a seaport-town and port of S.W. Africa, belonging to the Portuguese. The town occupies the summit of a rock at the mouth of the River Redondo, and is inhabited almost solely by free Negroes.

Novo-Tscherkask, a town of European Russia, capital of the country of the Don Cossacks, on the River Don, about 40 miles from its mouth. It was founded in 1806 in consequence of the unhealthiness of old Tscherkask, the then capital. It is the seat of the government offices; and is well laid out with broad and regular streets, the houses being generally of one storey. It has a cathedral and numerous other churches, a college, and several schools, and a large hospital. Pop. (1850) 17,875.