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occupy the lands in the neighbourhood of Odessa, bygranting them certain privileges. Bulgarian andRussian peasants are also numerous.

Odessa contains 40,000 inhabitants, and is situatedin Ion. 30° 37' E., and lat, 4G° 29' N.

Odeypoor. A Hindoo district in the provinceof Ajrner, which occupies its south-eastern quarter.It originally bore the appellation of Mewar, and itschief is believed to have descended from one of themost ancient families in Ilindoostan. The generalappearance of Odeypoor is mountainous, but if pro-perly cultivated would be extremely fertile. It yieldssugar, indigo, cotton, and all the products of India ingreat perfection.

Odeypoor. The capital of the above district,situated in the southern side of the river Banass, inan amphitheatre of hills. It can only be approachedby three defiles, barely wide enough to admit a carriage,and might easily be defended by a small body ofresolute men. It is, however, much decayed, andthe inhabitants are by no means a warlike race.

Odiham. A market town in Hampshire, situatedon the great road from London to Winchester. Itprincipally consists of one long handsome street,from which branch several smaller ones. About amile from the town are the ruins of Odiham castle, theorigin of which is of a date anterior to the reign ofking John. It formerly contained a royal palace andpark, some traces of which still remain. Odiham isdistinguished for having been the birth-place of thecelebrated William Lilly, the grammarian. Thepopulation of this town does not exceed 1500 persons,and it is forty-one miles S.W. of London.

Odin. See Northern Mythology.

Ody Isle. An island in the Eastern Seas, situ-ated principally in the first and second degrees ofsouth latitude, and the 124th and 125th of eastlongitude. In length it may be estimated at sixtv-five, bv eleven miles the average breadth. On thisisland live many runaway slaves from Ternate, whocultivate cloves, which they sell to the neighbouringislanders. It is claimed by the sultan of Butchian,who has a pearl fishery established on the coast. Onthe west side of Ody the Dutch had a small fort.

Oe. An affix to many Danish geographical names,signifying island.

Oedenburg. An extensive palatinate in the westof Hungary. In the western parts of the palatinatethe country is very level, but the other parts areintersected by lofty mountains, and therefore pre-sents great diversity in its soil. The climate is gene-rally mild, and grain and fruits arc raised in greatabundance. This palatinate has an area of 1300square miles, and a population of 165,000 persons.

Oedenburg. The capital of the above palatinate.It stands in a fruitful plain ; and being the inter-mediate station between Hungary' and Austria, itenjoys a considerable degree of commercial import-ance. The inhabitants amount to nearly 15,000 per-sons, and it is thirty-seven miles S.S.E. of Vienna.

Oeland. A long narrow island in the Baltic, onthe south-east coast of Sweden, and separated from| , e . to ,' vn of Caltnar by a strait called Calinar Sound.Hjis island has a territorial extent of 310 squaremiles, and a population of 22,000 persons.

Oeshl. A considerable island in the Baltic, situ-ated at the mouth of the gulf of Riga. Its length isabout seventy miles, and its breadth varies from threeto fifty. Oesel is generally level r its surface ; but

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its soil is stony and poor. The forests are extensive,and the stone quarries very productive. The inha-bitants do not exceed 30,000 persons.

Oettingen. A Bavarian town, and the capital ofa principality of the same name. It is agreeablysituated on the banks of the Wernitz ; and has a resi-dent population of nearly 4000 persons. Oettingenis sixty-nine miles N.N.W. of Munich.

Offenbach. A considerable town in the west ofGermany, in the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.This town is neatly built, and contains several hand-some churches, and 8000 inhabitants. It is the prin-cipal manufacturing town of the grand duchy; indeed,it may be said to be the only one. Offenbach is fourmiles E.S.E. of Frankfort.

Ogham, or Ogum Characters. Respecting thisvery ancient form of writing but little is at presentknown. They are supposed to be of Druidical origin,and to have been employed by the Druids to envelopeeverything relating to their religion in deeper mys-tery. But the priests finding it necessary to availthemselves of this mysticism in their writings, showsthat the people would have understood too much hadthe ordinary character been employed ; consequently,that they were at that time a lettered people. Somefew inscriptions are still extant, supposed to be of thisOgnm character ; one of which is mentioned by Mr.Weld, as having been discovered by r Mr. Pelham inthe ruined church of Aghadoe, and he mentions thesame gentleman having discovered thirteen others inthe county of Kerry. Now this is the country wherethe Milesians are supposed to have first landed, andwhere the religion they brought with them, whateverit was, was probably first planted.

Oulio. A large river in Austrian Italy, which hasits source in the Alps, flows through the lake of Iseo,traverses the fertile plains between the Brescian andthe CremoneseAlps, and joins the Po near Borgoforte,about eight miles from Mantua. It gave name to adepartment of the temporary kingdom of Italy.

Ohio. A large river in the United States of NorthAmerica, formed by the junction of the Allegany andthe Monongahela at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, andwhich, after a west-south-west course of 949 miles,joins the Mississippi, 190 miles below the Missouri.The Ohio is a beautiful river ; its current is gentle,its waters clear, and it is nowhere broken by anyconsiderable falls, except at Louisville. This riverseparates Virginia and Kentucky on the west, fromthe states of Ohio, Indiana, and the Illinois territoryon the north.

Ohio. One of the United States of North Ame-rica, is bounded north by Michigan Territory and lakeErie, which separates it from Upper Canada, east byPennsylvania and the Ohio River, south by' the OhioRiver, which separates it from Virginia and Ken-tucky', and west by Indiana. The Ohio River, in itsvarious windings, bounds this state 436 miles. Ohiois situated between 38° 30' and 42“ of north latitude,and between 80° 35' and 84° 42' of west longitude. Itis about 222 miles in extent, both from east to west,and front north to south ; but lake Erie projects sofar into the northern borders, and the Ohio River cutsoff so much of its southern quarter, that the area ofthe state is little more than 200 miles square. Thestate is divided by' nature into four grand divisions,which are named after the principal waters on whichthey are situated. They are the Miami country, theScioto country, the Muskingum country', and the