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B R A B R E

BRANDT, Geeraerdt, Dutch writer, xn.

95-

, Joliann Friedrich, on birds, XVIII.

25, 42, 45.

, Sebastian, German satirist, iv. 215;

x. 527.

BRANDY, spirituous liquor, iv. 216; distillation of, vn. 264.

BRANDYWINE, U.S.A., Battle of (1777), xxni. 744.

BRANKOVICH, George, despot of Servia, xxi. 689, 690.

BRANKS, disease, xvi i. 22.

BRANT, Isabella, wife of Rubens, xxi. 42.

BRANTAS, river, Java, xm. 601.

BRANTFORD, town, Canada, iv. 216.

BRANTOME, Seigneur de, French his torian, iv. 216; ix. 654.

BRANXHOLM CASTLE, Roxburgh, Scot land, xxi. 34.

BRASCHI, Giovanni Angelo (Pope Pius VI.), xix. 154.

BRAS-DE-FER (Fra^ois de la Noue), Huguenot captain, xiv. 289.

BRAS D OR, lake, Nova Scotia, xvn. 602.

BRASENOSE COLLEGE, Oxford, xvm. 96.

BRASIDAS, Spartan general, iv. 216.

BRASS, alloy of copper and zinc, iv. 217; its composition, VI. 351; xxiv. 784; strength of, xxn. 603.

BRASSAC, France, coal-mines at, xx. 119.

BRASSAGE, cost of coining, xvi. 725.

BRASSES, Monumental, iv. 219; vn. 694.

BRASSEY, Thomas, English railway con tractor, iv. 219.

BRASS-HORN, musical instrument, xvn. 778.

BRASSICA, genus of plants, iv. 617; xvn. 112; xx. 273.

BRASS-WORK, xvi. 71.

BRATSLAFF, town, Russia, xix. 254.

BRATTISHING, in architecture, II. 461.

BRATTLEBORO, town, Vermont, U.S.A., xxiv. 167.

BRATTON, Wilts, England, British re mains at, xxiv. 594.

BRAULIEVE MOUNTAINS, Ireland, xx.

849- BRAUNITE, mineral, xv. 479; xvi.

387-

BRAUNSBERG, town, Prussia, iv. 220. BRAUNSCHWEIG (Brunswick, q.v.

duchy, Germany, iv. 401. BRAVA, Cape Verd Islands, v. 52. BRAVAISITE, mineral, xvi. 425. BRAVO DEL NORTE, river, New

Mexico, U.S.A., xvn. 400. BRAVOS, town, Mexico, xvi. 214. BRAWNE, Fanny, Keats s letters to,

xiv. 24. BRAY, town, Ireland, iv. 220; xxiv.

557-

BRAY, Sir Reginald, English architect, iv. 220.

, Dr Thomas, missionary to Ameri can Indians, IV. 220.

BRAYNFORD (Brentford), town, Eng land, iv. 258.

BRAZEN BULL, of Phalaris, xvin. 730.

BRAZIL, iv. 221; I. 712; its connexion with Portugal, I. 710; birds of, ill. 746; proportion of coloured race in, xvii. 320; cotton supply, VI. 485; diamond mines, VII. 164; forests, IX. 406; Indian tribes, XII. 829; libraries, xiv. 536, 551; national debt, xvn. 247; newspapers, xvii. 437; observa tory at Rio, xvn. 716 ; prison system, xix. 759; railways, xx. 252; slavery in, xxil. 142.

, Island of, IV. 241.

CURRENT, in Atlantic, in. 20.

BRAZILIAN RUBY, or Burnt Topaz,

xxni. 446.

BRAZIL NUT, iv. 241. BRAZIL-NUT OIL, xvii. 744, 746. BRAZIL WOOD, iv. 241; iv. 226. BRAZOS, river, Texas, xxiil. 203. BRAZZA, island, Adriatic Sea, iv. 241. BRAZZAVILLE, town, on Congo, Africa,

xxiv. 765. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE,

xxiv. 643.

BREAD, Manufacture of, in. 250; adul terations of, I. 170. BREADALBANE, district, Scotland, xvin.

667.

BREAD AND SALT, bond, xxi. 134. BREAD FRUIT, iv. 241; in Polynesia,

xix. 419.

BREAD NUT, xvn. 664. BREAKERS, their formation, xxiv. 419. BREAKING, of hunting horses, xn. 188. BREAKSPEARE, Nicholas (Pope Adrian

IV.), i. 165. BREAKWATER, iv. 242; construction of,

XI. 459; at Cherbourg, v. 585; at

Holyhead, xii. 105. BREAM, fish, xn. 692; angling for, n.

42. BREAST, xvi. 302; cancer of the, xvin.

383-

BREAST-ARMOUR, vi. 693. BREASTPLATE, Jewish high priest s, x.

138- BREATHING, or Respiration, xx. 474;

movements of muscles in, I. 835;

disordered, n. 736; restoration of, in

apparently drowned, VII. 475. BRE-BUNG, convent, Lhasa, xiv. 501. BRECCIA, rock, x. 237. BRECHE, Charles de, betrayer of

Pallavicino, xvin. 189. BRECHIN, town, Scotland, iv. 242. BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell, American

politician, xxiil. 772, 774, 788. BRECKNOCK PENINSULA, Tierra del

Fuego, xxni. 384. BRECON, or Brecknock, county, Wales,

iv. 243; population and represen tation, XXIIL 727; town, iv. 244. BREDA, town, Holland, iv. 244.

, Jan van, Dutch painter, IV. 244.

, Surrender of, Velazquez s picture,

xxiv. 135. BREDAL, Niels Krog, Norse dramatist,

xvn. 590. BREDEROO, Gerbrand Adriaanssen,

Dutch writer, xn. 94. BREDOW, suburb of Stettin, Prussia,

xxn. 543.

, Gabriel Gottfried, German histo rian, iv. 244.

BREECHES BIBLE, vin. 387. BREECH-LOADER, gun, XL 280, BREEDING OF ANIMALS, i. 389, 393; iv.

244; xxi. 722. BREEDS AND BREEDING, iv. 244; in

relation to natural selection, XXiv. 78. BREGENTZ, or Bregenz, town, Tyrol,

Austria, IV. 251; xxiv. 297. BREHON LAW, ancient Irish law, iv.

252; landholding under it, XIII. 218. BREIDDEN HILLS, England and Wales,

xvi. 788; xxi. 847. BREISLACKITE, mineral, xvi. 416. BREISLAK, Scipione, Italian geologist,

iv. 255.

BREITHAUPTITE, mineral, xvi. 393. BREITINGER, J. J., Swiss writer, x. 533;

xxn. 797. BRELLINGTON (Bridlington), town,

England, iv. 342. BREMANGERLAND, island, Norway, xvn.

576.

BREMEN, free town, Germany, IV. 255. BREMER, Fredrika, Swedish novelist,

iv. 256; xxn. 757.

BEITRAGE, in German literature, x.

533- BREMERHAVEN, town, Germany, iv.

257. BREMETENRACUM (Penrith), Roman

town, England, xvin. 504. BREMNER PRINTING-MACHINE, XXIIL

706. BRENDAN, St, early Irish navigator, xm.

250.

BRENNAN TORPEDO, xxni. 451. BRENNER PASS, Tyrolese Alps, i. 629. BRENNUS, Celtic kings, iv. 257. BRENNY, district, Leitrim, Ireland, xiv.

433-

BRENT, river, England, xvi. 279. BRENTA, river, Italy, xm. 436. BRENTANO, Clemens, German writer,

iv. 257; x. 542. BRENTFORD, town, England, iv. 258;

xvi. 280.

BRENT-GOOSE, bird, x. 778. BRENTHID.E, family of insects, xxiv.

477-

BRENT S HILL, ancient fortress, Eng land, xvii. 598.

BRENZ, John, his scheme of church