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B A C B A H

xxiii. 135; on the travels of Friar William, xxi. 47. BACONTHORPE, John, learned English

monk, in. 222. BACSANYI, Jaiios, Hungarian poet, in.

222; xn. 377. BACTERIA, vegetable organisms, xxi.

398 ; in animal tissues, XXII. 680 ;

their power of resisting heat, ill. 680,

688. BACTERIUM, genus of Schizomycetes,

xxi. 399, 405. BACTHIAN (Cachao), town, Anam, iv.

624.

BACTRA (Balkh), ancient town, Afghani stan, in. 282; I. 243. BACTRIA, or Bactriana, ancient country,

Asia, ill. 222; XVlll. 101; kingdom,

XViil. 587, 589, 599, 603; conquest of,

by Alexander, xv. 141; Greek colonies

in, xvni. 583; language of, XVlll. 653. BACUP, town, England, in. 222. BADAGAS, hill tribes, India, xvn. 509. BADAGRY, town, West Africa, xxiv.

754- BADAJOS, province, Spain, 111.223; VIIL

564; xxil. 298.

, town, Spain, ill. 223; capture of

(1812), xxiv. 496. BADAKHSHAN, country, Central Asia,

in. 223, 241; rubies of, xxi. 48. BADALOCCHIO, Sisto (Rosa), Italian

painter, in. 224. BADARINATH, or Badrinath, town

and temple, India, in. 229; XI. 835. BADBURY, town, England, xxiv. 594. BADEN, grand-duchy, Germany, in.

224.

, town, Austria, in. 227 ; mineral

water of, xvi. 435.

, town, Switzerland, in. 227; min eral water of, xvi. 433.

BADEN, town, Germany, in. 226;

mineral water of, xvi. 434. BADENOCH, Wolf of, brother of Robert

III. of Scotland, XXI. 491. BADENWEILER, town, Baden, mineral

water of, xvi. 433. BADGE, in heraldry, xi. 709. BADGER, group of carnivorous mam mals, in. 227; XV. 440; hibernation

of, XI. 788; skins of, IX. 837.

, Honey, XX. 288.

BADHYZ, district, Transcaspian Region,

Russia, xxin. 512. BADIA Y LEBLICH, Domingo, Spanish

traveller, in. 227. BADIUS, Jodocus or JOSSL, Belgian

printer, in. 228. BADKU, government and town, Russia,

in. 258.

BADMWTON, game, in. 228. BADNUR, town, India, in. 228. BAD PYRMONT, town, Germany, xxiv.

321. BADRINATH, town and temple, India,

in. 229; xi. 835.

BADURIA, town, India, xxin. 673.

B/EDA (Bede, g.r.), early English his torian, in. 480.

BAELE, tribe, North Central Africa, xxin. 334.

BAENA, town, Spain, in. 229.

, Alfonso de, Spanish writer, XXI I.

355-

BAENID^E, family of reptiles, xxin. 457. BAER, Carl Ernst von, Russo-German

naturalist, xxiv. 807; on embryology,

vin. 165; xvi. 839; on evolution,

vin. 749,763; his law of development,

xx. 421. BJETICA (Andalusia), ancient Roman

province, Spain, n. 10; xxil. 307. BAEZA, town, Spain, in. 229. BAFFIN, William, English navigator, in.

229; x. 184; his northern explorations

and discoveries, xix. 317. BAFFIN S BAY, North America, in.

229.

BA-FING, river, West Africa, xxi. 660. BAFIOTE, people, West Africa, xiv. 742. BAGAMOYO, town, East Africa, xxiv.

768.

BAGARIUS, genus of fishes, xxn. 68. BAGATELLE, game, in. 229. BAG AY, Nouvelles Tables Astrono-

miques by, XXIII. ir. BAGEHOT, Walter, English economist,

xix. 396; vin. 259. BAGGER, Carl Christian, Danish writer,

vn. 93. BAGGESEN, Jens Emmanuel, Danish

humorist, III. 230; VII. 92. BAGGIO, Anselmo (Pope Alexander II.),

I. 486. BAGHDAD, province, Asiatic Turkey, in.

231; xxin. 653. -, town, Asiatic Turkey, in. 231;

founding of, n. 259; xvi. 579; caliphs

of, I. 8; capture of, by the Mongols,

xvi. 742; conquest of, by the Turks,

xxin. 645; observatory, xvn. 709;

school of philosophy, n. 267. BAGHERMI, or Bagirmi, district, Central

Africa, in. 234; i. 271; xxn. 279;

group of Negroes, xvil. 319. BAGHMATI, or Bagmati, river, India,

in. 235; xvn. 340. BAGHTCHASARAI, town, Russia, in. 249;

vi. 586.

BAGIMOND S ROLL, Scotland, i. 491. BAGIRMI, district, Central Africa, in.

234; i. 271; xxn. 279; group of

Negroes, xvn. 319. BAGLEY, Thomas, Lollard preacher, xiv.

812. BAGLIONI, Gian Paolo and Rodolfo,

tyrants of Perugia, xvni. 680. BAGLIVI, Giorgio, Italian physician, in.

235- BAGMATI (Baghmati), river, Nepal, in.

235; xvn. 340. BAGNACAVALLO, Bartolommco, Italian

painter, in. 235.

BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, town, France,

in. 235; xx. 127; mineral waters of,

xvi. 433. BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, town, France,

in. 235. BAGNI, Casciano dei, town, Italy, v.

175-

DI LUCCA, commune, Italy, xv. 39.

BAGNOLES, mineral spring, France,

XVIII. I.

BAGNYON. Jean, French romancist, xx

650.

BAGOAS, Persian satrap, xvni. 581. BAGPIPE, musical instrument, in. 235. BAGRADAS (Mejerda), river, North

Africa, xxin. 619. BAGRAT I. -IV., rulers of Georgia, x.

432. BAGRATION, Prince Peter, Russian

general, in. 235; xvn. 217. BAGRU, river, Sierra Leone, Africa, xxn.

45-

BAGRUS, genus of fishes, xxn. 68. BAGURA (Bogra), district, India, in.

859. BAHADUR, Sir Jung, ruler of Nepal,

xvn. 344. BAHALUL, jester of Haroun al Raschid,

ix. 366. BAHAMAS, islands, West Indies, in. 236;

xxiv. 510. BAHARA SAPHINQUE, sulphur mine, on

Red Sea, xxn. 634. BAHA-UDDIN WALAD, Persian doctor,

xxi. 59. BAHIA, province and town, Brazil, in.

239-

BAHIR, Midrash, xvi. 287. BAHIUDA, desert, Nubia, Africa, xvn.

610. BAH RAICH, district and town, India,

xvni. 72. BAHR AL-ABIAD (White Nile), river,

Africa, I. 48; 1 1. 62; xvn. 506, 508. BAHR AL-ASWAD, or Atbara, tributary of

the Nile, Africa, n. 62, 827; xvn.

507, 508. BAHR AL-AZRAK (Blue Nile), river,

Africa, II. 62; xvn. 507. BAHR AL-GHAZAL, tributary of the

Nile, Africa, xvn. 506. BAHR AL-JEBEL, headwaters of the

Nile, Africa, xvn. 505, 507. BAHR AL-ZERAF, branch of the Nile,

Africa, xvn. 506. BAHRAM I. -I I., kings of Persia, xvni.

608.

- III., of Persia, xvni. 609.

- IV.-V., of Persia, xvni. 610.

CnOBIN, Persian general, xvni.

613-

- KHAN, Turkoman noble, I. 434. BAHRDT, Karl Friedrich, German theo logian, in. 240.

BAHREIN, island, Persian Gulf, in. 240;

n. 254; pearl fisheries of, xvni. 447.