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B L A 



S. E. from cape Chidley, the north point of the Labrador 

 coall. N. lat. about 59^ 20'. — Alfo, a point on the coall of 

 Spitfbergf'i, or Eall Greenland. N. lat. 78° 30'. E. long. 

 11" 10'. Variation 10° 42' W. 



Black pool lies on the coaft of Lancafhire, about 2; miles 

 S. from Lancafter. The beach is a beautiful k-vel fand, with 

 fn extended fea before it. This place is frequented for fiim- 

 mer bathing. 



'SiL\cv. procejjion, in Ecchftajlicn.t Writers, that which is 

 made in black habits, and with black enfigns and ornaments, 

 See Procession. 



Anciently at Malta, there was a hlacl procejjion evciy 

 Friday, where the whole clergy walked with their faces 

 covered with a black veil. 



Black rail oi Latham, in Ornithology, is the rallus niger 

 of Gmehn. 



Black ;-a/, in Zoology, See Mus-Rattus, or Common 

 rat. 



Black red-tail oi Latham, in Ornithology, is the motacilla 

 atrata of Ginelin. 



Black rents. See Black mail. 



Black River, in Geography, an appellation applied to 

 two fmall rivers, in Vermont, America ; one falling into 

 ConneAicut river, at Springfield, and the other running 

 north into lake Memphremagog. — Alfo, a river in New 

 York, which interlocks with Canada creek, and runs north- 

 v.eil into Iroquois river, navigable with boats 60 miles. — 

 Alfo, a long river, which rifes in Virginia, and pafles fouth- 

 cafterly into Nottaway river, in North Carolina. 



Black River, a Britifh fettlement at the mouth of the 

 Tinto river, 20 leagues to the eaft of cape Honduras, the 

 only harbour on the coail of Ten'a Firma, from the illand 

 of Rattan to cape Gracias a Dios ; and for more than fixty 

 years it was the refuge of the logwood cutters, when the 

 Spaniards drove them from the forells of Eaft Yucatan. 

 This occafioned adventurers of different defcriptions to fet- 

 tle here, where the coalt is fandy, low, and fwampy ; b\it 

 higher up, near the rivers and lagoons, which are full of 

 filh, the foil is more fertile, and produces plantanes, cocoa- 

 trees, maize, yams, potatoes, and a variety of vegetables ; 

 and the paflion for drinking induced them to plant fugar- 

 canes. The forefts are full of deer, fwine, and game. The 

 fhores abouDd with turtle, and the woods with mahogany, 

 zebra-wood, farfaparilla, Sec; and the whole fettlement flou- 

 riflies fpontaneoufly without cultivation. 



Black River, a river of Jamaica, which paffes through a 

 level country, and is the dcepell and largell in the ifiand, fo 

 as to admit thit-bottomed boats and canoes tor about thirty 

 miles. 



Black Roci^. a rock in the mouth of Sb'go harbour, in 

 Ireland, which is covered about high water only, and has a 

 confpicuous tower built on it that ferves as a beacon. 



Black RocH:, a rock in the bay of Galway, in Ireland, 

 about three miles wellward of Galway, which dries with 

 fpring-tide only, and requires attention in navigating that 

 bay. M'Kenzie. 



Black Rods, rocks in the Atlantic ocean, near the weft 

 coaft of Ireland, about fix miles N.W. from Saddlehead, in 

 Achil ifle, and feven miles W. by S. from Blackfod point. 

 — There are rocks called by the fame name in Killibeg'sbay 

 and Mulroy haven, but they are Icfs objefts of attention to 

 the navigator. M'Kenzie. 



Black Rod, a rock near the fouth coaft of Wexford, in 

 Ireland, about four miles W. by S. of Carnfore point, 

 wliich is always above water, and may be failed round with- 

 out danger. M'Kenzie. Boate. 



Black Roet, a populous village, fituate on the rivef 

 Tawe, about a mile above Swanfea, in Glamorganftiire, 

 South Wales, where are confidtrable fraelting-houlcs, and 

 whence arc exported coals, &c. 



Black Roei lies alfo near the cxtrf me north point of the 

 ifland of Antigua, between Humphrey's bay and Boon 

 point. N. lat. 17° 5'. W. long. 61'- 58'. 

 BLACK-roi^. See Gentleman-Usher of. 

 JiuACK-row grains, in Mineralogy, a fpecies of iron-ftone, 

 or ore, found in the mines about Dudley, in Stafford- 

 fhire. 



Black Sea, in Geography. See Euxine Sea. 

 'BhACKjhap, in Oriental Hi/lory, the enfign or ftandard 

 of a race of Turkmans fettled in Armenia and Mefopota- 

 niia ; hence called the dynajly of the black fheep. 



B l AC K^y^iWi'i; of Latham, in Ornithology, is lanlus niger oi 

 Gmelin. 



Black Mexican Ji/iin of Latham, is fringilla catotol oi 

 Gmelin. 



Black fhimmer of Latham, cul-'waler of Arft. Zool., 

 fea cronv of Edwards, are all names of the fame bird ; the 

 Rynchops nigra of Gmelin. 



Black fquirrel of Catefby, is ihefclurus niger of Erxlcr 

 ben and Gmelin. 



BLACK_y?&«« and gems, according to Dr. Woodward, owe 

 their colour to a mixture of tin in their compofition. 



Black /.'rales, a range of planks immediately above the 

 wales in a (hip'r. fide : they are always covered with a mix- 

 ture of tar and lamp-black. 



'Bi- AC Kfivallotv of Latham, in Ornithology, is the hin/nJo 

 apus (lominicenfis of Briflbn, and hirundo nigra of Gmelin. 



BLACKy^rtn. A bird of this defcription inhabits Bo- 

 tany Bay. Its form refembles that of the common white 

 fwan ; but the prevailing colour of the plumage is black, 

 inftead of white ; the wings are edged with white ; and the 

 bill is red. This fpecies is dt-fcribcd by Dr. Shaw (Nat. 

 Mifcell.) under the name of anas atrata. It is the black 

 fivan of feveral writers who have lately treated on the hif- 

 lory of Botany Bay. 



Black tail, a beacon about 3 leagues diftant from the 

 Nore in the river Thames. 



Black Tanager of Latham, in Ornithology, is ihe emberlza 

 atra of the lolh edition of the Linn. Syft. Nat., dinitanagra 

 atrata of Gmelin. 



Black tern of modern writers, is the fcarecrciu oi \\\io\^ 

 Englilh ornithologifts, and cl.vcnfooted gull of Willughby. 

 Sterna flfipes of Briinnich and Gmelin. 



Y>LAcr.-tkoni, in Botany, a fpecies of the/runuj, which fee. 

 BLACK-//;orn, in ylgriculture, a fpecies of thorn well 

 known, and frequently ufed in making fences, efpecially in 

 expcfed fituations. It is not, however, reckoned fo good 

 for fences as the white-thorn, becaufe it is apt to run more 

 into the groui.d, and is not fo certain of gro'.ving ; but 

 when cut, the bufhes are much the beft, and moft lafting of 

 any, for dead hedges, or to mend gaps with. Cattle are 

 not fo apt to crop fences of this kind as thofe of the 

 white thorn fort. See Hedges. 



"EiLACK-throated barbet of Latham, in Ornithology, is iucco 

 niger of Gmehn. 



B ACK-lhroated bunting of the Arft. Zool. is emberlza 

 Americana of Gmelin. 



BLACK-throated diver of Pennant and others, is the fame 

 bird as Edwards calls ihe fpeciled loon, and Willughby JVor- 

 mius's northern ducker : Colymbus ardicus of Linnsus. 



V>LAC]s.-throated green f.y-catcher, of Edwards's Gleanings, 

 and^rft-« warbler of Latham 5 the motacilla virens of Gmelin. 



Black. 



