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BARGIACIS, in /Inrient Geography, a town of Hif- 

 pania Tarraconenfis, fituated in the inner part of the coun- 

 try, and in the territory of the Vaccreans. Ptolemy. 



BARGIE, in Geography, the name of a barony in the 

 foiithern part of the county of Wexford, province of Ltin- 

 fter, Ireland, which, with the adjoining one of Forth, was 

 peopled by the followers of earl Strongbow. The lan- 

 gnage ufed there is faid to be a broken Saxon, more like 

 Flcmifh than Engliili, and not one in a hundred knows any 

 thing of Irifii. " They are evidently," fays Mr. Young, " a 

 diftinft people, and I could not but remark that their fea- 

 tures and call of coiinlenance varied very much from the com- 

 mon native Irifh. The girls and women are handlonie, hav- 

 ing much better features and complexions. Their induftry 

 is fnperior to that of their neighbours ; and their better 

 living and habitations are alfo diftinftions not to be forgot- 

 ten. The poor have all bailey bread and pork, herrings 

 and potatoes. On the coa.1 there is a confiderable fiflitry 

 of herrings." Both men and women wear draw hats, which 

 give them a comic appearance. The inhabitants are rec- 

 koned more indullrious and cleanly, and better farmers than 

 in any other part of Ireland ; but Mr. Young found their 

 fyftem very defedtive. The farms were in general from 20 

 to 80 acres at an average rent of a guinea per acre. The 

 foil is light, and being extremely well tilled, produces large 

 quantities of barley. Young's Tour, and Latocna) 's Ram- 

 bles through Ireland. 



BARGOSA, in ylnctent Geography, a town of India, 

 which was the country of the philofopher Zarmaiiochegas, 

 who committed himfelf to the flames in the prefence of 

 Augullus, according to Strabo. 



B ARGOT A, in Geogi-aphy, a town of Spain, in Na- 

 varre, 6 leagues from Eftell:-:. 



BARGULIA, or Bargulus, in Ancient Geography, a 

 place of lUyria, in the neighbourhood of the people deno- 

 minated Parthini, which Philip ceded to the Romans by a- 

 treaty, 204 years before the vulgar <era. 



BARGUS, a river of Illyria, both fides of which were 

 inhabited by the Scordifci ; it difchargcd itfclf into the liter, 

 according to Strabo. PUny fays, that a river of this name 

 flowed into the Hebrus. 



BARGUSII, an ancient people of Spain, to whom en- 

 voys were fent from Rome to folicit the Spaniards to take 

 part with the Romans rather than with the Carthaginians. 

 They inhabited the interior of Spain, on the other fide of 

 the Ebrus ; and were fubdued by Hannibal. Livy, 1. xxi. 

 c. 19, 23. 



BARGUSIN, in Geography, a town of Siberia, in the 

 province of Nert(liinlk,in the government of I rkutik, formerly 

 an oftrog, now a circle-town, on the right bank of the river 

 Bargiifin, 20 verlls above wliere it falls into the Bargnfininn 

 bay of the Baikal, 53'^ lat. 127° long. 524 verfts north-tail 

 from Irkutflc. It is chiefly remarkable on account of the 

 baths ill its diftrift. They were difcovercd in a wafle re- 

 gion at the didance of eighty ver'ls from any habitation. 

 M. Grand, furgcon to a regiment quartered in thofe parts, 

 having fuccefsfully prefcribed the ufc of thcfe batlis to fe- 

 Teral patients, M. Von Klitdia, the governor of Irkcit(l<, 

 in !779, caiifed fome buildings to be erifted there. They 

 have proved of great benefit to perfons afflifted with rheu- 

 matifm, fcurvy, phthifis, and other complaints of a like 

 nature. The water is drank either pure, or, on account of 

 its naufeous tafle refcmbling that of rotten eggs, mixed with 

 milk. It promotes perfpiration, does no: quench thirft, 

 and may be drank in large portions. When boiled, it is of 

 a very agreeable tafte, and is particularly good witli tea. 



EARGYLA, Barcylia, or Barcilea>, in Ancient 



Geography, a town of Afia Minor, in Caria, near Jafor 

 and Miiidos. It is mentioned by Pliny, Strabo, and Pto- 

 lemy. It was fituated near the Meander, fouth of Miletus. 

 M. d'Anvillc places it north-eall of Halicarnaifus, on the 

 gulf called laiilus. 



BARGYLUS, a mountain of Phasnicia, on the confines 

 of Syria, on the way towards Antiochcnc. It was fituated 

 north of mount Libanus. 



BARH-NAGASH, in Geography. See Baharna- 



GASH. 



BART, a fea-port town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na- 

 ples, on the coait of the Adriatic ; once the capital of a 

 province of tl* fame name, and fee of an archbilhop. It 

 is well-built, populous, and lias a good trade. Tht har- 

 bour was almofl dcllroycd by the Venetians. 120 miles 

 E.N.E. of Naples. N. lat. 41'' 31'. E. long. 17° 40'. It 

 contains, fays Swinburne, about 6000 perfons. , 



Bar I, or Terra di Bart, a province of Naples, deriving' 

 its name from its capital. It is bounded on the north aud 

 north-eaft by the fea, on the eaft and lonth-eaft by the pro- 

 vince of Otranto, on the fouth by the Bafilicata, and on 

 the weft and north-weft by the Capitanata. It is about 

 62 miles long, and its mean breadth is rather more than 20 

 miles. It produces corn, wine, oil, cotton, iaflron, ar.d 

 fruits ;' and the coaft is guarded atjainft the corfuirs by fix- 

 teen towers. Its fea-ports are Barlctta, Trani, Bari, and 

 Molfefra ; its mountains are Sanazzo, Femina Morta, Lu- 

 puhi, Franco, and St. Agoftino; and its rivers are Ofanto 

 and Cane. The extent, according to Swinburne, is 869,097 

 moggie, 5 moggio being equal to 4 Englifli acres : and he 

 ftates the number of its inhabitants to be 281,048. The 

 city of Bari is the ancient Barium ; and coins ftruek by its 

 principal magiftrates ftill exift. The Lombards, Greeks, 

 and Saracens difpnted the poflcfiion of this city in the ninth 

 century. In tlie tenth, it rofe to diftinction on becoming 

 the rcfidence of the Greek cutapan or viceroy, and of a me- 

 tropolitan bifhop. The book of conftitutions, compiled 

 for the juridical government of the province, and ftill in 

 ufe, is a refpedable voucher for the importance and policy 

 of Bari during the middle ages. About the year 1000, 

 Bari became the fcene of confpiracies and revolutions. Mclo 

 confederated againft the Grecian emperor in this place ; but 

 it retained its lubjcCtion to the eaftern emperor, and was 

 one of the laft and fi'rmeft fupports of his dominion. In 

 1067, Robert Guifcard inverted it by fea and land, and en- 

 clofed it by a femicircle of fiiips joined together by chains 

 and booms, in order to prevent its obtaining fuccours. This 

 blockade lafted four years. Earl Roger afterwards joined 

 his brother with a ftrong fleet, defeated the Imperial 

 fquadron fcnt for the relief of the city, and made its ad- 

 miral prifoner ; upon which Bari opened its gates to the 

 conquerors. A citadel was ereded by king Roger for fe- 

 curing tlie allegiance of this town, but it was hardly finifhed 

 when Lothr.rius razed it to the ground. At this time, Bari 

 was a populous and llrong place. It was aftcrv^'ards treated 

 with great fevcrlty by William the Bad, who levelled the 

 dwellings of the inhabitants who joined in the grand rebel- 

 lion againft him to the ground. The city, however, muft 

 have nlen fpeedily out of its ruit.s, as the emperor Frede- 

 rick eftablilhed an annual fair here in 1233 ; but in 1248, 

 he ordered tiie town to be deftroyed, by way of piiniftiing 

 the inhabitants for treafonable praiftices. Bari frequently 

 changed its proprietors, till it was fettled by Alphonfus the 

 fecond upon the family of Sforza, in consideration of the 

 marriage of his daughter Ifabtlla with the duke of Milan. 

 According to treaty, thcfe eftalcs became the property of 

 Bona, ^ucciiof Poland, at wbofe death thia duchy returned 



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