circle in the government of Potsdam, and province of Brandenburg, in Prussia. It extends over 503 square miles, or 321,920 acres; comprehends six cities, two market-towns, 64 villages; and in 1849 contained 5006 dwellings, and 55,640 inhabitants. The river Oder washes its eastern boundary, and receives the several smaller streams by which it is watered. The borders of the rivers present some excellent meadow-land, on which many cattle are pastured. It produces good corn, tobacco, flax, and abundance of garden fruit. There is much wood land, and several lakes which yield fish in great plenty. The capital, ANGERONÁ, or Angeronia, in Mythology, the name of a mysterious deity whom the Romans prayed to for the cure of the quinsy, in Latin angina. Pliny calls her the goddess of silence and calmness of mind, who banishes all uneasiness and melancholy. She is represented with her mouth covered, to denote silent patience. Her statue was erected in the temple of the goddess Volupia, to show that a patient enduring of affliction leads to pleasure.