664 Z U N 
good men who act up to the laws engraven on their con¬ 
sciences. His temper was cheerful and social, somewhat 
hasty, but incapable of harbouring resentment, or indulging 
envy and jealousy. As a reformer he was original; for he 
had proceeded tar in emancipating himself from the super¬ 
stitions of Rome by the strength of his own judgment, and 
had begun to communicate the light to others, whilst Luther 
still retained almost the whole of the Romish system, and 
long before Calvin was known in the world. He was more 
learned and more moderate than the first of these divines, and 
more humane and kind-hearted than the last. He wrote 
many works of utility in their day ; and the reform, of which 
he was the author, stdl subsists unchanged among a people 
distinguished by their morals and mental cultivation.”— 
Life of Zuinvle, by J. G. Hess. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. 
Coxes Travels in Switzerland. 
ZUINGLIANS, a branch of ancient Reformers or Pro¬ 
testants ; denominated from their author Ulric, or Huldric 
Zuinglius. See Zuingle. 
ZULE, a river of New Granada, province of Pamplona, 
which enters the lake Maracaibo. 
ZULLA, a town of Abyssinia, situated at the bottom of 
Annesley bay. Considerable ruins are situated in its vici¬ 
nity, which, according to every appearance, are those of 
Aduli, anciently the great: emporium of Abyssinia ; 30 miles 
south-east of Massuah. 
ZULLICHAU, an inland town of Prussia, in Branden¬ 
burg. It is surrounded by a mound and moat, and has a 
citadel, with its separate wall and ditch. The population of 
the town and suburbs is about 5500, employed partly in 
manufactures of woollen, linen, and leather. In the town, 
the only public institutions are the schools, and an orphan- 
house on a larger scale; 43 miles east-south-east of Frankfort 
on the Oder. 
ZULPICH, a town of the Prussian states, province of 
Cleves and Berg, on the Nassel; 20 miles south-west of Co¬ 
logne. Population 1000. 
ZULTEPEC, a town of Mexico, in the intendancy of 
Mexico, situated on a craggy mountain, and deriving its 
support from mining ; 54 miles south-west of Mexico. Lat. 
18.58. N. long. 99. 52. W.—It is the name of two other 
small settlements in Mexico. 
ZUI.Z, or Biala, a town of Austrian Silesia j 20 miles 
south-south-west of Oppeln. Population 2300. 
ZUMALAO, a small settlement of South America, in 
Tucuman. 
ZUMAMPA, a settlement of South America, in Tucuman, 
on the river Dulce. 
ZUMAYA, or Cumaya, a small town of Spain, in the 
province of Guipuscoa ; 14 miles west of St. Sebastian. 
ZUMBO, a mart in the interior of Eastern Africa, the far¬ 
thest to which the Portuguese have yet penetrated ; nearly a 
month’s journey beyond Tete, their farthest settlement along 
the Zambeze. 
ZUMPANGO, a settlement of Mexico, containing 554 In¬ 
dian families, 12 of Spaniards, and 92 of mulattoes; 23 miles 
north of Mexico. Lat. 19. 47. N. long. 99, 2. W. 
ZUMPANGO, one of the five lakes in the valley of Mex¬ 
ico, about 10 miles from that city. It is 1 square leagues in 
extent. It is to carry off the overflowing waters of this and 
the other adjoining lakes, and to save the city of Mexico 
from inundation, that an immense canal has been dug, 
21,653 feet in length, and carried through a mountain, and 
afterwards extended to the river Tula. For an account of 
these great works, see Mexico. 
ZUNA, a settlement of Quito, in the province of Quixos 
and Macas. 
ZUNA, a large and abundant river of Quito, which rises 
in a lake in the province of Alausi, near that of Colaycocha; 
leaves the above settlement, to which it gives its name, in the 
province of Macas, runs east, and, united with the Vulcano, 
forms the Upano. 
ZUNI, a settlement of New Granada, in the province of 
Antioquia, on the shore of the Magdalena. 
ZUNIGA, Point, on the coast of New California or New 
Z U R 
Albion, so called by Captain Vancouver, in honour of the 
Spanish commandant of the settlement of St. Diego. Lat. 
30. 30J.N. long. 244. 16|. E. 
ZUNINACA, a river of the province of the Chiquitos 
Indians, in the eastern parts of Peru, which rises between 
the Capiavari and the Potaquissimi, and enters the latter. 
ZVORNIK, or Isvornik, a town of European Turkey, 
in Bosnia. It stands on a steep rock, on the west bank of 
the large river Drino, and is said to have 14,000 inhabitants. 
It is the chief place of a large tract of country, but is very 
rarely visited by European travellers, being to the south of 
the great road from Vienna to Constantinople; 78 miles 
west-by-south of Belgrade. 
ZUPANA, a small island in the Adriatic, between the 
coast of Austrian Dalmatia and the island of Melada, near 
Ragusa. 
ZUPUTUBA, a river of South America, in the territory 
of Mato Grosso, which runs south, and enters the Paraguay. 
ZURI, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Sicasica. 
ZURICH, a canton in the north of Switzerland, having 
that of Thurgau to the east, and that of Aargau to the west. 
Its area, 950 square miles, is somewhat smaller than the 
average size of an English county; but its population, 
183,000, is such as to rank it among the best peopled 
tracts of the continent of Europe. The general aspect of 
its territory is pleasant, though without that bold and mag¬ 
nificent scenery, which marks the interior and south of 
Switzerland. The hills, which do not rise above 3200 feet, 
are separated by beautiful valleys and lakes. 
The density of the population of this canton is owing less 
to the fertility of the soil, than to the long continued enjoy¬ 
ment of good government, and consequent habits of industry. 
The effect of this is visible equally in agriculture and manu¬ 
facture; in no part of Switzerland is irrigation, manuring, 
and the mixture of different soils, better understood. Rich 
pastures, and extensive orchards, meet the eye of the traveller 
in every direction. The cattle are in general of a good breed. 
Wine also is cultivated; the quality, in certain tracts of fa¬ 
vourable exposure, is good; but in general it is thin and 
sharp. 
The manufactures of this canton are mostly carried on by 
weavers in their own houses, to which are attached patches 
of land. The fabrics of the canton are various ; chiefly cot¬ 
ton and light silk stuffs; also linen, woollen, and leather. 
Corn is imported, the produce being inadequate to the con¬ 
sumption. 
In its mode of government, this canton was long aristo¬ 
cratic ; but for some time back the power has been shared, at 
least as far as election goes, with the inhabitants at large. 
The whole is divided into 65 corporations, who elect the 
great council or legislative body of 213 members. The ses¬ 
sion of this council is very short, the executive functions 
being committed to 25 of its members. The revenue of the 
canton is about 50,000/.; its contingent to the military force 
of Switzerland, 3858. The inhabitants are almost all Cal¬ 
vinists. Having joined the Swiss confederacy soon after 
1315, this canton was long the principal state, and had the 
honour of giving a president to the diet, as well as of re¬ 
ceiving at Zurich the ambassadors of foreign powers. At 
present it ranks next to the canton of Berne. Its territory 
was the scene of important military operations in 1798 and 
in 1799. 
ZURICH, the capital of the above canton, stands on the 
river Limmat, at the northern extremity of the lake of 
Zurich, in a narrow valley between hills. It is fortified 
with a wall and ditch, and is tolerably neat and clean, though 
most of the houses are old fashioned. The population, 
11,000, are almost all Calvinists. Zurich contains few pub¬ 
lic buildings of note. The town-hall is large and well situ¬ 
ated, but inelegant; and of the four churches, none are en¬ 
titled to notice. On the other hand, the beauty of scenery is 
striking. The archery ground, which extends along the 
banks of the Limmat, to the spot where that river is joined 
by the Sil, a copious stream flowing from the southward, is 
one of the finest walks in Switzerland; and there are a 
number 
