BAT 



ncS^ed with the eminent pcrfons of this cliara£lcr who 

 adorned the beginning of the laft centui)'. Fioin the few 

 letters of his lordlhip that have been publifhed, it appears, 

 that his corrcfpondence was a real honour and pleafure to 

 thofe who enjoyed it. To the clofe of his hfe he prefervtd 

 his natural chearfuinefs and vivacity ; and he was always ac- 

 ceflible, hofpitable, and beneficent. He was fond of rural 

 araulcments ; and enjoyed, with a philofophical calmnefs, 

 the fliade of the trees which he had planted. Till within a 

 montii of his death, he conllantly rode out two hours in 

 the morning, and drank his boitle after dinner, jocofely ob- 

 ferviog, that he never could think of adopting Dr. Cado- 

 gan's regimen, as Dr. Chcyne had afTnred him fifty years 

 before, that he Avoidd not live feven years longer, unlcfs he 

 abridged himfelf of his wine. About two years before his 

 death, he had a party of friends ; and being loth to part 

 with them at an early hour in the evening, when his ion, 

 the chancellor, wifhed to retire, he faid to his companions 

 in a fprightly manner, as foon as his fon was gone, " Come, 

 mv good friends, fince the old gentleman is gone to bed, I 

 think we may venture to crack another bottii'." In 1772, 

 his lordfliip was advanced to the dignity of tail ; and having 

 lived to fee his eldell fnrviving ion feveral years lord high 

 chancellor of Great Britain, and promoted to a peerage by 

 the title of baron Apfley, he died in the 9 ill year of his 

 age, after a few days' illnefs, at his feat near Cirencefter, 

 on the 16th of September, in the year 1775. Biog. 

 Brit. 



BATHUS, in Enlomnlogy, a fpecies of Papii-IO {Pleb. 

 Rur.), with entire, black wings, glofied with blue; be- 

 neath white, with numerous black dots, and a continued 

 fulvous band. Fabricius. Inhabits Auftria. This is Pa- 

 Jj'i/io Ildltus of Schmetterl, and PdpU'w TeUph'n of Efper. 



BATHYCiHRUS Color, in Painting, a term iifed by 

 the Greeks to exprefs what the R.omans call aujlerus color. 

 Such a colour was coarfe and didl, and wanted the life of 

 the florid colours. See Evanthi Colores. 

 _ BATHYCOLPUS, in Jncient Geography, a bay and 

 river of Europe, in the Thracian Bofphorus. Hefychius. 



BATHYLLUS, and Pylades, in B'lography, the in- 

 ventors of a new method of reprefenting all kinds of thea- 

 trical pieces by dancing. Bathyllus was a freedman of 

 Mrtcenas, the ohjed. of his extravagant and hcentious at- 

 tachment ; and in compliance with the wiflies of Majcenas, 

 AugulUis countenanced thefe players and their a't. Bathyl- 

 lus excelled as a comic, and Pylades as a tragic pantomime. 

 They flourilhed under Auguftus, about the year B. C. 18. 

 From thefe two competitors for public fame in the refpeftive 

 departments of their art fprungtwo fects, eachof whichretain- 

 ed the name and preferved the manner and charafterof itsmaf- 

 ter. The dilciples of Bathyllus were called Bathylli, and thofe 

 of Pylades were denominated Pyladx. The Romans divided 

 themlelves into parties on account of thefe two pantomimes ; 

 and the intcrcft ot Bathyllus' s was at one time fo prevalent as 

 to procure the banilhment of Pylades. Upon his return Au- 

 gullus recommended his behaving better for thefuture,and not 

 attempting to divide the people into parties or factions. Py- 

 lades replied, " Cocfar, it is of fervice to you to have the 

 people bufied about Bathyllus and me." Gen. Did. Crev. 

 Hilt. vol. i. p. 122. . 



Bathyllus, in Ancient Geography, a fountain of Arca- 

 dia, in the Ptloponnefus, near Megalopolis. Paufanias. 



BATHYMl, a people of Arabia Felix. Ptolemy. 



BATHYS, a river of Phrygia Salutaris, which flov\-ed 

 in the north of this province, along the plain of the city 

 Dorylsum, and difcharged itfelf into the river Sangaris. 



BAT 



Eathys, Fitime Tayhuro, a river of Sicily, which rat 

 into the gulf of Caftel a Mare. 



Bathys, the name of a port of Ethiopia. Ptolemy. 

 BATI, a people of India, on the other fide of the Gan-' 

 ges. Ptolemy. 



BATIA, a town of Italy, in the territory of the Sa- 

 bines. 



Bat I A, a dlftria of Attica, belonging to the tribe o£ 

 iEgides. 



BATI.S1, a town of Epiius. 



BATIANA, Baix, a town of Gaul, on the right fide 

 of the Rhine, according to M. d'Anville. 



BATIANI, a people of Italy, placed by Ptolemy in 

 Liguria. 



BATILLUS, a mufical inftrument made of metal, iit 

 the form of a ftaff, furniflied with metalline rings, which 

 being ftruck, yielded a kind of harmonical founds ; ufed by 

 the Armenians in their church-fervice. 



BATINA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Afia, JR 

 Media. Ptolemy. 



BATINUS, a town of Italy, in Picentinura. 

 BATIS, in Botany, fia%;, the name of an herb which 

 bears fome refemblance to bramble, iia^oc, Pliny. Lm.gen. 

 n. 1104. Reich. 1 208. Schreb. 1503. Brov.-n 356. Jacq. 

 Amer. 260. Jnlf. 443. Clafs, and order, d'wccia triandria. 

 Gen. Char. * Male. Cal. anient pyramidal; fcales one- 

 flowered, fourfold, imbricate. Cor. none. Stain, filaments 

 four, ereft, longer than the fcales of the anient; anthers 

 oblong, twin, incumbent. * Female, on a feparate plant. 

 Cat amenc common flefliy, containing fome flofcides con- 

 globated into an ovate, quadrangular body ; involucre, two- 

 leaved. Cor. none. Pi/i. germ quadrangular, fattened to 

 the ament ; ilyle none ; flignia two-lobed, obtufe, villofe. 

 Per. berry conjoined with the reft, one-celled. Seeds, four, 

 triangular, acuminate. 



EH. Char. Male. Ament four-fold, imbricate. Cfl/. and 

 Cor. none. Female. Ament ovate ; involucre two-leaved. 

 Cu!. and Cor. none. Sttgnia two-lobed, feffile ; berries con- 

 joined, four-feeded. 



Species, i, V>. mnritlma, Sloan. Jam. I. 144. Kali. This 

 is a (hrub about four feet high ; Hems brittle, round, afh- 

 coloured, branched, diffufed, procumbent ; young branches, 

 four-cornered, four-furrowed, green, oppofite and upright ; 

 leaves oblong, acute, drawing to a point towards the bafe, 

 fiefliy, fucculent, flat above, convex beneath, feffile, oppo- 

 fite, fcarcely an inch long, numerous ; lligma white ; fruits 

 yellow or greenilh-yellow. The whole plant is very fait to 

 the tafte ; and is burnt for barilla at Carthagena, &;c. A 

 native of the Caribbee iflands and the neighbouring conti- 

 nent ; very common in all the fait marfhes on the fouth 

 fide of Jamaica. Linnxus doubts whctiier it be dittinft 

 from the bvcephnlon of Plumier. Martyn's Miller's Di<-^. 



Batis, in Entomology, a fpecies of Phal^xa, found In 

 England and fome other parts of Europe. The anterior 

 wip'vs are brown, with five role-coloured fpots on each ; 

 poflerior ones whitifli. This is a rare and elegant infecl, 

 and is called by coUeftors of Englifh infeds the peach-blof- 

 fom moth. Linn. Donov. Brit. Inf. Sec. 



Batis, in Ichthyology, a fpecies of Raja, called in Eng- 

 land the Skate. It is varied ; back fmooth in the middle, 

 with a finglc row of fpincs on the tail. Linnxus. 



This is the largell filh of the Ray tribe ; it inhabits all 

 the northern parts of Europe in immenfe quantities, though 

 it is certainly lefs common than the thornback, with which 

 it is fometimes confounded. The ufual fize is from two to 

 three feet in length, or r.ither more, including the tail ; and 

 they have becu taken of the weight of an hundred and fifty 

 5 K, 2 or 



