See ANATOMY, iii. 43; and ORTICS.

a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England; county of Suffolk, 20 miles N. of Ipswich. It is governed by four aldermen and twelve councillors, and returns one member to parliament. Pop. (1851) of municipal borough, 2587; of parliamentary borough, 7531. Registered electors, 356. Eye is situated in a low fertile tract of country, and is nearly surrounded by a small stream, an affluent of the Waveney. The streets are narrow, irregular, and unpaved, while the white-washed houses and thatched roofs give Eye the appearance of a large agricultural village. The church is a spacious cruciform edifice, with a fine embattled tower. The free grammar-school has two exhibitions to Cambridge University. The guild-hall is a handsome modern building. There were formerly a castle and a small Benedictine priory at Eye;—the former has disappeared, but of the latter some ruins are still to be seen to the east of the town. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Eye received its first charter from King John; and previous to the passing of the Reform Act returned two members to parliament. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture.