(Richard), an ingenious poet, was vicar of Snitterfield in Warwickshire, and rector of Kimcote in Leicestershire. He was the intimate friend and correspondent of Mr Shenstone, contemporary with him at Oxford, and, it is believed, his schoolfellow; was of University... Jago. University College; took the degree of M.A. July 9, 1739; was author of several poems in the 4th and 5th volumes of Dodley's Poems; published a sermon, in 1755, on the Causes of Impenitence considered, preached May 4, 1755, at Harbury in Warwickshire, where he was vicar, on occasion of a conversation said to have passed between one of the inhabitants and an apparition in the church-yard there; wrote "Edge-hill," a poem, for which he obtained a large subscription in 1767; and was also author of "Labour and Genius," 1768, 4to; of "The Blackbirds," a beautiful elegy in the Adventurer; and of many other ingenious performances. He died May 28, 1781.
St Jago, a large river of South America, which rises in the audience of Quito and Peru. It is navigable; and falls into the South Sea, after having watered a fertile country abounding in cotton-trees, and inhabited by wild Americans.
St Jago, the largest, most populous and fertile of the Cape Verd islands, on the coast of Africa, and the residence of the Portuguese viceroy. It lies about 13 miles eastward from the island of Mayo, and abounds with high barren mountains; but the air, in the rainy season, is very unwholesome to strangers. Its produce is sugar, cotton, wine, and some excellent fruits. The animals are black cattle, horses, asses, deer, goats, hogs, civet-cats, and some very pretty green monkeys with black faces.
St Jago, a handsome and considerable town of South America, the capital of Chili, with a good harbour, a bishop's see, and a royal audience. It is seated in a large and beautiful plain, abounding with all the necessaries of life, at the foot of the Cordilleras, on the river Mapocho, which runs across it from east to west. Here are several canals and a dyke, by means of which they water the gardens and cool the streets.—It is very much subject to earthquakes. W. Long. 69. 35. S. Lat. 33. 40.
St Jago de Cuba, a town in North America, situated on the southern coast of the island of Cuba, in the bottom of a bay, with a good harbour, and on a river of the same name. W. Long. 76. 44. N. Lat. 20. 0
Jago de los Cavalleros, a town of America, and one of the principal of the island of Hispaniola. It is seated on the river Yague, in a fertile soil, but bad air. W. Long. 70. 5. N. Lat. 19. 40.
St Jago del Lintero, a town of South America, one of the most considerable of Tucuman, and the usual residence of the inquisitor of the province. It is seated on a large river, in a flat country, where there is game, tygers, guanacos, commonly called camel-sheep, &c.
Jago de la Vega, otherwise called Spanish town, is the capital of the island of Jamaica, in the West Indies; and stands in 18° 11' north latitude, and 76° 45' west longitude. It is about a mile in length, and little more than a quarter of a mile in breadth; and contains between 500 and 600 houses, with about 4000 inhabitants of all colours and denominations. This town is situated in a delightful plain, on the banks of the Rio Cobre, 13 miles from Kingston, and 10 from Port Royal. It is the residence of the commander in chief; and here the supreme court of judicature is held, four times in the year, viz. on the last Tuesdays of February, May, August, and November, and sits three weeks.—St Jago de la Vega is the county-town of Middlesex, and belongs to the parish of St Catharine; in which parish there are 11 sugar-plantations, 108 pens, and other settlements, and about 10,000 slaves.