Brod, Bohmisch. See Bohmisch.

Brod, Deutsch, a town of Bohemia on the river
Sazawa, 20 m. S. by E. of Czazlau.

Broaera, a town and fortress of Hindoostan, in
Guzerat, celebrated for its linens, indigo, and
lace. It is 62 m. S. S. E. of Amedabad. Long.

73. 11. E. lat. 22. 15. N.

Brodziac, a town of Lithuania, on the river
Berezina, 100 m. S. of Polotsk, and 40 W. of Mo-
ll ilow.

Broek, a town of Westphalia, in the duchy of
Berg, capital of a county of its name ; seated on
the Roer, 11 in. N. of Dusseldorf.

Broek, a village of North Holland, six miles
from Amsterdam. It is one of the most singular
and picturesque places in the ..world. The streets
are paved in mosaic work with variegated bricks;
and no carriages ever enter them. The houses
are painted on the cutside, and each has a terrace
and garden to the street, inclosed by a low rail-
ing ; the garden is adorned with china vases and
shell-work, with borders composed of minute par-
ticles of glass, of different colours. Behind the
houses are meadows, full of cattle, in which the
inhabitants carry on a great trade. Pop. about
700.

Broken Bay, a bay of New South Wales, 18
miles north of Port Jackson. It is formed by the
mouth of a great river called the Hawkesbury,
and is a good harbour. Long. 151. 27. E. lat. 33.

34. S.

Bromley, a town in Kent, Eng. Here is a col-
lege for 20 poor clergymen’s widows ; and near
the town is a palace of the bishops of Rochester,
where there is a chalybeate spring. Bromley is
seated on the Ravensbourn, 10 m. S. by E. of Lon-
don. Pop. in 1821, 3,417.

Bromley, a town in Staffordshire, Eng. It was
formerly called Abbots-Bromley, and afterward
Paget Bromley, being given to lord Paget at the
dissolution of the abbeys. It is 7 m. E. of
Stafford, and 129 N. W. of London. Pop. 1,533.

There are seven other inconsiderable places
named Bromley in different parts cf England.

Brompton, a village in Kent, Eng. situate on an
easy ascent from Chatham, and containing-fine
barracks for the military of that garrison. See
Chatham.

Brompton, an appendage to London, in the par-
ish of Kennington, which see. '

*_#* There are six other towns and villages
named Brompton, in different parts of England.

Bromsgrove, a corporate town in Worcester-
shire, Eng. Here are manufactures ofitsheet.ing,
nails, and needles n and a grammar school, found-
ed by Edward VI. It is seated on the .Salwarp,
13 in. N. N. E of Worcester, 13 S. W. of Bjr-xe2x80x98
mingham, and 116 N. W. of London. Pop. in 1821,
7,619.

Bromwich, West, a town in Staffordshire, Eng.
7 m. W. by N. of Birmingham. Pop. in 1821,
9,505, e rYmsively occupied in the various branch-
es of the hardware manufacture.

Brow, tard. a t rwii in Hertfordshire, Eng: seat-
ed near '.he Frame, aiuid fine orchards, 13 m. N.
E. of Hereford, and 125 W. N. W. of London.
Pop. 1,227.

Bamo, or Eroni, a tawn of Italy, near the south
frontier of the Milanese, where the French defeat-
ed the Austrians in leOO. It is 10 m. S. E. of
Pavia.

Bronti, a town of Sicily, in Yal di Demona, at
the foot of Mount Alina, on the west side. It was
onferred, with its territory, by the king of Na-
ples, on lord Nelson, for his naval services, after
the battle of the Nile.

Brooke, a County in the W. District of Virgin-
ia, bounded on the east by Washington county,
Pennsylvania, and west by the Ohio River. Pop

6,774. Wellsburg, on the east bank of the Ohio,
409 m. N. AV. of Richmond, is the chief town.

Brookfield, p.t. Strafford Co. N. II. 90 m. from
Boston. Pop. 671.

Brookfield, p.t. Orange Co. Vt. 16 m. S. Mont-
pelier. Pop. 1,677.

Brookfield, p.t. Madison Co. N. Y. 86 m. W
Albany. Pop. 4,367.

Brookfield, p.t. Fairfield Co. Con. Pop. 1,261
Also 2 towns in Ohio.

Brookfield, p.t. AVorcester Co. Mass. 64 m. S.
W. Boston. Pop. 2,342. This town was settled
at an early period, and during Philip’s war in
1675, was attacked by the Indians. The inhabit
ants collected in one house which was immediate
ly besieged by the savages who set fire instantly
to every other building in the town. For two
days and nights the Indians poured in shot upon
the people in the house incessantly but were met
by a most determined defence on the part of the
besieged. They then attempted to fire the house

by flaming torches at the ends of long poles; hut
the garrison continued to defend themselves by
firing from the windows and throwing water upon
the flames, as they* fortunately had a pump with-
in the house. These attempts failing, the Indians
then prepared a cart loaded with flax, hemp and
other combustible matters, and under cover of a
barricade of boards thrust the burning mass by the
means of long timbers against the house. In this
movement one of the wheels came off which turn-
ed the machine aside and exposed the Indians to
the fire of the garrison; a shower of rain coming
on at the same time extinguished the flames-
Shortly afterwards a reinforcement of forty men
arrived from Boston, forced their way through
the enemy and joined the garrison. The Indians
then abandoned the siege and retired, having suf
fered a heavy loss.

Brookhaven, a township of New York, in Suffolk
county, Long Island, 60 m. E. of New York. Pop
6,095.

Brookline, t. Hillsborough Co. N. H 43 m. from
Boston. Pqp. 627.

$rookline, p.t. Norfolk Co. Mass. adjoining
Boston, from which it is separated by a wide bay,
arid with which it communicates by the great
western avenue or causeway. The face ot the
country is hold and picturesque, and the hills ex
hibit the most charming view from Boston Com
mon. Pop. 1,041.

Brooklyn, p.t. AVindham Co. Conn. 45 m. E
Hartford. Pop. 1,451.