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The procurator commanded her to be scourged in 

 public as a slave, and her daughter to be violated by 

 his officers. 



Exasperated at these unprovoked aggressions, the 

 Iceni rose in arms. Boadicea inflamed their jcourage 

 by a species of powerful eloquence which she seems 

 to have possessed; and the spirit of revolt, which was 

 kindled from individual wrongs, was speedily infused 

 into the neighbouring nations. The insurgents soon 

 amounted to above 120,000, and began their offen- 

 sive operations against the Romans. Camalodunum 

 was taken, and the inhabitants put to the sword. The 

 ninth legion was cut to pieces, and Petilius Cerealius, 

 who commanded the cavalry, was compelled to en- 

 trench himself in his camp. In order to quell this 

 rebellion, Suetonius Paulinus marched by a danger- 

 ous route to Augusta (London); but as he reckon- 

 ed this post untenable, he retired to unite his scat- 

 tered forces. The eastern part of the island was 

 now in the possession of Boadicea. The blood of 

 70,000 of her persecutors had been shed to expiate 

 her wrongs; and her army now amounted to 230,000. 

 Even against this powerful host, Suetonius determin- 

 ed to risk a battle. He waited in silence the ap- 

 proach of the Britons, who began the attack with 

 loud shouts and songs of victory ; but the skill 

 and intrepidity of the Romans repelled this furious 

 attack, and gained a great and decisive battle, with 

 the loss only of 400 killed. More than 80,000 of 

 the Britons fell in this engagement, which put an 

 end to the hopes and the power of the insurgents. 

 Dispirited by this irretrievable defeat, and dreading 

 the consequences of becoming a Roman captive, Boa- 

 dicea either died with chagrin, or ended her days by 

 poison, (A. D. 61.). Sec Dion. Hint. Roman, lib. 

 Ixii. cap. 1 12. Tacit. Annal. lib. xiv. cap. 31 

 37. Hume's Hitt. of England, chap. i. p. 8. () 



BOADJOOS, a set of itinerant Mahometan fisher- 

 men, of uncertain origin, who live on the coasts of 

 Borneo, Celebes, and other adjacent islands, iu small 

 covered boats, which are managed by the women. 

 Their chief occupation is fishing and making salt, 

 which they obtain from sea-weed. The language of 

 the Boadjoos is peculiar to themselves, but they have 

 no written characters. See Stavorinus's Voyages, 

 vol. h. p. 24-0. (j) 



BOAR, Wild, the Sus Scrofa of sytematic natu- 

 ralists. The description and habits of this animal 

 will be found under the article Mammalia. In 

 the present article we shall merely give a short ac- 

 count of the method of killing and hunting the boar. 



The wild boar abounds in various parts of Europe 

 and Asia, and also in the north of Africa ; and in 

 every country that it frequents, it affords a barbarous 

 amusement to the natives. 



The best season for hunting boars is between 

 September and December, before they go to rut. 

 The oldest boars are the best subjects for this sport, 

 as they do not run far, and often stop to repel the 

 dogs ; while the young boar runs to a great distance, 

 and docs not allow the dogs to approach it. As the 

 boar leaves a strong odour behind him, and moves 

 very slowly, trained mastiffs arc preferable to fine 

 hunting dogs, which would lose the power of their 



nose, and acquire a habit of moving slowly. When 

 the dogs are in full chace, the huntsman rides into 

 the middle of them, and impedes and disheartens the 

 boar by charging him with his spear. When the 

 animal finds a place of shelter, he will stand at bay, 

 and attack the dogs as they attempt to seize him. 

 In this situation the huntsmen generally strike the 

 boar with their spear or lance; but this is done with 

 the utmost caution, as he attempts to catch their 

 spear upon his snout or tusk, and often attacks them 

 in the most ferocious manner. The blow is generally 

 aimed between the eyes, or on the shoulder, where it 

 commonly proves fatal. When he attacks the hunts- 

 man, he sometimes endeavours to catch the spear in 

 his mouth, and when he succeeds in this attempt, the 

 huntsman will infallibly fall a prey to him, unless an- 

 other person attacks him behind. The boar returns 

 upon his second opponent, and is sure to fall under 

 this system of alternate attack. The dogs are some- 

 times provided with bells round their necks, which 

 often prevent the boar from attacking them. 



In the year 1787, a boar of an extraordinary size 

 near Cognac in Angoumois, resisted all the attempts 

 of the huntsmen, and killed several dogs and men 

 whenever he was attacked. He was at length slain, 

 and several bullets were found between his skin and 

 flesh. See Buffon's Hitt. Nat. torn. ix. ; and Sonni- 

 ni's Travels, p. 348, &c. (/') 



BOARDING. See Naval Tactics. 



BOAT, Life. The hazard to which mariners 

 are incessantly exposed, and the helpless condition of 

 mankind struggling with an element speedily destruc- 

 tive of existence, have led to many ingenious contri- 

 vances for the purpose of averting danger. Though we 

 cannot but lament that the expedients resorted to have 

 so often proved abortive, we must, in justice to the 

 inventors, maintain, that the waut of due deliberation, 

 which, in difficult situations, is generally indispensible 

 to success, has more frequently been the occasion 

 of failure than any imperfection in the expedients 

 themselves. About sixty years ago, jackets covered 

 with cork were adopted; yet notwithstanding the 

 certain and immediate security which, in ordinary 

 cases, the use of them will afford, they are now to- 

 tally neglected. Cords, in like manner, with buoy- 

 ant substances affixed, are formed to encircle the 

 body; and a buoyant apparatus has, in the course 

 of last year, (1810,) been exhibited in France, by 

 the aid of which a person can safely advance into 

 the sea, without the risk of sinking. The Chinese, 

 when going on voyages, provide themselves with a 

 very simple means of preservation in the event of 

 shipwreck. This consists of four spars joined toge- 

 ther, so as to form a square hollow frame, which be- 

 ing put below the-arms, easily supports a person float- 

 ing in the sea. Recently a gun has been employed 

 to throw a rope ashore, for .vhich contrivance a par- 

 liamentary reward has been given ; and it certainly 

 promises success, where a vessel is stranded, or is 

 driven towards a steep rocky shore. Nay, it is un- 

 doubted, that had the same expedient been tried, where 

 there was full opportunity of doing so, the fatal con- 

 sequences of many most deplorable shipwrecks might 

 have been averted. But an invention which ha* 



