a town of Asiatic Turkey, in the province of Caramania, situated on the left bank of the river Kalyk, in the centre of a fertile country. It stands in front of a hill, and, though it is of considerable size, has a mean appearance, the houses being constructed of mud, with sun-dried bricks. The gardens yield much fruit, especially pears. It is said to be the ancient Heraclea. Long. 34°

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1 Desiderii Erasmi Opera omnia emendatione et auctoria. Lugd. Bat. 1703-6, 10 tom. fol. Le Clerc's account of Erasmus, chiefly derived from his letters, may be found in the Bibliothèque Choisié, tom. v. p. 145, tom. vi. p. 7. His other biographers are numerous, and we shall mention the most considerable lives which have appeared in a separate form. Knight's Life of Erasmus, more particularly that part of it which he spent in England. Cambridge, 1726, 8vo. Burigny, Vie d'Erasme. Paris, 1757, 2 tom. 12mo. Zach's Life of Erasmus. London, 1758-60, 2 vols. 4to. Hess's Erasmus von Roterdam nach seinem Leben und Schriften. Zurich, 1790, 2 Bde. 8vo. Of M. de Burigny's work, a German translation, with corrections and additions, was published by Professor Heike-Halle und Helmstädt, 1782, 2 Bde. 8vo. Dr Knight's work had been translated into the same language by Theodor Arnold. Leipzig, 1735, 8vo.