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NATURAL BRIDGE.
NATURAL BRIDGE, in Rockbridge co.Va. This bridge, which is over Cedar creek,is one of the greatest natural curiosities in theworld. Sec page 95.
NAUGATUCK, r. Ct. which flows S. andjoins the Ilousatonnuc, at Derby. Length 50miles.
NAVESINK, harbor on the coast of Mon-mouth co. N. J. 5 m. NW. from Shrewsbury.7’hc Navesink Hills , 282 feet high, arc the firstland seen in approaching the coast.
NAVY, t. Orleans co. Yt. 60 m. NE. fromMontpelier.
NAVY ISLAND , in trie Niagara, betweenGrand Isle and the Falls; 1 in. long, and 1broad; 15 in. NNE. from Navy Hall.
NAZARETH, t. Northampton co. Pa. 7 m.NW. from Eastori, 10 NNE. from Bethlehem ,62 N. from Philadelphia . This is a pleasantand handsome town, regularly built of stone,and contains a celebrated Moravian academy.
NEEDHAM , t. Norfolk co. Mass, on theriver Charles, opposite Newton , 6 m. WNW.Irom Dedham, 12 WSW. from Boston . Pop.1,420. Between this town and Newton theriver has 2 falls; one of 20 feet. These affordmany excellent mill-seats; and on Needham side there are 3 paper-mills, besides othermills.
NEHOGATOOANNAH, r. America , whichruns into the Mississippi , Ion. 93° 5' W.; lat.44° 24' N.
NEHUMIKEAG, isl. in the Ivennebeck,14 m. above the Merrymeeting Bay.
NELSON, formerly Packersfield, t. Cheshireco. N. H. 8 m. NE. from Keene , 40 WSW.from Concord . Pop. 875. Here is a cottonand woollen manufactory.
NELSON, t. Madison co. N. Y. 35 m. SW.from Utica . Pop. 2,445.
NELSON, l. Ashtabula co. Ohio .
NELSON, English settlement in N. Ameri.ca, on the W. side of Hudson’s Bay, at themouth of the river Nelson, 250 m. SE. ofChurchhill Fort. It belongs to the Hudson’sBay Company , who carry on a great trade inbeaver and other skins. Lon. 92 3 35' W.; lat.57° r N.
NELSON, co. Va. bounded by James riveror Buckingham SE. Amherst SW. the BlueRidge or Rockbridge and Augusta NW. andAlbemarle NE. Length 23 m. mean widJh 15.Besides being washed by Janies river, it isdrained by Rock Fish and Tye rivers. War-minster, the chief town, is about GO m. a littleN. of W. from Richmond . Pop. in lc20,10,137; in 1830, 11,251, of whom 5,3U8 arecolored.
NELSON, co. Ken. bounded E. and SE. byWashington, S. and SW. by the Rolling forkof Salt river, or Hardin, NW. by Bullit, andN. by Salt river or Shelby. Length 30 miles,mean width 17. Chief town, Bairdstown. Pop.in 1820, 16,273; in 1830, 14,916.
NELSON’S FORT, a British factory at themouth of Nelson’s river. Lon. from W. 15°42'W.; lat. 57° 12' N.
NELSON’S RIVER, large r. of N. Ameri-ca , in Cabotia, or British America. It rise?,in Lake Winnipeg, and flowing about 350 m.in a NE. direction, empties into Hudson’s Bay ,in lat. 57° 30' N.; Ion. 93° W.
NELSON’S FERRY, v. S. C. 50 m. N. fromCharleston .
NEMAHA, r. La. which runs into the Mis-souri, 380 m. from the Mississippi .
NEN. r. U. C\ empties itself into Lake On-tario , in the t. of Pickering.
NEOPSCO (’REEK, r. Va. which runs int»the Potomac.
NEPANOSE, t. Lycoming co. Pa. on W.branch of the Susquehannah. Near this townis a remarkable valley.
NEPONSET, a handsome village, partly inMilton and partly in Dorchester, Norfolk co.Mass, on both sides of Neponset river, 6 m. S.from Boston . It has a number of establish-ments, where paper, chocolate, cards, and otherarticles, are manufactured; also fulling-mills,corn-mills, and various others.
NEPONSET, creek of Boston harbor, navi-gable four miles to Milton, for vessels of 150tons.
NESCOPECK, r. Luzerne co. Pa. whichruns into the Susquehannah, at NescopeckFalls.
NESCOPECK, t. Luzerne co. Pa. at thejunction of the Nescopeck with the Susque-hannah, about 38 m. ENE. from Northumber-land .
NESCOPECK, mt. Pa. on the borders ofthe Susquehannah.
NESHAMINY, r. Bucks co. Pa. which runsSE. into the Delaware , 5 or 6 m. below Bristol.
NESHNABATOXA, r. La. which runs intothe Missouri, 508 m. from the Mississippi .