

BOTH X I A. 



> ef a (try fertile < 





KaOway 0*ai..y.aad oeaaanU the line of Umffle to and ftxn. 

 taiaaUir aad Burtoa r , the Urand Junction Canal 



(V>nartrv That* ar. two au>ual f . r. for cattle held at BoeworUi on 

 h t May aad the 10th of July. The market, chiefly for com, 

 b held ea Wodneeday. There i* a rural poUee force in the pariah. A 

 watfjr court U held in the town, 



Bonrortk chart*, dedicated to S*. Peter, a large and handaom. 



.. Klhemtury, in the perpendicular etyle, was natored in 



14. The tower i* conaouatcd with a lofty and well-proportioned 



Bar*. The inunur coatame aome iatareeting monuments. There 



are plac*. of wonhip for Independent, and BapUata. 



TaeKree OramaMT ceaool. founded by Sir WoUtan Dixie, lord 

 awyor of Leodna. in 14W. ha* aa endowment which now produce. 

 about lOOOt acr annum. Sir Wobtaa founded two fellowship, and 

 four (abeearahipa at Rrmn'riH Collage, Cambridge, for the benefit of 



: either related to the Dixie funily or educated at the school. 

 idiUoaal aohobnhip. were founded from tho charity reve- 



Schools for girl* 





 pariah, and also "in the pariah of 



mam by onlar of the Court of Chancery in 1895. School* 

 ad far boye voder eeteo yean of age hare been opeoed in 

 c*Bpetriei oomnrfaad within the pariah, and aiao in the j 



The deeiaire battle between Richard III. and the Earl of Rich: 

 which by the death of Richar.l after a eanguinary struggle terminated 

 the loaf atrifo between the houaea of York and Lancaster, was 

 Auguet SSad 1483 on a plain commenciiia; about one mile south of 

 Ih* town. Thie fin* and cpacioua plain, which i* nearly surrounded 

 by bilk, was formerly called Redmore Plain, from the colour of the 



ut .moo the baUle it baa been designated Bosworth Field, from 

 the uaM of the mareet town. The plain, which is somewhat of an 

 utal form, about two mile* in length and one in breadth, was uucul- 

 1 at the time of the battle : timber has since been grown upon 

 It, and nothing of iu former appearance remains except the general 

 forte of the ground. The spot where Lord St.. 

 crowa upuo the bead of Richmond and hailed him king, is now known 



wn Hi!!. 1 Dr. Parr, who viaitod the ipot in 1812, procured a 

 eubecription for the purpoae of raising a suiuble monument on the 

 ape*, for which be furnished an appropriate Latin inscription. Nume- 

 rous raUc* of the battle have at different time* been turned up in 

 dincing od ploughing the 



HctBnl eminent penona have been born at Boiworth, amongst 

 whoa. Simpson, the calf-taught mathematician, occupies the first 

 aba*. Or. Johaaon wa. for a abort time usher in the Free school : 

 in the BUM achool Richard Dawea, the celebrated Greek critic, and 

 Kail, the Abyaunian traveller, were educated. In the vicinity of the 

 town u Boaworth Hail. UM aaat of Mr \V. \V. Dixie, Bart, a duo old 

 brick aanaiaa of the Elizabethan age and stylo. 



V U situaUd in New South Wale*, in 31 3. lat. 

 - >' K. lac*. The entrance U little more than a mile broad, but 

 Ih* bar afterward* enlarge, to about three mile* in width. The groat 

 ilBMlfllai of plant* found there by the natundist who accompanied 

 Cook when this bay wa* diaoorared, induced him to call it Botany 

 Bay. The bay i. extenaive, and good anchorage is found in from four 

 to aevea huhonu' water; but both on the north and south aide* and 

 oa the bottom of the bay flat* extend to a great diitance from the 

 aware, having only four or fir* feet water on them. Of the connection 

 of Butaai Bay with a penal .-tUcmcnt, aae WALES, New S 



BOTHNIA, or BOTTKN A. U a namo which waa given at tome 

 mauM period to the . both aide* of the Gulf of Bothnia 



a far aoulh a* the (trait* called the (Juarkcn. It was formerly 

 4Md*d iato Faal.ra aad Wcatem Bothnia, but the former ha* been 

 coded to *!, aad aanctHutei the greater part of the government 



Wacaara Bn*h>ai raaatilula. with Latiland the moat northern 

 MrUaa of Hwedea. It (abounded N.E. l.y lt,,..i, fp.n, whiei 



remainder of it* fxiundarr on 



IK . fana-d by the Gulf of Bothnia, It U~ between 

 W O'K. lon,,^ ha. , 



TWalcte whkh Giautlai the aortbera part of the proviace 1 

 aat irtaaaH* ftkfca biBwadea. The loweat part of the plain 

 alaac the bomdary of RBBa on the bank* ofthe Muonjo-Ell 

 TerawDC At the feet of the rocky nan which divide* it 



i is the 



luonio Klf mid 

 - - . ..._. it i rum 



V*mj U k aboyt 1SOQ fort above the kvW of the aaa, aad praeant. 

 to the eye nearly a hm4 aurfaai omrcred with nramp* aad mnumo- 

 *'- ** Iflmm vHJi . C.v b>bnu> I.IIL. of .mall elevation The 



kaWwttaafcw 



of the bilk are covered with 



clwiihi>Utef 



a/ dwarf Urea. The country then lowers rapidly, 

 the birch am* |Hiili ttaalf aa a full^rwm tree, and rnlngUa 

 faM(Aa*w<i>a<rM); Wwcr down gro 



half way toward* the gulf, and before UK :" falla 



into the Tornea-Blf, the country b lea* than 400 feet above the sea, 

 and U covered with foreet-trees, except along the bunks of the riven-, 

 where agricnlture has made considerable progreaa. Along both lank* 

 of the Upper Tornee-Klf are aome hills of considerable height These 

 hills are immense heap* of iron-ore, nearly useless to man on n 

 of their situation. The term ' elf, 1 a Swedish word mean 

 generally affixed to the riven of Bothnia. The Tornen 

 the Lake of Tornaa (Tornea-Trank), which i* iinbo<i< 

 mountains of the Kiolen, and exteuil* about 36 mile* in ! 



: . ,-u breadth of 10 miles, its north-eastern extremity apj<: 

 - of n hdto in Xoi way which communioaU- 



the North Sea. From the Lake of Toruea the river run* between hills 

 :" ip>n-ore, forming numerous rapids and small cataract', with ono 

 remarkable cataract near ita confluence with the >! 

 river in a distance of about 1000 foec descends 72 feet i 

 cnlar blight The afuouio, w)ii<-!i tlir 



iMiumUry between Ruaaia anil Swc<K-:>, in called in it.i uppur part 

 1 1. nml i imvignl.le for many miles above its mouth, though 

 it hu some rapids. ;'.- :.-n- the Tornea-Elf turus to the > 

 ivitli the Mu.'iii'.KIf it sends off a branch to the rigli: 



which afti-r a tortuoiia course of about 30 milcx 

 south joins the Calix-Klf, forming in this way a natural can 

 two rivrr system*. After the junction of the Tornea-Elf :i 

 Muouio-Elf the united stream, Itooring the name of the 

 continues to form the boundary between Russia and Sweden. The 

 Tornea-Elf has a course of upwards of 230 miles, nnd falls into tho 

 northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, a few n< .vn ..f 



Ilaparanda. This town, which is rifling into importance, v 

 in 1809. It poanaae* a good trade in lish, fur.-, ii.ui. t imV-r, tar, &c. 

 A (teamcr sails between this place and Stockholm two or three times 

 during the season. 



Tin- I'.ilix Klf rises at no great distance to the south of Tonica- 

 Troak i:> tin- Kiolen Motintniua, whence it carries off Hi 

 four or five largo lakes. It descends on the same plain t 

 of the great group of iron hills, and HUH ne.irly jiar-illel tu . i 

 Elf cost-aouth-east for about half its course. After r< 

 Tarende-Elf ii run* southward. It i le.<s rapid thai. 

 rivers of Bothnia; it reaches the most northern part of tho Uulf of 

 Bothnia after a course of nearly '. 



The country between the Calix-Klf and tho Lulea-Elf forms tho 

 pouthvrn part of tho plain, which may bo c<m siting 



near the banks of the Lulea-Elf, where stupendous rocky maaseH rise 

 which xkirt its banks as far as its confiiu-mc with the I.ill.i (I 

 Lulea-Elf. These high rock* BTJ called Norra .\n.:ii> -. I: 

 of the plain rises Mount Dunduri, which atircly free from 



now. To tho north of it li< ,-o-ip of iron hills lc*i 



sive than that on the bank* of Uio Turnei-Elf. These height* divide 

 in into two portions diflcrfiit in charnci u it and the 



i range the country is cover. 1 \\ ith s\\ iunp.i, and here ami 

 with n : iiutry 



between Mount I inn. In. -. culle.l Stora M.id 



a swamp extending above 2n 'ii. The i 



portion ofthe plain is partly covered with forest-trees, and cult 

 along the water-courses. Ita s inferior to that on the other 



', except where it approaehc* the sea. 



The Lulea-Elf is the most rapid nf t],.- rivers of Sweden. Rising 

 on the eastern declivity of the Ki..l>.n Mountains it soon enters a 

 succession of lakes situated at dii' . unile.l ]., 



channeU, which are generally cataracta of considrmble IK 

 miles after the river has left the last lake its waters are i 

 steep rocks on each side, and rush down 4nn r....t in the space of less 

 than on le catiu-nct is called N! 



Hare 1 * Leap), where the vapours arising ,iter arc d 



condmsed and freeze in winter, forming a vault f h to 



afford a passage to hares. (Schubert's ' He. 



down the river run* bet h rocks, and here the 



first solitary habitation is found nl. i the boundary 



vny. It enters the Gulf of l'..-linia about 2 miles l>elow the 

 town of Lulcn after a course of 200 miles. It is nmi-- '>! i.-r only a 

 f. w miles from its mouth. It* Im-g'-.-t trit'iitjirj-, the Lilla l.ul. 

 which likewise rin-n in the Ki. len Mountains, traverses a succession 

 of acTan large lakee extvndin^' upwards of su i. .east, 



and afterwards run* above 'Jii mileh i i''. Ita 



bed lie* in a deeper valley ; ita ban 1 . laces. 



The town ot SOO inhabHanta, An older town 



was built farther inhmd by Gustnvus Adolphiis, but in conscquenco 

 of the coa having receded from it tho present site was chosen for a 

 new town. 



The country between the Lulca-Elf and Skcllcftea-Elf in nearly 

 equally divided between mountains and plains. In this port the 

 range rises to ita greatest height in Mount Sulitelma, and 

 xUnsive ranges of it are always covered with Know. The ridges 

 branching off from it eastward are divided liy wide vuli 

 in their upper port* arc only covered with swamps and rein-deer 

 moaa. In their lower porU forests of pinvit, fir, and bireh are fre- 

 quent, and the habitations of .to appear, but the soil U 

 generally unfit for cultivation. Along the watcr-counca tho pouturo 



