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B A K B A S

BARROWS, sepulchral mounds, in. 397;

in ancient America, I. 692. BARROW S STRAITS, Polar Sea, in. 399. BARRULE, North and South, mountains,

Isle of Man, xv. 450. BARRY, Sir Charles, English architect,

in. 399.

, James, Irish painter, III. 399.

, Madame du, mistress of Louis XV.,

ix. 593. CORNWALL (B. W. Procter),

English poet, XIX. 792. BARS, county, Hungary, in. 400. , River, Formation of, x. 277; XX.

575- BAR SAROSHWAI, Syriac Biblical critic,

xxn. 849. BARSAUMA, Syriac writer, xxn. 830,

831-

BARSI, town, India, xxi. 832. BARSOVITE, mineral, xvi. 420. BAR-SUR-AUBE, town, France, in. 356. BAR SUR-ORNAIN, town, France, in,

356.

BAR-SUR-SEINE, town, France, in. 357. BART, or Earth, Jean, French admiral,

in. 401.

BARTAN, town, Asiatic Turkey, in. 401. BARTANG, river, Turkestan, xvm. 103. BARTAS, Gtiillaume de Salluste dn,

French poet, in. 401. BARTFELD, or Bartfa, town, Hungary,

in. 401. EARTH, Heinrich, African explorer, in.

401; I. 247.

, Jean, French admiral, in. 401.

BARTHELEMY, Auguste Marseille,

French writer, III. 401, , Jean Jacques, French writer, in.

401. BARTHEZ, or Barthes, Paul Joseph,

French physician, III. 402. BARTHOLDI S STATUE OF LIBERTY,

New York, xvn. 459. BARTHOLIN, Danish historian, xn. 626. EARTHOLINUS, Erasmus, on crystals,

vi. 672.

, Gaspard, Swedish writer, ill. 403.

, Thomas, Swedish physiologist, III.

403- BARTHOLOMEW, St, apostle, in. 403.

, Revelations of, apocalyptic work,

II. 179.

, St, Massacre of, IX. 561; v. 412.

BARTIZAN, in architecture, n. 460. BARTLETT, A. D., on the structure of

birds, xvni. 25. BARTOLINI, Lorenzo, Italian sculptor,

in. 403. BARTOLOMMEO DI S. MARCO (Baccio

della Porta), Italian painter, in. 194;

his influence on Raphael, XX. 275. BARTOLOZZI, Francesco, Italian en graver, in. 403.

BARTOLUS, Italian jurist, in. 403. BARTON, Andrew, Scottish sea captain,

xxi, 496.

BARTON, Benjamin Smith, American naturalist, in. 404; on birds, xvni. 9. , Elizabeth (Maid of Kent), re ligious enthusiast, in. 404; I. 33.

, William, his version of the Psalms,

xn. 590. BARTRAM, W., on American birds, xvni.

9- BARTSCH, Karl, on the Nibelungenlied,

xvii. 476.

BARUCH, of Scripture, in. 404. , Apocalypse of, n. 179; xvi. 315.

, Book of, in Apocrypha, in. 404;

II. 181.

BARUNG, Nusa, island, Java, xin. 600. BARWON, river, Australia, XXIV. 216. BARWOOD, red dye, vii. 576. BARYTA, or Barytes, oxide of barium,

ill. 406; in glass manufacture, x. 664.

MICA, mineral, xvi. 413.

- WHITE, pigment, xix. 86. BARYTE, mineral, xvi. 400. BARYTO-CALCITE, mineral, XVL 398. BARYTO-CELESTINE, mineral, xvi. 400. BASALT, variety of rocks, x. 235. BASCINET, headpiece, XL 637.

BASE, in architecture, n. 460. , in chemistry, v. 477, 486.

- BALL, game, in. 406. BASEDOW, Johann Bernhard. German

educationist, in, 407; vii. 676 BASEL (Bale, or Basle), canton, Switzer land, in. 408; xxn. 778, 791. , town, Switzerland, XXII. 778, 789; council of (1431-43), in. 409; xix. 502; XX. 320; treaty of (1795), I. 471; libraries, xiv. 548; university, xxin. 842, 851.

CONFESSION (1531), xv. 83.

BASE LINE, Measurement of, in survey ing, x. 163; xxn. 696, 704.

BASEMENT, in architecture, n. 460.

BASE OF SUPPLY, in war, xxiv. 350.

BASHAN, country of Scripture, in Syria, in. 410.

BASHFORTH, Prof., on the velocity of projectiles, XL 302.

BASHGALIS, tribe, Afghanistan, xm. 822.

BASHI-BAZOUKS, Turkish irregular sol diery, n. 6 1 8.

BASHKIR-MESCHERYAKS, people, Rus sia, xvi, 46.

BASHKIRS, people, Russia, in. 411; xxi. 79.

BASHMURIC, Egyptian dialect, vi. 355; XL 799.

BASIDIOMYCETES, order of Fungi, ix. 832; xxiv. 127.

BASIL, the Great, early theologian, in. 412; his monastic rule, XVI. 700.

, bishops of Ancyra and Seleucia,

in. 412.

, or Basilius, I., emperor of the East,

in. 419; XL 116.

II., emperor, XL 116.

, prince of Russia, XXI. 91.

, culinary herb, xn. 289.

BASIL SHUISKI, Russian revolutionist,

xxi. 95.

BASILEUS, title of Greek archon, 11. 476. BASILIA (Basel), ancient town, SAvitzer-

land, in. 408. BASILICA, Greek code of laws, in. 419;

Dorotheus s scholia on, vn. 369. -, BASILICAS, in architecture, in. 412;

II. 421; of Italy, II. 434; Roman, xx. 816, 823.

BASILICATA, province, Italy, in. 420. BASILICON DORON, book by James VI.

of Scotland, xin. 558; xxi. 509. BASILICUS, Jacob, Moldavian pretender,

xxi. 19. BASILIDES, Gnostic teacher, in. 420; x.

703; his connexion with Neoplaton-

ism, xvn. 335. BASILISK, fabulous animal, in. 421; vi.

98. BASILIUS (Basil I.), emperor of the East,

XL 1 16; his code of law, in. 419. BASINGSTOKE, town, England, in. 421. BASKERVILLE, John, English printer,

in. 421.

BASKET, in. 421.

BASKING-SHARK, xxi. 777; xn. 646. BASLE (Basel, q.v. canton and town,

Switzerland, in. 408. BASMANOFF, Russian general, xxi. 94. BASNAGE, Jacques, Protestant pastor,

in. 423. BASODINE, mountain, Switzerland, xxin.

35i- BASOMMATOPHORA, suborder of Mol-

lusca, xvi. 660. BASQUE PROVINCES, Spain, in. 423;

xxn. 298. BASQUES, European race, xn. 605; their

language, in. 424; xvm. 780; diction aries of the language, vn. 188; their

prehistoric origin, v, 269; x. in. BASRA, province, Asiatic Turkey, xvi.

51; xxin. 653; (Bussorah), town, iv.

577; vin. 671; province and town

under the caliphs, xvi. 562, 590;

Moslem theological school of, xvi.

592. BAS RELIEFS, in sculpture, ix. 205;

Greek, n. 352. BASS, George, Australasian explorer, in.

104. & Co. s BREWERIES, Burton,

England, IV 265, 572, BASS^:, ruins, Greece, xvm. 735. BASSAHIR, state, India, in. 424. BASSAM, Grand, river and settlement,

West Africa, X. 755. BASSANO, town, Italy, in. 424. , Giacomo da Ponte, Italian painter,

in. 424. BASSANTIE, James, Scottish astronomer,

xxi. 543. BASSEIN, district, India, in. 425; town,

III. 425; XXIII. 221.

BASSELIN, Olivier, French poet, in.

425.