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left to charitable ufes. One of tlie tvufteJS, Dr. Slin-pi 

 prebendary of Durham, rcfidcd in this calUe, and appro- 

 priated a part of it to the accommodation of (hipwrecked 

 mariners, and to the purpoles ol a granary, which fcrvcd 

 for the fupply of the poor with corn, in dear feafoiis, at a 

 low price. A patmle was kept every flormy ni.;ht throngli 

 the whole extent of tlie manor, which was tight miles, tor 

 the fuccour of the diftrcircd ; and by the mode of firing a 

 cannon from the caille, the place where any difaftroiis acci- 

 dent occurred was pointed out, and dire&ions given for the 

 neighbouring people to alTord afiiftance. This village is 

 four miles call from Belford, and 324 north of London. 



BAMBOTHUM, in Ancient Geo;;iraphy, a river of Afri- 

 ca, in Lower I^ibya, ft.om wliicli extended a chain of moun- 

 tains as far a-^ mount Tlicon Ocherna. Pliny. 



BAMBOUK, in Geogniphy, a kingdom of v,-e(l:ern Africa, 

 ikuate l.-etwern the riveis Eating and Faleme, which, by theii- 

 junction with the Kokoro and other ftreams, form the river Se- 

 negal ; and bounded on the north by Kajaaga and Kafioon, 

 on the call by the rivers Bafing and Brooko, on the fouth 

 by Konkodoo or Concoudou, and Satadoo, and on the well 

 by the river Faleme and Bondou. The town of Bambouk is 

 fcatcd on a ilream v.hich joins the river Faleme, and lies, ac- 

 cording to Rennell's map, in about N. lat. 13° 24'. W. long. 

 y° 10'. This country, according to the account of the pro- 

 ceedings of the African affociation, io inhabittd by a nation 

 whofe woolly hair and lable complexion denote them to be of 

 the negro race ; but their charr.fter feems to vary in propor- 

 tion as the country rifcs from thi plains of its vvellern diviiion 

 to the highlands of the eaft. The inhabitants are diftin- 

 guifhed into fcfls or parties like the people of "Woolli and 

 Bondou, by the different tenets of Mahometans and Deifts ; 

 they are equally at peace vvitli one another, and mutually 

 tolerate the opinions they refpeftivcly condemn. Their 

 chief occupations are agriculture and paflurage ; but they 

 have made fuch progrefs in the arts and manufafturcs, that 

 they are able to fir.elt iron, and to furnifh themfelves with 

 the feveral inftrumcnts of huitbandry and war. Their pro- 

 cefs for weaving cotton cloth, the habit of this part of 

 Africa, is difficult and laborious. Their common vegetable 

 food appears to confilt of rice, and their ar.imal diet of 

 beef or mutton ; a liquor prepared from fermented ho- 

 ney fupplies the want of wine, and furnifhes the means of 

 thofe feftive entertainments that conftitute the luxury of 

 the court of Bambouk. The kmg of Bambouk gave to 

 major Houghton a friendly reception at Fcrbanne, where 

 lie refidcd ; but the major did not long furvive this vifit. 

 The mountains of Konkodoo, characleriftically fo called 

 hecaufe it is the " country of mountains," extend through 

 Bambouk and Kaflbn, and are produftive in gold. Pro- 

 ceedings of the African Aflociation, by major RenncU, 1798. 

 BAMBRIDGE, or Baikbridge, Chnjlopher, in Bio- 

 graphy, an Englifh divine, was a native of Hilton, near 

 Appleby, in Weilmorcland, and a lludent in Qiieen's col- 

 lege, Oxford. By a rapid progrefs he was advanced, in 

 1507, to the fee of Durham ; and in the next year, 

 to the archbifhopric of York. Under Henry VIL he 

 regained that royal favour, which had been interrupted 

 in the rtign of Richard III.; was made almoner to that 

 prince, and omphiytd by him in feveral foreign embaflies. 

 In the r<<ign of Henry VHL he was engaged in a nego- 

 tiation with pope Juhus H. under a pretence of rcftoring 

 peace to Europe, but in reality to excite the pope's enmity 

 agaiiift the king of France. Bambridgc, attentive to his 

 own intereft, cont<iv<;d fo to ingratiate himfelf with the 

 pope, as to obtain a cardinal's hat and an informal prece- 

 dency in the conclave. He was alfo appointed legate ©f the 



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ecclefiaRica! army, which was then bcfie^(n;r Baftia. Upon 

 liis return home, he manifcfted his gratitude to the pope 

 by inducing liis royal mafter to enter into an imnccellary 

 war in his defence. Ambition feems to have been the rul- 

 ing principle of Bam.bridge \ of his learning no evidence re- 

 mains J and aa to his temper, tio favourable opinion can be 

 entertained of it if we advert to tlie tragical incident that 

 clofed his life. Iiifiamed with refentment againft Renaud 

 of Modena, his major-domo, he fell upon him with fury 

 and heat him ; and the enraged domellic r-vcnged himfelf 

 for the infult and abufe, by adminiilcring to his maflcr a dofc 

 of poifon. This happened at Rome, on ihj 14th of July 

 151.).. Biog. Brit- 



BAMBUKALAISI, in Gnyraphy, a town of Aliatic 

 Turkey, in the province of NatoUa, twelve miles nortii of 

 Degnizlu. 



FjAMBU.'^.A, in Botany, Lin. gen. Schreb. 607. Clafs, 

 hcxiinHria 7iwt'0^ynia. Gen. Char. CrJ. none, except glume- 

 like brades fcattered, often three under each fpikclct, ob- 

 long, pointed, concave, keeled, unequal, fliorter than the 

 llofcul".-., two oppofite, the tliird leaning on the flat fide of 

 the fpikelet ; fpikelets lanceolate, dlltichous, compreffed, 

 fharp, nearly hve-flowered. Cor. glume two-valved ; valve 

 inferior, oblong, veiitricofe, acuminate, towards the tip 

 keeled and ftreaked ; interior lanceolate, flat, with eompli- 

 catcd margins, ciliate, a little longer than the inferior, and 

 projecting from it ; nettary two-leaved, fiat at the anterior 

 fide of the germ ; leaflets ovate, acuminate, bearded at the 

 tip, membranoi:s. Sf/i?n. filaments fix, capillary, almoft 

 the length of the corolla ; anthers parallclopiped, two cleft 

 at the bafe. Pi/l. germ oblong ; ftyle capillary, two cleft ; 

 ftigmas feathery. Per. none; corolla c!«eiiihes the feed, 

 gapes? lets it fall? feed fingle, oblorg. Oif. The fuperior 

 flolcules in feveral fpikelets examined by Schrtbtr u-ere 

 merely male ; he therefore fays, " ough.t not this genus to 

 be transferred to polygamiaV For the reft lee Arund9 

 Bambos, and Nastus. Gmelin has made two genera of 

 this, under Bambus, and Nallus. 



BAMBYCE, in ylncicnl Geography, a town of Afia, in 

 AfTyria, beyond the Euphrates ; called alio, according to 

 Strabo, EdelTa, and Hierapolis. 



BAMFF, or Bankf, in Geography, the capital of BanfT- 

 (hire, in I^cotland, ftands on a gentle declivity at the mouth of 

 the Deveron, a confiderable dream which has its fource among 

 the mountains of Abcrdeenflnre, and after winding through 

 narrow vallies and well cultivated plains, falli into the 

 Moray frith, a little below this ancient burgh. The earlieft 

 authentic document we meet with relating to this town 

 ftates, that Robert H. by virtue of charter, dated Oflober 

 7, 1372, confen-ed on it all the immunities ai.d piivileges 

 of a royal burgh ; which were afterwards conlirmed by 

 James VI. and further by his grandfon Charles II. Soon 

 after the union ol South and North Britain, tijis burgh, in 

 common with many others, loll much ot its political im- 

 portance ; as by that event it was united witli Inverary, 

 Cullen, Elgin, and Kintore, which return but one repie- 

 fentative to parliament. Agreeable to the Sett, or niuuicipal 

 government of BamfT, two thirds of its magiftrates are re- 

 elefted annually. Duff-houfe, the family rtfidenee of the 

 earl of F'ife, together with the pleafure grounds and planta- 

 tions around that truly magnificent nianfion ; the harbour 

 which is defended by a battery, and the (hipping ; the plain 

 fubftantial bridge ot ieven arches over the fmooth winding 

 Deveron ; the caille of Bamft belonging to the carl of 

 Finlater ; the town houfc and priion, including its hand- 

 fome fpire ; the parilh church, an elegant and newly bnilt 

 llructure ; are ftriking and interefting objefts, with refpcdt 



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