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inferior to the Pont du Garde. It is constructed ofenormous hewn stones, put together without cement,and the centre arch is more titan 100 feet in span.

Naro. A considerable town in Sicily, in theVal di Mazzara, standing on the banks of a river ofthe same name. It contains about 12,000 inhabitants,and is eleven miles E. of the city of Girgenti.

Narraganset Bay. A considerable bay in theUnited States of America, which imersects the stateof Rhode Island, and is about twenty-eight mileslong, and ten miles broad. Its entrance extends frompoint Judith, on the west, to Seekonnet rocks, on theeast, and the termination is at Bullock’s Point, fivemiles below Providence. It receives ProvidenceRiver on the north, and includes the islands of RhodeIsland, Canonnicut, Hope, Patience, and severalothers. It affords capacious harbours, and is navi-gable at all seasons.

Narragansetts. One of the five principal tribesof Indians inhabiting New' England at the time of thefirst settlement of the English colonies. They occu-pied a portion of the southern part of the countryaround Rhode Island. A small remnant of them stillresides near Charles-town, Rhode Island.

Narr Der Hohe. The name of a lofty moun-tain in Austria. It is nearly 12,000 feet above thelevel of the sea.

Narwar. An extensive district of Ilindoostan, inthe province of Agra. The surface of this district ishilly and uneven ; but the soil in many parts is veryrich, and, with proper management, extremely pro-ductive. The Sinde is the principal river ; and thecapital bears the same name as the district.

Naseby. A picturesque village in the county ofNorthampton. It was formerly a market town, acharter having been granted to the inhabitants inthe fifth year of king John. In the vicinity of thisvillage was fought the celebrated battle of NasebyField, between the royal and parliamentarian forces ;in which, according to lord Clarendon, were lost“ both king and kingdom.” This event took place onthe 14th of June, 1045 ; and after it, all the royalgarrisons successively capitulated to the parliamentarysoldiers. The following interesting letter, which isstill preserved in the British museum, {Bibl. Harl.7502, Prut. Art. 5.) admirably illustrates the charac-ter of the great man then at the head of the parlia-mentary forces. We give it verbatim, preserving theoriginal orthograph}'. We may premise that it wasdirected to Lenthall, then speaker to the house ofcommons.

“ Sr beinge commanded by you to this service, Ithinke myseife bound to acquaint you with the goodhand of God towards you, & us. Wee marchedyesterday after the Kinge, whoe went before us fromDaventree to Hawerbrowe, & quartered about sixmiles from him, this day wee marched towards him,Hee drew out to meete us, both armies engaged, wee,after 3 bowers fight, very doubtful att last routed hisAnnie, killed Sc tooke about 5000, very many officersbut of what qualitie wee yett know- not, wee tookealsoe about 200 carriages, all hee had & all his gunns,beinge 12 in number, wherof 2 were Demi-canon, 2dcmie Culveringes, & (I thinke) the rest SacerS, weepersued the enimie from three miles short of Harbo-rough to nine beyond, even to sight of Leicester,whether the Kinge fled. Sr. this is non other butthe hand of God, & to him aloane belongs the Glorie,wherein non are to share with him, the General |

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served you with all faythfullnesse & honour, & thebest commendations I can give him his, thatt I daresay Hee attributes all to God, & would ratherperish than assume to himselfe, which is an honest& thrivinge way, & yett as much for bravery may beegiven to him in this action, as to a man. Honestmen served you faithfully in this action. Sr. they aretrustye, I beseech you in the name of God not todiscourage them, I wish this action may begett thank-fulnesse and humilitie in all that are concerned in itt,Hee that ventures his life for the libertye of hiscountrie I wish Hee trust God for the libertye of hisconscience, & you for the libertye Hee fights for, forthis Hee rests, whoe is,

Your most humble servant,

Oliver Cromwell.”

Nashville. A post town and capital of David-son county, and seat of government for Tennessee,United States of America. It is situated on thesouth side of Cumberland River, 110 miles N. ofHuntsville, 190 W. of Knoxville, 250 S. W. ofLexington, and 727 from Washington. Lon. 87° 8'W., lat. 35° 45'N.; in 1830, the population amountedto 55G6. It is very pleasantly situated in a some-what elevated tract of country, is regularly laidout, and is much the largest town in the state. It con-tains a court-house, a gaol, a market-house, a branchbank of the United States, a valuable public library,and houses of public w orship for presbyterians, me-thodists and baptists. It is a thriving and wealthytown. The Cumberland is navigable, nine monthsin the year, for vessels of thirty or forty tons; and atsome seasons, for those of 400 tons, and steam-boatscome from New Orleans to this place. A large andwell built state penitentiary, of stone, has beenerected near the city. It is 310 feet long, and fiftywide, and three stories high. It has cells for 200convicts. The university of Nashville was incorpo-rated in 1806, and a building was erected, ninetyfeet long and three stories high. It was not, how-ever, completed for several years. It has anexcellent chemical apparatus, a mineralogical cabinetcontaining 10,000 specimens, a museum of naturalhistory, a library of 2500 volumes, and ninety-fivestudents. TJ

Nassau. A small town of Germany, forming thecapital of the duchy of Nassau. In its immediatevicinity are the ruins of Nassauburgh castle, whichgave name to the family of Nassau. The inhabitantsof this town do not exceed 1500 persons; and it isten miles W.S.W. of Limburg.

Nassau. A sovereign duchy of the German em-pire, bordering on the Prussian province of theLower Rhine, Hesse-Darmstadt and Frankfort. TheRhine runs along its southern border, and receivesthe river Lahn from the duchy. The court and aboutone half of the people aie Calvinists ; but since 1817,the Lutherans and Calvinists have been united underthe title of the Evangelical Christian church. Theface of the country is rather uneven ; the soil is fertile.Ilochheim, Riidesheqp, Johannisberg, Marcusbrun-nen, Asmanshausen, &c., yield the finest Rhenishwines. There are mineral springs at Wiesbaden,Niedersellers, Ems, Schlangenbad, Geilnau, Ac.The revenue of the duchy is estimated at 1,810,000guilders ; the debt at 5,000,000 : the contingent to thearmy of the confederacy is 3028 men. The duke hasthe thirteenth vote in the diet, with the duke of Bruns-wick ; and in the plenum he has two yotes, and the four-