YENISEISK, a town of Asiatic Russia, formerly the capital, and still the largest town of the government of the same name, stands in a fertile plain on the left bank of the Yenisei, 180 miles N.N.W. of Krasnoïarsk. It is an ancient place, and is enclosed by a rampart. It has four churches and two convents, and is a place of considerable trade, especially in furs. A market is held here annually in August, which lasts for more than three weeks, and is fre-
quented by merchants from all parts of Siberia. Pop. (1856) 5119.
The government, which lies between N. Lat. 51. and 78. E. Long. 80. and 107., is bounded on the N. by the Frozen Ocean, E. by Yakutsk and Irkutsk, S. by the Chinese empire, and W. by Tomsk and Tobolsk. Its length from north to south is about 1800 miles, its breadth about 800, and its area 971,295 square miles. This vast region has a gradual slope from the Altai Mountains, which form its boundary on the south to the ocean, into which the north part of the government projects, forming the extreme northern point of the Asiatic continent. It belongs entirely to the basin of the Yenisei, from which it takes its name. This river is formed by numerous streams from the Altai Mountains in the north of Mongolia. After entering the Russian dominions, it flows northwards with many bendings and deviations, and enters the Arctic Ocean by a long estuary, after a course estimated at 2300 miles. Its principal affluents are the Angara, which issues from Lake Baikal, and the Tunguska, both from the right. The basin of this river, which lies between that of the Lena on the east and that of the Obi on the west, is estimated to have an area of 1,000,000 square miles. Besides the Yenisei, the only rivers deserving notice in the government are the Piasina and the Chatanga in the north-east. Except in the less elevated parts of the south of the country, no cultivation can be carried on; and even in these districts, though agriculture flourishes to some extent, the chief wealth of the land consists in cattle. Iron and salt are the most important minerals, and the former is worked in some places. In the north the scanty population live chiefly by hunting and fishing. Besides the native tribes, there are some Russians in the government, the most of whom are convicts banished to Siberia. The capital is Krasnoïarsk. Pop. (1856) 271,500.
YEOVII., a market-town of England, Somersetshire, on the left bank of the Ivel or Yeo, an affluent of the Parret, here crossed by a stone bridge, 36 miles S.S.W. of Bath, and 123 from London. The town is rather irregularly laid out, and comprises a great number of streets and lanes, but the houses are generally good, and many of them are of a superior description. The parish church is a handsome Gothic structure with a large plain tower at the west end. There are also a chapel of ease, and several dissenting places of worship, a neat town-hall, a grammar and other schools, and several alms-houses. Yeovil was at one period celebrated for its woollen manufactures, but these have been superseded by the making of leather gloves, which now forms the chief occupation of the inhabitants. Pop. (1851) 7751.