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BAR-BOUR, a co. in the N. part of Va., on the head waters of the Monongahela.

BARBOUR, a Co. in the E. part of Alabama, bordering on the Chatta hoochee r. Pop. 12,024. Co. t. Clayton.

BARBUDA, bar-boo'-da, one of the Caribbean islands, situated 27 m. N. of Antigua. It is 15 m. long and 8 m. broad, and i as a castle in 17° 38′ N. Lat., and 61° 51′ W. Lon.

BARCELONA, bar-c3l-o'-nå, (Lat. Bar/cino, Gr. Bapxwvwv,) a fortified city and port of Spain, the cap. of Catalonia, on the Mediteranean, in the midst of a delightful and highly cultivated country. It is well built, and contains eight colleges, besides several other scienti ic and literary institutions. Lat. 41° 21′ N., Lon. 2° 10 E. Pop. 129,000. (B.)— Adj. and inhab. BAR-CEL-O-NI-AN.

BARCELONA, a t. of S. America, in the republic of Venezuela, and cap. of a province of the same name. Lat. 10° 6' N., Lon. 64° 44′ W. Pop. about 5,000.

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BAREILLY, bar-a-le, a t. of Delhi, Hindostan, and cap. of a district of the same name. Lat. 28° 23′ N., Lon. 79° 16 E. Pop. above 66,000. (B.)

BAR-GAIN-TOWN', a small village and port of entry of N. J., in Atlantic co., about 4 m. from Great Egg Harbour.

BARI, ba'-re, (Anc. Ba/rium,) an archiepiscopal t. of Naples, the cap. of a prov. of the same name, with a harbour on the Adriatic. Lat. 41° & N., Lon. 16° 55′ E. Pop. 19,000. (B.)

BARINAS. See VARINAS.

BARLETTA, baR-let/-tå, a t. of Naples, in the prov. of Bari, on the coast of the Adriatic, 112 m. E. N. E. of Naples. Lat. 41° 20' N., Lon. 16° 18′ E. Pop. estimated at above 18,000. (B.)

BARNAUL, bar-noul', an important mining t. of Russia, in the government of Tomsk. Lat. 53° 20′ N., Lon. 83° 26' E. Pop. about 8,000. (P.C.)

BARNS'-LEV, a t. of England, in the co. of York, 13 m. N. of Sheffield. Pop. of the chapelry, with an area of about 6 sq. m., 12,310.

BARN-STA-BLE, & co. of Mass., comprising the whole peninsula of Cape Cod, the Elizabeth and some other islands. Pop. 32,548.

BARNSTABLE, a port of entry, cap. of the above co., on a little bay to which it gives its name. Lat. 41° 42′ N., Lon. 70° 19′ W. Pop. of the township, 4,301.

BARN-STA-PLE, a seaport t. of England, in North Devon, 34 m. N. W. of Exeter. Lat. 51° 5' N., Lon. 4° 4′ W. Pop. 7,902.

BARN-WELL, a dist. in the S. W. part of S. C., bordering on the Savannah r. Pop. 21,471. Seat of justice, Barnwell c. h.

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BAROACH, ba-roch', a city of Hindostan, cap. of a dist. of same name in the prov. of Guzerat, on the Nerbudda r., 25 m. from its mouth. Lat. 21° 46′ N., Lon. 73° 14′ E. Pop. in 1812, 32,716. (P. C.)

BA-RO-DA, a fortified city of Hindostan, cap. of a dist. of the same name, in the prov. of Guzerat. Lat. 22° 21′ N., Lon. 73° 23′ E. Pop. estimated at above 100,000. (B.)

BARREGES, bar'-raizh', a village of France, in the dep. of the Upper Pyrenees, celebrated for its warm mineral springs. It is 4,259 feet above the level of the sea. Lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 0° 4' E.

BAR-REN, a co. in the S. central part of Ky. Pop. 17,288. Co. t. Glasgow.

BAR/-ROW, a r. in the S. E. of Ireland, which flows into St. George's Channel.

BAR/-RY, a co. in the south-westerly part of Mich., a little N. of the Kalamazoo r. Pop. 1078. Co. t. Hastings.

BARRY, a co. near the S. W. extremity of Mo., bordering on Ark. Pop. 4,795.

BAR-THOL-O-MEW, a co. in the S. central part of Ind. Pop. 10,046. Co. t Columbus.

BASEL, bål-zel, (Fr. Bâle or Basle, bâl,) a canton in the N. of Switzerland, bordering on the Rhine. Area 185 sq. m. Pop. in 1826, 54,000. (B.) BASEL OF BALE, the largest t. of Switzerland, cap. of a division of the above Canton, on the Rhine, by which it is divided into two parts. It has a university, which is by far the oldest in Switzerland, having been founded in 1460, and several other important literary institutions. Lat. 47° 34′ N., Lon. 7° 35′ E. Pop. including the suburbs, 22,204. (B.)

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BASSANO, bås-sa-no, a manufacturing and trading t. of Austrian Italy, in the prov. of Vicenza, on the E. bank of the Brenta, 24 m. N. by W. of Padua. Pop. 10,000. (B.)

BASSETERRE, båss-tair', the cap. of St. Christopher's, in the West Indies, situated on the S. side of the island. Lat. 17° 19' N., Lon. 62° 49′ W.-Also, a t. on the W. side of Guadaloupe. Lat. 15° 59' N., Lon. 61° 45′ W.

BASSORA, bås/-so-rå, or BASRA, a fortified city of Asiatic Turkey, situated on the right bank of the Shatt-el-Arab. Lat. 30° 25′ N., Lon. 47° 35′ E. Pop. estimated at about 60,000. (B.)

BASTIA, bås-tee/-å, the largest and most commercial t. of the island of Corsica, of which it was formerly the cap. ; on the E. coast. Lat. 42° 41' N., Lon. 9° 26' E. Pop. about 10,000. (P. C.)

BA-TA-VI-A. (See Int. XI.) A city and seaport of Java, on the N. coast. It is the cap. of all the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, and the first commercial t. of all Oceanica. (B.) Lat. 6° 12′ S., Lon. 106° 53′ E. Pop. in 1824, 53,861. (P. C.)

BATAVIA, the cap. of Genesee co., N. Y., on the Albany and Buffale railroad, 30 m. W. S. W. of Rochester. Pop. of the township, 4,219. BATES, a co. in the W. part of Mo., bordering on the Indian Territory.

BATH, the chief city of Somersetshire, and one of the most beautiful

ou, as in our; th, as in thin; TH, as in this; N, nearly like ng. towns in England, on the Avon, about 108 m. from London. It has long been celebrated for its hot mineral springs, which attract hither multitudes of strangers. This place appears to have been known to the Romans under the name of Aqua Calidæ. An interesting collection of Roman remains, found in this town and its vicinity, is deposited in the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. Lat. 51° 22′ 32′′ N., Lon. 2° 21' 30" W. Pop. 38,304.

BATH, a port of entry, in Lincoln co., Me., on the Kennebec, 16 m. from the sea. Pop. of the township, 5,141. Lat. 43° 54′ N., Lon. 69° 47′ W.

BATH, a co. in the central part of Va. Pop. 4,300. Co. t. Bath.

BATH, a co. in the N. E. part of Ky., bordering on the Licking r. Pop. 9,763. Co. t. Owingsville.

BATON ROUGE (bat/-on roozh), EAST, a parish of La., on the left side of the Miss. Pop. 8,138. Seat of justice, Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE, seat of justice of the above co., and cap. of the state of La., is on the Miss. R., about 90 m. W. N. W of New Orleans. BATTAGLIA OF LA BATTAGLIA, lå båt-tål/-yå, a t. of Austrian Italy, 10 m. S. by W. of Padua, celebrated for its sulphurous baths. Permanent pop., 2,700. (B.)

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BAUTZEN, bout/-sen, a t. of Saxony, situated on the Spree; cap of the circle of Upper Lusatia. Lat. 51° 12′ N., Lon. 14° 25′ E. 12,000. (B.)

BA-VA-RI-A (Ger. Baiern, bi'-ern), a kingdom of Germany, consisting of two distinct portions. The one situated to the E. of the Rhine, constituting above seven-eighths of the whole kingdom, and commonly called the territory of the Danube and the Main, extends from 47° 18' to 50° 41' N. Lat., and from about 9° to 13° 46′ E. Lon., and is bounded on the N. and N. W. by the principalities of Reuss and the states of Ducal Saxony, N. E. by the kingdom of Saxony, E. by Bohemia and Austria, S. by Tyrol and Vorarlberg, W. by Würtemberg, Baden, Hesse Darmstadt, and Hesse Cassel. The other portion of the Bavarian dominions, the territory of the Rhine, is situated on the W. bank of that river, and is completely disjoined from the preceding by the territories of Baden and Hesse Darmstadt. It extends from 48° 57' to 49° 50′ N. Lat., and from 7° 6' to 8° 31' E. Lon. The total area of Bavaria is 29,493 sq. m. Pop. in 1833, 4,187,390. (P. C.) Munich is the capital.-Adj. and inhab. BA-VA-RI-AN.

BAYAZID, bi'-a-zeed', a t. of Armenia, at the base of Mount Ararat. Lat. 39° 28' N., Lon. 44° 13′ E. Pop. estimated at above 15,000. (B.) BAYEUX, ba`-yuh, a t. of France, in the dep. of Calvados, 17 m. W. by N. of Caen. Lat. 49° 17′ N., Lon. 0° 42′ W. Pop. in 1832, 9,954. (P. C.)

BAYONNE, ba-yonn', a fortified and commercial t. of France, in the dep. of Lower Pyrenees and Landes, at the junction of the Adour and Nive, 2 or 3 m. above their entrance into the Bay of Biscay. The weapon called bayonet derived its name from this town, where it was 6rst made. Lat. 43° 29′ N., Lon. 1° 28′ W. Pop. 14,000. (B.)

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BAYOU, bil-oo, or more usually bil-o, a term confined chiefly to the state of Louisiana, signifying properly any stream which is derived from some other stream, or from a lake; in other words, any stream which is not fed by fountains. The word is supposed to be a corruption of the French boyau-a derivation which is rendered more probable by the prevalent pronunciation, bi'-o.

BEARN, ba`-aR', formerly a prov. of France, now forming a part of the dep. of Lower Pyrenees.

BEAUFORT, bul-furt, a co. in the E. part of N. C., intersected by the Pamlico r. Pop. 12,225. Co. t. Washington.

BEAUFORT, a dist. forming the S. extremity of S. C. Pop. 35,794. Seat of justice, Coosa watchie.

BEAUFORT, a port of entry; cap. of Carteret co., N. C., on the Atlantic coast, with a good harbour. Lat. about 34° 50′ N., Lon. 76° 50′ W. Pop. 1,100.

BEAUFORT, a port of entry of S. C., in the dist. of Beaufort, on a small arm of the sea called Port Royal r.

BEAULEY, bo'-le, a small r. of Scotland, in Inverness-shire, flowing into Murray Frith.-Also a village at the mouth of the above r.

BEAUMARIS, bo-mal-ris, a small t. of Wales; cap. of the co. of Anglesea, on a bay to which it gives its name, 3 m. from Bangor. Pop. 2,299.

BEAUNE, bōne, a t. of France, in the dep. of Côte d'Or, famous for its wine. Lat. 47° 2′ N., Lon. 4° 50′ E. Pop. in 1832, 9,272. (P. C.) BEAUVAIS, bo`-và', (Anc. Bellov'acum, and Cæsarom/agus,) a t. of France; the cap. of the dep. of Oise, 41 m. N. by W. of Paris. Lat. 49° 26' N., Lon. 2° 5' E. Pop. above 13,000. (B.)

BEAVER, a co. in the W. of Pa., bordering on Ohio, and intersected by the Ohio r. Pop. 29.363. Co. t. Beaver.

BEC-CLES, a t. of England, in the co. of Suffolk, 98 m. N. E. of London. Pop. of the parish, 4,086.

BED-FORD, a t. of England; cap. of Bedfordshire, on the r. Ouse, 48 m. N. N. W. of London. Pop. of the borough, with an area of above 3 sq. m., 9,178.

BEDFORD, a co. in the S. part of Pa., bordering on Md. Pop. 29,335. Co. t. Bedford.

BEDFORD, a co. in the S. central part of Va., bordering on James r. Pop. 20,203. Co. t. Liberty.

BEDFORD, a co. in the S. central part of Tenn. Pop. 20,546. Co. t. Shelbyville.

BED-FORD-SHIRE, an inland co. of England, N. N. W. of London. Pop. 107,936.

Bedouin, båd'-ŏŏ-in, or BED'-O-WEEN', (Arab. Bed'-å-wee'.) The Bedouins are tribes of wandering Arabs, dispersed over Arabia, Egypt, and Barbary.

BEE-DER, a t. of Hindostan; cap. of a prov. of the same name, now much decayed, and chiefly interesting for its magnificent ruins. Lat. 17° 55′ N., Lon. 77° 34′ E.

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BE-HRING'S STRAIT, a strait which connects the Pacific with the Polar Ocean, situated between Asia and America. In the narrowest part it is about 50 m. wide. Lat. between 65° 30′ and 66° 30′ N., Lon. between 168° and 170° W.

BEIRA. See BEYRA.

BEJA, ba-zhå, an ancient t. of Portugal, in Alentejo; cap. of a dist. of the same name. Lat. 38° 5' N., Lon. 7° 40′ W. Pop. about 5,000. (B.)

BE-JA-POOR', formerly written VISIAPOUR, a considerable prov. of Hindostan, lying between 15° and 18° N. Lat., and 73° and 76° E. Lon. Also, a t., the former cap. of the above prov., now in ruins.

BEITH, beeth, a small t. of Ayrshire, Scotland, 8 m. N. of Irvine. BEL-ED -EL-JER-EED (often written Beled-el-Jerid, or -Djeryd), usually pronounced bel-ed/-ool-jer-eed', "the country of dates," a name given to a region of N. Africa, lying S. and E. of the Atlas Mountains.

BEL-FAST', a seaport, the principal t. of the N. of Ireland, on the bay of Carrickfergus, about 88 m. N. by E. of Dublin. It has a college and several other institutions for the promotion of learning. Belfast has increased very rapidly during the last half century. The census of 1831 gave a pop. greater than that of 1821 by more than 16,000. Lat. 54° 36' N., Lon. 5° 56′ W. Pop. 53,313. (P. C.)

BELFAST, a port of entry; cap. of Waldo co., Me., at the mouth of the Penobscot. Pop. of the township, 4,180.

BELFORT, bel-for, more usually BEFORT, bi-for', a t. of France, in the dep. of Upper Rhine. Lat. 47° 39′ N., Lon. 6° 50′ E. Pop. in 1832, 4,537. (P. C.)

BELGIUM, bell-je-um, (Fr. La Belgique, lå bêl`-zheek',*) a kingdom of Europe, situated between 49° 32′ and 51° 28′ N. Lat., and between 2° 36′ and 6° 6' E. Lon., bounded on the N. by the prov. of Limburg, North Brabant, and Zealand, E. by the grand-duchy of Luxemburg and that of the Lower Rhine, S. and S. W. by France, and N. W. by the North Sea. Its length is 170 m.; its greatest breadth 110 m. Area estimated at 11,000 sq. m. Pop. in 1830, 4,064,235. (P. C.) The territory which forms the present kingdom of Belgium, previously to 1830, belonged to the crown of Holland. In the month of August of that year, a revolution began at Brussels, which resulted in establishing the independence of Belgium as a limited monarchy. The choice of the national representatives fell upon prince Leopold, of Saxe Coburg, who ascended the throne in July, 1831.-Belgium is divided into 9 provinces; viz., Antwerp, Brabant (South), East and West Flanders, Hainault, Liege, Limburg, Luxemburg, and Namur.-Adj. and inhab. BEL/-GI-AN.

It may be proper to observe, that French is spoken by the educated Belgians generally. The language of the lower classes is, for the most part, either Flemish, er a corrupt dialect of the French.

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