circle in the government of Coblenz, and the Prussian province of the Lower Rhine. Its extent is 208 square miles, or 133,120 acres. It contains two market-towns, 155 villages, and 37,857 inhabitants, of whom 18,114 are Roman Catholics, and 19,548 Lutherans. The Jews amount to 195. The whole of the circle is on the Westerwalde, and from its lofty position the soil is unproductive. Its mines of iron, lead, and copper, give the chief employment to the people, who are an industrious race; and the females spin much linen yarn. The circle is watered by the rivers Sieg, Niester, and Wiedbach, the banks of which afford pastureage to cattle. The whole district suffered severely from being the seat of war in 1796.