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BELLE-ISLE, Marquis of (Nicolas Fou-

quet, q.v.), French statesman, IX. 487. BELLE-ISLE-EN-MER, island, west of

France, in. 545. BELLENDEN, John, Scottish poet, in.

545; xxi. 541; his translation of

Boece s history, in. 850. , William, French classical scholar,

in. 545.

BELLENZ (Bellinzona, q.v.), town, Switz erland, in. 548. BELLEROPHON, in Greek legend, in.

546; xvni. 468.

BELLES-LETTRES, Academies of, i. 73. BELLEVILLE, town, Ontario, Canada,

xvn. 775.

, town, Illinois, U.S.A., III. 546.

BELLEY, town, France, in. 546. BELLIGERENTS, in international law,

xin. 194. BELLINGER, river, New South Wales,

xvn. 408. BELLINGHAM, Sir Edward, viceroy of

Ireland, xin. 263. , John, assassin of Spencer Perceval,

xvni. 521. BELLINI, Gentile, Italian painter, in.

547; XXL 436; tutor of Titian, XXIII.

414. , Giovanni, Italian painter, in. 547;

xxi. 436; tutor of Titian, xxn I. 414.

, Jacopo, Italian painter, ill. 546;

xv. 501. , Lorenzo, Italian anatomist and

physician, ill. 548. -, Vincenzo, Italian musical composer,

in. 548; xvn. 99. BELLINZONA, town, Switzerland, in.

548; xxn. 778; XXIIL 351. BELLMAN, Carl Mikael, Swedish poet,

in. 549; xxn. 755. BELL METAL, iv. 366. BELLOMONT, Lord, English governor of

New York, xvn. 455. BELLONA, in Roman mythology, in.

549- BELLONIUS, Petrus (Belon, q.v.), French

naturalist, III. 553; on birds, xvni. 4. BELLOT, Joseph Rene", French Arctic

explorer, ill. 549; xix. 321. BELLOVACENSIS, Vincentius (Vincent of

Beauvais), mediaeval encyclopaedist,

vni. 192; xxiv. 235. BELLOVACI, Gallic tribe, xvni. 286. BELLOVESUS, founder of Milan, xvi.

292. BELLOWS, in. 549; for organ, xvn. 836;

for smelting ores, XVI. 60. BELL-RINGING, in. 538. BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, on Scottish

coast, xiv. 6 1 6.

BELL S PALSY, disease, xvni. 257. BELLU^E, Linnaean order of Mammalia,

xv. 421; xxiv. 805. BELLUNO, town, Italy, in. 553. , Duke of (C. P. Victor), French

marshal, xxiv. 213.

B E L B E N

BELLY-FISH, in Java, xin. 606. BELMONTE, river, Brazil, iv. 222. BELON, Pierre, French, naturalist, in.

553; on birds, xvni. 4; on fishes,

XII. 631.

BELONE, genus of fishes, x. 80. BELOOCHISTAN (Baluchistan), country,

Asia, in. 299.

BELPASSO, town, Sicily, in. 553. BELPER, town, England, in. 553. BELSHAM, Thomas, English Unitarian

writer, in. 553. , William, English political writer,

i- 553-

BELSHAZZAR, of Scripture, in. 188, 553. BELT, mechanical connector, xv. 760. , Great and Little, straits, Denmark,

in. 554- BELTANE, or Beltein, Celtic festival,

in. 554. BELTIRS, race of people, Kussia, xxi.

251. BELUGA, cetacean mammal, xv. 398;

xxiv. 525; xix. 522. BELUNUM (Belluno), ancient town,

Italy, in. 553. BELVACENSIS, Vincentius (Vincent of

Beauvais), encyclopaedist, VIIL 192;

xxiv. 235. BELVEDERE, town, Italy, in. 554.

STATUE, of Apollo, n. 186.

BELZONI, Giovanni Battista, explorer

of Egypt, in. 554.

BEM, Joseph, Polish general, XII. 372. BEMA, in architecture, II. 461.

, Manichaean festival, XV. 485.

BEMBA, lake, Central Africa, xxiv. 763. BEMBO, Pietro, cardinal, in. 554. BEMBRIDGE, town, Isle of Wight,

England, xxiv. 562. BENACUS (Garda), lake, Italy, x. 75. BENARES, division, district, and town,

India, in. 554; xvn. 572; Ghoosla

Ghat, landing place at, n. 397. BEN ATTOW, mountain, Scotland, XX.

854.

BENAVENTE, town, Spain, in. 556. BENBECULA, island, Scotland, XL 607. BENBOW, John, English admiral, III. 556. BENBULBIN, mountain, Ireland, xxn.

159.

BENCH, legal term, in. 556. BENCHERS, English lawyers, in. 556;

xiii. 87. BENCOOLEN, town, Sumatra, in. 556;

residency, xxil. 639. BEND, in heraldry, XL 695, 706.

, seaman s knot, xiv. 128; xxi. 590.

BENDALL, Cecil, on Nepalese chronology,

xvn. 344. BENDER, town, Russia, in. 557; Charles

XII. s residence at, V. 421. BENDER-ABBASI (Bandar Abbas), town,

Persia, III. 557; xvm. 620, 627. BENDER EREGLI, town, Asiatic Turkey,

XL 681. BENDING MOMENT, in beams, iv. 290.

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BEND-I-NUH (Noah s Hill), mountain,

Kurdistan, xiv. 156. BENEDEK, Laid wig von, Austrian general,

in. 140. BENEDICT, St, founder of order of

monks, in. 557; i. 11; xvi. 703; his

monastic rule, xvi. 704.

- I. -IV., popes, in. 558.

- V., pope, in. 558; xix. 497; XX. 789.

- VI., pope, in. 558; xx. 789.

- VII., pope, in. 558.

- VIIL, pope, in. 558; xx. 790. IX., pope, in. 558; state of Rome

under, xx. 790.

X., pope, in. 558; xvn. 484.

XL, pope, in. 558.

XII., pope, in. 558; xx. 799.

XIII., pope, in. 558; xx. 803. XIV., pope, in. 559; xix. 507;

his opposition to the Jesuits, XI II.

654.

BENEDICTINE MONASTERIES, i. u. BENEDICTINES, or Benedictine order

of monks, III. 558; xvi. 704; in

England, VIIL 372; their libraries,

xiv. 513. BENEDICTIONAL, church service book,

xiv. 710. BENEDICTUS LEVITA, his collection of

church laws, v. 17. BENEE- HASAN, Egypt, Sepulchral

grottoes at, vn. 774. BENEE-SUWEYF, town, Egypt, vn.

774- BENEFICE, Ecclesiastical, in. 559; origin

of the system, IX. 121; right of

presentation to, I. 179; xx. 158;

simony in regard to, xxn. 85 ;

vicarial, XXIV. 209; dilapidations of, 1

vn. 239. BENEFIT OF CLERGY, in law, v. 827;

VIIL 372. BENEKE, Friedrich Eduard, German

philosopher, ill. 560. BENEVENTO, town, Italy, in. 561. , Prince of (Talleyrand), French

statesman, XXIIL 29. BENEVENTUM (Benevento), ancient

town, Italy, III. 561; XXI. 249; battle

of (275), xx. 744. BENEVOLENCE, in phrenology, xvni.

845- , Universal, Cumberland s theory of

vi. 702.

BENEVOLENCES, enforced loans, ix. 177. BENFEY, Theodor, German philologist,

xvni. 781; xin. 682. BENGAL, lieutenant -governorship, India,

ill. 562; early British connexion with,

xn. 799; army of, II. 590. BENGALEE ERA, ^719. BENGALI LANGUAGE, Dictionaries of

vii. 190. BENGAL LIGHT, in pyrotechny, xx.

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