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wrag^s of the Kirghifes; but a n-iOrtalit'/ arron^ their cattle 

 filled up the meilure of their wretcaedtiefs, uhen th'ry 

 thought it drawing near to its end. Exempted from other 

 cares than thofe of the pailoral life, all have leifure to follow 

 thetiiliery; they preferve the fiih without fikin^, by letting 

 it dry on the ground. Awkward in the ufi of the bo-.v, 

 they are obliged to take the game in foares, iu nets, or by 

 the aid of their dogs. Thefe animals are excellent courfcrs, 

 and their mallei's would not truck a good dog agaiall a 

 horfe. 



The women drefs the (kins of the birds that frequent the 

 bkes, making them into ptlilf;:?, which they fell. Thcfs 

 peliifcs are ver)- warm, lad a long tirr.e, and arc impenetrable 

 to moillurc. Every village has a chief, and each dillrift its 

 yaouta, who is a fort of prince. The nation grants them 

 no revenue; all they get by their elevation is the pleafure of 

 being refpecled, and of feeming to be obeyed. Confulttd 

 lefs as judges than as arbitrators, it is eafy for them to fet- 

 tle difputes between pleaders, to whom it is almoft the fame 

 thing to gain or to lofe their caufe, and they arc fcarcely 

 capable of conceiving a defire. 



It has been faid, that the Mohammedans never attempt to 

 make proftlytes; this feems to be a miftake. Towards the 

 middle of the late century, the Barabinians were ftill devoted 

 to Shamanifm, when they were converted to Mohammedan- 

 ifm by the zeal of fome neighbouring Moulahs, who came and 

 preached in their lleppes. At prefent they have feveral huts 

 which they call mofques, fom.e men who cannot read, whom 

 they call priefts, and by changing their faith they have only 

 acquired a few additional fuperftitions. 



BARACE, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a carton in the diftricl 

 of Chateauneuf, four leagues N.N. E. of Angers, and t«o 

 E.S.E. of Chateauneuf. 



Barace, or Bccare, in /Indent Geography, a town of India 

 on th.s fide of the Ganges, in the gulf of Canthi, according 

 to Ptolemy. It was iituatcd at ti-e mcuth of the river, 

 which paffcd to Ncleonda, according to the author of the 

 I'eriplus of the Erythrsan fca. It was a m.ore commodious 

 port, and better llored with merchandife than Muziris, 

 from which it was not far dilf ant ; and as the pepper of 

 Cottonara was brought to tliis place in fmall boats, it may 

 be concluded, that B^irace was within, or near to the country 

 of Canara, which produces the bcft pepper in thofe parts at 

 the prefent day. Major RenncU fays, that after much in- 

 veftigation, he cannot apply to any particular fpot thefe 

 ports of Muziris and Barace^ for the Malabar coall abounds 

 with ports of fimiiar defcription; however, from the lights 

 furnilhed by Pliny and Ptolemy, he conceives they were 

 fituated between Goa and Tellicheny, and that the modern 

 Meerzaw or Merjee is the Muziris of the ancients, and Bar- 

 celore or Bafllnore, which is one of the principal pepper fac- 

 tories at prefent, their Barace. M. d'Anvilie iuppofes 

 Barace to be Ne'cynda, which Rennell takes to be Neli- 

 faram. Rcnnell's Mem. Introd. p-J?- 



BARACK, or Barrack, Baraque, a hut or little 

 lodge for foldiers in a camp. 



The word comes from the SpaniiTi larracas, little cabins, 

 which fifliermen make on the fca-(hore. 



Thofe for the horfe were form.erly called baracks ; and 

 thofe for the foot, huts; but barack is now ufcd inditferently 

 for both. 



Baracks are generally made by fixing four forked poles in 

 the ground, and laying four others acrofs them ; afterwards 

 they build up the walls with fods, wattles, or what the place 

 affords ; and the top is planked, thatthed, or covered with 

 turfj as they have convenience. 



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Wlien the ai-my is in winter quarters, the foldiers ufualjy 

 build baracks; in the fumnier they are content with their 

 tents. 



Baracks is alfo more generally applied to buildings 

 to lodge folditrs in fortified towns, or others. Thus we fay 

 the baracks of the Savoy, of Dublin, &c. 



Baracks, whtn damp, are greatly prejudicial to the health 

 of the foldiers lodged in them; cccafioning dyfcnteries, in- 

 termitting fevers, coughs, rheumatic piins, &c. For which 



have any figns of m.oilhire. 



BAKACK-yli'otvan^i; a fpecific allowance of bread, beer, 

 coals, &c. to the regi.-v.er.ts ftationeJ in baracks. 



BARACK-(7i/(Tri/, the principal guard of a regiment in 

 baracks; the ofiicer of which is rtfponfible for the regularity 

 of the men, and for all prifoners duly committed to his charge 

 while on that duty. 



'S) AK.\cv.-MaJicr-Gi-r.,'raI, a llafF-officcr at the head of the 

 barack department, who has a number of barack-mafters 

 and deputies under him, that are llstioned at the different 

 baracks. Ke has an ofiice and clerks for the d'fpatth of bufi- 

 nefs; and to this olTice all reports, Sec. refpeCling the barack. 

 department are made. 



BARACOA, in Geography, a fea-port town at the 

 north-eail end of the iOand of Cuba, having a good harbour 

 for fmall velfels, but not for large (hips; dillant about feven- 

 teen leagues north-eall from St-Jago.- N. lat. 21° 4'. 

 W.long. 76' 10'. 



BARACUM, in jindent Geography, a town of the inte- 

 rior part of Africa, which Pliny mentions an:ong the con- 

 quefts of Cornelius Balbus. 



BARACURA, a commercial town of India, on the other 

 fide of the Ganges. Ptolemy. 



BAR ACUS, a river of India, in the fouthem part of the 

 ifland cf Taprobana. Ptolemy. 



BARAD, a town of PalelUne, in the fouthem part of 

 the tribe of" Jtul:", according to the book of Numbers. 



BAILADjEUS, orZANZ,ALUs, Jacobus, \a Biography, 

 an obfctire monk of the fixth centurj-, wlio revived the feci 

 of the Monophyfites, when it was jutl expiring, to its for- 

 mer profpcrity and lullre. For this purpcfe, after having 

 been ordained to the epifcopal ofEce by a few captive bi'Tiops, 

 he ti-avcl'ed on foot through the w hole eaft, eRabHfned bifhops 

 and prcfbyters every where, reviTcd the drooping fpirits of 

 the Monophyfites, and produced fuch an aftoniiliing change 

 in tluir aifairs by the power of his eloquence, and by his 

 incredible diligence and activity, that when he died bi(hop 

 of Edcfla, A. D.5S3, he left his fe£l in a mcil flourifhing 

 (late in Syria, Mcl'opotamia, Aimenia, Egypt, Nubia, AbyU 

 finia, and other countries. This poor monk had the wifdom 

 to concert the means of fuccefs, as well as activity to put 

 them in execution ; for he almoil totally txtingui(hed all the 

 animofities, and reconciled all the failions, thnt had divided 

 the Monophyfites ; and when their churches became fo nu- 

 mcrons in the eaft, that they could not aU be comprehended 

 under the fole jurifdiclion of the patiiarch of Antioch, he 

 appointed, as hisaffUlant, the primate of the eaft, whofe rcfi- 

 dence was at Tagritis, on the borders of Armenia. The labo- 

 rious efforts of Jacob were leconded in Egypt and the adjacent 

 countries by Tbeodofius, bi(hop of Alexandria ; and he 

 became fo famous, that all the Monophyfites of the eaft 

 confidered him as their fecond parent and founder; and they 

 are to this day called Jacobites, in honour of their new chief, 

 MofheimEccl. Hill, vol. ii. p. 145. See Mosophvsites. 

 and Jaccbites. 



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