HALLE, a handsome and considerable town of Ger-
many, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and in the duchy
of Magdeburg, with a famous university and salt-works.
It belongs to the king of Prussia; and is seated in a
pleasant plain on the river Sale. The inhabitants
are stated at 25,000. E. Long. 12. 8. N. Lat. 51.
31.