Pyrenees, and enters the Bay of Biscay, at Fon-
tarabia. This river was a long time a subject of
dispute between France and Spain, but it is now
common between the two nations; the duties paid
by those who pass from Spain to France belong-
ing to the latter, and by those who pass the con-
trary way to the former.

Bidburg, a town of Netherlands, in the duchy
of Luxemburg, 30 m. N. N. E. of Luxemburg.

Biddeford, a seaport of England, in Devonshire.
It has a trade in coal, culm, timber, and oak bark,
aiso in the herring and Newfoundland fisheries,
and builds and owns a considerable burthen of
shipping. A great quantity of Welsh lime-stone
is burned here ; and there is a large pottery. It
is seated on hoth sides of the Torridge, over
which is an ancient Gothic bridge of 24 arches,
16 m S. by W. of Ufracomb, and 201 W. of Lon-
don. Pop. in 1821, 4,053.

Biddeford, a seaport of York Co. Me. The
county courts are sometimes held here. It is sit-
uate on the sea-coast, at the mouth of the Saco, 14
m. S. S. W. of Portland. Pop. 1,995. Long. 70.
35. W. lat. 43. 26. N.

Bidzigur, a town of Hindoostan, in Allahabad,
with a fort on a steep and lofty rock, 50 m. S. of
Benares.

Biedenkopf, a town of the grand duchy of Hesse,
situate on the north bank of the Lahn, near its
source, 15 m. N. W. of Marburg.

Bieez. a town of Poland, in Cracowia, remarka-
ble for its mines of vitriol; sealed on the Wese-
loke, 50 m. S. E. of Cracow.

Bid or Bienne, a town of Switzerland, capital
of a small territory, lately subject to the bishop
of Basil. It stands near a lake of the same name,
on the river Suss, 17 m. N. W. of Bern.

Biela, a town of Piedmont, and capital of a prov-
ince of the same name, bounded on the AV. by
Aoust. The town is situate near the river Cerva,
24 m. W. of Vercelli. Pop. about 8,300.

Bielaw, a populous town of Silesia, with con-
siderable manufactures of linen and cotton, 15
m. east of Buntzlaw. Pop. about 7,000.

Bidfeld, a town of Westphalia, in the county
of Ravensberg. The linen made and bleached
here is much esteemed. It is 18 m. north of Lip-
stadt. Pop. about. 5,500.

Bielgorod, a town of Russia, in the government
of Kursk, and an archbishop’s see, 80 m. S. S. W.
of Kursk. Pop. about 10,000.

Bielgorod, or Akerman, a strong town of Euro-
pean Turkey in Bessarabia, on the coast of the
Black Sea, at the mouth of the Dniester, 70 m.
S. S. E. of Bender. Long. 31. 15. E. lat 46. 8. N.

Bidoi, a town of Russia, in the government of
Smolensk, 60 m. N. E. of Smolensk.

Bidozcrsk, a town of Russia, in the govern-
ment of Novogorod, on the south side of the lake
Bielo, 210 m. N. E. of Novogorod, and about the
same distance E. of St. Petersburgh. Pop. about

3,000.

Bielsh. a town of Prussian Poland, capital of
Podiakia. seated on the Biala, one of the sources of
the Vistula. 130 rn. E. N. E. of AVarsaw. Long.

23. 39. E. lat. 52. 40. N.

Bienvenu. a havou in the Parish of Orleans,
Lou. running E. into Lake Borgne. By this chan-
nel the British army reached the Mississippi in
Dec. 1814 when marching upon New Orleans.

Biervliet, a town of the Netherlands, in Flan-
ders, situate on the West Scheldt, and on a small
island of its name, 20 m. N. N. AV. of Ghent.

Big gar, a town of Scotland, in lanarkshire,
with the ruins of a collegiate church, 10 m. S. E
of Carnwarth. Pop. 1,727.

Biggleswade, a town of Bedfordshire, Eng. seat-
ed on the Ivel, 10 m. E. S. E. of Bedford, and 45
N. N. W. of London. Pop. 2,778.

Bigorre, a late province of France, bounded on
the north by Armagnac, east by Comminges, west
by Bearn, and south by the Pyrenees. See Py-
renees Upper.

Bighorn, a river of the Missouri territory, North
America, rising from the Rocky Mountains in the
lat. of about 41. N. runs north into the Yellow
Stone which falls into the Missouri in the lat. of
48. N. It is represented as flowing .through a
fertile, but at present an uninhabited country.

Big Sandy, a river which divides the state of
Virginia from that of Kentucky, falling into the
Ohio, opposite Burlington, in Lawrence county,
state of Ohio.

Bigbay p.v. Johnson Co. 111.

Big Bone Lick, a small river in Woodford Co.
Ken., where numbers of enormous bones have
been found.

Biguba, a kingdom on the west coast of Africa,
watered by the Rio Grande. The capital is of
the same name, seated on the north bank of the
river, about 100 miles from its mouth. Long

13. 50. W. lat. 11. 12. N.

Big Walnut, r. an easterly branch of the Scioto
in Ohio.

Bihar, a county of Upper Hungary, bordering
on Transylvania. It is intersected by the Korosh
river. Groswarden is the capital. The east part
is mountainous, and inhabited by Wallachians
Pop. about 223,000, chiefly Hungarians.

Bihatz, a town in Croatia, on the frontiers of
Bosnia, seated on an isle formed by the river
Unna, 65 m. S. E. of Carlstadt. Long. 16. 32. E.
lat. 44. 51. N.

Bilbao, a city and seaport of Spain, capital of
Biscay. The upper part is built mostly of wood,
and has narrow streets, which terminate in a
great square; the lower part is of freestone and
brick, with fine broad streets. The houses are
rather high, and fully inhabited. The principal
exports are wool, oil, chesnuts, sword-blades, and
other manufactures in iron and steel. It is seat-
ed in a fertile country, on the banks of the Du-
rango river, which forms a good harbour near the
Bay of Biscay, 50 m. AV. of St. Sebastian, and
72 1-2 leagues N. of Madrid, by way of Aranda,
and 88 by way of Valladolid and Segovia. Long.

2. 44. W". lat. 43. 14. N.

Bildeston, a town in Suffolk, Eng. seated on
the river Breton, 12 m. S. E. of Bury, and 63 N.
E. of London. It has two fairs annually. Pop. 836.

Biledulgerid, a country of Barbary, bounded
on the north by Tunis and Algiers, east by Tri-
poli, south by Guergula, and west by Tuggurt.
The air is hot and unhealthy. The country is
mountainous and sandy, producing little susten-
ance, except dates, which are exchanged with the
neighbouring countries for wheat. The inhabit-
ants are deemed lewd, treacherous, thievish, and
cruel. They are a mixture of ancient Africans
and wild Arabs; the former living in towns and
the latter in tents.

Bilin, a town of Bohemia, in the south-west
part of the circle of Leutmeritz, near a mountain
of its name, 17 m. W. of Leutmeritz.

Bilitz, a town of Silesia, with a castle, and
considerable manufacture of cloth ; situate on the
Biala, on the verge of Poland, 18 m. E. N. E. of
Teschen. Pop. about 3,400.