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village of See also:Herkimer See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., about 12 M. S.E. of See also:Utica, on the S. See also:bank of the See also:Mohawk See also:river. Pop. (1890) 4057; (1900) 5138 (755 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census) 5924; (1910) 6588. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson river, and the See also:West See also:Shore See also:railways, by the Utica & Mohawk Valley Electric railroad, and by the See also:Erie See also:canal. It has a public library (1868) of about 13,500 volumes, a public See also:hospital and a village See also:hall. The village owns its See also:water-See also:works and its electric-See also:lighting plant. Its See also:principal manufactures are See also:Remington typewriters and Remington See also:fire-arms (notably the Remington See also:rifle); other manufactures are filing cabinets and cases and library and See also:office See also:furniture (the See also:Clark & See also:Baker Co.), knit goods, carriages and See also:harness, and See also:store See also:fixtures. In 1828 Eliphalet Remington (1793—1861) established here a small factory for the manufacture of rifles. He invented, and, with the assistance of his sons, See also:Philo (1816-1889), See also:Samuel and Eliphalet, improved the famous Remington rifle, which was adopted by several See also:European governments, and was supplied in large See also:numbers to the See also:United States See also:army. In 1856 the See also:company added the manufacture of farming tools, in 1870 sewing-See also:machines, See also:ILKESTON-ILLE -ET-VILAINE of its See also:dairy produce. There are also numerous collieries, producing See also:coal of See also:superior quality, and See also:iron ore, fireclay and freestone are plentiful.

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Illawarra See also:Lake, a See also:salt See also:lagoon, 9 M. See also:long and 3 M. wide, is encircled by hills and is connected with the See also:sea. by a narrow channel; quantities of See also:fish are caught in it and See also:wild See also:fowl are abundant along its shores. The See also:chief towns in the See also:district are See also:Wollongong, Kiama, See also:Clifton and Shellharbour. ILLE-ET-VILAINE, a maritime See also:department of See also:north-western See also:France, formed in 1790 out of the eastern See also:part of the old See also:province of See also:Brittany. Pop. (1906) 611,8o5. See also:Area 2699 sq. m. It is bounded N. by the See also:English Channel, the See also:Bay of St See also:Michel and the department of See also:Manche; E. by See also:Mayenne; S. by See also:Loire-Inferieure; and W. by See also:Morbihan and See also:Cotes-du-See also:Nord. The territory of Ille-et-Vilaine constitutes a depression bordered by hills which reach their maximum altitudes (over 800 ft.) in the N.E. and W. of the department. The centre of this depression, which separates the hills of Brittany from those of See also:Normandy, is occupied by See also:Rennes, See also:capital of the department and an important junction of roads, See also:rivers and railways. The department takes its name from its two principal rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine. The former joins the Vilaine at Rennes after a course of 18 m. through the centre of the department; and the latter, which rises in Mayenne, flows westwards as far as Rennes, where it turns abruptly See also:south. The stream is tidal up to the See also:port of See also:Redon, and is navigable for See also:barges as far as Rennes.

The Vilaine receives the Meu and the See also:

Seiche, which are both navigable. There are two other navigable streams, the Airon and the See also:Rance, the long See also:estuary of which falls almost entirely within the department. The Ille-et-Rance canal connects the See also:town of Rennes with those of See also:Dinan and St Malo. The greater portion of the shore of the Bay of St Michel is covered by the See also:Marsh of See also:Dol, valuable agricultural See also:land; which is protected from the inroads of the sea by dykes. Towards the open channel the See also:coast is rocky. Small lakes are frequent in the interior of the department. The See also:climate is temperate, humid and See also:free from sudden changes. The south-west winds, while they keep the temperature mild, also bring frequent showers, and in See also:spring and autumn thick fogs prevail. The See also:soil is thin and not very fertile, but has been improved by the use of artificial manure. Cereals of all kinds are grown, but the principal are See also:wheat, See also:buckwheat, oats and See also:barley. Potatoes, See also:early vegetables, See also:flax and See also:hemp are also largely grown, and See also:tobacco is cultivated in the See also:arrondissement of St Malo. Apples and See also:pears are the principal See also:fruit, and the See also:cider of the See also:canton of Dol has a high reputation.

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Cheese is made in considerable quantities, and the See also:butter of Rennes is amongst the best in France. Large numbers of horses and See also:cattle are raised. Mines of iron, See also:lead and See also:zinc (See also:Pont-Nan) and quarries of See also:slate, See also:granite, &c., are worked. There are See also:flour and saw-See also:mills, See also:brick works, See also:boat-See also:building yards, iron and See also:copper foundries and forges, dyeworks, and a widespread tanning See also:industry. See also:Sail-See also:cloth, rope, pottery, boots and shoes (See also:Fougeres), edge-tools, nails, farming implements, See also:paper and furniture are also among the products of the department. The chief ports are St Malo and St See also:Servan. Fishing is very active on the coast, and St Malo, St Servan and See also:Cancale equip fleets for the See also:Newfoundland See also:cod-See also:banks. There are also important See also:oyster-See also:fisheries in the Bay of St Michel, espeeially at Cancale. The little town of See also:Dinard is well known as a fashionable bathing-resort. Exports include agricultural products, butter, mine-posts and dried fish; imports, live-stock, coal, See also:timber, building materials and See also:American whew. The department is served by the Western railway, and has over 130 M. of navigable waterway. The See also:population is of less distinctively See also:Celtic origin than the Bretons of Western Brittany, between whom and the See also:Normans and Angevins it forms a transitional See also:group.

Ille-et-Vilaine is divided into the arrondissements of Fougeres, St Malo, See also:

Montfort-sur-Meu, Redon, Rennes and See also:Vitre, with 43 cantons and 36o communes. The chief town is Rennes, which is the seat of an See also:archbishop and of a See also:court of See also:appeal, headquarters of the X. army See also:corps, and the centre of an academie (educational See also:division). In addition to the capital, Fougeres, St Malo, St Servan, and in 1874 typewriters. The last-named industry was sold to the Wyckoff, Seamans & See also:Benedict Company in 1886, and soon afterwards, on the failure of the See also:original Remington company, the fire-arms factory was bought by a New York See also:City See also:firm. A store was established on the See also:present site of Ilion as early as 1816, but the village really See also:dates from the completion of the Erie canal in 1825. On the canal See also:list it was called See also:Steele's See also:Creek, but it was also known as See also:Morgan's Landing, and from 1830 to 1843 as Remington's Corners. The See also:post-office, which was established in 1845, was named Remington, in See also:honour of Eliphalet Remington; but later the present name was adopted. The village was incorporated in 1852. Ilion is a part of the township of See also:German Flats (pop. in 1900, 8663.; in 1910, ro,16o), settled by See also:Palatinate Germans about 1725. The township was the See also:scene of several See also:Indian raids during the See also:French and Indian See also:War and the War of See also:Independence. Here See also:General Herkimer began his advance to raise the See also:siege of Fort See also:Schuyler (1777), and subsequently Ilion was the See also:rendezvous of Benedict See also:Arnold's force during the same See also:campaign.

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