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Volume 3 · 135 words · 1778 Edition

a kingdom of Africa, in Negroland, with a town of the same name. It is bounded by Zaara on the north, by the river Niger on the south, the kingdom of Agades on the west, and that of Cassina on the east. Some of the inhabitants are herdsmen, and others till the ground and dwell in villages. It produces corn, rice, and cotton. Here are also many deserts, and mountains covered with woods, in which are wild citrons and lemon-trees. The walls and houses of the town are made of clay, and the principal inhabitants are merchants. E. Long. 16. 18. N. Lat. 21. 5.

CANOEIA, a town of Italy, in the duchy of Milan, situated on the western bank of the Maggiore, or the Greater Lake. E. Long. 8. 47. N. Lat. 45. 55.