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Published: 2017-03-06

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9780243589715

Excerpt from Encyclopedia Perthensis, or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &C, Vol. 6 of 23: Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Works of Reference Cleguerec, a town of France, in the de partment of Morbihan, and dittriet of Pontivy, 6 miles nw. Of Pontivy. Clehonger, a village near Hereford. Cleish, a parifh of Scotland, in Kinrofs-fliire, 6 miles long from E. To W. And above 'one broad containing about 5000 acres. It lies along the 3. Tide of thofe hills that bound the country on the S. And flbpe gradually to the E. The foil is partly a {trong clay, partly gravel and partly till', though in general fertile. The climate is moilt. The parilh is well watered, having 4 lakes, befides the river Galmey and feveral rivulets. It abounds Whfieeftone. The population, in 1791, as Ita 4 the rev. Mr Darling, in his report.to Sir J. Ntiair, was 653, and had decreafed 39 fiuce i 75 g. 1 we were then about 460 acres in tillage pro l ung oats, barley, peal'e, flax, potatoes and in-ups. Of the relt 3860 were under paflure, 2 5 '1 takes, and 350 in planting. Agriculture is x'eatly improved. There are relics of fame old llaman forts in the pariill. Clkma, in antiquity, a twig of the vine, which lrn d as a badge of the Centurion's office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.