Jaffnapatam

Jaffnapatam', a seaport on an island at the north end of Ceylon. Pop. 37,000.

Jagerndorf

Jagerndorf (Yay-gem-dorf, g hard), a town of Austrian Silesia, 34 miles by rail W. of Ratibor. It manufactures woollens, linen, organs, etc. Pop. 14,792.

Jahde

Jahde, or Jade (Ya-deh), a bay of Oldenburg, now Prussian, with the naval station of Wil-helmshaven (q.v.).

Jaipur

Jaipur. See Jeypore.

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer, or Jeysulmere, capital of a native Indian state in Rajputana, stands on the edge of the Indian Desert, and was founded in 1156.

It has several Jain temples. Pop. 10,965. - Area of state, 16,039 sq. m. ; pop. 115,701.

Jakutsk

Jakutsk. See Yakutsk.

Jalalpur

Jalalpur, a town of the Punjab, 8 miles N. of Gujrat, with shawl manufactures. Pop. 12,884.

Jalandhar

Jalandhar. See Jullunder.

Jalapa

Jalapa (Hala'pa), capital of the Mexican state of Vera Cruz, 60 miles by rail NW. of Vera Cruz City, and 4330 feet above the sea. Pop. 19,000.

Jalisco

Jalisco (Halis'co), a state of Mexico, on the Pacific, with an area of 38,840 sq. m. Population, over 1,160,000. The capital is Guadalajara (q.v.).

Jalna

Jalna, a town and British cantonment in the Nizam's dominions, India, 210 miles NE. of Bombay. Pop. 16,191.

Jalu.it, chief town of the Marshall Islands (q.v.).

Jambusar

Jambusar, a town in the presidency of Bombay, 30 miles SW. of Baroda. Pop. 11,479.

James River is formed by the union of the Jackson and Cowpasture streams in the west of Virginia, and has its entire course of 450 miles in that state. It flows east-south-eastward, passing Lynchburgh and Richmond ; and, widening into an estuary for the last 60 miles, falls into the Atlantic at the southern extremity of Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable for large steamers to City Point, at the mouth of the Appomattox. It was at Jamestown, now a ruined village on the north bank of this river, that the first English settlement in America was formed (1607).

Jamess Bay

James's Bay, the southerly arm of Hudson Bay, 250 miles long by 175 wide, beset with islands.

Jamestown

Jamestown, a town of Dumbartonshire, on the Leven's left bank, | mile N. of Bonhill. It has large print-works. Pop. 2100.

Jamestown

Jamestown, a town of New York, on Chautauqua Lake, 70 miles S. by W. of Buffalo by rail. It manufactures woollens and alpacas, pianos, furniture, etc. Population, about 25,000. See also James River, St Helena.

Jammu

Jammu (Jummoo), capital of a province of Cashmere, on an affluent of the Chenab. Pop. 36,200.

Jamnotri

Jamnotri, hot springs (194.7° F.) near the Jumna's source, In northern India, in 30° 59' N. Iat. and 78° 35' E. long., 10,849 feet above the sea. They are overhung by the three Jamnotri Peaks (20,100 to 21,150 feet).

Janesville

Janesville, a city of Wisconsin, on Rock River, 91 miles NW. of Chicago. The river's water-power is utilised in flour, cotton, and woollen mills. Pop. 15,836.