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Jasher (BOOK OF dia for boat-building)

BOOK OF dia for boat-building and for the knees of ships on account of its great durability under water. The native Indian physicians esteem its various parts medicinal, the astringent root being used in thrush, its bark and leaves as purgatives , and its seeds as a narcotic.

JAROSLAV (yär-ō-slaf'), capital of the Russian district of that name; at the junction of the Volga with the Kotorost, 173 miles N. E. of Moscow. The town has broad streets, a fine quay, 2 miles long, beside the Volga, nearly 50 churches, three monasteries, and a theological college; it is the seat of an archbishop. The staple industry of the place is the manufacture of cotton stuffs; next comes the weaving of linen, wool, and silk. Jaroslav is an important riverport, and does an active trade in corn and textiles. Pop. about 120,000. The town was founded in 1026, and was the capital of an independent principality till 1471, when it fell to Moscow. The district of Jaroslav, with an area of 13,- 723 square miles, pop. about 1,500,000, is industrially important, with spinning and weaving of cotton and flax, and the manufacture of spirits, tobacco, and chemicals.