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DURADSDCH

Volume 8 · 52 words · 1842 Edition

the ancient Dyrrachium, a sea-port in Greece, in the country of the Amauts. It is the see of a Greek archbishop and of a Catholic bishop, is fortified, and contains 5000 inhabitants. There is a good harbour, whence both commerce and piracy have long been carried on. The air is most unwholesome.