handsome, pleasant, and strong town of Asia, seated on the eastern side of the island of Ceylon in the East Indies. It was built by the Portuguese in 1638; and in 1658 they were driven from it by the natives, assisted by the Dutch, who are now in possession of it. It is about three quarters of a mile long, and as much in breadth. The natives live in the old town, without the walls of the new; the streets of this last are wide and spacious; and the buildings are in the modern taste, particularly the governor's house which is a handsome structure. E. Long. 80° 25'. N. Lat. 7° 10'.

Colomney, or Colomia, a town of Poland in Red Russia, seated on the river Pruth, in E. Long. 25° 9'. N. Lat. 48° 45'.

Colonna, Fabio, a very learned botanist, born at Naples about the year 1567. He became skilled in the languages, in music, designing, painting, and the mathematics; and died about the middle of the 17th century. He wrote, 1. Ortus Sanctorum seu Plantarum aliquot (ae picidium) historia. 2. Minus cognitarum rariorumque stirpium expositio; itemque de aquatilibus, aliique nonnullis animalibus, libellus; and works.