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BREOGAN, in Irish legend, xm. 244. BRERA, Picture Gallery of the, Milan,

xvi. 291.

BRESCIA, province, Italy, iv. 258. , town, Italy, iv. 258; its ancient

college, xxni. 834; pictures in, xxi.

447; its school of painting, xxi. 436,

443- BRESLAU, town, Prussian Silesia, iv.

258; XX. 16; xxn. 53; libraries, XIV.

546; observatory, XVII. 712; univer sity, xxni. 846.

BRESLE, river, France, xxn. 261. BRESSAY, island, Shetland, Scotland,

xvii. 846.

BRESSUIRE, town, France, xxi. 710. BREST, town, France, iv. 259.

, old town, Labrador, iv. 177.

BREST-LITOVSK, town, Russia, iv. 260. BRETAGNE (Brittany, q.v.), province,

France, iv. 354. BRETHREN, or Plymouth Brethren,

religious sect, XIX. 238. OF THE COMMON LIFE, religious

community, XL 207; xvi. 711; xvii.

134; as educationists, VII. 672. BRETIGNY, Peace of (1360), ix. 547. BRETON, Nicholas, pastoral poet, xvm.

347- , P., on porisms, XIX. 520.

- DE LOS HERREROS, Manuel, Spanish dramatist, xxn. 361.

- LANGUAGE, .298, 327; dictionaries of, vii. 1 88.

LITERATURE, v. 324.

BRETONNE, Eestif de la, French writer,

xx. 486.

BRETONS, people of Brittany, iv. 354. BRETSCHNEIDER, Karl Gottlieb, German

scholar, iv. 260.

BRETWALDAS, rulersof Britain, vni. 271. BREUGHEL, Jan, Flemish painter, iv.

262. , Peeter, Flemish caricaturist, IV.

262; v. 104.

BREUNI, Rhtetian people, xx. 505. BREUNNERITE, mineral, xvi. 397. BREVE DE RECTO, in English law,

xxiv. 694. BREVE TESTATUM, in English law,

xxiv. 693. BREVIARIUM ALARICANUM, Roman

law, iv. 262; i. 443; xxi. 216. BREVIARY, church service book, iv.

263; English, viii. 378; Roman, xiv.

709. BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS, species of

fishes, xvi. 10. BREWERIES, of Burton, England, iv.

572.

BREWING, iv. 264; xv. 308. BREWSTER,Sir David, Scottish physicist,

iv. 276; inventor of kaleidoscope,

XIII. 826; in relation to invention of

stereoscope, xxn. 538; on the analysis

of light, xvii. 802; on polarization

of light, Xiv. 611.

BREWSTERITE, mineral, xvi. 422. BRIAN BOROIMHE, legendary Irish

king, v. 308; xm. 253. BRIANCHON S THEOREM, in geometry,

x. 397-

BRIANC.ON, town, France, iv. 277. BRIANSK, town, Russia, iv. 277; xxi.

89-

BRIARE, town, France, xiv. 809. BRIAREUS, in Greek mythology, iv. 277. BRIAR-ROOT PIPE, for tobacco, xix.

112. BRIBERY, iv. 278; Greek proverb about,

vi. 754. BRICK, iv. 279; as building material,

IV. 448; combination of, with stone,

II. 457; strength of, xxil. 603. See

Bricks.

, Fire, ix. 238. ARCHITECTURE, in Germany, n.

432.

FACINGS, Roman, xx. 809

BRICKLAYING, iv. 460.

BRICKMAKING, iv. 280.

BRICKS, iv. 279; ancient, XIX. 604, 619; ancient enamelled, vm. 182; of Baby lon, in. 185, 189; glazed, in wall-linings, xvii. 35.

BRICK TEA, xxm. 99.

BRICK TOWERS, in Spain, n. 434.

BRICKWORK, in building, iv. 457.

BRIDAINE, Jacques, French preacher, iv. 284.

BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR (Janet Dal- rymple), XXII. 444.

BRIDES, Savoy, mineral water of, xvi.

434- BRIDGE, iv. 284; at Brooklyn, U.S.A.,

xvii. 465; at Dirschau, Prussia, vii.

257; suspension, at Kieff, Russia, XIV.

69; suspension, ancient, in Peru, I.

697; at St Louis, U.S.A., xxi. 185.

FORTIFICATION, ix. 435.

BRIDGENORTH (Bridgnorth), town, Eng land, iv. 284 ; xxi. 648. BRIDGE OF ALLAN, town, Scotland,

XXIL 544. BRIDGEPORT, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.,

iv. 284. BRIDGES, iv. 284 (index, 341); pontoon,

XIX. 456; railway, xx. 233; Roman,

xx. 831; skewed, II. 331; Venetian,

XXIV. 148. See Bridge. BRIDGET, St, of Ireland, iv. 342.

, St, of Sweden, iv. 342; XXII. 753;

nuns of, xvi. 711.

BRIDGETOWN, town, Barbados, in. 359. BRIDGEWATER (Bridgwater), town, Eng land, iv. 342; XXIL 258.

, Third Duke of, IV. 342.

, Eighth Earl of, IV. 342.

CANAL, iv. 342, 783. - TREATISES, iv. 342. BRIDGNORTH, town, England, iv. 284;

xxi. 648. BRIDGWATER, town, England, iv. 342 ;

xxii. 258.

BRIDLE, Horse, xn. 198. BRIDLINGTON, town, England, iv. 342. BRIDPORT, town, England, iv. 343. BRIE, district, Seine-et-Marne, France,

xxi. 625.

BRIEF, papal letter, iv. 520. BRIEG, town, Prussia, iv. 343. -, town, Switzerland, xxiv. 31.

BRIEL, or Brielle, town, Holland, IV. 343. BRIENNE, France, Battle of (1814), xvii.

221.

, Jean de, crusader in Egypt, vn.

754- BRIENZ, lake, Switzerland, xiv. 218;

xxii. 777.

BRIER, plant, xx. 851. BRIERE DE L ISLE, French general,

xxni. 441. BRIGADE, subdivision of an army, IV.

343-

BRIGADE-MAJOR, iv. 343. BRIGADIER, iv. 343. BRIGANTES, British tribe, iv. 353. BRIGANTIA (Bregentz), ancient town,

Tyrol, IV. 251. BRIGANTIUM (Briangon), ancient town,

France, iv. 277. BRIGGS, Henry, English mathematician,

IV - 343! XVII. 1 80; his logarithms,

xiv. 773; xxm. 9. BRIGHT, Richard, English physician,

xv. 8 1 6. BRIGHTHELMSTONE (Brighton, q.v.),

town, England, IV. 345. BRIGHTLING HILL, Sussex, England,

xxn. 723. BRIGHTNESS, intensity of light, xxiv.

423, 429, 433, 437. BRIGHTON, town, England, iv. 344;

xxii. 725; aquarium at, II. 218. BRIGHT S DISEASE, iv. 345; xvm. 387,

388; diet in, vn. 206. BRIGNOLES, town, France, iv. 346;

xxiv. 69.

BRIHTNOTH, East-Saxon earl, vm. 287. BRIL (Briel), town, Holland, iv. 343.

, Paul, Flemish painter, iv. 346. BRILL, fish, xn. 692. BRILLIANTS (Diamonds), Cutting of, vn.

165; xiv. 299. BRIMSTONE, sulphur of commerce,

xxn. 634.

BRINDISI, town, Italy, iv. 346. BRINDLEY, James, English engineer,

iv. 346, 783.

BRINE-SHRIMP, crustacean, vi. 663. BRINE-SPRINGS, x. 271. BRINIATES, Ligurian tribe, xiv. 640. BRINJARIS, tribe, India, xv. 185. BRINK, R. C. B. van den, Dutch critic,

xii. 98. BRINKBURN PRIORY, Northumberland,

England, XVII. 568. BRIOCUS, St, Welsh missionary, XXI.

159. BRION, Frederike, friend of Goethe, X.