a circle of the Austrian province of Moravia, extending over 1320 square miles, comprehending eight cities, thirty-six market-towns, and 369 villages, with 17,980 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, on the river Taya. It is surrounded with walls, has an ancient fortress, and contains 512 houses, with 5430 in- habitants, who make considerable quantities of woollen cloths. Long. 15. 57. 46. E. Lat. 48. 51. 15. N.