ODESSA, a sea-port town of Russia in Europe, situ ated on the Black Sea, in the government of Cherson. It stands between the mouths of the Dniester and the Dnieper, at thc south-wcst corner of the bay of Ad schai, and on a declivity in the midst of extensive and productive plains. The streets, which are wide and straight, intersect each other at right angles, and the houscs are in general neatly built. There are seven churches, an exchange, a theatre, and near the harbour an admiralty court, a custom-house, and an hospital. The warehouses for salt and salted provisions stand to the north of the town, and the water reservoirs are at some distance to the west. There are here a lyceum, schools for trade and navigation, and also for the in struction of girls.
The harbour of Odessa, formed by two large moles, contains about 300 vessels. It has regular parapets and embrazures for cannon, and is commanded by the cita del on the east side. The barracks stand between the
harbour ancl the town, and the lighthouse has been built on a point on the south side of the bay. Public baths have been erected for the use of the Polish fami lies who come here occasionally for sea-bathing. 'Ile chief imports into Odessa arc sugar and colonial pro duce ; and the great export is corn, from the Ukraine and the neighbouring countries. Tallow, hides, flax, and timber, are also exported to a small extent. About 800 vessels, of which one-third are British, and one-half Rus sian, art ive annually. There are brew eries and distille ries bete, and some manufactures of woollen goods, silk, gunpowder, and soap. In 1804, the population was 15.000, and now amounts to about '36,000. East Long. SO° 45' 22". North Lat. 46° 29' '30", according to astronomical observation.