BAR 



hi? merit in h'n appropriate i\y1e of painting, his hiftorical 

 fiibi'jfts, from facrcd and profane anthorj, were rniirh ad- 

 ifiiied. He was born at Florence in 1542, and died in 1612. 

 rilkinp-to'i. 



BARBATIA, in Jndni Geography, a town of Afia, 

 towards the Tigris. It belonged to the Arabs, according 

 to Vliny. 



BARBATINA, or Semen contra, in the Materia Me- 

 d'tca, a feed which is efficacious in extirpating worms from 

 the human body, to wliich children are chiefly hable; it 

 comes from Perfia, and the borders of Mufcovy. This feed, 

 when good, is plump, of an agreeable fcent, and very 

 green. Special care muft be taken that it be not dyed 

 preen, and that the feed of fouthern-wood be not fold in- 



ftead of it. 



BARBATISSUS, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Afia, near the weftern bank of the Euphrates, on the 

 fmall river Daradax, fouth-vvell of Niccphoriuni, about 

 25''4o'lat. 



BARBATO, in Geography, a river of Spam, which runs 

 into the Atlantic, between Cadiz and the Itraits of Gibrahar, 

 about 9 leagues fouth of Cadiz. 



Barfato, or Puerto Barbatn, a fea-port town of fipain, 

 in Andalufia, on the coaft. of the Atlantic, near the mouth 

 cf the river Barbato. 



BARBATULA, in lehthyohgy, a fpecies of Cobitis 

 with fix cirri ; head unarmed and comprcffed. (Linn.) This 

 is the bearded loche of Englilh writers; enchelyopus, &g. 

 Klein; cobitis fluviatilis, Ray; fundulus, Marfd. 



" Tl'-c bearded loche is a native of Europe and Afia; and 

 is moil frequent in frelh-watcr Ifreams and lakes in moun- 

 tainous conntries. From its habit of lurking at the bottom 

 cf the water, on the gravel, it has been called the ground- 

 ling; but the latter name is now given to the fpiny loche, a 

 fidi diftinguithed from the prefent by having a forked fpine 

 under each eye. and is that fpecies of cobitis which Gmelin 

 calls taenia, 



" This is a fertile creature; it fpawns in the month of 

 March and April, and grows to the length of three or four 

 inches, but feldom larger. It feeds on aquatic infefts ; and, 

 we are told by Mr. Pennant, is frequent in the ftream near 

 Ame(bui7 in Wiltfhire, where the fportfmen, through frolic, 

 fwallow it down alive in a glafs of wine. 



'.' The loche is found in greater abundance in France, and 

 ether parts of Europe, than in England; and are in fuch 

 high tllimation for their exquilite delicacy and flavour, that 

 they are often tranfported with confiderable trouble from 

 the rivers they naturally inhabit, to waters more contiguous 

 to the cftates of the great. This is ufually performed in 

 Avinter; and it is neceflary to keep the water in continual 

 .agitation the whole way, as the fifh would otherwife die. 

 Frederic I. king of Sweden, had them brought in this man- 

 ner from Germany into his country, where they have been 

 fmct naturalized; a circumftancc that leads us to conclude 

 *hcy were either fcarce, or not originally natives of that 

 country. 



" In the dorfal fin of the fpecimcn defcrlbed, are nine 

 raysi in the ptftoral eleven; ventral ii<,',hl ; anal feven; 

 and in the tail nineteen." Doaov. Brit. Fifiies, vol. i. 



p. 22. 



BARBATUS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Cf.rambyx 

 (Prionus), of a large fize, that iniuibits South America. The 

 thorax is entire; jaws ferruginous, and very hairy ; antennas of 

 a moderate hzc. (Fabricius.) Antennae rough, extreme joint 

 fmooth and comprtfled; (hell pitchy ; abdomen villous white ; 

 ■Jegs black. 



Barbatus, a fpecicB of Scarab^us, that is unarmed. 



BAH 



fmooth, and black; vent bearded. (Fabricins.) A native of 

 India. 



BAP.nATVi, 'in Ichthyology, a fpecies ofOoBius, \vith fan- 

 (haptd pettoral t-Vip ; twelve rays in the iiril dorfal fin, and 

 thirteen in the fecond. its native country is unknown. 

 Gmelin. 



Baruatus, a fpecies of Lophius, of a dcprefled form, 

 with the lower jaw bearded. (Montin. aft. fuec, 1779.) In- 

 habits the feas in the northern parts of Europe, is abont 

 three inches and a half in length, and is extremely rapacious. 

 Perhaps not ditliuft from loplnus VefpertiTio. Gmelin. 



Barlatus, in Ornithology, a Ipecies of Falco, of a 

 whiiilh red colour, with the back brown; avid a black llrip« 

 above and beneath the eyes. Gmelin, 5;c. I'^u'lur barbalus 

 Linn. Vulliirine cjigk Albiiu 



Of this biid there is a variety of a rufous colo'.ir, with th» 

 back black; head and neck above rufous white; quill and 

 tail feathers brown. Valtar aureus Biill. Vuilur b9:4i,ifi 

 Ray. Golden ■vu/ture Wiliugh.by and Latham. A tb.ird 

 variety occurs, fr.Ieo magnin Ginil. It. in wh.ich the cere is 

 bluilh; legs and body bcneaiii chclnut, intermixed with 

 white; tail cinereous. 



The firit kind inli.ihits the Alps; the two latter the moun- 

 tainous parts of Pulia. It is larger than the golden eagle, 

 meafuring rather more than four feet in length; is very 

 daring, flies in flocks, and will attack men as well as 

 animals. 



BARBE, or Barr, in Zoology and Commerce, a kind of 

 horfe brought from Barbary, much eflcemed for its beauty, 

 vigour, and fwiftnefs. Barbs have a long fine neck, not 

 overcharged with hair, and well divided from the withers ; 

 the head is fmall and beautiful ; the ears are hnndfnme and 

 properly placed ; the (hoi'.kkrs are light and flat ; the wi- 

 thers are thin and well raifcd ; tlie back is (Iraight and fliort ; 

 the flank and fides are I'ound, and the belly not too large ; 

 the haunch bones are properly concealed ; the crupper is 

 fomewhat long, and the tail placed rather high ; the thigh 

 i« well formed, and rarely flat ; the limbs are fine, hand- 

 fome, and not hairy ; the tendon is prominent, and the foot 

 well made ; but the paRern is often long. They are of all 

 colours, but generally grayilh. In their movements they 

 are apt to be carclefs, and require to be checked. They 

 are fwift, nervous, light, and make very fine hunters. Thefe 

 horfcs appear to be the moll proper for improving the breed. 

 The fl;alure, however, is not fo large as could be wifhed. 

 They are feldom above four feet eight inches, and never ex- 

 ceed four feet nine inches, or 14^ hands. It is confirmed 

 by repeated experience, that in France, England, &c. they 

 produce foals which grow larger than their parents. Of 

 the Barbary horfes, thofe of tlie kingdom of Morocco are 

 faid to be the befi:, and next to thcfe are the Barbs from 

 the mountains. The horfes of Mauritania are of an inferior 

 quality, as well as thofe of Turkey, Perfia, and Armenia. 

 Bufi'oii's Nat. Hid. voh iii. p. 357. It ia. a maxim, that 

 barbs grow ripe, but never grow old, becaufe they retain 

 their vigour to the lad, which makes them prized for ftal- 

 lions : their mettle, according to the duke of Newcaflle, 

 never ceafes but with their lives. It is faid, tliey were an- 

 ciently wild, and ran at large in the defcrts of Arabia ; and 

 that it was in the time of the cheq Iflimacl, that they firll 

 began to tame them. It is alfo affirmed, that there are 

 barbs in Africa that will outrun oftriehes ; fuch have been 

 ordinarily fold, according to Dapper, for 1000 ducats, or 

 100 camels. They are fed very fparingly, and, as Dapper 

 fays, with camel's milk. It is added, that in Barbary they 

 preferve the genealogy of their Barbs with as much care as 

 the Europeans do that of their nobk families ; and that in 



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