town of New South Wales, in the county of Cumberland, on the Paramatta River, near where it falls into Port Jackson, 15 miles W.N.W. of Sydney. It is regularly laid out, and the principal street is about a mile in length. The houses are well built of brick or freestone, many of them being detached and surrounded by gardens. It is the summer residence of the governor of the colony; and his house occupies a fine situation on a hill, and is surrounded by extensive grounds. There are an observatory, an orphan hospital, two lunatic asylums, and manufactories of salt, copper, silk, and woollen fabrics. Communications are kept up daily with Sydney by steamers and coaches. Pop. 4454.

Paramythia, a town of European Turkey, in Albania, stands on the sides of a rock surmounted by a castle, 32 miles S.W. of Janina. The streets are narrow and