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XAGUA, s-p. of the S. coast of the islandof Cuba, one of the finest in America , 84 m.SE. of Havana . Lon. 80° 45' W.; lat. 22°1°' N.

XALAPA, t. of New Spain, in the provinceof Tlascala, with a bishop’s see. Lon. 98° 20'\V M lat. 19° 32' N.

XALISCO, a t. of Mexico , hi a province ofits name, 14 m. NVV. of Compostella .

XENIA, t. and cap. Greene co. Ohio , on theShawnee Creek, 3 m. from the Little Miami,30 m. S\V. from Urbanna, 55 NNE. from Cin-cinnati , 453 from W. It is a flourishing town, iand contains a court-house, a jail, an academy,There are several houses of public worshipin the village. The houses recently built arechiefly of brick and stone Pop. 919.

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YADKIN, r. N. C. rises between the Alle-ghany and Brushy Mountains, pervades thecounties of Wilkes, Surrey, Rowan, Montgo-mery, and Anson, and flows into S. C. with thename of the Great Pcdee. In Montgomeryeo. it passes over narrows occasioned by moun-tains on each side, which contract it from 200yards wide to about 30. A few miles belowthe narrows it receives Rocky river, and thentakes the name of Great Pcdee.

YANCEYVILLE, v. Louisa co. Va. on theS. Anna, 60 m. NW. from- Richmond , 133from W.

YANTIC, or Norwich, r. Ct . joins the She-fucket, at Norwich.

YARMOUTH, s-p. Barnstable co. Mass. 4m. E. from Barnstable, 20 SSE. from Boston ,488 from W. Pop. 2,251.

YATES, eo. N. Y. bounded S. by Steuben,N. by Ontario, E. by Seneca Lake, and W. byOntario and Canandaigua Lake. Length 21m. width 12. Surface generally hilly, soilfertile, and well wooded. Chief town, PennYan. Pop. 19,019.

YAZOO, r. Mis. rises in lat. 35° N. nearthe borders of Tennessee ^ and runs SSW. andflows into the Mississippi , 12 m. above Wal-nut Hills, 142 above Natchez . It is about 230m. long, and navigable 100 m.

YAZOO, Little , r. Mis. runs SSW. into theMississippi , 15 m. S. from Palmyra.

YAZOO, co. of Mis. on the Yazoo river.Pop. 6,550. Chief town, Benton.

YELLOW-BUSHA, or Yalo-Bushur, aneastern branch of the Yazoo, Mis. A mis-sionary station, named Elliot, was established,in 3818, on this river, 120 m. above the mouthof the Yazoo.

YELLOW-BREECHES CREEK, r. Pa.runs into the Susquehannah , on the W. side, 3in. below Harrisburg .

YELLOW CREEK, t. Columbiana co.Ohio . Pop. 1,149.

YELLOW CREEK, Great and Little , twostreams, Ohio , which flow into Ohio river inSE. corner of Columbiana co. 4 m. apart.

YELLOW CREEK FURNACE, and v.

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Montgomery co. Ten. 118 m. NW. from Mur-freesborough.

YELLOW SPRINGS , watering place andvillage, Chester co. Pa. 30 in. NW. from Phil-adelphia . It is a place of considerable resortduring the warm season, and there are twofine hotels which afford excellent accommoda-tions for visitors.

YELLOW SPRINGS , v. Huntingdon co.Pa. 56 m W. from Harrisburg .

YELLOW T SPRINGS, v. near the northernboundary of Greene co. Ohio , 12 m. NNE. fromXenia, and 65 m. SW. by W. from Columbus .

YELLOWSTONE, r. N. America , risesfrom Lake Eustis in the Rocky Mountains ,and after an ENE. course of about 1,100 m.joins the Missouri, 1,880 m. from the Missis-sippi , Ion. 104° 0' W.; lat 47° 50' N. Thisriver is nearly or quite as large as the otherbranch which retains the name of Missouri .Its principal branches are Bighorn and Tongue rivers. This river was explored by CaptainClark, who embarked on it, 850 m. from itsmouth, and tracing it down, found it deep andnavigable for the whole of that distance.

YELLOW WATER, r. rises in Al. runsnearly S. into Florida , and falls into PensacolaBay, after a course of about 70 m. It is a fine,clear, and beautiful stream, rising in pinewoods.

YOCOM CREEK, r. Va. runs into the Po-tomac, Ion. 76° 36' W.; lat. 38° G' N.

YONGUESVILLE, v. Fairfield district,S. C. 42 m. N. from Columbus .

YONKERS, t. Westchester co. N. Y. onE. bank of the Hudson, 20 m. N. from N. York.Pop. 1,761.

YORK , city of U. C. is in about 43° 35' N.lat. and is the present seat of the governmentof U. C. It is most beautifully situated withinan excellent harbor of the same name, madeby a long peninsula, which confines a basinof water sufficiently large to contain a consid-erable fleet. Pop. about 3,500.

YORK , SW co. of Me. bounded by the At-lantic Ocean SE. Piseataqua river, or NewHampshire SW. N. Hampshire W. Oxford co.Maine N. and Cumberland NE. Length 50m. mean width 20. Its principal river, Saco .Chief town, York . Pop. in 1820, 46,283; m1830, 51,710.

YORK, t. and seat of justice, York co. Me.on York river, near the ocean, 10 m. NE. ofPortsmouth, 16 S. of Wells, and 22 of Kenne-bunk. Pop. 3,485.

YORK , t. on the W. side of Genesee river,Livingston co. N. Y. 25 m. SSW. from Roches-ter , and 40 m. W. from Canandaigua. Pop.2,636.

YORK, or Yorktown, t Westchester co .N. Y. 45 in. N. from New York . Pop. 2,141.

YORK, co. S. side of Pa. bounded NE. by theSusquehannah , which separates it from Dau-phin and Lancaster cos. S. by Maryland , W.by Adams co. and NNW\ by Cumberland co.Pop. 42,658. Chief town, York

YORK, bor. and cap. York co. Pa. on Codo-rus creek, 22 m. WSW. from Lancaster , 48 N.from Baltimore , 52 E. from Chambcrsburg, 85