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Caribbee Islands.

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TABULAR VIEW— Continued.Windicard Istands.

f Martinique . . .

Belonging to

Barbadoes ....

Grenada .

Trinidad .

St. Vincent. . .

St. Lucia ....

Tobago .

Margarita ....

LCuraooa.

. ... Holland.

INDUSTRY, t. Somerset co. Me. 13 ni. W.from Norridgewock. Pop. 002.

INGLESVI LI-E, v. Montgomery co. Va.

INTERIOR PARISH, v. La Fourehe co.La .

IONIA, v. Onondago co. N. Y. , N\V. fromSalina, and 157 m. NVV. from Albany .

IOWA TOWN , t. N W. Territory, on E.side of the river Mississippi . Lon. 91° 15' W.jlut. 40° 30' N.

IOWA, r. La. which runs into the Missis-sippi , lat. 4(P 38' N.

lOW A, Ujiper y r. La. which runs into theMississippi , 40 m. N. from Ouisconsin.

JPSWlUII,r. Mass, which rises in Wilming-ton , runs NE. and Hows into Ipswich harbor.

IPSWICH, t. and port of entry, Essex co.Mass. 12 in. NNE. from Salem, 12 SSW. fromNewburyport, 27 NNE. from Boston . Lon. 70°51' W.; lat. 42° 41' N. Pop. 2,951. Here areseveral churches for Congregationalists, andalso a society of Baptists. The village standson the N. side of Ipswich river, about a milefrom its mouth, and contains a court-house andjail, a free grammar school, and other publicbuildings. Here is an excellent stone bridgeacross the river. It is a place of considerablemaritime trade, and does some ship-building.

IRA, t. Rutland co. Vt. 40 m. W. fromWindsor. Pop. 442.

IRA, t. Cayuga co. N. Y. , N. from Senecariver, and about 20 m. a little E. of N. fromAuburn.

1RASBURC, t. and cap. Orleans co. Yt 50m. NNE. from Montpelier , 568 from W. Pop.860. It is watered by Black river.

IREDELL, co. N.C. Pop. 15,262. States-ville is the chief town .

IRELAND , v. Hampden co. Mass.

IRONDEQUOT, bay of Lake Ontario , Mon-roe co. N. Y.

IRONDEQUOT, creek, Monroe co. N. Y. discharges its waters into the bay of the samename. The Grand Western Canal of NewYork crosses this creek, by very expensiveand massive works.

IRON MOUNTAINS, local term for thatridge of the Apalachiun chain, which sepa-rates North Carolina from Tennessee .

IROQUOIS, Pointe Aux , St. Lawrence co.N. Y. on the river St. Lawrence , 6 or 7 milesalx>vc the Rapid Plat. It is advantageouslysituated for commanding the passage up anddown the St. Lawrence .

Sq. ms.

Pop.

Chief towns

370.

. .102,000. .

. .St. l’ierre

100 .

. . .101,000. .

.. Bridgetown

no.

.. . 20,000 . .

. . St. George

1,700.

... 52,000 . .

. . Port of Spain

130.

.. . 25,000 . .

. .Kingston

225.

... 18,000..

. . Cartilage

140.

. .. 14,000..

. .Scarborough

350.

... 15,000..

.. Ascension

600.

... 12,000..

. . AVilliamstadt

IRVILLE, v. Muskingum co. Ohio .

IRWIN, co. Georgia , bounding EJorida.

IRWINTON, t. Wilkinson co. Geo. 18 in.S. by W. from Millodgcville. It contains acourt-house, a jail, and a Methodist meeting-house.

ISAAC’S CREEK,r. Ohio , which runs intothe Ohio , 1 mile below Manchester.

ISBELLSVILLE, v. Todd co. Ken.

ISINGLASS, r. N. II. which flows into the

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ISLAND CREEK, t. Jefferson co. Ohio .

ISLE AUX NOIX, an island in Sorcl r.L. C. about 10 m. from Lake Champlain .

1SLEBOROUGH, t. Waldo co. Me.

ISLE OF BEEVES, isl. N. America , in theBay of Campcachy, 17 m. long, and 8 broad.It is fertile, and abounds in cattle and fruits.

ISLE OF IIOOKSET FALLS, N. II. onthe Merrimack, between Dunbarton and Ches.ter, 400 rods below the entrance of Suucookriver, 8 m. above Amoskeag Falls, 8 S. by E.from Concord. These fulls are shunned by acanal, and a bridge is erected across the riverat the falls, over which passes the Londonderryturnpike. Here is a small village, containinga post-oflice.

ISLE JESUS, isl. and seigniory, Effinghamco. L. C. It is situated NE. from the island ofMontreal with an intervening channel of St.Lawrence river .

ISLE OF ORLEANS , isl. co. and seign-iory, L. C. in St. Lawrence river , commencing4 in. below Quebec .

ISLE ROYAL, long island of Lake Supo.rior, 100 m. long, and 40 wide in some places.

ISLE DE ST. JOHN, Seigniory, Devon co.L. C. on the SE. side of the St. Lawrence , 45m. below Quebec .

ISLE DU PORTAGE, Seigniory, Cornwal-lis co. L. C. on the SE. side of the St. Lawrence ,85 m. below Quebec .

ISLE OF SHOALS , a cluster of smallislands near the coast of New Hampsliire, be-tween Newburyport and Portsmouth , belong-ing to New Hampshire and Maine. The NewHampshire portion constitutes the township ofGosport . They are barren heaps of sand androcks, with hardly a green sod upon them, yetwere once populous and wealthy. The inhab-itants live solely by fishing, and the Isle ofShoals dun jish are well known as the bestcured cod in the world. They have now about100 inhabitants, and a light-house Jias been re-