Ercildoune

Ercildoune. See Earlston.

Erdington

Erdington, an urban district of Warwickshire, 5 miles NE. of Birmingham. Pop. 16.368.

Erebus

Erebus, Mount, an active volcano (12,760 feet) in Victoria Land, discovered in 1841 by Ross.

Eregll

Eregll (Heraclea), a port on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor, 125 miles E. of the Bosporus, and terminus of the Bagdad railway scheme. Pop. 700.

Eretria

Eretria, an ancient trading town on the SW. coast of Eubœ;a.

Ergasteria

Ergasteria, a mining town of Attica, near Cape Colonna, with ancient lead and silver works, reopened in 1864. Pop. 6500.

Ericht

Ericht, Loch, a lonely lake between Perth and Inverness shires, 1 mile from Dalwhinnie station, and 60 miles NW. of Perth. Lying 1153 feet above sea-level, it stretches 14 3/4 miles SSW., is 512 feet deep, is overhung by Ben Alder (3757 feet), and sends off a stream 6 miles to Loch Rannoch. - Another Ericht runs 10 miles SE. to the Isla near Coupar-Angus.

Eridanus

Erid'anus. See Po.

Erin

Erin. See Ireland.

Eriskay

Eriskay, an Inverness-shire island, 2 miles S. of South Uist. Here Prince Charles Edward landed, 23d July 1745. Pop. 474.

Erith

Erith, a town of Kent, on the right bank of the Thames, 15 1/2 miles by rail E. of Charing Cross. It is a summer-resort for Londoners, and the headquarters of several yacht clubs; in the Erith and Plumstead Marshes are large powder-magazines, the scene of a great explosion (1864). Here the Grace de Dieu was built in 1515. Pop. of parish (1851) 3231; (1901) 25,296. See C. J. Smith's History of Erith (1873).

Eritrea

Eritrea. See Italy.

Erivan

Erivan' (Persian Rewan), the fortified capital of a Transcaucasian government, on the elevated plain to the north of Ararat, on the river Sanga, 3432 feet above sea-level. The town dates probably from the 7th century a.d.; in later years it was held alternately by Persians and Turks. Pop. 29,000. The province has an area of 10,165 sq. m., and a pop. of 805,000, nearly all Armenians and Tartars. See Etchmiadzin.

Erlangen

Erlangen (Er'lang-en), a town of Bavaria, on the Regnitz, 12 miles N. of Nuremberg. As old as the 10th century, it owes its prosperity to the settlement here of French Huguenots (1685), and to its university (1743), which is celebrated as a school of Protestant theology, and attended by from 600 to 900 students. A statue of its founder, the Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Baireuth, was erected in the market-place in 1843. There are manufactures of hosiery, gloves, mirrors, tobacco, and especially beer. Burned in 1449 and 1632, Erlangen came to Bavaria in 1809. Pop. 25,000.

Erlau

Erlau (Er'low; Hung. Eger), a city of Hungary, on the Erlau, 89 miles NE. of Pesth. It has a domed cathedral, built since 1837 at a cost of £67,000, and 328 feet long; a lyceum (1761-99), with library and observatory; a hospital (1830); and two warm baths. The Erlau red wine is the best of Hungary. Pop. 25,427.