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mother of Don John of Austria, XI 1 1.

716; xx. 291. BLOMFIELD, Charles James, bishop of

London, in. 835.

BLOMSTRANDITK, mineral, xvi. 426. BLONDEL, David, French Protestant

clergyman, in. 836. BLONIE, town, Russian Poland, xxiv.

375- BLOOD, of mammals, xv. 364; human,

I. 845; in relation to nutrition, XVII. 677; in relation to respiration, XX. 482; diseases of the, xvm. 376; as manure, I. 349; ordeal by, XVII. 819; sacrifice of, xxi. 136; in slaughter houses, I. 7; John Hunter s work on the, xn. 389.

, Circulation of the, xxiv. 98 ; I.

899; XI. 503; xiv. 411; discovery of, xv. 810; demonstrated by Harvey, I. 810; first seen by Malpighi, XV. 338; hinted at by Mondino, I. 806; partially announced by Servetus, I. 810; during sleep, xxil. 155; in crustaceans, VI. 640; in fishes, xn. 658. -, Thomas (Colonel), Parliamen

tarian officer, in. 836. BLOOD-BATH OF STOCKHOLM, XL 333. BLOOD-COVENANT, xxi. 138. BLOOD-FEUD, vi. 582; in relation to

totemism, XXIII. 472. BLOODHOUND, vn. 328. BLOOD-LYMPH, of molluscs, xvi. 634. BLOOD-POISONING, xxi. 666. BLOOD-RAIN, x. 266. BLOODSTONE, mineral, I. 278; XI. 634;

xvi. 389. BLOOD-VESSELS, Diseases of, xxn. 683;

granulations of, xvm. 364; influence

of nerves on, Xix. 30. BLOODWITH AND FLEDWITH, Cinque

Port right, V. 787. BLOODWORT, plant, vn. 310. BLOODY ASSIZE, Jeffreys s, xm. 618. BLOODY FLUX, disease, vn. 584. BLOOM, compacted mass of iron, xm.

327-

, in tanning, xiv. 384.

BLOOMERY, iron forge, xm. 290. BLOOMFIELD, Robert, English poet, in.

836. BLOUNT, Charles, English writer, III.

836; on deism, vi I. 34. BLOW, John, English musical composer,

ill. 836; xx. 112. BLOWING MACHINES, in. 549. BLOWPIPE, in. 837; Plattner s use of,

Xix. 213; oxyhydrogen, xvm. 105. BLUBBER, Whale, xxiv. 523, 529; con sumption of, by Eskimo, vm. 545. BLUCHER, Gebhard Leberecht von,

Prussian field-marshal, III. 840; xvi I.

220; at Waterloo (1815), xvn. 224. BLUDENZ, town, Vorarlberg, Austria,

xxiv. 297. BLUE, Pigments of, xix. 8>; from cobalt,

vi. 82.

BLUE, Prussian, dye, xx. 24. BLUEBEARD, Legend of, xx. 258. BLUE-BELL, plant, XL 478. BLUE BILLY, variety of ferric oxide,

xm. 285.

BLUECAP, bird, xxm. 419. BLUE COAT SCHOOL, London, xiv. 835. BLUE COLOURS, in dyeing, vii. 576. BLUEFIELDS, town, Nicaragua, xvn.

477- BLUE-FISH, fish-destroyer and food-fish,

U.S.A., ix. 267. BLUE GUM, tree, vm. 649. BLUE JAY, bird, xm. 611. BLUE OINTMENT, in pharmacy, xvi.

34-

BLUE ORE, clay ironstone, xm. 288.

BLUE PILL, in pharmacy, xvi. 34.

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, North Caro lina and Virginia, U.S.A., xvil. 559; xxm. 794; xxiv. 256.

BLUE STONE, sulphate of copper, vi.

35i-

BLUETHROAT, bird, xx. 318. BLUE VITRIOL, sulphate of copper, xxn.

637-

BLUMBERGER, Barbara, mother of Don John of Austria, xm. 716; xx. 291.

BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich, Ger man physiologist, III. 840.

BLUNDEVILLE, Thomas, English geo grapher, xvii. 253.

BLYTH, Edward, on birds, xvm. 25.

BLYTHE, or Blithe, Walter, writer on agriculture, I. 297, 329, 331.

Bo, or Sacred Fig, tree, IX. 154.

BOA, family of serpents, in. 841; xxn. 195.

BOA-CONSTRICTOR, snake, xxn. 195; xx. 144.

BOADES, Bernat, Catalan historian, xxn.

364- BOADICEA, British queen, m. 841; IV.

353- BOANERGES, the apostles James and

John, xm. 552. BOAR, Wild, family of mammals, in.

841; xxn. 773.

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, xxi. 37. BOARD OF TRADE, English, xvi. 474;

xxm. 497; American difficulties with,

xxm. 733, 736. BOAT, xxi. 804, 825; for racing, xxi.

31; whale, xxiv. 526; of wicker-work,

m. 421.

BOATBILL, bird, XI. 762. BOATBUILDING, xxi. 825. BOAT-RACING, xxi. 30. BOATSWAIN, his duties, xvn. 293.

BOATSWAIN-BIRD, XXII. 125; XXIII.

i-OQ 500.

BOAT-TAIL, bird, XL 27.

BOA VISTA, one of the Cape Verd Islands,

v. 52. , suburb of Pernambuco, Brazil,

xvm. 551. BOAZ, of Scripture, XXI. in.

BOBADILLA, Francisco de, governor of

Hispaniola, vi. 175. BOBBILI, town, India, xxiv. 267. BOBOLINK, North- American bird, xvni.

53-

BOBROFF, town, Russia, xxiv. 298.

BOBRUISK, town, Russia, in. 842.

BOBRZYNSKI, Michael, Polish historian, xix. 305.

BOB- WHITE, bird, xx. 147.

BoCAGE, district, France, xv. 458.

BOCASOTI, mediaeval sect, IX. 725.

BOCCACCINO, Boccaccio, Italian painter, xxi. 437.

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni, Italian writer, m. 842; xm. 504; Petrarch s friend ship with, xvm. 708; his place in the Renaissance, xx. 385.

BOCCALINI, Trajano, Italian satirist, in. 846.

BOCCARDO, Girolamo, Italian econo mist, xix. 387.

BOCCHUS, king of Mauretania, xm. 766.

BOCCONIO, Marino, Venetian conspira tor, xxiv. 143.

BOCHART, Samuel, Oriental scholar, in.

847-

BOCHNIA, town, Austria, in. 847.

BOCHUM, town, Prussia, m. 847.

BOCKHOLD, Johann (John of Leyden), Anabaptist, I. 787.

BOCKLET, Bavaria, mineral water of, xvi. 434.

Boc-LAND, or Bookland, in English law, ix. 357; vm. 275.

BOCSKAY, Stephen, Transylvanian prince, XII. 369.

BOD, Country of, native name of Tibet, xxm. 338.

BODDAERT, Petrus, on birds, xvni. 7.

BODE, Johann Elert, German astro nomer, m. 847; his law of planetary distances, n. 806.

BODENITE, mineral, xvi. 410.

BODENSEE, or Lake of Constance, VI. 297.

BODENSTEIN, Andreas Rudolf (Carl- stadt), German Reformer, v. 113; on the canon of Scripture, v. 14.

BODH, Syriac writer, XXII. 837.

BODHNATHA, town, Nepal, xvn. 342.

BODIES, Physical constitution of, vi. 310.

BODILY ENERGY, its source, xix. 9.

BODIN, Jean, French economist, III. 847; IX. 655; Xix. 356.

BODISATSHIP, in Buddhism, Xiv. 226.

BODJO, town, Sumbaya, Indian Archi pelago, xxn. 641.

BODLEIAN LIBRARY, Oxford, m. 848; xiv. 519; xvm. 95.

BODLEY, Sir Thomas, founder of Bod leian library, III. 848; xvm. 95.

BODMER, J. J., Swiss critic and poet, x. 533; xvn. 476; xxn. 797; his relations with Wieland, xxiv. 558.