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BIEDA, a town of Italy, in the (late of the church, and 

 provinct? of Patrimonio, lo miles W. of Sutri. 



BIEDBURG, anciently BeiLi, a i'mall town of Ger- 

 many, in the circle of Burgundy, and duchy of Luxemburg, 

 which was flouiilhing till the year 1663, but foon afterwards 

 laid wafte bv the French. 



Bl EDENKOPF, or Biedencap, a fmall town of Ger- 

 many, in the circle of the Upper Rhine, and principality 

 of Upper H.flc, feated on the Ahills, i5 miles N. W. of 

 Marburg, and iormerly famous for its iron-works and foun- 

 ders. 



BIEFVERSKOW, a diftria of Zealand, belonging to 

 Demr-irk, including 12 churches. 



BIEKA, BiEQ_yE, BoRi(>tiEs, or Crab's ijland, one of 

 the Virgin ida-ids inthe Wtll Indies, about 23 miles in length, 

 and not 6 in breadth, where it is widcft. It is dillant about 

 6 miles S.S.E. fr m Porto Rico. The foil is rich, and it 

 has a good road on the fouth fide, called Great Harbour. 

 It is claimed by the Spaniards, whofe interell it is to let it 

 remain defolate. N. lat. 18^ 2'. W. long. 64^. See Vir- 

 gin [/lands. 



BIEKOW, or Jezow, a town of Poland, in the palati- 

 nate of Lenczicz, 24 miles S. E. of Lenczicz, 



BIEL, a town of Spa:n, in Arat^on, 6 leagues S. W, of 

 Jaca. — Alfo, a river of Spain, which joins the Ores at Exea. 

 tiee BiENN'E. 



BIELA, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Czallau, 6 

 miles N. E. of Teutfch Brod. 



BIELA, or BiELLA, 3 town of Italy, in Piedmont; 

 the capital of a fmall country, bounded on the north by the 

 Alps, on the weft by the duchy of Aofta, on the eaft by 

 the Vercellois and the Mafleran, and on the fouth by the 

 Canavez ; the town is rich and populous, containing about 

 7000 inhabitants, and is divided into the Upper and Lower, 

 and has four churches and four monalleries. It is famous 

 for an image of the Virgin Mar^- ; diftant 13 miles N. from 

 Ivrea, and 24 N. W. from Vercelli. N. lat. 45° 22'. E. 

 long. 8° 3'. 



BIELACH, a river of Germany, in the archduchy of 

 Autlria, which runs into the Danube, near Melck. 



BIELAIA, a river of Ruflia, which rifes in the Uralian 

 mountains, and after traveriing the government of Ufa, dif- 

 ciiarges itfelf into the Kama, on the borders of the govern- 

 ment of Cafan. 



BIELASTENA, a town of Croatia, 10 miles north of 

 Bihacs-. 



BIELAY, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Konigin- 

 gratz, 4 miles S. W. of Branau. 



BIELBSKOI, a town of Siberia, 40 miles fouth of 

 Enifeiflc. 



BIELCOPOL, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Kiov, 4lft miles well of Bialacerkiew. 



BIELEF, a town and dillrift of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Tula, feated on the Occa, 50 miles W.S.W. of 

 Tula. 



BIELEFELD, a town of Germany, in the circle of 

 Weftphalia, and county of Ravenfberg, divided by the Lut- 

 terbach into the old and new town, feated at tlie foot of a 

 mountain, and containing about 80c houfes. The inhabi- 

 tants are partly Lutherans, and partly Roman Catholics. 

 The old town has two churches, the new a convent and a 

 chapel. This town received municipal privileges iu 12S7, 

 and was formerly Hanfeatic ; it is dillant 22 miles north 

 from I^ippftadt. 



BIELGOROD, a town formerly called SmU, and dif- 

 Xndi ot Ruffia, in the government of Kurfe, feated on the 

 Donetz ; 50 miles S.S.^\^ from Kurlk. N. lat. i;o° 55'. 

 E. long. 36''. This town was b".ilt in 900, bv ihc great 



Vol. IV. 



duke 'Wladimlr, and is an archbiThop's fee j it fubmitted ta 

 the arms of Potemkin, in 1 790. 



BiELGCROD. See Akerman and Moscow. 

 BIELGRAD, a town of Croatia, 40 miles S. E. of 

 Bihacs. 



BIELI AN, a town of Ruffian Tartary. N. lat- 43° 20'. 

 E. long. 66^^ 4'. 



BIELICA, or BiLiziN, a town of Lithuania, in the 

 province of Vilna, feated on the Niemen, 10 miles fouth of 

 Lida. N. lat. 53^ 35'. E. long. 25° 40'. 



BIELISKI, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Kiofj 

 41 miles S.VV. of Kiof. 



BIELITZY. See Belitzy. 

 BIELLA. See BiELA. 



BIELLE, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the ditlrid of 

 Chaumont, 6 miles E.S.E. of Cha'jmont. — Alfo, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Lower Pyrenees, and chief 

 place of a canton, in the dillridl of Oleron, 14 miles fouth 

 of Oleron. 



BIELOI, a town and diftriift of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Smolenfko, on the fmall river Vobidia, falling into 

 the Mefha or Meza, which difcharges itfelf into the Duna ; 

 50 miles N.N. E. of Smolenfko. N. lat. 55° 40'. E. long. 34'. 

 — Alfo, an ifland in the Karikoi fea, about 70 miles in cir- 

 cumference, 20 miles from the continent of Ruffia. N. lat. 

 73° 40'. E. long 69° 14'. 



BIELOK.-YMESKOI, a fortrefsof Ruffia, in Siberia, oa 

 the eaft fide ot the Irtilh, 12 miles S. E. of Semipolatnoi. 



BIELO-OZERO, or White Lake, a lake of Ruffia, 

 in the government of Novgorod, about 50 verfts long, anil 

 30 broad, which receives into it feveral fmall llreams. The 

 only one that flows out of it, is the Shekfna, which falls into 

 the Volga. The water of this lake is clear, having a bot- 

 tom partly of clay, and partly of ftone. The clay is gene- 

 rally of a white colour, and in ftormy weather caufes a (Irong 

 white foam upon the furface of the water. From this cir- 

 cumllance, the lake firft obtained its name Bielo, or IVhitc. 

 It contains plenty of filh and crabs. N. lat. 59^ 42'. to 

 60° 20'. E. long. 36° 30' to 2,1° >8'. 



BIELOPOLIE, a town and diftrid of Ruffia, inthe 

 government of Karkof, feated on a rivulet falling into the 

 Sum, 85 miles N.N.W of Karkof. 



BEILOVITZ, a town of Crotitia, 11 miles S. W. of 

 Damianovitz. 



BIELOVODSK, a town and diftrift of Ruffia, in the 

 government of Voronetz, feated on the Derkul, which falls 

 into the Donee, 130 miles fouth of Voronetz. N. lat 

 49° 42'. E. long. 39° ic'. 



BIELO W, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Vol- 

 hinia, 36 miles eaft of Lucko. 



BIELOZERSK, a town and diftricl of Ruffia, in the 

 government of Novgorod, on the fouth fide of the lake Bicio- 

 Ozero, near the eftlux of the river Shekfna, 64 miles N. E. 

 of Vologda. N. lat. 59^ 40'. E. long. 37° Jo'. 



BIELSA, a town of Spain, in Aragon, 6 leagues from 

 Ainia. 



BIELSK, a town of Poland, and capital of the palatinate 

 of Podi.lachia, where the dietine for the diltritt is held. It 

 IS httle better than a miierable village, though called in the 

 geographical defcriptions of Poland, a large town. N. lat. 

 52* 4S'. K. long. 23' 28'.— Alio, a town 01 Poland, in 

 tae palatinate of Ploc/ko, 10 niilcs N. E. of Ploczko. 



BIELTSCH, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Chni- 

 dim, 16 miles nortii of Chrndini. 



BIEIjUGA, in Zoology, Del^l.iitus Leucas (Cimlin) in Stel- 

 ler's Kaniptlchatka, &c. 



BiENAISE, John, in B:i,graphy, born in 1601, at 

 Y y Mazcres, 



