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Bavcrley, variety of useful knowledge) that lie was remarkable 

 Bevieux. f or j 1]S intimate acquaintance whl -.re, a 



readiness in producing', and a felicity in explaining, 

 the most suitable i n all occasions ; that h'.s 



writings are distinguished by a truly primitive and 

 apostolical character, and by a rare unity of gravity 

 and simplicity ; that he was remarkably diligent, re- 

 gular, and earnest in every part of his pastoral duties ; 

 and that, the higher his preferments, the more watch- 

 ful and exemplary he became in the whole of his 

 conduct, the more laborious and zealous in advancing 

 the honour and interests of religion. He was an able 

 and active opposer of the principles of popery, and 

 one of the framers of the English liturgy. He be- 

 queathed the greater part of his property to cha- 

 ritable purposes in his native village ; and to tlv. 

 cicties for propagating the gospel, and for promoting 

 Christian knowledge. See Biog. Britannica. Bi<,^. 

 Dictionary. Noble's Continuation of Granger, vol. li. 

 Guardian, vol. i. N 74. Felton's Dissertation on 

 reading the Classics, &c. p. 190. Nelson's Life of 

 B } >. Bull, p. 75. (q) 



BEVERLEY, a well built town of England, in 

 the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated near the river 

 Hull. The minster of Beverley is a large and hand- 

 some edifice. The market place contains about four 

 acres, and is decorated with a beautiful cross, sup- 

 ported with eight free-stone pillars, which was erect- 

 ed by some of the members sent by the town to Par- 

 liament. Beverley carries on a considerable trade in 

 malt, oat-meal, and the tanning .of leather. In the 

 common connected with the borough, is a mineral 

 6pring, which has proved of some service in diseases 

 of the skin. Number of houses 1228. Population 

 5401, of whom 521 were returned as employed in 

 trade and manufactures. ( J ) 



BEVIEUX, a village of Swisscrland, celebrated 

 for the salt springs in an adjacent mountain. A gal- 

 lery, about six feet high and four broad, is cut into the 

 mountain, through a black rock veined with gypsum. 

 The springs rise in a solid rock, and the richest of 

 them yields 28 per cent, of salt, while the poorest 

 gives only \ per cent. Only a few cubes of rock 

 salt have been found in the mountain, though it 

 abounds with saline particles. Several sulphureous 

 springs, containing a little salt, and flaming by the 

 application of a lighted candle, occur near the salt 

 springs. Rocks of white gypsum, with a mixture 

 of bluish clay, arc also found in their neighbourhood, 

 as in the salt mines of Northwich in Cheshire. " After 

 travelling in thi6 subterraneous passage," says Mr 

 ** Coxe, near three quartersof a mile, 1 observed a great 

 wheel of 35 feet diameter, which raises the brine from 

 tlv depth of about 70 feet. From this place is a 

 shaft 300 feet high, which is cut through the moun- 

 tain to the surface, for the purpose of introducing 

 fresh air. I noticed, too, reservoirs hollowed in the 

 solid rock for holding the brine ; one was 160 feet 

 square, and 9 in depth. Since my first expedition to 

 these pits in 1776, the workmen had pierced the rock 

 25 feet deeper, and cut a gallery 100 feet in length. 

 They had also begun to form a third reservoir, to 

 contain 5500 cubic feet, vrhteb. was nearly half finish- 

 ed. The brine deposited in these reservoirs, is con- 

 veyed by means of 2000 pipes, about a league to 



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Bcvieux, where the salt is extracted. The brine pits Bewcastle 

 near Aiglc contain only from 2 to * per cent., and 

 yield annually about a third as much as those of Be- 

 vieux, or about 5000 quintals. The salt is much 

 whiter and heavier than that of Bevieux, and conse- 

 quently bears a higher price. These, which are the 

 only salt-works in Switzerland, scarcely yield a net 

 yearly profit of more than jS3000, and furnish only 

 one-twelfth of the annual consumption of the cantons. 

 The remainder is procured chiefly from France, which 

 by treaty provides the Swiss States with this com- 

 modity at a moderate price. Indeed, so high is the 

 tax upon salt in that kingdom, that even the French 

 salt is sold two-thirds cheaper in Switzerland than in 

 many parts of France. The ordinary price of com- 

 mon salt throughout the canton, is three halfpence 

 per pound." See Coxe's Travels in Switzerland, 

 vol. ii. p. 104. Letter xliii. Bevieux is three miles 

 south of Aigi.e. (te) 



BEWCASTLE, a village of England, in the 

 county of Cumberland, situated on the river Line, 

 remarkable for some Roman antiquities, and a famous 

 obelisk decorated with figures in bas-relief, and con- 

 taining a Roman inscription. A particular account of 

 these ancient relics will be found in Hutchinson'* 

 History of Cumberland, (j ) 



BEVVDLY, or Beaui.ieu, a town of England, 

 in Worcestershire, finely situated on a declivity on 

 the banks of the river Severn, over which there 

 is a bridge erected by Edward IV. A curious her- 

 mitage, with a chapel and several apartments, is 

 hollowed out of the beautiful rock at the edge of the 

 water. The manufactures of Bewdly chiefly consist 

 in tanning, malting, and horn-work, and it carries on 

 a considerable trade in malt, leather, salt, and iron 

 ware, by means of the Severn, which is here naviga- 

 ble. Number of houses 787. Population 3671, of 

 whom 939 were returned as employed in trade and 

 manufacture. See Nash's History and Antiquities 

 of Worcestershire, (/') 



BEY, or Begh, the name of an inferior officer in 

 the Turkish empire, who governs one of the seven 

 sandgiacks into which each province of that empire 

 is divided. See Tunis, Turkey, and Sonnini's Tra- 

 vels, p. 424. ; Browne's Travels in Africa, p. 47. ; and 

 Volney's Travels, vol. i. (/) 



BEYKANEER, a province in the north-east of 

 Hindostan, bounded on the south by Joudpore ; on 

 the south-west by Jesselmere ; on the west by the 

 Desert ; on the north by the country of the Batnians ; 

 on the east by Hurrianah ; and on the south-east by 

 Jypore. Its width from east to west is about 80 

 coss, and its length, from north to south, 120 coss. 

 The soil of this province is very unproductive, ex- 

 cepting near some of the villages at its eastern boun- 

 dary; but even there the labour of the husbandman is 

 scarcely repaid. Hence the inhabitants arc obliged 

 to import from their neighbours rice, corn, sugar, 

 salt, opium, fee. In consequence of the rapid ab- 

 sorption of the rain in the sandy soil, the inhabitants 

 are obliged to dig pits for the preservation of the 

 water, which are generally 100 and 200 feet deep, 

 and sometimes even 300. Every family has a cis- 

 tern of this kind ; and sometimes the drought is so 

 great, that whole families are compelled to emigrate. 



