an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Escambia River, is about 27 miles in length by 12 in extreme breadth.

PENSIONARY, or Pensioner, a person who has an appointment or yearly sum, payable during life, by way of acknowledgment, and charged on the estate of a prince, company, or particular person. At the universities of Cambridge and Dublin the term pensioner is applied to those students who live at their own expense, and who are at Oxford called commoners.

The term Grand Pensionary, was formerly applied to the first minister of the states of Holland, and the first minister of the regency of each city in that kingdom was called a Pensionary.