a parliamentary city of the kingdom of Naples, in the island of Sicily and province of Mazzara, situated on the side of a hill, at the foot of which the river Ammiglo flows, four post miles from Palermo. It is the seat of an archbishop, is both healthy and fertile, and has a cathedral, a palace, several monasteries, with 12,770 inhabitants, who depend chiefly on agriculture, and whose most valuable product is abundance of almonds.