streams in its course through the province, the
most considerable of which are, the Coosey from
the north, and the Soane from the south. It is an
exceedingly fertile district; its rice is the finest
of all Hindoostan; sugar, silk, indigo, cotton, and
salt petre are produced in great abundance. Pat-
na on the south bank of the Ganges, is the chief
town. The town of Bahar, formerly the capital,
is about 35 m. S. E. of Patna. The whole prov-
ince is subject to the English East India Company.

Bahia, one of the 12 captaincies of Brazil, ly-
ing south of Pernambuco, and extending from
the 11th to nearly the 16th deg. of S. lat. and west
from the Atlantic Ocean in the long, of 40. to a
ridge of mountains in 44. which bound it on the
west; it is intersected by another ridge of moun-
tains, its whole extent from south to north in the
long, of about 42. and the river St. Francisco run's
from south to north betweeru the.two ridges of
mountains, to the north extremity of the territo-
ry ; when it abruptly changes its course to the east
forming the boundary between Bahia and Per-
nambuco. Bahia contains a surface of about 50,-
000 sq. miles, and is the most extensively culti-
vated district of all Brazil; sugar, coffee, cotton,
and tobacco are all produced in great abundance,
and the culture is progressively extending. The
forests abound in a variety of wood, and are so
dense as to be almost impenetrable. The chief town
of the same name, or as it is sometimes called, St.
Salvador, is situate in lat 12. 45. S. and 38. 25.
W. long, on the east bank of a noble bay, called
the bay of All Sainte, which runs up from south
to north about 40 m. being about 8 m. wide at its
mouth. The town is situate just within the en-
trance, and extends for 3 m. along the shore ; the
ground rises to the height of 400 ft. within the
distance of 1 m. from the main street, from about
the centre of which buildings have been extended
to the summit of the rising ground, which com-
mands a very extensive and beautiful view of
the sea and the country inland. Next to Rio Ja-
neiro, Bahia is the most important town of Brazil
and in point of commerce is the greatest. -The
houses are in general well built, mostly of stone,
and it has several churches and convents of con-
siderable magnitude. Pop. about 100,000.

Bahlingen, a town of Wurtemburg, situate near
the source of the Teyah, a branch of the Neckar
River, about 20 m. S. W. of Hohenzollern.

Bahraitch, a town of Hindoostan, in the prov-
ince of Oude, 62 m. N. N. W. of Fyzabad, and
65 N. E. of Lucknow. Long. 81. 56. E. lat. 27.
30. N.

Bahrenburg, a town of Westphalia, in the
county of Hoya, on the river Suhlingen, 20 m.
W. of Nieuburg.

Bahrein, a town of Arabia, situate on an island,
V) m. long, in the gulf of Persia. It gives name
not only to the island on which it is built, but
also to a cluster of them, celebrated for the pearl
fishery: and likewise to a province, extending
along the west coast of the gulf. The town is
fortified, and belonged once to the Portuguese, but
is now possessed by the Wahabees. It stands on
the west side of the island, 70 m. N. E. of Lasha.
Long. 49. 5. E. lat 26. 20. N.

Baira, a town of Naples, in Terra di Lavoro,
formerly famous for its hot baths and elegant pal-
aces, of which some ruins remain. It is seated on
the bay of Naples, 12 m. W. of Naples.

Baja, a town of Lower Hungary, on the east
bank of the Danube, 35 m. N. W. of Esseg.

Baios, or Paisas, a town of Syria, at the N. E.

corner of the gulf of Aiasso, supposed to have been
the ancient Issus, celebrated for the victory of
Alexander over Darius.

Baibowrdi, an inland town of Armenia, about
45 m. N. of Arz Roum.

Baikal, a lake of Siberia, in the province of
Irkutsk, 350 m. in length, but its greatest breadth
not above 40, between the lat. of 52. and 55. N.
and 104. to 109. E. long. The water is fresh, and
the Russians speak of it with reverence, calling it
the Holy Sea. There are many seals in it of a
blackish colour, and abundance of fish ; also sev-
eral islands, and that of Olchon, the largest, fias
sulphureous springs, and naptha sometimes floats
on its surface. It receives the Selinga from the
south, and its outlet is the Angara, which flows
north into the Yenisei.

Baileysburg, p.v. Surry Co. Va. 70 m. S. E.
Richmond.

Bailleul, a town of France in the department of
Nord,9 m. S. W. of Ypres. It is a manufactur-
ing town. Pop. about 9,000. There are several
other towns of the same name, in different parts
of France.

Bailur, a seaport of Abyssinia, and chief town
in the country of Dancali. It stands on a spacious
bay of the Red Sea, 340 m. E. by N. of Gondar.
Long. 42.40. E. lat. 13. 3. N.

Bain, a town of France, in the department of
Ille and Vilaine, 16 m. S. of Rennes.

Bainbridge, p.t. Chenango Co. N. Y. 135 m. W.
Albany, Pop. 3,040.

Bainbridge, p.t. Ross Co. Ohio.

Bainbridge, p.v. Franklin Co. Alab. on the
Tennessee, 5 m. above Florence.

Bairdstoirn, the chief town of Nelson County,
Kentucky, 50 m. S. AV. of Frankfort.

Bairout or Bent, anciently Berytus, a seaport
of Syria, in Palestine, and the chief town of the
Druses. The port is nearly choked with sand
and ruins ; but many cottons and silks are ex_por-
ted hence for Cairo. It stands on the north side
of a broad promontory, 50 m. W. N. W. of Da-
mascus. Long. 36. 10. E. lat. 33. 45. N. Pop.
about 7,500.

Baker, a County in the S. W. part of Georgia
on Flint river. Pop. 1,253. Byron is the ckpitah

Bakersfield, p.t. Franklin Co. Vt. 48 m. N. W.
Montpelier. Pop. 1,087.

Baker’s River, a branch of the Merrimack,
Grafton Co. N. Hampshire.

Bakerstoicn, p.v. Allegany Co. Pa. 13 m. N.
Pittsburg.

Bakewdt, an extensive parish and town, in the
Peak of Derbyshire, Eng. Here is a large cotton-
mill; and near it at the village of Ashford, are
marble works, where the black and grey marbles
found in the vicinity are sawn and polished. It
is seated on the Wye, 27 m. N. N. AV. of Derby,
and 153 of London. The town contains a pop.
of 1,782, and the parish about 9,160.

Bakov:, or Bakou, a town of European Turkey,
in Moldavia, on the river Bistritza, 60 m. S. AY.
Jassy.

Baku or Bachu, a town of Persia, in the prov
ince of Schirvan, the most commodious haven of
the Caspian Sea, on the west coast of which it is
situate. The vicinity produces much rock-salt
sulphur, and naptha, and it is famous for saffron.
Baku is a fortress, surrounded by high brick walls,
300 m. S. of Astracan. Long. 49. 15 E. lat. 40.
2. N.

Bala, a corporate town of Wales, in Merioneth
shire. It is seated on the lake of Bala, or Pem