a circle of the Prussian province of Silesia, which has become remarkable on account of its having been bestowed on the Duke of Brunswick when expelled from his hereditary dominions by Bonaparte. It was for- merly a sovereignty, but is now mediatised; and the ancient race of its dukes has become extinct. It extends over 814 square miles, and contains nine cities and towns, 344 villages, and 164 hamlets, inhabited by about 95,000 persons. The chief place is the city of the same name situated on the river Oelse, which runs to the Weyda in its course to the Oder. It is surrounded with walls, and contains one Catholic and five Lutheran churches, 480 houses, and about 5000 inhabitants. In the ancient castle of the dukes is a numerous library and a cabinet of natural history. The chief employment of the inhabitants is in the linen trade.

CENOPOE, in Grecian antiquity, a kind of censors at Athens, who regulated entertainments, and took care that none drank too much or too little.

CERE BRO, one of the provinces of the kingdom of Sweden, being the westernmost part of Westmanland. It extends in north latitude from 58° 40' to 60° 6', and in east longitude from 14° 6' to 15° 42', and contains a superficial area of 3784 square miles. It is divided into four districts or bailiwicks, viz. Osterwick, Westerwick, Nora cum Linne, and Leke cum Carlscrona, and contains 110,000 inhabitants. It is surrounded with mountains, but none of them higher than 2000 feet, and the interior is flat or undulating. It is an internal province, but connected with Stockholm by means of the river Hellemaren. It contains a great number of fresh-water lakes. The climate is raw and cold, but in the short summer vegetation is surprisingly rapid. The best agriculture is in the southern part, but there the seed rarely produces more than four-fold. The chief grains are rye, oats, and barley; and of late potatoes and turnips have been introduced. The chief production is timber, and the cutting and preparing of it for market is the principal occupation. There are some mines of iron and copper worked. The capital is the city of the same name, situated at the entrance of the river Svartelri to the Hellemaren. It is chiefly built of wood, has a good market, a church, and an hospital, and contains 750 dwellings, with 3240 inhabitants, a few of whom are employed in making cloth, hosiery, and ironmongery articles. Long. 15° 4' E. Lat. 59° 15' N.

CETA, in Ancient Geography, a mountain of Thessaly, extending from Thermopylae westward to the Sinus Ambracius, and in some measure cutting at right angles the mountainous country stretching between Parnassus to the south and Pindus to the north.