a large, handsome, and rich town of Spain, capital of Biscay, with a well frequented harbour. It is remarkable for the wholesome effects of its air and the fertility of the soil about it. The inhabitants have always preferred themselves from a mixture with the Jews and Moors; and therefore will admit no family to settle among them but who can prove themselves to be of Christian extraction, nor will they admit any slaves among them as in the other parts of Spain. The exports are wool, and sword-blades, with some other manufactures of iron and steel. The town is seated at the mouth of the river Ibaicabal, in W. Long. 4° 20'. N. Lat. 43° 23'.