTBORNE GREEN, a hamlet of England, in Mid¬ 
dlesex, near London. 
WESTBOROUGH, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
7 miles north-west-by-north of Grantham.—2. A post town¬ 
ship of the United States, in Worcester county, Massachusetts; 
11 miles east of Worcester, and 34 west-south-west of Boston. 
Population 1048. 
WESTBROMWICH, a populous village and parish of 
England, in the county of Stafford, near Wednesbury. Popu¬ 
lation 7485. 
WESTBROOK, a hamlet of England, in Berkshire, north¬ 
west of Speenhamland.—2. A hamlet in the parish of Diss, 
county of Norfolk—3. A township of the United States, in 
Cumberland county, Maine; 3 miles west of Portland.—4. 
A post village of the United States, in Bladen county, North 
Carolina. 
WESTBURY, a borough and market town of England, 
in the county of Wills, consists principally of one street, 
running nearly in a direction north and south. The principal 
public buildings are the town-hall and the church. Westbury 
is an ancient borough, and received its charter of incorpora¬ 
tion from Edward I. It is governed by a mayor, recorder, 
and 12 capital burgesses. It returns two members to parlia¬ 
ment, chosen by every tenant of burgage tenures, in fee for 
life, or 99 years, determinable upon lives, or by a copy of 
court roll, paying a burgage rent of 4 (l. or 2 d. yearly, being 
resident in the borough, not receiving alms; number of voters 
about 50, and the returning officer is the mayor. The town 
has a considerable traffic in malting, and a manufacture in 
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