A CITY OF THE PROVINCE OF THE LOWER DANUBE, IN THE AUSTRIAN KINGDOM OF HUNGARY. IT EXTENDS OVER 2662 SQUARE MILES, AND CONTAINS A POPULATION OF 348,500 PERSONS, CHIEFLY OF THE SCOLVANIAN RACE; AND IT COMPRISES TWO CITIES, THIRTY-EIGHT MARKET TOWNS, AND 462 VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. THE CAPITAL IS A CITY OF THE SAME NAME, THE SEAT OF A BISHOP, CONTAINING 500 HOUSES AND 3958 INHABITANTS, WHOSE CHIEF TRADE IS IN WINE. LONG. 17. 58. 56. E. LAT. 48. 19. 10. N.

NEJIN, A CITY OF RUSSIA, IN THE PROVINCE OF TCHERNIGOW, IN WHAT WAS FORMERLY DISTINGUISHED AS LITTLE RUSSIA. IT STANDS ON THE RIVER OSTER. THE STREETS ARE INTERMIXED WITH LARGE GARDENS, FILLED WITH FRUIT TREES OF VARIOUS KINDS. IT CONTAINS 1000 HOUSES, TWO CONVENTS, AND SIXTEEN CHURCHES, ALL BUILT AFTER THE MODEL OF THOSE IN MOSCOW, AND IS RECOGNIZED THE HANDSOMEST TOWN TO THE SOUTH OF THAT CAPITAL. THE INHABITANTS ARE ABOUT 12,000, COMPOSED, BEHIND RUSSIANS AND KOSZACKS, OF MANY GREEK AND ARMENIAN FAMILIES. THE MOST DISTINGUISHED BUILDING IS THE GYMNASIUM BEZBORODKO, FOUNDED BY THE COUNT OF THAT NAME. IT IS A LARGE EDIFICE, ADORNED BY A COLONNADE OF TWELVE IONIC PILLARS, AND, BEING SURROUNDED BY HIGH TREES, IT HAS A TRULY NOBLE APPEARANCE. IT WAS INSTITUTED FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG NOBLEMEN.