Bobersberg, a town of Brandenburg, in the New
Mark, and duchy of Crossen; seated on the side
of a hill, by the river Bober, 5 m. S. of Crossen.

Bobingen, a town of Bavaria, 9 ru. S. of Augs-
burg. Pop. about 1,500.

Bobrawa, a town in the circle of Brunn, Mo-
ravia, 4 m. S. W. of Bistitz.

Bobretz, a town in the County of Liptau, Up-

?er Hungary, among the Carpathian Mountains,
op. about 1,700.

Bobrysk, a town in the palatinate of Minsk,
Lithuania ; situate east of the Bobrigia river, just
above it^ confluence with the Berezina.

Boca, signifying mouth, is a term which has
been prefixed by the Spaniards, to the name of
several straits or sea-passages in different parts
of South America; the most celebrated is the
north strait, between the island of Trinidad and
the coast of Cumana, called the Boca del Drago,
or Dragon’s Mouth.

Boca Tigris, a strait in Canton river, China.

Bochetta, a chain of mountains, in the territory
of Genoa, over which is the road into Lombardy.
On the highest mountain is a strong pass that
will hardly admit three men to go abreast; and
this is, properly, the Bochetta. It is the key of
Genoa, and was forced bv the French in 1796
and bv the Austrians in 1800.

Bochnia, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of
Cracow, with large salt mines, 20 m. E. S. E.
of Cracow. Pop. about 3,390.

Bockolt, a town of "Westphalia, in the principal-
ity of Munster, on the river Aa, 40 m. AV. of
Munster.

Bochenheim, a town of Lower Saxony, in the
principality of Hildesheim, on the river Nette, 13
rn. S. S. E. of Hildesheim.

Bucking, a large village in Essex, Eng. adjoin-
ing to Braintree. Its church is spacious ; and
here is a great manufacture of baize. Pop. in
1821, 2,786.

Boekum, a town of Westphalia, in the county
of Mark, 26 m. S. E. of AVesel.

Boden See. See Constance, Lake of.

Bodmin, a borough in Cornwall, Eng. The
summer assizes are held here. It has some man-
ufactures of serge, and a trade in wool and yarn.
The church is the largest in the county, and the
remains of an episcopal palace and a priory are
still to be seen. It is 32 in. N. E. of Falmouth,
and 235 AV. by S. of London. It returns two
members to Parliament. Pop. in 1821, 3,278.

Bobrogh, a river of -Upper Hungary, rising
among the Carpathian mountains, and falling into
the Theiss at Tokay.

Bodrun, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in Natolia,
on the N. side of the gulf of Scalanova, 18 m. S.
of Smvrna. Another, on the site of the ancient
| afrearaassus, on the N. side of the gulf of Stan-
¹ bk*. 45 m. AV.by S. of Melassa.

Bog. a river which rises on the S. border of
Voihmia. in Poland, flows through Podolia and
Buiiiae Tartarv, and enters the Black Sea, be-
tween Oczakow and the river Dnieper.

Bogg. L Centre Co. Pa.

Boglio. or BfuU. a town of Savoy, situate on
the Tinea. 21 m. X. X. AV. of Nice.

Bo A ion. a town of Austrian Istria, about 30 m.
S. S. E. of Trieste.

Boglipour, a town of Hindoostan, capital of a
circar in Bengal: seated on the Ganges, 112 m.
N. E. of Moorshedahad.

Bogodouk, or Bogoduchmc, a large inland town
of European Russ'¹ a. in the province of Kharcov.

It has considerable manufactures of leather. Pop.
about 7,000.

Bognor, a village in Sussex, Eng. 7 m. S. of Chi-
chester. It is an improving place, and much
frequented in summer for sea-bathing.

Bogota, a river of Colombia, which falls into
the Pacific Ocean, in the lat. of 1. N.

Bogoroditsk, a handsome town, containing
about 5,000 inhabitants, m the province of Thoula,
Russia.

Bogota, a large city and the capital of Colom-
bia. During the rule of the Spaniards in S.
America, it was the capital of the viceroyalty of
New Granada, and was then morfc commonly call-
ed Santa Fe. Since the organization and estab-
lishment of the republic of Colombia, it has been
more commonly called Bogota, and made the
chief town of the province of Cundinamarca,
and seat of the whole republican government of
Colombia. It is situate on a spacious and fertile
plain, on the most easterly ridge of the Andes,
in the lat. of 4. 36. N. and 73. 30. of W. long
at an elevation of upwards of 8,000 feet above the
level of the sea, which, notwithstanding its con-
tiguity to the equator, renders its climate com-
paratively temperate and agreeable. It is inter-
sected by a small river called the Bogota (hence
its recent appellation) which falls into the Mag-
dalena, W. of the ridge of mountains on which
the town is situate. The town is tolerably well
laid out, having four squares, containing some
handsome buildings; and, although its remote-
ness from the sea, and destitution of water com-
munication, will operate against its becoming a
place of the first magnitude, should it continue
to be the seat of government, it will doubtless
considerably increase both in extent and popula-
tion, which at present amounts to about 40,000.
The most convenient points of debarkation for
Bogota from Europe, are either Laguira or Car-
thagena, the distance from the former about 600
miles N. W. and from Carthagena about 450
N. E.; but the routes usually taken will in both
instances, greatly exceed those distances. It is
about 450 m. N. E. of Quito, about 15 m. S. W.
of the town, at a place called Tequendama ; the
river Bogota falls down a precipice with consid-
erable fury, and is an object of great attraction
to the strangers who visit Bogota.

Bogwanpoor, a town of Bahar, Hindoostan, a
few m. S. E. of Benares.

Bohemia, a kingdom and very compact terri-
tory in the centre of Europe, supposed to have
derived its name from a tribe of Celts called the
Boii. It was originally more extensive, inclu-
ding Lusatia and Silesia on the N. E. and Mora-
via on the S. E. Previous to 1547, it was an in-
dependent kingdom, having an elective form of
government, the popularity of which excited the
jealousy of the Emperor of Germany, Ferdinand

I. who obtained at that period the consent of the
Germanic diet, to declare it an hereditary append-
age of the dominion of Austria. This union was
severely contested on the part of the Bohemians
for about seventy years, but since 1690 they have
implicitly yielded to the Austrian yoke. Bohe-
mia, in its present extent, is in the form of a dia-
mond, and lies between the lat. of 48. 35. and 51.
5. N. and 12. 20. to 16. 30. of VV. long. Its south
ern point borders on Upper Austria,and it is boun
ded by Bavaria on the S. W., Saxony on the N.
W., Lusatia and Silesia on the N. E., and Moravia
on the S. E.,its extreme length and breadth will
be about ISO by 190 m., but each of the four sides