B A Y 



BAY 



land, between cape Palmerllon and cape Townflicnd. 

 S. lat. 21° 30'. to 22° 30'. W.Ioiig. 209° 36'. to 210° 40'. 

 Bay oi JJlands lies on the coaft of Nova Scotia, on the 

 continent of North America, about 6 leagues fouth-well 

 from cape St. Mary. 



Bay ai I [lands is a!fo a bay on the northern ifland of New 

 Zealand in the fouth Pacific ocean, lying on the north-eaft 

 coaft between cape Brett and cape Pococke. This bay is 

 large and deep, and has many fmall idands in it. The bed 

 entrance into the bay is on the weft fide ; within it are feveral 

 lefier bays. S. lat. 35° 12'. E. long. I'j.x^ 57'. 



Bay o{ IJlands is alfo a bay on the fouth coaft of the ftraits 

 of Magellan, to\yards the wcftern entrance, W. by N. from 

 Upright bay, and E. by S. from the bay of Difappoint- 

 tnent. A clufter of fmall ifiands lies in the entrance, and in 

 the eaft part of the bay : but the*beft entrance is betweeir 

 the wefternmoft of the two idands oft^ the point of cape Up- 

 right, and a fmall ifland farther weft, where a ftiip may have 

 fafe paftage, and anchor in 20 fathoms-in foft mud, near the 

 weft coalt of the cape, in S. lat. 53° 9'. W. long. 75° 32'. 



Bay of I[lcs is an extenlive bay of the gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, on the weft coaft of Newfoundland, about 8 or 9 

 leagues to the S. W. from la Belle bay, and \.\ox 15 leagues 

 to N. N. E. from Porta port. The centre of the bay lies ia 

 about N.lat. 49° 5'. W.long. 58'' 15'. 



Bay of IJles is alfo a bay fituate towards the weft end of 

 the north coaft of South Georgia ifland, in the fouth Atlan- 

 tic ocean. 



Bay of Si. Louts, lies on the Lftbrador coaft, and has 

 cape St. Louis on the north, and cape Charles on the fouth. 

 It has many fmall iflands ; the largeft of which is Battle 

 ifland, in the mouth of the bay. The middle of the bay is 

 in N. lat. 52" 23'. W. long. 55° 23'. 



Bay, di Roche Fende lies on the weft fide of Lake Cham- 

 plain, and the ftate of New York, 17 miles above Crown-point. 

 Bay of Rocks is a fpacious bay of the Arabian fea, which 

 forms a part of the Indian ocean, and lies on the fouth-eaft 

 coaft of Arabia, with good anchorage for fliips. 



Bay oi Seven Ifiands lies W. N. W. from Moifie river, and 

 about 18 leagues to N. N. E. from Trinity point, on the 

 north ftiore of the gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 Bay oi Shoals. See Baxa.s Bahia. 



Bay of St. Spirit, is a large bay of the Indian ocean, on 

 the fouth-eaft coaft of Africa, on the north of the ifland and 

 cape of Unhafa. It is fufficiently fpacious to receive a fleet 

 of ftiips, and is fo called from the river St. Spirit, or Manica, 

 which falls into this bay. 



Bay, among Farmers, is that part of the barn where the 

 mow is placed. 



Bay, in Hydraulics, fignifies a pen, or pond-head, made 

 up a great height, to keep in a ftore of water for driving the 

 wheels of a forge or furnace of an iron-mill, by the ftrcam 

 that comes thence through a paflage, or flood-gate, called 

 the pen-Jloch. 



Bay colour, in Manege. The word bay is formed from the 

 Latin taius, or badius, and that from the Greek /S«io,-, a palm. 

 branch, fo that badius or bay properly denotes color phieniceus. 

 Hence alfo, among the ancients, thofe now called bay horfcs, 

 were denominated equi palmali. 



The bay is the moft ufual colour among horfes. It is a 

 flrong and perhaps invariable charafter in this colour to be 

 attended with a black mane and tail, which the chefnut or any 

 other colour that approaches it never is. The bay is alfo 

 moft frequently attended with black legs and feet up to 

 the knees and hocks : the feet, however, are often varying 

 to the white in horfes of this colour, which is not with us 

 efteemed fo bandfome as when entirely black. There aix 



feveral kinds of bays, .ts light bay, dark bay, brown bay, 

 golden bay, d:ippled bay, &c. 



Bay a tnirroir, the fame as dappi.e i/rv. 

 Bay, among Sport/men, is applied to ftags, boars, foxes. 

 Sec. and alfo to dogs when they turn head againft one ano- 

 ther. Thus when a ftag has been fo long puvfued, that he 

 is almcft cxhaufted, he turns round, and facing the liounds, 

 defends himfelf with his antlers, and keeps the hounds at 

 bay, till the fportfmen come up, draw off the dogs and fare 

 his life. When a ftag takes yi/V, that is, takes to the v.-ater, 

 he will defend himfelf, and keep the hounds for a long time 

 at bay, provided that he fathoms the lake or river fo well as 

 to keep the hounds fwimming, without going out of his own 

 depth, but if he is obliged to fwim at the time, he is up or 

 _quite tired, and being furrounded by the dogs, he is inevi- 

 tably drowned. In fox hunting, when the fox is fuppofed 

 to have entered the earth, the place of his retreat is foon 

 difcovered by the terriers, " laying well at him," provided 

 he has not turned in the earth ; but if he has, the terrier and 

 the fox are face to face, and are both baying, or keeping 

 each other at bay ; and the conteft terminates with digging 

 out the fox. 



V>AY /alt. See Salt. 



Bay yard, is a denomination fometimes ufed promifcuoufly 

 with luoollen yarn. 10 and II W. III. c. lO. 5 G. II, 

 c. 21. See Yarn, &c. 



BAYA, in Geography. See Baia, and Bayja. 

 Bay A, low, marftiy land on the Gold coaft of Africa, with- 

 out any towns or people near the fliore ; 4 leagues W. S. W. 

 from the river Volta, and 8 leagues E. and E. N. E. from 

 Ningo ground. 



Baya, in Ornithology, Indian grofljeak, or Loxia Indica, is 

 rather larger than a fparrow, with yellow brown plumao-et 

 a ycllowifli head and feet, a light-coloured breaft, and a 

 conic beak, very thick in proportion to his body. This 

 bird is very common in Hindoftan ; and is defcribed as fur- 

 prifingly fenfible, faithful, and docile ; never voluntarily de- 

 feating the place where its young are hatched, not averfe from 

 the fociety of mankind, and eafily taught to perch on the 

 hand of his mafter. In a ftate of nature the baya builds his 

 neft on the higlieft tree which he can find ; generally on the 

 palmyra or Indian fig-tree, preferring that which overhangs 

 a well or rivalct, forming it of grafs in the fliape of a large 

 bottle, fufpending it on the bi anches fo as to be firm and yet 

 to rock with the wind, and placing it with its entrance 

 downwards, to fecure it from birds of prey. This bird is 

 taught with eafe to fetch a piece of paper, or any fmall thing 

 which his mafter wants. If a ring be dropped into a deep 

 well, and a fignal given to the bird, he will fly down with 

 aftonifliing celerity, and bring it up to his mafter with ap- 

 parent exultation ; and it is confidently aflerted, that if a 

 houfe or any other place be fliewn to him once or twice, he 

 will carry a note thither immediately, on obferving a proper 

 fignal. They are alfo trained by the youthful libertines of 

 Benares to pluck off the pieces of gold called ticas, placed by 

 way of ornament between the eye-brows of their miftrefles, 

 which they bring in triumph to their lovers. The baya's 

 natural food is grafshoppers and other infefts ; but it fub- 

 fills, when tame, on pulfe macerated in water. The female 

 lays many beautiful eggs, refembling Lrge pearls: their white, 

 when boiled, is tranfparent, and the flavour of them is esqui- 

 fitely delicate. Afiatic Refearches, vol. ii. p. 109. 



BAYAGARAS, in Geography, a town on the ifland of 

 St. Domingo. 



BA YAMO, called alfo St- Salvador, a town in the eaftern 

 part of the ifland of Cuba, having the town of Almo to the 

 weft, and St. Barbara to the fouth. It lies on the eaft flde 



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