xe2x80x9e Garonne, which is here 3,800 yards wide. Its
'Jp’hrado consists in the wines of the adjacent oountry.
Its harbonr is much frequented, being the outport
to Bordeaux, as Gravesend is to London, and
i    ships    bound    to    Bordeaux having guns on board,

leave them at Blaye. Pop. about 5,000.

Bledsoe, a county of E. Tennessee. Pop. 0,448.
Pikeville is the capital.

Bickingen, a province of Sweden, in Gothland,
on the coast of the Baltic. It is 90 m. long and
21 broad ; and though mountainous, is one of the
most agreeable countries in the kingdom. The
principal trade is in potash, pitch, tar, tallow,
hides, and timber. The chief town is Carlscrona.

Blenheim, a village of Suabia, now in the Bava-
rian circle of the Upper Danube, seated on the
Danube, 3 m. N. E. of Hochstat. It is memora-
ble for the signal victory over the French and Ba-
varians, gained August 2nd, 1704, by the duke of
Marlborough. The Austrians were defeated by
the French near this place in 1800.

Blenheim, p.t. Schoharie Co. N. Y. 53 m. from
Albany. Pop. 2,280.

Blere, a town of France, in the department of
Indre and Loire, on the river Cher, 18 m. E. by
S. of Tours. Pop. 2,000.

Blcssington, a parish and town in the county of
Wicklow, Ireland. The parish contains quarries
of granite which are very extensively worked.
Pop. in 1821, 1,018. The town is 14 m. AV. by S.
of Dublin, on the border of Kildare, and in 1821,
contained 494 inhabitants, partially employed
in a branch of the woolen manufacture.

Blctcliingly, a borough in Surrey, Eng. seated
on a hill, 4 m. E. of Ryegate, and 21 S. of Lon-
don. It returns two members to parliament.
Pop. in 1821, 1,187.

Block Island, on the coast of Rhode Island, ly-
. ing 21 m. S. S. AV. of Newport and in Newport
County. It is 7 m. in length, and 4 in its ex-
treme breadth, and famous for cattle, sheep, but-
ter, and cheese. The south part of it is in lat. 41.
8. N. It is inhabited by about 700 persons, a con-
siderable portion of whom subsist by the fishery.

Blockley, p.t. Philadelphia Co. Pa. 3 m. from
Philad.

Blockzyl, a town of Holland, in Overyssel, with
a fort; seated at the mouth of the Aa, on the
Zuyder Zee, where there is a good harbour, 8 m.
N. AV. of Steenwick. Long 5. 39. E. lat. 52. 44. N.

Blois, a city of France, capital of the depart-
ment of Loire and Cher, and lately an episcopal
see. The cathedral is a large structure; seated on
an eminence at one extremity of the city, and on
another eminence at the other end is a magnifi
cent castle. In this castle Louis XII. was born ;
and here in 1588, Henry III. caused the Duke of
Guise, and his brother the cardinal, to be assassin*
ated. Here are some fine fountains, supplied by
an aqueduct, supposed to have been erected by
the Romans. The principal commerce is in wine
and brandy ; and the chief manufactures are ser-
ges and ticken. It it seated on the Loire, over
which is a handsome bridge, 37 m. E. N. E. of
Tours, and 100 S. S. AV. of Paris. Pop. about

13,000.

Bloniez, a town of Poland, in Masovia, 20 m.
W. of AA'arsaw.

Bloom, there are 0 towns of this name in the
U. S., 4 in Ohio, and 2 in Pa.

Bloomfield, there are 14 towns of this name
in the U. S.

Bloomingburg, villages in Sullivan Co. N. Y.
and Fayette Co Ohio.

Bloomingdale, a village on the Hudson, 7 m
above New. York.

Blooming Grove, p.t. Orange Co. N. Y. 102 m
S. Albany. Pop. 2,099. Also" 2 towns in Ohio.

Bloomington, p.v. the capital of Monroe Co. Ind
70 m. N. E. Vincennes.

Bloomingville, p v. Huron Co. Ohio, 123 m. N.
Columbus.

JBloomsburg, 3 towns ; in Columbia Co. Pa : in
Hunterdon Co. N. J. and Halifax Co. Pa.

Blare, a village in Staffordshire, Eng. 10 m. N,
of Utoxeter. Its heath is famous for a battle be-
tween the houses of York and Lancaster, in which
Nevil, earl of Salisbury, for York, with 500 men
only, defeated lord Audley with 10,000. Tuo
latter was killed, and on the spot is erected a
stone-cross to his memory.

Blount, a County of E. Tennessee, pop. 11,-
027, Marysville is the capital; also a County of
Alabama, pop. 4,233, Blountsville is the capital.

Blountsville, is also a village of Jones Co. Geo

BluehiU, p.t. Hancock Co. Me. Pop. 1,499. It
stands upon a bay, 12 m. N. E. Castine.

Blue Mountains, several mountains so called in
different parts of the world; viz. 1st, intersecting
the island of Jamaica from east to west. North
Peak is 8,180 ft. above the level of the sea ; 2nd,
the most easterly ridge of the Apalachians, in the
state of Pennsylvania, extending in the south-west
direction, from the Delaware to the south of the
Susquehannah river, altitude, 3,000 to 4,000 ft.;
3rd, a more southern branch of the same ridge,
extending in the same direction from the north
of the Potomac river, through the state of Vir-
ginia into North Carolina. Otter Peak is 3,103 ft.
high, and is the highest point in all Virginia.
The passage of the Potomac river through this
ridge is peculiarly grand ; 4th, an extensive range
in New Holland, dividing the settlements of Port
Jackson, &c. on the coast, from Bathurst Plains:
5th, intersecting the island of Java in various
directions. ^

Blue Rock, t. Muskingum Co. Ohio.

Bhifton. p.v. Ray Co. Missouri, on the Missouri,
280 m. from St. Louis.

Blyth, a large parish and town, at the north-west
extremity of the County of Nottingham, Eng. bor-
dering on Yorkshire. The town is 5 m. N. of
Worksop. Pop. 801, and of the parish 3,450.

Blyth, a town of Northumberland, England, sit-
uate at the mouth of a river of the same name,
which falls into the German Ocean, 14 m N. N.
E. of Newcastle. It has a convenient quay from
which a considerable quantity of coal is shipped.
Pop. 1,805. There are two Other rivers of the
same name, in England : viz. one in the County
of Suffolk, falling into the sea at South wold, and
another in the County of Warwick, falling into
the Tame, below ColeshiU.

Boad, a town of Hindoostan, in Orissa, on tb“
river Mahanuday, 05 m. S. S. E. of Sumbul-
pour, and 115 AV. of Cuttack.

Boalsburg, p.v. Centre Co. Pa. 115 m. N W.
Harffsburg.    *

Boardman, p.t. Trumbull Co. Ohio.

Bobbin, a town of Italy in the Milanese, on the
river Trebia, 25 m. S. E. of Pavia. Pop. 3,500.

Bobenhausen, a town of Germany, in Hesse
Darmstadt, with a castle, seated on the Gers
brentz, 43 m. S. E. of Frankfort on the Mayne

Bober, a river of Germany, which rises in Si
lesia, on the borders of Bohemia, flows north by
Lowenburg, Buntzlau, and Sagan, and joins tha
Oder below Crossen.