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JENISKOI

Volume 9 · 138 words · 1797 Edition

a town of the Russian empire, in Siberia, seated on the river Jenifa. It is large, populous, and pretty strong; and there are villages for several miles round it. It is subject to the Tungusians, who are pagans, and chiefly live on the above river. They pay a tribute to the emperor for every bow, reckoning a man and a woman for one. The climate is extremely cold; and no other fruits grow there but black and red currants, strawberries, and gooseberries, corn, butchers meat, and wild fowls, are very cheap. Jencoping. E. Long. 86. 25. N. Lat. 58. 40.

JENCOPING, a town of Sweden, in the province of Smaland, seated on the south side of the lake Werter, with a strong citadel. The houses are all built with wood. E. Long. 14. 20. N. Lat. 57. 22.