a palatinate in the duchy of Lithuania, in Poland. The name given to it by some is Polesia. It is bounded on the north by Novogrode, and Troki; on the west, by those of Bielikno and Lublin; and on the south, by that of Chełm and Upper Volhynia; and on the east, by the territory of Rzeczica. This province is of considerable extent from east to west, and is watered by the rivers Bug and Pripyat: it is full of woods and marshes; and there are lakes that yield large quantities of fish, that are salted by the inhabitants, and sent into the neighbouring provinces.