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BASSES-ALPES, department, France, I.

599- BASSES-PYRENEES, department, France,

xx. 126.

BASSET, or Outcrop, in geology, x. 298.

BASSE TERRE, district and town, Guade loupe, West Indies, XI. 230.

BASSETERRE, town, St Christopher, West Indies, xxi. 159.

BASSET HORN, musical instrument,

xvn. 708. BASSEVILLE, Hugo, French Republican

agent in Rome, xix. 155. BASS I, Laura Maria Caterina, learned

Italian lady, in. 425. BASSIANUS, Joannes, Italian jurist, in.

425. , Varius Avitus (Heliogabalus),

emperor of Rome, XI. 632. BASSIGNY, district, France, xv. 561. BASSO DA CAMERA, musical instrument,

xxiv. 245. BASSOON, musical instrument, in. 425;

xvn. 707. BASSORA (Bussorah), town, Asiatic

Turkey, iv. 577; viii. 671; xvi. 562,

590; gum of, xi. 276. BASS ROCK, islet, Firth of Forth, Scot land, in. 424.

BASS S STRAITS, Australia, in. 424. BASSUS, Ccesius, Roman poet, xvin.

662. BASS WOOD, tree, United States, XXIII.

808.

BAST, bark of lime tree, xiv. 648. (Bubastis), Egyptian divinity, IV.

408; vn. 718.

BASTAR, feudatory state, India, in. 425. BASTARD, in. 426. OF ORLEANS (Dunois), French

general, vn. 544.

BASTEI, mountain, Saxony, xxi. 357. BASTI, district and town, India, in.

428.

BASTIA, town, Corsica, in. 428. BASTIANINI, Italian sculptor, xxi. 570. BASTIAT, Frederic, French political

economist, in. 428; xix. 385. BASTIE, Sieur Antoine d Arces de la,

French envoy in Scotland, xxi. 497. BASTILLE, fortress, Paris, in. 429; xxin.

289; its fall, ix. 598; the Man of the

Iron Mask in, xin. 360. BASTION, in fortification, ix. 434, 440. BASTITE, mineral, xvi. 415. BASTNAESITE, mineral, xvi. 383. BASTWICK, John, English physician and

anti-Catholic, in. 430. BASURHAT, town, India, xxin. 673. BASUTOS, South-African tribe, V. 47;

XXin. 518; languages of, XXIV. 828. BAT, chiropterous mammal, in. 431;

XV. 405; hibernation of, xi. 788; sense

of touch in, xxin. 479; in Sumatra,

xxn. 640.

, Fox, ix. 352; xxn. 640.

, Vampire, xxiv. 52.

B A S B A T

BATAGUR, genus of chelonian reptiles,

xxin. 457.

BATAK LANGUAGE, in. 442. BATALA, town, India, XL 331. BATALDEN, island, Norway, xvn. 576. BATAN^EA, ancient province, Syria, in.

410. BATANES, islands, Philippines, xvin.

75i- BATANG, island, Malay Peninsula,

xv. 321.

, town, Tibet, XXlll. 342.

- LUPAR, river, Borneo, xxi. 306. BATAVI, Germanic tribe, xn. 69. BATAVIA, town, Java, in. 431; xin.

606; library at, XIV. 534, 549. BATAVIAN REPUBLIC, Netherlands

(1795), xii. 82. BATCHIAN, island, Indian Archipelago,

xin. 692. BATCHING, in jute manufacture, xin.

802.

BATEGNIUS (Al-Battani), Arabian mathe matician, I. 449; xvi. 596; xxni. 561. BATEMAN, John, colonizer of Victoria,

Australia, xxiv. 218. , J. F., on Loch Katrine aqueduct,

II. 226. BATES, William, English Nonconformist

divine, in. 432. BATH, town, England, in. 432; xxn.

258; mineral waters of, XVI. 433;

Nash s connexion with, xvn. 235.

, town, Maine, U.S.A., III. 434. , Syriac measure, xxiv. 485.

, Earl of, English politician, XX.

103.

, Order of the, xiv. 124.

AND WELLS, bishopric of, England,

xxiv. 499.

BATHGATE, town, Scotland, in. 434. BATHING, in. 437. BATHOMETER, measure of sea-depths,

xxn. 38.

BATHORI, Christopher, prince of Tran sylvania, xxii. 230. , Sigmund, prince of Transylvania,

xxi. 17.

, Stephen, governor of Transylvania

and king of Poland, XII. 369; XIX.

293; xxi. 92. BATHS, in. 434; ancient Roman, at

Pompeii, XIX. 448; hydropathic, XII.

544; swimming, xxn. 771. BATHURST, town, Gambia, West Africa,

I. 269; x. 59. , town, New Brunswick, xvn. 375.

, town, New South Wales, in. 441.

, village, Sierra Leone, XXII. 45.

, Earl of, English statesman, in.

441.

, Ralph, English poet, physician, and

divine, ill. 442.

BATHYCLES, Greek sculptor, in. 442. BATHYLAGUS, genus of fishes, xxi. 222,

224. BATINEH, district, Arabia, n. 255.

47

BATISCAN, river, Canada, XX. 165. BATIUSHKOFF, Constantine, Russian

poet, xxi. 107.

BATLEY, town, England, xxiv. 748. BATMAN Su, affluent of Tigris, xxin.

387-

BATNA, town, Algeria, xiv. 238. BATOIDEI, group of fishes, xn. 686; xx.

299. BATON i, Pompeo Girolamo, Italian

painter, in. 442. BATON-ROUGE, town, Louisiana, U.S.A.,

in. 442; xv. 21. BATORY, Stephen, king of Poland and

ruler of Transylvania, XII. 369; XIX.

293; xxi. 92. BATOUM, seaport, Transcaucasia, Russia,

in. 446; xxin. 514; ceded to Russia

(1878), xxin. 653. BATRACHIANS, group of animals, I. 750;

xx. 432.

BATRACHUS, Greek architect, in. 442. BATSHA, Tong-King, peculiarity of tides

at, xiv. 606. BATTA, Negro tribe, Sokoto, Africa, xxn.

248.

BATTAFUOCO, Matteo, Corsican politi cian, xvn. 193. BATTAKS (Battas, q.v. race of people,

Sumatra, in. 442; xxn. 640. BATTALION, body of infantry, in.

442. BATTAS, or Battaks, race of people,

Sumatra, in. 442; xxii. 640; their

cannibalism, IV. 808. BATTER, in architecture, II. 460. BATTERING RAM, military engine, in.

443-

BATTERSEA, district, London, xiv. 822. BATTERY, of artillery, in. 443; n. 662;

coast batteries, IX. 451.

, electric, vni. 13, 90; galvanic,

vin. 92. -, in law, n. 724.

BATTEUX, Charles, French writer on art, in. 443; I. 220.

BATTHYANI, Count Louis, Hungarian leader, xn. 371.

BATTIAD/E, dynasty of Libyan kings, in. 446.

BATTICALOA, town, Ceylon, in. 443.

BATTIKS, Javanese cloth, xin. 604.

BATTLE, engagement between armies, in. 443; xxiv. 361.

, town, England, in. 445.

, Ordeal of, xvn. 820.

AXE, weapon of war, n. 555.

HARBOUR, fishing station, Labra dor, xiv. 175.

BATTLEMENT, in architecture, 11. 460.

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, Swift s work, xxn. 762; Wotton s share in the con troversy, xxiv. 685.

BATTLE OF THE STANDARD (1138), xvn. 555.

BATTLE OF THE STANDARD, Leonardo