(formerly Stabroek), the capital of British Guiana, is situated on the E. bank of the Demerara, at its mouth, which is there about 3 miles wide, in N. Lat. 6° 49' 30"; W. Long. 58° 11' 30". The town itself is one of the prettiest in the West Indies; and its streets are wide and straight, intersecting each other at right angles. The houses are of wood, with open verandahs in front, and neatly painted in cool and quiet colours; they are shaded and almost hidden by trees and shrubs, and look more like a collection of villas than a town. The street along the river side—where all the stores and shops are situated, and where business is chiefly transacted—forms, however, an exception; there everything is plain, bare, and business-like. The ships lie alongside the wharfs or at a short distance in the stream, which is also crowded with numerous smaller vessels engaged in the island trade, or in bringing produce from the more distant estates. The hall of the legislative council, courts of justice, custom-house, treasury, and all the other public offices, are in one building of considerable extent and architectural beauty, with shady porches and marble-paved galleries or verandahs supported on cast-iron columns. The chief of the other public edifices are the cathedral and churches, several liberally maintained hospitals, barracks, market-place, and ice-house. Below the town is the "Fort," as it is called, but which looks more like a green field, with a few guns pointing towards the sea, and a house or two for a single officer and a dozen artillerymen. Pop. (1851) 25,508.

a city in the United States of North America, district of Columbia, on the left bank of the Potomac river, 2 miles W.N.W. of Washington city, from which it is separated by Rock Creek. It is beautifully situated on a range of hills rising above the river and undulating along its banks. The "heights" are lofty eminences overlooking the city, and occupied by splendid villas and extensive gardens in the highest state of cultivation. On the heights is Oak Hill cemetery, tastefully laid out and surrounded by a massive iron railing. Georgetown has a Roman Catholic university, with a library of 25,000 vols., an extensive philosophical apparatus, and a museum of natural history; a nunnery, with a female academy; botanic garden, and various other literary institutions. The aqueduct which conveys the Chesapeake and Ohio canal over the Potomac is a stupendous work, 1446 feet in length; the piers, nine in number, and 36 feet above high-water, are of granite, resting upon the solid rock 17 feet below the bottom of the river. The manufactures are considerable and flourishing. In 1850 there were 59 establishments in operation, among which were numerous flour-mills, a rolling-mill, and a cotton-factory. Georgetown carries on an extensive foreign and coasting trade. On 30th June 1852 its registered shipping amounted to 2955 tons, and its enrolled and licensed to 23,241 tons. Pop. (1850) 8366.

the capital of a district of the same name in the State of South Carolina, North America, stands on the W. shore of Winyaw Bay, a little below the confluence of the Great Pee Dee, the Black, and the Waccamaw rivers, about 15 miles from the sea. The confluence of these three navigable rivers renders its position advantageous for trade, but the entrance to its harbour is obstructed by a bar. The shipping of the port on 30th June 1852 amounted to 1896 tons registered, and 2696 tons enrolled and licensed. It has a court-house, jail, several churches and seminaries, a bank, &c. Pop. (1850) 1628.