province of Peru, sometimes called Pataz or Pata. It is bounded on the east by the mountainous country possessed by the Indians, on the northeast and north by Chachapoyas, on the west and north-west by the river Amazons, here called the Tunguragua, and on the south by Guanalias. It is seventy-eight miles long and eighteen broad, and is rugged and uneven. The temperature is various. In the hot and temperate parts maize, wheat, potatoes, bark, French beans, herbs, and sugar-cane, are produced. There are several gold and silver mines to be found in this province. The population amounts to about 8000. The capital is an insignificant place of the same name, situated in lat. 7. 36. S.

Caxatamba, a province of Peru, bounded on the north by Guailas, on the north-east by Chonchuios, on the east by Guanalias, on the south-east by Tarma, on the south by Chancay, and on the north-west by Santa. It is a hundred miles from north-east to south-west, and about the same extent from north-west to south-east. It lies for the most part amongst elevated mountains, and is consequently cold; but it abounds in all sorts of seeds and fruits, and cattle of every species are plentiful, more especially sheep, from the fleece of which its inhabitants manufacture cloth of a peculiar kind. The capital, which is of the same name, is situated in lat. 10. 27. S.

Caxton, William, memorable for having first introduced the art of printing into his native country, was born in Kent about the year 1410. Having served an apprenticeship to a mercer, Caxton on his demise went to the Netherlands as agent for the mercer's company, in which situation he continued about twenty-three years. Whilst abroad he became acquainted with the newly-discovered art of printing, and in 1471 printed at Cologne a work entitled "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, by Raoul le Fleure." This book is very valuable, as being the earliest specimen of typography in the English language. After this he printed several works abroad, and at length returned to his native country, furnished with materials for practising the art. The first work he printed after his arrival, was the "Game and Playe of the Chesse," the first book executed in England. Caxton continued to exercise this new vocation for about twenty years, during which time he produced between fifty and sixty volumes, most of which were composed or translated by himself. His books are printed on a sort of vellum paper, and the errors of the press are corrected in red ink with his own hand, what are technically termed errata being then unknown. The life of Caxton has been written by the Rev. John Lewis, minister of Margate in Kent, London, 1787, one volume large 8vo; and the reader may also consult Middleton's "Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England." He died in 1492, and was interred, according to some, in Campden, Glamorganshire; whilst others state that his remains were deposited in St Margaret's, Westminster.

Cayagan Sooloo Isles, a group of islands in the Eastern Seas, lying off the north-east coast of Borneo. The largest is about twenty miles in circumference, of a middling size. The soil is rich and luxuriant, and it is covered with trees. In 1774 it was dependent on Sooloo, and was much frequented by pirates. Long. 118. 50. E. Lat. 70. N.