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B I K B L A

BiRS NIMRUD, part of Babylon, in. 183. BlRSK, town, Eussia, XXIII. 717. BlRTH, Ceremonies connected with, in

relation to totemism, xxm. 469; law

in regard to concealment of, XIII. 4;

registration of, XX. 343.

, in comparative physiology, XX. 410. BIRTH-RATE, its average in different

countries, XIX. 516. BIRTHRIGHT, xix. 733. BIRYUTCH, town, Russia, xxiv. 298. BlSACClA, town, Italy, ill. 786. Bis ACCUSATUS, Lucian s dialogue, xv.

44- BlSANTHE (Eodosto), ancient town,

Turkey in Europe, XX. 618. BISBAL, La, Count of (Henry Joseph

O Donnell), Spanish marshal, xvn.

727. BISCAY, province, Spain, in. 787; xxn.

298.

, Bay of, in. 787. BiSCEGLlA, town, Italy, III. 787. BISCHWEILER, town, Alsace, Germany,

ill. 787. BlSCOP, Benedict, English monk, ill.

481; XVI. 707.

BISCUIT, in pottery, XIX. 601. BISCUITS, Manufacture of, in. 252.

, Concentrated meat, xix. 707.

BlSHARl, tribes, Nubia, XVII. 610. BlSHlR, African fish, I. 260; xix. 429. BISHOP, in. 787; v. 700; vin. 484; xix.

674; XX. 629; election of, VI. 265;

position of, in British peerage, xvill.

459, 465. , Apostolic, a title of the pope, Xix.

498.

, George, his observatory, Eegcnt s Park, London, xvii. 711. -, Sir Henry Eowley, English musi

cal composer, ill. 789.

BISHOP-AUCKLAND, town, England, in. 790.

BISHOP ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, Scilly Islands, England, xiv. 616.

BISHOPS, Roman (popes), List of, xix. 488, 509.

AND REGULARS, Congregation of.

Church of R-ome, XX. 629.

BISHOP S HATFIELD, town, England, xi. 520.

BISHOP-STORTFORD, town, England, in. 790.

BISHOPWEARMOUTH, suburb of Sunder- land, England, in. 790; xxii. 657.

BISKARA, or Biskra, town, Algeria, ill. 790.

BISMARCK, Prince von, German states man, ix. 625; x. 510; xx. 12; xxiv. 582.

BISMITE, mineral, xvi. 388.

BISMUTH, chemical element, in. 790; v. 539; xvi. 380, 395; magnetic pro perties of, XV. 267; in medicine, VII. 587; ores of, in. 790; XVI. 58; telluric, XVI. 380.

BISMUTHINE, mineral, in. 790; xvi.

394-

BiSMUTHITE, mineral, xvi. 399. BISMUTOFERRITE, mineral, xvi. 425. BlSMUTO-SPH^ERITE, mineral, XVI. 399. BISON, ungulate mammal, in. 792; xv.

432; of India, XII. 742. BlSSAGOS, islands, West Africa, XXI.

661. BlSSCHOP, Simon (Episcopius), Dutch

theologian, vill. 493. BlSSEN, W., Danish sculptor, xxi. 570. BISTRE, pigment, xix. 88. BlSUTUN (Behistun), Persia, rock inscrip tions at, in. 509; XVlll. 567. BIT, boring tool, xi. 438. BITHYNIA, province, Asia Minor, in.

792; coins of ancient, xvn. 645.

, genus of snails, xxn. 188. BITLIS, town, Armenia, in. 617. BITOLIA, town, Turkish Roumelia, xvi.

7i9-

BITONTO, town, Italy, in. 793. BlTSCH, town, Lorraine, Germany, in.

794-

BITTER-ALMOND OIL, its chemical re lations, xxiv. 626. BITTER APPLE, or Colocynth, plant, vi.

150. BITTERN, bird, in. 794; XL 761; xni.

576.

, Sun, bird, XXII. 652. BITTER ROOT MOUNTAINS, Rocky

Mountains, U.S.A., xxin. 797. BITTERS, alcoholic beverage, ill. 794;

xiv. 686.

BITTERSWEET, plant, xvn. 499. BITTER WATERS, xxiv. 399. BITUMEN, mineral, xvi. 428. BITUMINOUS COAL, vi. 45. BlTZIUS, Albert, Swiss writer, XXII.

799- BIVAR, Rodrigo Diaz de (the Cid),

Spanish hero, v. 773. BIWA, lake, Japan, xni. 572. BIXIO, aeronaut, I. 195. BIYERRE, affluent of the Congo, Africa,

xxiv. 764. BIYSK, town, Siberia, xxn. 11; xxin.

439-

BlZERTA, town, Tunis, North Africa, in. 794; xxin. 620.

BJARNI, early Danish navigator, XL 171.

BjERREGAARD, Henrik Anker, Nor wegian poet, xvii. 590.

BJOREIA, river, Norway, xvn. 575.

BJORKO, island and ancient town, Sweden, xxn. 558, 737.

BjORN, Greenland voyager, I. 706.

BJORNSON, B., Norwegian poet and dramatist, xvn. 591; xvin. 348.

BLACK, Adam, publisher of Encyclo paedia Britannica, vin. 202. , Joseph, chemist, in. 794; on the properties of air, v. 462; his balloon experiments, I. 189.

BLACK, W. H., on ancient London, xiv. 841. , Aniline, from vanadium, xxiv.

54-

-, Pigments of, xix. 88.

, Platinum, xix. 191.

ASH MAKING, in soda manufac ture, xxn. 243.

BLACKBALL, wheat disease, i. 354. BLACKBAND IRON, xni. 285. BLACKBIRD, bird, in. 799; xvin. 74;

of America, XI. 27. BLACK BOOK OF THE ADMIRALTY, i.

157; xxi. 584. BLACK BOOK OF THE EXCHEQUER,

xxi. 36.

BLACK BOOK OF WALES, v. 318. BLACKBURN, town, England, in. 799. BLACK CANONS, i. 19. BLACKCAP, bird, xxiv. 553. BLACK CART, river, Scotland, xx. 395. BLACK CASTLE, Wicklow, Ireland,

xxiv. 558. BLACKCOCK, bird, in. 800; XL 222; as

game, xx i. 835.

BLACK COLOURS, in dyeing, vn. 579. BLACK DEATH, plague, xix. 164; vn.

684; vin. 325; xiv. 122. BLACK DOME, mountain, Blue Ridge,

U.S.A., xxin. 794. BLACK DOME, mountain, Catskills,

U.S.A., xxin. 793. BLACKDOWN, Somerset, England, xxn.

257.

BLACK DUCK, xxi. 470. BLACK-EYED SUSAN, song by Douglas

Jerrold, xni. 632. BLACKFACED SHEEP, i. 392. BLACKFISH, American fish, xxiv. 686. BLACK FLAGS, in Tong-King, xxin.

441. BLACK FOREST, Germany, in. 795;

xxiv. 699. BLACKFRIARS, London, accident at

Vespers at (1623), xiv. 847. BLACK GUM, tree, U.S.A., xxin. 809. BLACKHEAD, bird, xxi. 378. BLACKHEATH COMMON, London, xiv.

824. BLACK HILLS, Rocky Mountains,

U.S.A., xxin. 797. BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA, iv. 656;

xn. 801.

BLACK ISLE, Scotland, xx. 854. BLACK JACK, zinc ore, xxiv. 785. BLACK LEAD, xix. 230. BLACKLEG, cattle disease, I. 390. BLACK-LETTER TYPE, xxm. 694. BLACKLOCK, Thomas, Scottish poet and

divine, in. 800.

BLACK-MAILING, crime, xxin. 233. BLACKMORE, Sir Richard, English

writer, ill. 800. BLACK MOUNTAINS, North Carolina,

U.S.A., xvn. 559.

BLACKNESS CASTLE, Linlithgow, Scot land, xiv. 670.