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Rio Negro, on a great island formed by this river
and that of Pasimoni.

Carlos, San, a bay of the w. coast of Florida,
45 leagues from the soundings of Tortuguilla.
Lat. 27° 10'. Long. 284° 30'.

Carlos, San, a small island of the gulf of Cali-
fornia, or Mar Roxo de Cortes, in the interior of
the same, and very close upon the coast.

Carlos, San, a river of the island of Guada-
lupe, which runs nearly due n. e. and enters the
sea in the bay of the Great Cul de Sac.

Carlos, San, a settlement (with the surname
of Real) of the province and government of Buenos
Ayres ; situate on the shore of the river La Plata,
near the colony of Sacramento, which belonged to
the Portuguese. In its vicinty, on the n. n. e. part,
there is a lake of very good sweet water.

Carlos, San, an island of the straits of Magel-
lan, between the mountain of the Pan de Azucar
and cape Galand of the n. coast.

Carlos, San, a valley in the province and go-
vernment of Tucumán, which is very fertile in
vines, wheat, maize, carob-trees, tar, and in birds
and animals of the chase. Its natives are those
who most of all infested the Spaniards when they
conquered this province.

Carlos, San, a settlement and fort of the island
of St. Christopher, one of the Antilles.

Carlos, San, another, of the island of Cuba;
situate on the n. coast, on the point of land called
the Pan de Mantanzas.

Carlos, San, another, of the province and go-
vernment of Maracaibo ; situate in the island Pax-
ara, on the shore of the Gran Laguna, or Great
lake.

Carlos, San, another, of the province and
country of Las Amazonas ; a reduccion of the mis-
sions which were held there by the regulars of the
society of Jesuits. It lies between the rivers Arau-
caso and Shiquita, in the territory of the Cahu-
maris Indians.

Carlos, San, another, of the province and go-
vernment of Guatemala ; situate on the shore of
the river of S. Juan, or Del Desaguadero.

Carlos, San, some sierras or mountains, called
De Don Carlos, in the province and captainship of
Rey in Brazil. They run parallel to the sierra of
Los Difuntos, in the extremity of the coast formed
by the mouth of the river La Plata.

CARLOSAMA, a large settlement of Indians of
the province and corregimiento of Pastes in the
kingdom of Quito, on the 5. shore of the river of
its name. Its territory is most fertile, but the cli-
mate is very cold, and the streets almost always

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Impassable. It is to the zo. n. zo. of the settlement
of Ipialos, and e. n. e. of that of Cumbal.

CARLTON, a settlement of the island of Bar-
badoes, in the district and parish of St. Thomas.

CARLUTAS, a river of the province and cap-
tainship of Rio Grande in Brazil. It rises near the
coast, runs s. s. e. and enters the sea between the
Genibabu and the Rio Grande.

CARMA, a settlement of the province and cor-
regimienlo of Porco in Peru ; annexed to the cu-
racy of Porco.

(CARMEL, a township in Dutchess county,
New York. By the state census of 1796, 237 of
its inhabitants were electors.)

(CARMELO, a river on the coast of New Al-
bion, s. e. of Francisco bay. A little n. from it
is Sir Francis Drake’s harbour, where that navi-
gator lay five weeks.)

Carmelo, Sierras del, a cordillera of very
lofty mountains of the province of California ; they
run to the sea-shore from the sierra of the Enfado,
as far as the cape of San Lucas.

CARMEN, a river of the province and colony of
Surinam, in the part of Guayana possessed by the
Dutch. It rises in the sierra of Rinocote, runs
from w. to e. and gathering the waters of many
others, enters in a large body into the Mazar-
roni.

Carmen, a settlement of the province and go-
vernment of Cartagena ; situate in the district of
the mountains of Marca, between those of San Ja-
cinto and San Francisco de Asis. It is one of
those new settlements that were founded by the Go-
vemor Don Juan Pimienta in 1776.

Carmen, another settlement, with the addition
of Frayeles de el, which is the village of the pro-
vince and captainship of Todos Santos in Brazil ;
situate between the rivers Rans and Tucumbira.

Carmen, another, in the same kingdom ; situate
near a stream and on the shore of the river Tocan-
tines, on the e. side, and not far from the Arrayal
of San Feliz.

Carmen, a large island of the gulf of California,
or Mar Roxo de Cortes, near the coast, between
the islands of San Ildefonso and Agua Verde.

Carmen, a town of the province and captain-
ship of Espiritu Santo in Brazil ; situate on the
shore and at the head of a river which gives it this
name.

CARMOT, a settlement of the province and
corregimiento of Caxamarca la Grande in Peru ;
situate on the shore of the river Chicama.

CARNELAND, Islas de, islands near the
coast of the province and government of Honduras,