a small province of Turkey in Europe, bounded on the north by Wallachia, on the east by the Black Sea, on the south by Romania and Macedonia, and on the west by Servia. It is very narrow, but 325 miles long on the side of the Danube, from Servia till it falls into the Black sea. The inhabitants are Christians; but extremely ignorant, inasmuch that they seem to know nothing of Christianity but baptism and fasting. It is divided into four san-giaces; Byden, Sardice, Nicopolis, and Silidria. The chief towns are of the same names, except Sardice, which is now called Sophia.

**BULGARIAN Language**, the same with the Slavonic.