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BORGNE, lake, or gulf, La. E. of lake Ponchartrain. It communicates with the Gulf of Mexico, and lake Ponchartrain, and is 40 m. long, and about 15 broad.

BORIQUEN, island of the West Indies, near Porto Rico. It is uninhabited, though fertile, and the water good. Here is a great number of land crabs, whence some call it Crab Island. Lon. 66° W., lat. 180 N.

BORODINO, t. Onondago co. N. Y. 180 m. W. from Albany.

BOROUGH, t. Beaver co. Pa.

BOSCAWEN, t. Hillsborough co. N. H. of W. side of the Merrimack, opposite Canterbury, with which it is connected by a bridge; 9 m. N. from Concord, 56 NW. from Portsmouth, 514 from W. Pop. 2,093. It contains 2 parishes, in each of which there is a Congregational meeting-house.

BOSTON, New, t. Hillsborough co. N.H. 8 m. NNW. from Amherst, 492 from W. Pop. 1,680.

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BOSTON, s-p and cap. Mass. in Suffolk co. [and by Fort Warren on Governor's Islan 14 m. SSW. from Salem, 40 NNE. from Prov- There is another fort, called Fort Strong, idence, 56 S. by W. from Portsmouth, 63 SSE. Noddle's Island.

from Concord, N. H. 100 ENE. from Hartford, Boston is admirably well situated for cor 115 SSW. from Portland, 210 NE. from New merce, and is a place of great trade and op York, 300 SSE. from Montreal, 300 NE. from lence. It is the fourth city in the Union Philadelphia, 436 from W. Lat. 42° 22′ N. population and second in commerce. Its tra from London; lon. 5° 58' E. from W. is carried on with every quarter of the wor Boston was founded in the year 1630. In Its wealth is computed at 92,000,000 dollars the Indian language its name was Shaumut, The shipping of the port amounted in 18 and it was called by the early settlers Tremont, to 161,583 tons. The wharves here are s or Trimontain, from the circumstance of its to be the finest in the U. S. some of which being built upon three hills.

nearly a quarter of a mile in length and c ered with stores. The yearly imports 13,000,000 dollars and the exports 9,000,000

It is situated at the head of Massachusetts bay, on a peninsula about 4 miles in circumference, and is about 3 m. in length, and 1 m. Alterations and additions have of late ye and 25 rods, where widest, in breadth, and is greatly improved the appearance of Bost connected with the main land at S. end by a The streets, which were formerly almost w narrow isthmus, called the Neck, leading to out an exception narrow and crooked, h Roxbury. The town is built in an irregular been in a great degree rendered wide and c circular form round the harbor, which is stud- modious; the old wooden structures have ded with about 40 small islands, many of which the greater part of the city been replaced afford excellent pasture; and are frequented in handsome buildings of stone or brick. In summer by numerous parties of pleasure. The western part, particularly, there is much n harbor is formed by Nahant Point on the N. ness and elegance. The splendor of the and Point Alderton on the S. and is so capa- vate buildings here, is not equalled in cious as to allow 500 vessels to ride at anchor other part of the Union. in a good depth of water, while the entrance is

The literary institutions of this city ar so narrow as scarcely to admit 2 ships abreast. the first order. The public libraries cor The entrance is defended by Fort Independ- 70,000 volumes. The Boston Athenæum i ence belonging to the U. S. on Castle Island, finest establishment of its kind in the U

ite library contains above 25,000 volumes, and shipping and buildings, the harbor and its a reading room, in which the most esteemed islands, Charles river, a fine country, orna. periodicals, from all parts of the world, may mented with elegant country-seats, and more be found. If we add to these the library of than 20 flourishing towns. In front of the Harvard College, in the neighborhood, of 40,000 state-house is the common, containing 44 acres, volumes, making the number of books within surrounded by the mall, an extensive and most the reach of the citizens 110,000, it must be delightful public walk. allowed that Boston offers to the scholar a The facilities for travelling in the neighbormore advantageous residence than any other hood of Boston are very great. There are spot in the western world. The literary char- more stage-coaches running to and from this acter of the citizens corresponds to these ad- city than any other in America. Hourly and vantages; Boston is distinguished for the num- half-hourly stages carry passengers to the ber and talent of its periodical works: the neighboring towns at a very low rate. The North American Review, which is allowed to number of daily arrivals and departures is be the most able of all the literary journals of about 250. In summer there are steam-boats our country, and the only one that has gained running to Hingham, Nahant and the coast of a reputation in Europe, is published here. The Maine. The roads about Boston are excellent, Christian Examiner, which has now enlarged and the public houses of the first order. The its plan, and assumed more of a purely literary country here is exceedingly varied and picturcharacter, is ranked among the first publica- esque, adorned with every graceful variety of tions of the day. The periodicals of the city hill and dale, garden and grove, and aboundare more than 60, including 31 newspapers, 7 ing in beautiful villages and elegant countryof which are daily. The public schools are seats. The heights of Dorchester, which comnot equalled in any other city in the world. mand the city and harbor, and whose batteries The ambition of the scholars is excited by an- drove the British from Boston in 1776, are nual rewards to the most worthy, in the shape now within the limits of the city. of a public dinner at Faneuil Hall in company A city government was first adopted in 1821; with the mayor and officers of the city; and the officers are a mayor, 8 aldermen, and a the distribution of gold and silver medals, the common council of 48, all elected by a popu product of a fund for this purpose established lar vote in December annually. With Chelsea, by the great Franklin, who was born in this on the opposite side of the harbor, Boston comcity. In the department of the fine arts, there poses the county of Suffolk, which has 6 senais much taste and liberal patronage displayed here. The annual exhibitions of paintings in the gallery of the Athenæum is the best in the country, and a fund is collecting from its proceeds for the encouragement of the arts.

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tors in the state legislature. The city alone sends one representative to congress. The yearly expenses are about 300,000 dollars, of which above 50,000 are appropriated to the support of common schools; 80,000 for improving the streets, and 30,000 for the poor.

BOSTON, t. Portage co. Ohio; 18 m. NNW. Ravenna.

In 1817, there was erected on both sides of Market street a block of stores, 485 feet in The census of 1830 gave a return of 61,392 length on one side, and 442 on the other, and inhabitants for the 12 wards within the juris4 stories high; and on Central wharf, another diction of the city, but taking in those adjoinimmense pile of buildings was completed the ing parts of Charlestown, Cambridge and Roxsame year, 1,240 feet in length, containing 54 bury, which are, to all practical purposes, so stores 4 stories high, and having a spacious many portions of the capital, its whole popuhall in the centre, over which is erected an el-lation will amount to about 80,000. The city egant observatory. These buildings, for extent, proper has 40 churches, 19 banks, 2 theatres, convenience, and elegance, are said not to be 80 public schools, and 50 bookstores. Boston exceeded in the commercial world. The ex- contains 135 streets, 21 lanes, and 80 wharves. change is a superb structure, 7 stories in height, BOSTON, t. Niagara co. N. Y. 127 feet in length, containing 202 rooms. this building is kept a public reading room, similar to the one at Merchants' hall. The alms-house is a commodious and elegant building, 270 feet long, and 56 broad. The new court-house is very elegant, built of Chelmsfore granite. The state-house is built on ground elevated about 100 feet above the level of the harbor, and is a noble edifice. It is 173 feet front, and 61 deep, and its situation and size ender it a very conspicuous object. The dome BOTETOURT, co. central part of Va., $50 feet in diameter, terminated by a circular bounded N. by Bath co. NE. by Rockbridge antern, at an elevation of 100 feet from the co. SE. by Bedford and Franklin cos. SW. by foundation. The prospect from the top is ex- Montgomery co. and NW. by Monroe co Beedingly magnificent and beautiful; surpass- Pop. 16,354, of whom 4,170 are slaves. Chief every thing of the kind in this country, town, Fincastle.

and will bear a comparison with the castle hill

BOSTON, New, t. Clark co. Ohio; 3 m. SW. Springfield.

BOSTON, South, t. Halifax co. Va.; on the Dan, about 30 m. E. Danville.

BOSTON, t. Erie co. N. Y. 320 m. W. ALbany. Pop. 1,520.

BOSWELLSVILLE, v. Louisiana co. Va.. 20 m. NW. Richmond.

BOTTLE HILL, t. Morris co. N. J.; 2 m. of Edinburgh, the famous bay of Naples, or any NW. Chatham, 15 NW. Elizabethtown, 228 ther of the most picturesque scenes in Europe. from W. It is a pleasant village, and contains Here may be seen at a view, the town with its a Presbyterian church and an academy.

BOUNDBROOK, t. Somerset co. N. J. on Susquehannah river, between which it appears the N. bank of the Raritan; 7 m. NW. New to have no other name than those mentioned, Brunswick, 200 from W.

BOURBON. co. N. part of Kentucky. Pop. 18,434. Chief town, Paris.

BOURBON, New, v. Missouri, on W. side of the Mississippi, 2 m. below St. Genevieve. BOURBON RIVER, a branch of the Maramek, in St. Louis co. Missouri.

BOURCHEMIN, Seigniory, Richelieu co. Lower Canada, 33 m. E. Montreal.

BOUCHARA, isl. L. C. in the river St. Lawrence, 21 m. NE. Montreal.

BOUCHERVILLE, Seigniory, Kent co. L. C. on the S. side of the St. Lawrence, opposite the island of Montreal, and about 10 m. E. of the city.

BOUDET, r. runs into Lake St. Francis, near the boundary between Upper and Lower Canada.

BOUGECHITO, r. rises in Mississippi, and running SE. joins Pearl river in Louisiana. BOURGLOIS, Seigniory, Hampshire co. L. Canada, 25 m. W. of Quebec.

BOURGMARIE, East, Seigniory, Buckingham and Richelieu cos. L. Canada, 36 m. S. Three Rivers.

BOURGMARIE, West, Seigniory, Richelieu co. L. Canada, 35 m. NE. Montreal. BOVINA, t. Delaware co. N. York. Pop. 1,346.

BOW, t. Merrimack co. N. H.; on W. side the Merrimack; 5 m. S. Concord. Pop. 1,065. BOW BACK, mt. in Stratford, N. H. BOWDOIN, t. Lincoln co. Maine; 20 m. WNW. Wiscasset, 148 NE. Boston, 617 from W. Pop. 2,095.

BOW DOINHAM, t. Lincoln co. Maine, on the Kennebeck; 15 m. WNW. Wiscasset, 148 NE. Boston, 590 from W. Pop. 2,061.

BOWERBANK, t. Penobscot co. Maine, 40 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 49. BOWERS, v. Essex co. Va. BOWERS, v. Southampton co. Va. BOWER'S STORE, t. Ashe co. N. C. 170 m. NW. from Raleigh.

BOWERSVILLE, v. Livingston co. N. Y. 208 m. W. from Albany.

BOWERSVILLE, v. Southampton co. Va. BOWLERS, v. Essex co. Va.; 129 m. from W.

BOWLING GREEN, Caroline co. Va.; 46 m. NE. Richmond, 80 from W. It is the seat of justice for the county.

BOWLING GREEN, t. Warren co. Ken. about 30 m. E. Russellville, 702 from W. It is the seat of justice for the county, and contains a bank.

BOWLING GREEN, t. Licking co. Ohio. BOWLING GREEN, t. Oglethorpe co. Geo. about 75 m. N. from Milledgeville.

BOWLING GREEN, Pike co. Miso. BOWMAN'S CREEK, t. Montgomery co. N. Y. 60 m. NW. from Albany.

except that, in a small territory on the head of Fishing creek, the inhabitants call it the North Mountain. Westward of the waters of the Susquehannah, it forms the main ridge of the Alleghany Mountains. It crosses the E. branch of the Susquehannah, at the mouth of Tunkhannock and Bowman's creeks, and extending N. eastwardly, it is called Tunkhannock Mountain, and terminates in Susquehannah co. where it is called the Elk Mountain.

BOWMAN'S VALLEY, lying on Bourn's creek, between Bowman's and Mahoopeny Mountains, Luzerne co. Pa. is not very popu lous, and the land generally poor. It is about 2 m. wide and 15 m. long. The principal population is near the river.

BOWYER, Fort, situated on Mobile point. This was merely a small water battery erected to defend the main pass into Mobile Bay. Here, on Sept. 15th, 1814, Major W. Lawrence, with a garrison of 158 men, repulsed an attack made by a British squadron, of which the Hennes of 28 guns was destroyed. The fort was invested by a land and naval force on the 8th of Feb. 1815, and surrendered to Gen Lambert, by Maj. Lawrence, on the 10th of the same month, and on the ratification of peace was restored to the U. S.

BOWYER'S SULPHUR SPRINGS, Greenbrier co. Va.

BOWYERSVILLE, v. Southampton Va 224 m. from W.

BOWYER'S BLUFF, the W. point of Washington harbor in Green Bay, Lake Mich gan, 85 m. NE. Fort Howard, 99 SW. Macki naw.

BOXBOROUGH, t. Middlesex co. Mass. 30 m. WNW. Boston. Pop. 474. BOXFORD, t. Essex co. Mass.; 15 m. NW Salem, 24 N. Boston, 467 from W. Pop. 93' BOYDSVILLE, t. Davidson co. Tenn. 2 m. from Nashville.

BOYD'S CREEK, v. Sevier co. Tenn 581 m. from W.

BOYD'S CREEK, r. Louisiana, which ru into the Mississippi, lon. 91° 25′ W. lat. 31 50 N.

BOYD'S LANDING, v. Caldwell co. Il. BOYDTON, t. Mecklenburg co. Va.; 10 m. SSW. Richmond, 197 from W. It contai a court-house and jail.

BOYLE, t. Ontario co. N. Y. on the Ge esee; 20 m. NW. Canandaigua, 396 from W. BOYLSTON, t. Worcester co. Mass. ; 71 NNE. Worcester, 42 W. Boston, 425 from V Pop. 820.

BOYLSTON, West, t. Worcester co. Mass 7 m. N. Worcester, 44 W. Boston, 425 fro W. Here is a cotton manufactory.

BOYLSTON, t. Oswego co. N. Y BOZRAH, t. New London co. Ct. about m. W. Norwich. Pop. 1,078.

BRACEVILLE, t. Trumbull co. Ohio, W. side of Warren; 317 m. from W. BRACEVILLE, v. Knox co. Indiana. BRACKEN, co. N. part of Ken. on t

BOWMAN'S MOUNTAIN, called the Bald Mountain, near the western limits of Luzerne co. is a high, regular, barren range whose average height may be 1,000 feet. This extends from the E. to the W. branches of the Ohio. Pop. 6,392. Chief town, Augusta.

BRACKEN CREEK, r Ken. which runs mill, saw-mill, blacksmith's and carpenter's into the Ohio, lon. 84° 8'.W. lat. 38° 36′ N. shops. A farm of about 50 acres is brought BRADDOCK'S FIELD, place, in Pa. on under cultivation, and already such is the proTurtle creek; 6 m. ESE. Pittsburg. Here gress of the Cherokees in agriculture, that they Gen. Braddock fell into an ambuscade of In- furnish most of the means of subsistence to dians, was defeated, and mortally wounded. the mission. In the burying-ground is the It was here the military talents of Gen. Wash-grave of the Rev. Dr. Worcester, late Correington, then a provincial major, were first con- sponding Secretary to the Board, who died here spicuously displayed. June 7th, 1821.

BRADDOCK'S BAY, on S. side of Lake Ontario; 5 m. W. of the mouth of the Genesee, in Gates.

BRADFORD, t. Orange co. Vt. on the Connecticut; 7 m. S. by W. Newbury, 505 m. from W. Pop. 1,507. Here is a paper mill. BRADFORD, Clearfield co. Ohio. BRADFORD, t. Hillsborough co. N. H.; 20 m. WNW. Concord, 514 from W. BRADFORD, t. Essex co. Mass. on S. side of the Merrimack, opposite Haverhill; 28 m. N. Boston, 18 WNW. Salem, 472 from W. Lon. 71° 1' W. lat. 42° 46′ N. Pop. 1,856. It is a pleasant town, and has 2 parishes. Great quantities of leather shoes are made here for exportation.

BRADFORD, a county in the E. district of Pennsylvania, bordering on New York. It is intersected by the E. branch of the Susquehannah river, which receives numerous collateral branches flowing from all directions within the county. Pop. 19,669. Towanda is the chief town, situated about 60 m. NW. Wilkesbarre; and here is printed a weekly newspaper. Bradford was formerly called Ontario co. BRADFORD, t. Clearfield co. Pa. BRADFORD, East, t. Chester co. Pa. watered by the Brandywine.

BRADFORD, West, t. Chester co. Pa. BRADFORD, Merrimack co. N. H. 20 m. W. from Concord. Pop. 1,285.

BRADLEY HALL, v. Prince William co. Va.; 33 m. from W.

BRADLEYVALE, t. Caledonia co. Vt.; 38 m. N. Newbury.

BRADLEYSVILLE, v. Litchfield co. Ct.; 329 m. from W.

BRADLEYSVILLE, t. Sumpter district, &C. 62 m. E. from Columbia.

BRADY and EASTOWN GRANT, t. Oxford co. Me.

BRAINARD'S BRIDGE, v. in Nassau, N. Y.; 409 m. from W.

BRAINTREE, t. Orange co. Vermont; 6 m. WNW. Randolph, 23 SSW. Montpelier. Pop. 1,209.

BRAINTREE, t. Norfolk co. Mass.; 12 m. SSE. Boston. Pop. 1,752. This town is famous for being the birth-place of the Hon. John Adams, the second president of the U. States.

BRAINTREE, New, t. Worcester co. Mass. 18 m. W. Worcester, 58 WSW. Boston. Pop. 912. This is a valuable township, and produces large quantities of beef, butter, and cheese.

BRAINTREM, t. Luzerne co. Pa. on the Susquehannah; 265 m. from W.

BRANCHTOWN, v. Philadelphia co. Pa. BRANCHVILLE, v. Sussex co. N. J. 78 m. N. from Trenton.

BRANDON, t. Rutland co. Vt. on Otter creek, 12 m. N. Rutland, 40 SW. Montpelier Pop. 1,940. Here is a bed of iron ore of a superior quality, at which are erected a forge, a furnace, and an establishment for the manufacture of shovels; the forge yields 36 tons of bar iron, and the furnace upwards of 100 tons of cast iron annually.

BRANDYWINĚ MANOR, v. Chester co. Pa. 30 m. from Philadelphia.

BRANDYWINE, t. Chester co. Pa. BRANDYWINE, hundred, in NE. corner of Newcastle co. Delaware.

BRANDYWINE, t. Newcastle co. Del. BRANDYWINE, r. which rises in Pa. and passing into Delaware, joins the Christiana a little below Wilmington. It is 40 m. long, and through its whole course is a fine stream well adapted to water works. The descent in 25 m. is 300 feet. For an account of the Brandywine Mills, see Wilmington.

BRANDY POTS, islands in the St. Lawrence, 103 m. below Quebec, and opposite the mouth of Saguenay river.

BRANFORD, t. New Haven co. Ct.; 7 m E. New Haven, 311 from W. Lon. 72° 50′ W. lat. 41° 17′ N. Pop. 2,333.

BRANFORD, North, t. New Haven co. Ct.;

ERAINERD, a missionary station among the Cherokees, in a district of country called Chickamaugah, on Chickamaugah creek; 7 m. & Lookout Mountain, about 50 SSW. Wash- 5 m. N. Branford. ngton, Tenn. 100 E. by N. Huntsville, 140

BRANTREM, v. Luzerne co. Pa. on the

WSW. Knoxville, 155 NW. Athens. It is 15 Susquehannah, 50 m. above Wilkesbarre. by the course of the creek above its en- Pop. 525. rance into the Tennessee, and only 6 from the BRANT'S VILLAGE, on Grand river, U. C. ver at the nearest point; and is near the BRASCHIN'S CREEK, r. Ken. which runs hartered limits of Tennessee and Georgia. into the Salt river, lon. 85° 36′ W. lat. 37° The Chickamaugah is navigable for boats to 50' N.

Brainerd. The missionary establishment was BRASSOS A DIOS, river of Texas, in the mmenced here early in 1817. The buildings intendency of St. Louis Potosi; the sources of nsist of a dwelling-house, with appendages the Brassos are not correctly known, but are for the accommodation of the family, 2 school- supposed to be S. of Red river, about N. lat. ses, 1 for the boys and 1 for the girls, sev- 33. The length of this river exceeds 400 m.; cabins used as dwelling-houses, a grist- the country near its sources is mostly prairie,

with narrow borders of woods along the banks] of the river, and some of its branches.

BREVELLE, t. Natchitoches co. Louisiana BREWER, t. Penobscot Me. on E. side of the Penobscot, opposite Bangor; 34 m. N. of Castine, 696 from W. Pop. 1,078.

BREWSTER, t. Barnstable co. Mass.; 16 m. E. Barnstable, 88 SE. Boston, 498 from W. Pop. 1,418.

BRATTLEBOROUGH, t. Windham co. Vt. on the Connecticut; 12 m. SE. Newfane, 20 S. by W Walpole, 36 E. Bennington, 41 N. Northampton, 96 WNW. Boston, 110 S. Montpelier, 427 from W. Lat. 42° 52′ N. Pop. 2,141. It contains two parishes, in each BRIAR CREEK, t. Columbia co. Pa. of which there is a handsome village. The BRIAR'S CREEK, r. Georgia, which runs village in the east parish is on the W. bank into the Savannah, 40 m. below Augusta. In of the river, and contains a Congregational 1779, a part of the American army was surmeeting-house, a cotton manufactory, a pa- prised on this river by the British, and enper mill, and one of the largest printing tirely routed, with the loss of 400 men killed establishments in the United States. It is or taken. a pleasant and flourishing village, and has considerable trade. Here is a bridge across the Connecticut. The other village is about 2 m. WNW. and contains a Congregational meeting-house, and a woollen manufactory.

BRATTON'S RIVER, r. North America, which runs into the Missouri, 2,232 m. from the Mississippi.

BRATTONSVILLE, v. Prince William co. Va. 35 m. SW. from W.

BREAKNECK HILL, on the Hudson, at the entrance of the Highlands, opposite Butter Hill; 60 m. N. of New York.

BRICELAND CROSS ROADS, v. Washington co. Pa.

BRICK HOUSE, v. Sussex co. N. J. BRICKSVILLE, t. Cuyahoga, co. N. York, at the E. end of Long Island.

BRIDGEBRANCH, or Bridgeville, v. Sus. sex co. Delaware; 132 m. from W.

BRIDGEFIELD, Shelby co. Kentucky.
BRIDGEHAMPTON, v. in Southampton,

N. York.

BRIDGEHAMPTON, v. Suffolk co. N. Y. at the NE. end of Long Island. BRIDGEPORT, s-p.

BRIDGEPORT, t. Harrison co. Va.; 26 m. from W.

and bor. in the townBREAM'S HEIGHTS, eminence, N. York, ship of Stratford, Ct. in L. Island Sound, at on Hudson river, where Gen. Gates had a the mouth of the Pequanock; 3 m. W. of camp previous to the capitulation of Saratoga. 17 SW. New Haven, 286 from W. Pop. 2,803 BRECKENRIDGE, co. Ken. bounded by It contains a bank and several houses of pub the Ohio river NW. by Hardin E. and SE. by lic worship. It is a pleasant and flourishing Grayson S. and by Ohio and Daviess SW.; village, and has considerable trade. surface broken, and soil generally productive. Staples, grain, flour, tobacco, and salted provisions. Chief town, Hardensburg. Pop. 7,345. BRECKNOCK, t. Lancaster co. Pa. BRECKNOCK, t. Berks co. Pa. BREED'S HILL, an eminence on the N. side of Charlestown, in Mass. celebrated for the stand made by the Americans against the British troops, at the commencement of hostilities with the mother country. This action is usually called the battle of Bunker Hill (another hill near it.) See Bunker Hill.

BRIDGEPORT, t. Fayette co. Pa, on the Monongahela, separated from Brownsville by Dunlap's creek.

BRIDGEPORT, v. Belmont co. Ohio, 19 m. from Wheeling, 283 from W.

BRIDGEPORT, t. Fairfield co. Ct. on Long Island Sound, on the E. side of Sasco river and 10 m. NE. of Norwalk.

BRIDGETON, t. Cumberland co. Me.; 3 m. NW. Portland, 130 NNE. Boston, 589 from BRENTWOOD, t. Rockingham co. N. H.; W. Pop. 1,541. Here is an academy. 20 m. WSW. Portsmouth, 521 from W. Pop. BRIDGETOWN, the capital of the islan 891. It is watered by Exeter river, and con- of Barbadoes, situate in the inmost part of Car tains a Congregational and a Baptist meeting-lisle Bay, which is large enough to contai house, and cotton manufactories. 500 ships, but the bottom is foul, and apt t

BRETON WOODS, t. Coos co. N. H.; 12 cut the cables. This city was burnt down i m, SSE. Lancaster. Pop. 108. 1688; and suffered also greatly by fires i BRENTVILLE, v. Prince William co. Va. 1756, 1766, and 1767. Before these fires BRETON, Cape, island of N. America, be- contained 1,500 houses; and it has since bee tween 45° and 470 N. lat. separated from Nova rebuilt. The streets are broad, the houst Scotia by a narrow strait called Canso, and is high, the wharves and quays convenient, an 100 m. in length, and 50 in breadth. It is a the forts strong. The church is as large barren country, subject to fogs throughout the some cathedrals. Here also is a free-schoo year, and covered with snow in the winter. an hospital, and a college; the latter erecte There is an excellent fishery on this coast. It by the Society for Propagating the Gospe was confirmed to England by treaty in 1763. pursuant to the will of Col. Codrington, wł BRETON, island of Louisiana, or rather 2 endowed it with £2,000 a year. The tow small islands lying SW. from the Grand Go- had scarcely risen from the calamities alread sier. There is a channel containing 12 feet mentioned, when it was torn from its found water between the islands of Grand Gosier tion by a hurricane in 1780, in which man and Breton Island, and another SW. of the of the inhabitants perished; and in 1831 ite latter, leading into Chandeleur Bay, with 18 perienced a similar calamity Lon. 59° 4 N. lat. 29° 26'. W. lat. 13° 5' N.

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