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lowers that tUeir enemies, forfaken by all tlie gods, would 

 never be abk to endure even their (houts of onfct. She 

 finifhed by exhorting them to conquer or die, which, (he 

 added, was her o-.vn refolutior;. Suetonius on his fide did 

 not ncgleft to animate his men by a fuitable oration, and the 

 acclamation and cheerful countenance with vvhicli it was re- 

 ceived, convinced him that he had every thing to hope from 

 the bravery and difcipline of his foldiers. 



The Britons came on, uttering loud fhouts, menaces, and 

 fongs of victory, while the Romans, clofely drawn up, 

 awaited the onf..-t in perfeft filence, and at the requilite 

 diftance, made a firil difcharge of the pilum with terrible 

 effeft. Preferving the advantage of the ground, they re- 

 ceived the attack of the barbarians with fuch firmnefs, as 

 checked its impetuofity ; till, having expended all their jave- 

 lins, not without dreadful carnage of the enemy, they rufhed 

 forward from all pa'ts at once, obferving the form of a 

 wedge, the more eafily to penetrate fuch an immenfe multi- 

 tude. This charge was feconded by the allies with equal 

 ardour. The firll ranks of their opponents were inftantly 

 borne down, and hewn in pieces ; but the reft crowding to 

 furround the Romans, a bloody conteft commenced. The 

 Britifh war-chariots, wherever they fucceeded in breaking in 

 among their enemies, occafioned terrible annoyance, till Sue- 

 tonius, ordering his men to direct their blows at the naked 

 bodies of the drivers, by degrees difembarraffed himfelf of 

 thefe troublefome invaders. The aftion w^as long maintained 

 with fury on both fides, the Britons, though deftitute of 

 order or difcipline, fighting with great obftinacy and defpe- 

 ration ; but, finally, the fuperior fkill, coolnefs, and bravery 

 of the Romans, bore down every oppofition. Prodigious 

 numbers perifhed beneath the fwords of the legions, or by the 

 charges of the cavalry, who trampled aU before them ; while 

 the crowds that endeavoured to iave themfelves by flight, 

 met with an infurmouritable impediment in their own wag- 

 gons, which enc'.ofed them in form of a femicircle. Here 

 the (laughter was terrible, for mercy, in the circumftances 

 of Suetonius, would have been in the higheft degree 

 imprudent. The Romans, in the heat of their fury, fpared 

 neither age nor fex. Even the beafts of burden, ilmck 

 through with daits, increafed the horrors of the fcene, and 

 the heaps of dead, which covered the plain, the fields, and 

 the furrounding forefts. Upwards of 8o,oco Britons are 

 computed to have perifhed on this occafion ; while of the 

 Roman"! about 400 were killed, and fcarcely fo many 

 wounded. 



Few viftories, even in the moft fiouriftiing ages of the 

 republic, deferved to be compared with this of Suetonius. 

 Never had any been more decifive. The remaining rebels, 

 terrified at the dreadful chaftifement they had received, dif- 

 perfed into their refpective diftricts, and Boadicea herfelf 

 perilled foon after the lattie, either through chagrin, or, as 

 is the prevailing opinion, {he ended her days by poifon. 

 Psenius Pofthumus, whofe difobedience had prevented the 

 fecond legion from iharing in the triumph of their country- 

 men, fell upon his own fword, thus avoiding the puniftiment 

 and difgrace which awaited his conduct. The vigour with 

 which, though accompanied by afts of the moft terrible fe- 

 veritv, Suetonius purfued the revolters, reftored tranquillity 

 to the whcie ifland before the enfuing fpring. The intrigues 

 of individuals, and the jealoufy of his execrable fovereign, 

 occafioned hisfubfequent recal from his government ; yet the 

 triumphs obtained under his aufpices, conferred everlafting 

 honour and renown both on his own name and that of the le- 

 gion he conimanded. 



Boadicea is defcribed by Dion Caffius as a woman of large 

 (lature, itrong and well proportioned in her limbs, of a manly 



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and (lern countenance, harfti, authoritative voice, and pof- 

 fefling beautiful golden hair, which reached down below her 

 waift. That (he was polTefTed of uncommon abilities, or at 

 leaft had pcrfons of extraordinarj' talents to afiift her, is evi- 

 dent from the rapidity with which (he cut off the Roman 

 garrifons one after another ; the difpofition of her forces, fo 

 as entirely to interrupt the communication between the 

 quarters of the legions ; the victory (lie obtained' over 

 Cerealis, famous himfelf for his military knowledge, and the 

 extremities to which (he reduced Suetonius, the greatefl 

 general of the age. Dion is loud in praife of her eloquence, 

 and puts into her mouth feveral elaborate orations. We have 

 preferred the authority of Tacitus, refcr\'!ng, however, fuch 

 pafFages of Dion as are moft neceffary to elucidate the narra- 

 tion. The defeat and death of Boadicea are faid to have hap- 

 pened A.D. 61. Tacit. Annal. xiv. c. 31— 37. Dion 

 CafSus, Hift.'Rom. lib Ixii. cap. i — 12. 



BOADJOOS, in Geography, called zMoOran laut, or men 

 of the fea, are a fort of itinerant fifliermen in the Eaft In- 

 dies, faid to come originally from Johore, at the eaft entrance 

 of the ftraits of Malacca, though fome are of opinion, that 

 they muft have come either from China or Japan. They 

 Uve chiefly in fraall covered boats, on tlie coafts of Borneo, 

 Celebes, and the adjacent iflands. Others dwell near the 

 fea, on thefe iflands ; their houfes being raifcd on pofts, at a 

 httle diftance in the fea, and always at the mouths of rivers. 

 They are Mahometans ; and have a language of their own, 

 but no written charafter. Many Boadjoos are fettled on the 

 north-weft coaft of Borneo, w ho not only fifh, but make fait, 

 and trade in fmall boats along the coaft. Some of their 

 boats are from 12 to iS and 20 tons burden, and carr)* from 

 16 to 20 men, and form, in fome places, a fleet of a hundred 

 fail. Others of them are about 5 or 6 tons burden, which 

 are managed by women, even in hea\-y feas. Their method 

 of making fait is as follows : they gather fea-wecds, burn 

 them, make a ley of afhes, filter it, and form a bitter kind of 

 fait in Iquare pieces, by boihng it in pans made of the bark 

 of the aneebong, or cabbage-tree ; thefe pieces of fait are 

 carried to market, and pafs as a currency for money. Thofe 

 that are fettled on the north-weft coaft of Borneo ufed to 

 fupply the Englifh at Balambangan with rice, fowl, and other 

 provifions. Many of them are fettled at the mouth of the 

 river of Paflir, who employ themfelves chiefly in catching 

 fmall fhrimps with hand-nets, which they pufli through the 

 mud ; the fhrimps, after being well wafhed with water, are 

 expofed to a hot-fun. They are then beat in a mortar, and 

 made into a kind of pafte, called Uatchong, which has a ftrong 

 fmell, and is much in requeft all over India, Thefe latt. 

 Boadjoos may be confidered as ftationary or fixed, compared 

 with thofe who live always in their boats, and who, as the 

 monfoon fhifts on the iflands Borneo and Celebes, (hift their 

 fituation to leeward, fo as to be always under the lee of the 

 land, for the fake of fine weather. Moft of thofe who rove 

 round Celebes, though they change their fituation with the 

 monfoon, confider Macaffer as their home. Whilft the 

 Boadjoos lie at anchor, in boats managed by their women, 

 they are dextrous in fifliing for tnpangs, i. e. fwallows, or 

 fea-flugs, which they take in fcven or eight fathoms water. 

 When tliey fee the fwallow in clear water, they ftrike it with 

 an inftrument, confifting of four-beardefl iron prongs, fixed 

 along an almoft cylindrical ftone, rather fmaller at one end 

 than at the other, about iS inches long; an iron fhot is 

 fixed at the end of the ftone, next the point of the prongs. 

 The fwallow is dried in the fmoke, ai.d fent to the China 

 market. They alfo dive for it, the beft being found in deep 

 water. The black is reputed the beft ; but there is fome of 

 a lighter colour, found only in deep water, which is more 



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