BRAHMAPUTRA. 



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wluat their fcthsn bold in society." The Orammar 

 Bradford WM in iiirtssri in the time of KdwarJ VI. 



I tarter of 1M* It b ealled UM Free Grammar School of 

 IL * Bradford.' The BOIBI from endowment is upward* 

 f 00i. a y*ar. Th number of scholan ta 1848 was 57. Thi* aohool 

 i one ef thaSB) that have the privilege of sending a caoduUu for Lady 

 exhibitions at Qu-os College, Oxford. Then 

 it* eommnding township* many National and 

 > aba laJiMlibl. Iff"*, and numerous other r^~rl* 

 la IS44aaewBtoB>rywMbaihUaoaoflO,(>GaL;itbani>* 

 , B UM Tador style. Thediapeiwary. esUblished in 18i, is 

 ainiurtail and well managed. Bradford ha* aeveral mm r 

 for Uw akk and poor. Thar* b ft mechanic* institution. 

 with a good library and lectors-room*. An Odd Fellow* literary 

 nsoa b wall supported, and has a good library and new* room, 

 are two cubs B UM town, a Conservative and a Reform club ; 

 and the former ha* a good library. 

 ly good street*, and improved local arrange- 



BM*B are gradually being introduced. The town is lighted with gas, 

 and water b supplied under arrangement* made in aooordanf* with 

 UM urm. of Act* of Parliament passed in 1848 aad 1846. The 

 mark*, a plain bat extensive building. WM opened in 1884. Tbe 

 MTBSS bank of Bradford b extensively used. The first English 

 lisii inn society WM founded in thi. town. The pneent Piece 

 Hall WM tar many yean used a* a courthouse for the meeting* of 

 Uw aMgietiste*. bat a new and ornamental building wa* finished 

 ascot liM for the porpoa* of a court-house. The Piece Hall is like 

 the duth halls at Leeds market for woven woollen goods. The 

 a* light trees* nm employed in most of the buildings of Bradford 

 help* to give a cheerful and clean aspect to the streeU. The country 

 to the north aad west b open and picturesque, and i* studded with 

 UM rasMmnsi of the more opulent merchant* and manufacturers. 



The ohisf - of Bradford and the neighbourhood is of 

 worsted SMB. The spinning of wonted yarn employ* a great numl-cr 

 of persons, and the studs an woven from the yarn. Woollen yarn for 

 UM Bsanls.ntnn of doth*, broad and narrow, i* also spun and woven 

 at Bradford in considerable quantities ; but the wonted manufacture 

 b UM staple SByliiJiaawl of the place, Leeds and its dependencies 

 being UM Bora iBBSiMsU seat of the woollen manufacture. The 

 *4*Amaaumctand in Bradford an chiefly dyed in Leeds, the pro- 

 prietor* of the dye boas** being among the largest purchasers in the 

 Bradford market Many of the wooUen sad wool merchant* have 

 lately left Leede and opened warehouses in Bradford. Several of the 

 brge firm, of Mannhsster and Hoddersneld have also recently opened 



wanfcoose* in thi* flooriahine; town. The central aituation of Brad 

 ford. with reference to the other clothing town*, ha* probably been a 

 chief caoM of it* reeent and rather rapid advancement. 



The iron trade ha* long flouriahed in the neighbourhood of Brad- 

 ford ; iadirrl it u supposed that the Roman* worked iron mine* near 

 Mr Hunter, the historian of Sheffield, mention* the " re- 

 fect, that in the uiidit of a ma** of acoria, the refuae of 

 Bradford, wa* found a depotit of Roman 

 euina." There i* an abundant supply of iron-ore and coal, both of 

 xaattsat quality; aad the well-known iron-work* at Bowling and 

 Low Moor are only a *hort dUtance from Bradford. At these 

 fooaianM BUBM of the moet ponderou* work* in cait-irou are executed. 

 VaM aeanben of workBen are employed in the different department* 

 of the eetaMiehmenta from the rauungof the ore and coal to the 

 state* of the metal The principal merchant* and 

 in Bradford are wool-staplers, wool-combers, worsted- 

 nufacturen, wonted-ctuff manufacturer*, and woollen- 

 Several trade* earned on are dependent upon 

 wonted trade, among which are the manufacture* 

 lie*. aad machinery. A Mpteunial festival U held in 

 i honour of Bathop Blase, to whom the invention of wool- 

 coeabtag i* attribuUd. 



A* a *eat of oommerc* Bradford poeaeeae* many facilities By the 



impeded communication with 

 Liverpool and the Iriah Sea, 

 * and the neighbouring town* 



are eeaaaee with (look and Hull The Leed* and Bradford rail 

 way pboat it in nnajiaeHon with the dutrieta in the eaat and weat ; 

 the Leeda aad Think railway give* it an outlet to the north ; while 

 Oe rarioo* braaobe* of the We*t Hiding Union railway connect it 

 with Halliat. Haddantetd, BarnaUy, and the whole of the Wort 



A* a *eat of oommerc* Bradford poeaeeae 

 Lead* and Liverpool Canal it ha* an unimp 

 Hall aad the Oenaaa Ocean, and with Li 

 By UM Ah* aad Calder aavigation Lead* an 



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Hi, Devon, a 



decayed borough, formerly 



B M- 4r 



aad 16> miUe W.&W. 



pariah of Bndainch aad hundred of Hayridge, 

 lTlak,r 



M' W. long., U laile. N.K. by N frJm 

 from London by road. Ball .ution 



the Bristol aad Exeter railway, which b about a mile from Brad 

 slash, b distant from London IU Bibs. The population of thi 

 park* B 1U1 WM ISM. The livwg b s perpetual curacy in tb< 



The haml 



ateah. The eorporatioa 

 The rreraiag Udy n 



the 

 perpetua curacy in the 



of UM borogh I* Bradraew, otherwise Brad 

 claim to be a corporation by preacriptiun. 

 aiiiti of thirteen marten, one of hom i* 



mayor, lirmdninch aent member* to one parliament in the reign of 

 Edward II. Petty and quarter aaeaiou* are held regularly in the 

 town. Tbe church, dedicated to St. Deni*. wa* built in the time of 

 Henry VII., and i* of the late perpendicular atyle. It ha* a band- 

 BOB* eoreen, erected in 1688. There are place* of worabip for Bap- 

 tieta and Wealeyan Methodiata ; a National achool ; and a parochial 

 library. A new guildhall, a borough jail, and a oourt-houae were built 

 a few yean ago. Bradninch ha* eeveral time* Buffered from confla- 

 gration*. The ftrea which have frequently occurred in the ton 

 Devonshire have been chiefly owing to tie uaa of thatch in i 

 dwelling-hou*** : alate i* now very generally ub*tituted. Itnulniiu-li 

 ba* been very much improved since the lant fire. The town i* well 

 wipplied with water. About one half of the population i* engaged in 

 agriculture. Two paper mill* and a aiuall woollen factory in the 

 neighbourhood give employment to some of the iuhabitauta. There 

 are several ohantie* in the town. 

 BRAKMAR. [AiuuDiaicuuitK.] 



Blt.VUA. [KNTBE-DuURO-K-MlNIIO.] 



IJKAUANVA. [TRAB-OA-MOXTBI.] 



BRAHILOW. flsaAiL.] 



BRAHMAPUTRA, one of the largest riven of Asia, and in many 

 respect* one of the moat remarkable on the globe. The farthest 

 branches of thi* river rise between 28 and 2U N. lut., and between 

 97* and 98 E. long. Here stand* a snow-capped mountain range, 

 which in the present state of our geographical knowledge must be 

 considered the most easterly portion of the Himalaya range. The 

 Taluka, the most northern of the sources of the Brahmaputra, has it* 

 origin in these mountains. At some distance from its source it joins 

 the Taluding, a river not inferior in size, which descends from the 

 mountains of Naiuhio (28 N. Int.), a ridge belonging to the Langtan 

 chain, which latter divides the upper branches of the Brahmaputra 

 from those of the Irawaddi. After the junction of the Taluka and 

 Taludiug the river continues its course to the south-eouth-west between 

 high mountains, and flows impetuously over a rocky bed. After many 

 windings the river issues from the mountains by a narrow pass, called 

 Prabhu Kuthdr, in which the river is about 200 feet wide, and runs 

 with great violence. Near this pass, on the south banks of the rivn-, 

 is the Brahma-koond (Source of the Brahma), or Deo Pani, a place 

 of pilgrimage among the Hindoos. It is merely a good-sized pool, TO 

 feet long by 30 feet wide, inclosed by high projecting rocks, from 

 which two or three rill* descend into the pool From this place the 

 river has obtained its sacred name of Brahmaputra, the 'offering 

 of Brahma,' though it is commonly called by the natives Lohit, or 

 Lohitiya (Lauhitiya in Sanscrit, the 'red river'). 



After' passing the Prabbu Kuthdr the Lohit enters the valley of 

 Upper Again or Sadiyah, where, though conveying a great volume of 

 water, the river is too much filled with stones to be easily navigable. 

 Near 27 61' N. lat, and 96 16' E. long., the river divides into two 

 branches, of which the north and larger is called the Lohit or I'.nri 

 Lohit, and the south Sukato : these branches unite again about In i>r 

 12 miles farther downward. The island thus formed is about 2 miles 

 wide. Between Prabhu Kuthar and Sadiyah the river is increased by 

 the confluence of several small streams, and of a larger one called the 

 Noa Dihing. Nearly opposite the mouth of the Noa Dihiiig the 

 Kuu'lil joins the Lohit On the banks of this small river stands 

 Sadiyah, the capital of Upper A stun : the Lohit is here about 1200 feet 

 above the level of the sea. Near Sadiyah the Lohit is joined by the 

 Uihong, which brings down an immense volume of water ; it is sup- 

 posed that this Dihong i* the same river as that which in Tibet is 

 called Sampoo, or Yaru Tzangbotain. 



After its junction with the Dihong, the Lohit flows in a south-west 

 direction, and forms numerous islands, so that hardly in any place doe* 

 the whole volume of it* waters run in one bed. Here it receives on the 

 south the Buri Dihing, a considerable river, whose origin is near the 

 bank* of the Noa Dihing. A few miles after thi* junction, the Lohit 

 divides into two Urge branches, the northern of which is called Buri 

 Lohit, and the southern Buri Dihing. These branches include the 

 fertile island of Majuli, which extend* from 94 30' to 93 40' K. long., 

 about 60 mile* in Isugtb, with an average breadth of 9 mile*. Opposite 

 this island the Buri Lohit is joined by the Siiban Shin, a river not 

 inferior in volume of water to any of the tributaries of the Brahma- 

 putra, except the Dihong. Into the Buri Dihing falls the small riv. r 

 Dikho, on which the present capital of Asatn, Jorhath, i,- xitmiti d, 

 and lower down, near the place where both branches reuiiit 

 Dbunsiri, which rise* at a great distance to the south in the territories 

 of the Raja of Moonipore. After the Buri Lohit and the liuri Dihiiig 

 have reunited and flowed down for nearly 30 miles in one channel. 

 divided only at a few places by small islands, the Brahmaputra divide* 

 again at the town of Bishenath (93 16' E. long.) into two large 

 branches, of which the northern and buyer retains the name of Lohit, 

 and the southern i* called Kulluug or Kolong. The ixland inclosed 

 by tbeeo two branches of the Brahmaputra extends in length upwards 

 of 76 miles, with a width of 20 or 26 mile* in the middle. The Kullung 

 branch, after receiving the Deyong, reunite* with the Lnhit a I. w 

 mile* above Oowhatty. The Brahmaputra runs here with an urn i 

 stream, and i* hardly 1200 yard* wide, which is its smallest breadth 

 after it* junction with the Dihong. It* stream is so exceedingly 

 rapid, that in the rainy season vessel* are obliged to wait fur a strong 



