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Saga (Town of Japan capitol)

a town of Japan, capitol of the Lioo 74 miles N. E. of Nagasaki. It is important as a seaport and commercial center. A large number of brooks and channels traverse the town. The most 50 miles in length. It unites the Gulf of Simabara with the Northern Sea, and greatly conduces to the inland commerce of the island. Pop. about 38,000.

SAGAPENUM, a brought from Persia and Alexandria, and generally believed to be furnished by some species of the genus Ferula. It occurs fetid gum-resin either in tears or irregular masses of a dirty brownish color, containing in the interior white or yellowish grains. It has an odor of garlic, and a hot, acrid, bitterish taste. It is occasionally used town in the Central Provinces of India, expectorant.

SAGAR, or SAUGOR, a well-built town in the Central Provinces of India, in a hilly tract, on a feeder of the Jumna.

There are here a Mahratta fort, now and a magazine, as well as a jail (1846) converted into British stores, barracks, and a park (1862); and there were formerly a college (removed to Jabalpur) Pop. about 44,000. gar has a trade in salt, sugar, and cloth. ( removed to Calcutta). Sa- Pop. about 44,000.