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a certain number of his' fubjefts, whom he fells for flaves, 

 and exchanges fcr European cdmmoditics. The general 

 drefs of the people is a kind of callico furplice that hangs 

 down below the knee, and is fomctinies plaited about the 

 waill ; and they alfo wear a great number of gold trinkets 

 in their hair, ears, nofes, and round their necks, arms, and 

 legs. The king of Barfalli, whom Moore faw in 1732, had 

 a prodigious number of women ; but when he went abroad, 

 he was ieldom attended by more than two, who feemed to 

 be drefTcd cut in the whole fineiy and jewels of the feraglio. 

 The prefumptive heirs of the crown paid the fame fervile 

 homage to the fovercign with his lowcil fnbjecls : neverthe- 

 lefs it was ufual for the king's children to difpute the 

 right of fucceffion with his brethren ; and the longell fword 

 generally gained the prize. Mod. Un. Hill. vol. 14, p. 164, 

 &:c. See Jaloffs. 



BARSANTANI, in Church Hyiory, a feft who held all 

 the errors of the Severiaus and Theodofians. 



BAK.SANTI, Francisco, in Biogi-aphy, a native of 

 , liUCca, born about the year 1690, ftudied the civil law in 

 the univerfity of Padua ; but, after a iliort refidence there, 

 he chofe mufic for his profeffion. With this view he placed 

 liimfelf under the tuition of fome of the ableft mailers in 

 Italy ; and having attained a confiderable knowledge both in 

 the practice and theory of the art, he determined to fettle 

 in England, and came hither with Geminiani, who was alfo 

 a Lucchefe, in the year 17 14. He was a good performer 

 on the hautbois when he firll came over, and alfo on the 

 flute : as a hautbois player, he found employment in the 

 opera band ; and derived coniidcrable profit from teaching 

 tlie flute. He publifhed, with a dedication to the earl of 

 Burlington, fix folos for a flute with a thorough bafe, and 

 afterwards fix folos for a German flute and bale. He alfo 

 formed into fonatas for two viblins and a bafe, the firll fix 

 folos of Geminiani. He continued many years a performer at 

 the opera houfe. At length having encouragement to re- 

 move to Scotland, he went thither ; and it may be faid of 

 him with greater truth than of David Rizzio, that he me- 

 liorated the mufic of that country by collefting and making 

 bafcs to a great number of the moll popular Scots tunes. 



About the year 1750, Barfanti returned to London ; 

 but being advanced in years, he was glad to be again 

 employed in the opera band as a performer on the tenor 

 violin ; and in the fummer feafon, in that of Vanxhall. At 

 this time he publilhcd twelve concertos for violins, and foon 

 after Sci Anufone, in which he endeavoured to imitate Pa- 

 leflrina and the old eccltfiailical compofcrs. But the profits 

 arifing from thefe publications werE lb fmall, that the fale 

 did not cover the expence of printing them. Barfanti was 

 an excellent harmonifl ; but his prcduftinns were dry and 

 fancilefs. He acquired fmall fums by correftlng the pro- 

 dudtions of young compofcrs, and malcing bafes to thofe of 

 old pretenders to counterpoint. But towards the end of his 

 life, he fubliiled chiefly bv the induftry and economy of an 

 excellent wife whom he had m.arried in Scotland, and the 

 ftudies and talents of a worthy and ingenious daughter, 

 who, with the moil promifing voice and difpofition for mtt- 

 fic, had been bound apprentice to a mafter wh.o had under- 

 taken to prepare her for a public finger, and with whom 

 file had vanquAlied all the difSeulties of the art in point of 

 execution ; Isut fhe totally loft her finging voice, on going 

 to Oxford to perform at a choral meeting, by ficknels in 

 a .ftage conch ; and never being able afterwards to fing, 

 Ihe was engaged by Colman as a comic aftrtfs at his thea- 

 tre in the Haymarkct; and havinga great land of natural hu- 

 mour, and a good figure, acquired great applaulV. The win- 

 terafter ftie went to Ireland, and became a favourite aclrefs 

 in humorous parts, and at length was married to Mr. Da- 



ly, the manager of the Dublin theatre; but died foon after 

 to the great regret of all who knew her. 



BARSCHUIS, m Geography. See Baschkirs. 



BARSCHLING, or Borstling, in Ichthyology, one 

 of the fynonimoiis names of the common perch, perca J!u- 

 •vlatilh. Vide Marfigl. Danub. &c. 



BARSE, an Englifh name for the common perch, a 

 well-known frcfli-water filh. It is alfo the name now in 

 ufe for the fame fifh in the Saxon language, and is one of 

 the many Saxon words we have yet retained. 



BARSERS, in Geography, a town of Norway, 50 miles 

 N.E. of Romfdal. 



BARSIR, a town of Per.la, in the province of Kerman, 

 60 miles N.E. of Sirgian. 



BARSOUND, lies on thecoaft of Sweden, in the Bal- 

 tic', 15 leagues N. by W. from the north end of Oeland 

 iiland, and nine leagues from the Wefierwyk channel, among 

 a labyrinth of rocks, impalfable except by direction of pi- 

 lots at Oeland. 



BART, a port on the fouthern coaft of Nova Scotia, 



Bart is alfo a townlhip of Lancallcr county, in the ftate 

 of Pennfylvania. 



BARTAPOUR, a town of India, in the country of 

 Kemaoon, on an ifland in the Ganges, 93 miles call of 

 Bercilly, and 90 north of Lucknow. 



BAPvTAS, William de Salluste du, in Biography, 

 a French poet, was born, in 1544, at Montfort in Ar- 

 magnac ; and having entered into the fervice of Henry 

 IV. he was employed by him in commifTions to England, 

 Denmark, and Scotland, in which laft country James VI. 

 would gladly have retained him. He was a Calvinift, and 

 acquired in times of bad talle the reputation of a poet. 

 His works were numerous, written in a ftyle, fometimcs 

 mean and barbarous, and fometimes tumid and extravagant, 

 and abounding with ludierous and difgulting figures. His 

 moft famous work was " A Commentary on the Work of 

 the Creation of the World," in 7 books, which was held 

 in high eftimation, and paiTed through 30 editions, was 

 tranflated into various languages, and formed a part of al- 

 moft every religious library. Bartas is highly comm.ended 

 by Monf. de Thou for his candour, modefly, and fimplicity 

 of manners. Towards the clofe of his life he retired to his 

 fmall etlate of Du Bartas in Armagnac, and devoted himfelf 

 to iludy. He celebrated in verfe the viftory of his mafter 

 Henry at Ivry in 1 590, and died in the following year. 

 His works were colletfed and publiftied in folio, at Paris, in 

 161 1. Gen. Dift. Nouv. Diet. Hift. 



BARTAVELLE, in Ornhhology, among the French 

 naturalifts, the fame bird \Yhich Latham defcribes under tire 

 name of perilix rufa ; which fee. 



BARTEN, in Geography, a town of Pruffia, and capi- 

 tal of a fmall country called Bartenland, in the province of 

 Natangcn, 40 miles S. E. of Konigiberg. 



BARTENSTEIN, a town of Pruffia, in the province 

 of Nataiigen, feated on the river A!L', 28 miles fouth cf 

 Koniglherg. This town was built in 1331, and at firll 

 called Rrjlnthal. 



Bartenstei:} is alfo a town and caflle of Germany, 

 in the circle of Franconia and principality of Hohenlohe. 



BARTERING, \n Arithmdic mA Commerce, the aC\ of 

 trucking or exchanging one commodity for another of like 

 value. 



The word comes from the Spanilli larattir, to Jereive or 

 circumvent in bargaining ; perhaps becaufe thofe who dcsl 

 tliis way ufu.illy endeavour to over-reach one another. 



This is alfo called hartry, 13 Eliz. cap. 7. 



In order to folve ail qucflions that occur tmdtr this art>. 

 ck, find tiie value of that com.niodity, the quantity of 



which 



