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BAHREYN (Bahrein, q.v.), island, Persian Gulf, in. 240; n. 254.

BAHRIYA, oasis, Africa, xvn. 695.

BAHR-YOOSUF, canal, Egypt, vn. 710.

BAI^E, ancient town, Italy, ill. 240; II. 221; bay of, XVii. 1 88.

BAIBURT, town, Asiatic Turkey, in. 240.

BAIERN (Bavaria, q.v.), in. 453.

BAIE ST PAUL, town, Canada, xx. 167.

BAIF, Jean Antoine cle, French poet, Hi. 240; IX. 650; xx. 841.

BAIKAL, Lake, Siberia, in. 241; xiv. 217; xxii. 5; xxiii. 510.

BAIKALITE, mineral, xvi. 416.

BAIKIE, William Balfour, African ex plorer, in. 241.

BAIL, in law, in. 241.

BAILEN, or Baylen, town, Spain, in. 241.

BAILEY, in architecture, II. 460.

, or Baily, Nathanael, English lexi cographer, in. 241. -, Samuel, English philosopher, in.

241. BAILIE, Captain, Erskine s defence of,

vin. 530.

BAILIFF, ancient magistrate, iv. 62. BAILLET, Adrien, French writer, in.

242. BAILLEUL, town, France, in. 242; xvn.

535- BAILLIE, Joanna, English writer, in.

243-

, Matthew, anatomist and physician,

in. 243; XV. 813.

, Robert, Scottish Presbyterian

divine, in. 243.

BAILLY, Jean Sylvain, French astro nomer and Revolutionist, in. 244.

BAILMENTS, in law, vn. 239.

BAILY, Edward Hodges, English sculp tor, in. 245; xxi. 561.

, Francis, English astronomer, in.

245- T

, Nathanael, English lexicographer,

in. 241.

BAIN, Alexander, on the beautiful, I. 223; on education, vn. 678; on emo tional expression, xx. 43; on psycho logy of belief, in. 534.

BAINBRIDGE, John, English physician and astronomer, in. 245.

BAINES, Edward, English journalist, in 245.

, Matthew Talbot, English lawyer,

in. 245.

BAINI, Giuseppe, Italian musician, in. 246.

BAINSHA, tame buffalo, iv. 442.

BAIRAKTAR, Turkish vizier, xxm. 648.

BAIRAM, Turkish festival, in. 246.

ALI, town, Merv, Asia, xvi. 43.

BAIRAMITCH, Plain of, Asia Minor, xxm. 578.

BAIRD, Sir David, British general, in.

246. , Spencer F., on North American

birds, xvin. 16; on American fisheries,

ix. 267. BAIREUTH, or Bayreuth, town, Bavaria,

in. 246; Wagner s opera-house at,

xxiv. 316. BAIRUT (Beyrout, q.v.), town, Syria, in.

622.

BAISA BOL, gum resin, xvn. 121. BAISI, district, Nepal, xvn. 340. BAISUN, town, Hissar, Central Asia,

xn. 3. BAIT, in angling, II. 35; mussels as,

xvn. no.

BAITARANI, river, India, v. 243. BAITOOL, or Betul, district, India, in.

619.

BAIZE, coarse woollen stuff, IX. 292. BAJA, town, Hungary, in. 246.

, town, Tunis, xxm. 620. BAJAZET, or Bayezid, I., Turkish sultan,

in. 247; xxm. 641.

II., Turkish sultan, ill. 247; XXI 1 1.

642.

, Racine s drama, xx. 207.

BAJAZID, town, Armenia, in. 458. BAJREE, Egyptian millet, xvi. 321. BAJUS, Michael (De Bay), Belgian

theologian, in. 247. BAJZA, Joseph, Hungarian poet, in. 247;

xn. 378.

BAKARGANJ, district, India, in. 247. BAKEL, town, Senegal, Africa, xxi.

660. BAKER, Henry, English physicist, in.

249.

, J. G., on the varieties of the

potato, xix. 595.

, Sir Richard, English chronicler,

in. 249. -, Sir Samuel, his Egyptian expedi

tion, I. 248; his Nile explorations, xvn. 506.

, Thomas, English antiquary, in. 249. -, Mount, Cascade Mountains, U.S.A.,

xxm. 800. BAKERIES, Public, in Rome, in. 250. BAKEWELL, town, England, in. 249.

, Robert, English agriculturist, I.

302. BAKHCHISARAI, or Baghtchasarai, town,

Russia, in. 249; vi. 586. BAKHMUT, town, Russia, in. 250. BA-KHOY, river, Senegal, West Africa,

xxi. 660. BAKI, Ottoman elegiac poet, xxm.

656.

BAKING, in. 250; of meat, vi. 332. BAKU, government and town, Russia, j

in. 258; xxi. 69; xxm. 513, 514. BAKUNIN, Michael, Russian socialist,

xin. 190; xxii. 216. BAKYR TCHAI, river, Asia Minor, n.

708.

BALA, town, Wales, in. 258; lake, xvi.

39-

BALAAM, of Scripture, in. 258. BALACLAVA, harbour, Crimea, Russia,

vi. 587. BALADHORI, Moslem historian, xvi.

596. BALTENA, genus of cetacean mammals,

xxiv. 523; xv. 395. BAL^NICEPS, genus of birds, xxn.

577- BAL^ENOIDEA, suborder of Cetacea, xv.

394- BAL/ENOPTERA, genus of cetacean

mammals, xxiv. 524; xv. 395. BAL^EUS, of Aleppo, Syriac writer,

xxn. 828. BALAFRF, (Francis of Guise), French

soldier, XI. 266. BALAGHAT, district, Central India, in.

260. , The, tracts of hill country, India,

v. 608; xxi. 210. BALAI (Balaeus), Syriac writer, xxn.

828.

BALAMIR, leader of the Huns, xn. 381. BALANCE, measuring apparatus, in.

261; automatic, xvi. 490; spring,

invention of, xn. 149.

, Compensation, for watch, xxiv.

395-

OF POWER, in. 267.

BALANCING LETTER, The, Somers s

pamphlet, xxii. 257. BALANID^, suborder of Crustacea, vi.

651, 665.

BALANINUS, genus of insects, xxiv. 477. BALANOGLOSSUS, species of worms,

xxiv. 179, 187. BALANOPHORACE^E, parasitic plants,

xvin. 266. BALANTES, people, Senegambia, xxi.

662. BALANTIUM, genus of tree-ferns, xxm.

534- BALARUC, France, mineral water of,

xvi. 434. BALAS, Alexander, Syrian ruler, I. 846;

xin. 422.

BALASH, king of Persia, xvin. 611. BALASHOFF, town, Russia, xxi. 305. BALASOR, district, India, in. 272; town,

in. 273; xvn. 845. BALAS RUBY, xxi. 48. BALASSA-GYARMAT, town, Hungary, XL

346. BALATA GUM, substitute for gutta

percha, XI. 339. BALATON, Lake, Hungary, in. 171; xn.

362. BALBI, Adrian, Italian geographer, in.

273-

BALBIN, Aloys B., Bohemian Jesuit his torian, xxn. 152.

BALBO, Cesare, Italian writer and states man, in. 273; xin. 487, 516.

BALBOA, Vasco Nunez de, Spanish navi-

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