(ultna), a measure which obtains, under different denominations, in most countries, and by which cloths, stuffs, linens, silks, and the like, are usually measured, answering nearly to the yard of England, the canna of Italy, the vara of Spain, and the palm of Sicily. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

ELLOBOGEN, a circle in the Austrian kingdom of Bohemia, extending over 1348 square miles, and comprehending forty-three cities and towns and 609 villages, with 32,829 houses and 193,537 inhabitants. The chief town, of the same name, stands on a steep rock, at the foot of which runs the river Eger, which makes a bend that nearly surrounds it. It contains 457 houses, with 1508 inhabitants, who subsist by handicraft employments, and by the preparation of alum and of sulphur.