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twfen liis (Icin and flcfli. Had not the above account been 

 given by hunters of diftinguifhtd order, and too well ac- 

 quainted with thefe animals to h^ive made any mi (lake, it 

 might have been imagined, that this formidable creature, 

 which had long continned its ravages in the park of Cog- 

 nac, belonged to a different fpccies. It was of an enormous 

 fize, with a very longhead, a very fharp or pointed fnout, 

 and ics mouth was armed with teeth of a very fingular 

 form. The hairs of the body were white ; ihofe of the head 

 yellowilh ; the neck marked with a black band in form 

 of a cravat ; and the ears large and Ilraight ; and what 

 appears fnrprifing, confidering its fize, it was of uncom- 

 mon fwiftncfs. Tor a further hiflory of this animal, fee 



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Boar, in the Manege. A horfe is faid to ioar when he 

 flioots out his nofe as high as his ears, and toffes in the 

 wind. 



BOARD, a piece of timber fawed thin, for the purpofes 

 of building. See Timber. 



We fay, a deal-board, an oak-board, &:c. Boards thicker 

 than ordinary are called planhs. Boards formed ready for 

 the coopers ufe are called dap-boards. We have alfo mill- 

 board, and fcale-board, fiiavcd very thin, for cafes, band- 

 boxes, &c. Deal-boards are generally imported into Eng- 

 land ready fawed, becaufe they are prepared cheaper abroad, 

 by means of faw-mil'.s. Clap-boards are imported from 

 Sweden and Dantzick. Oak-boards chiefly from Sweden 

 and Holland ; fome from Dantzick. Pipe-boards are 

 brought from Dantzick. We alfo import white boards for 

 fhoe-makers ; mill and fcale boards, pafte-boards, &c. for 

 divers artificers. Scale-board is a thinner fort, ufed for the 

 covers of primers, thin boxes, and the like. It is fawed with 

 mills, and imported from Hamburgh. 



Board, feiil/jer-erfgerf, graining, /og, pajl, found, IraH, wajle, 

 luealher. See the feveral adjeflives. 



Board, is alfo ufed for a kind of table or bench, whereon 

 feveral artificers perform their work. 



In this fenfe, vye fay a work-board, a fhop -board, a tay- 

 lor's-board. &c. 



, Board, is alfo ufed for a flat machine, or frame, ufed in 

 certain games, and the like. 



In this fcnfe, we fay a draught-board, a chefs-board, a 

 lliovel-board, and the like. 



Boards, in Bcok-linding. See BooK-niNDiNc. 



Board, bureau, is alfo ufed for an office v.'herc accounts 

 are taken, payments ordered, and the like. 



In this fenfe, we fay the board of works, board of ord- 

 nance, board of treafury, and the like. 



Board of green cloth. See Green-cloth. 



'ZohRT) of Controid, was firft inftituted in 17S-;, by ftat. 

 24. Geo. III. feff. 2. c. 25. with a view of direfting and aid- 

 ing the Eaft India company, in the executive government of 

 India, and efiablifhing a power of controul in this kingdom. 

 This board was further e!-ablilhcd and regulated by the fiat. 

 ^'5 Geo. III. c. 52. the operation of which commenced in In- 

 dia on the ill of February 1794. By the former aft fix 

 perfons were to be nominated by the king, as commiffioners 

 for the affairs of India ; but by the latter, the number, in- 

 flead of being limited to fix privy-counfellors, is indefinite, 

 depending upon the king's pleafire ; of which number the 

 two principal fecretaries of ftate, and the chancellor of the 

 exchequer, are to be three ; and his majcfty, if he pleafes, 

 may add to the lift two commiffioners, not of the privy- 

 council ; and the perfon firft named iu the king's commiffion 

 is to be prtfident. The king may give 5000I. a year among 

 fuch of the commiffioners as he pleafes ; which, together 

 with the falary of the fecretary and ofBccrs, and other ex- 



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pences of the board, are to be paid by the India company ; 

 the whole not to exceed i6,oool. per annum. The mem- 

 bers of this board and their officers are fworn to execute the 

 feveral powers and trufts repofed in them, without favour or 

 affedtion, prejudice or malice. The office of a commiffioner, 

 or chief fecretary, is not to be deemed a new office, todifable 

 them from fitting in parliament ; nor is the appointment of 

 a commiflioner, not having a falary, or of a chief ftcretary, 

 to vacate a feat. Three commiffioners muft be prefent to 

 form a board. The powers of the board are to fuperintend, 

 direft, and control all afts, operations, and concerns, which 

 relate to the civil and military government and revenues of the 

 Britifti territorial poffcflions in India, fubjeft to certain re- 

 ftriclions. They and their officers are to have accefs to the 

 papers and records of the company, and to be furnifiied with 

 copies or extrafts of fuch of them as fiiall be required. They 

 are alfo to be furnifhed with copies of all proceedings of 

 general courts, and courts of direftors, within eight days, and 

 with copies of all difpatches from abroad, relating to mat- 

 ters of government or revenue, immediately after their arrival. 

 No orders on thofe fubjeSs are to be fent by the company 

 to India, until approved by the board; and when the com- 

 miffioners varv or expunge any part of the dilpatches pro- 

 pofcd by the direftors, they are to give their reafons ; and 

 all difpatches are to be returned to the court of dircttors in 

 14 days. The direftors may ftate their objettions to any al- 

 terations, and the commiffioners are to rc-confidertheni ; and 

 if they interfere with what the din-flors deem matter of 

 commerce, the directors may apply to the king in council to 

 determine betwixt them. But the board is reftricted from 

 the appointment of any of the company's fervants. If the 

 dircftors, on being called upon to propofe difpatches on any 

 fu'ijeil relating to government or revenue, fhall fail to do fo 

 within 14 days, the board may originate th>-ir own difpatches 

 on that fubjeft. The board is not to authorife any incrtafc 

 of falaries, or any allowance or gratuity to be granted to 

 perfins employed in the company's fervice, except the fame 

 Ihall be firft propofed by the company ; and their intention 

 and reafons for iuch grant are to be certified to both houfes 

 of parliament, 30 days before the falary can commence. The 

 direftors are to appoint three of their members to be a com- 

 mittee of fecrecy, through whom difpatches, relating to go- 

 vernment, war, peace, or treaties, may be fcnt to or leceived 

 from India. This committee, and their clerks, are to be 

 fworn to fecrecy. Orders of direftors, concerning the go- 

 vernment or revenues of India, once approved by the board, 

 are not fubjeft to revocation by the general court of pro- 

 prietors. For the further provifions of the afts, appointing 

 the board of controul, fee Eafl India Company. 



Bo AKD of Ordnance. Sec Ordnance. 



Board of trade and plantation, was eftabliflied by king 

 William, in the year 1696. Commercial matters had before 

 this time been generally referred to a fluftunting committee 

 of the privy-council ; the obvious inconveniences attending 

 this mode of management, induced king Charles II. to erett 

 a fpecial council of trade in the year 1668, which was foon 

 . after laid afide : it was renewed again in 1C72, but foon dif- 

 ccntinued, and the former method of reference to com- 

 mittees of the privy-council revived. In i6tj6, a regular 

 and permanent board was eftablilhed, for fettling all difputes 

 and regulations relating to commerce and colonies. This 

 board, befide fuch of our minifters of ftate, who only attend- 

 ed on extraordinary occafions, confifted of a fifll lord com- 

 miffioner, and of feven other commiflioners, with an annual 

 falary of one thoufand pounds each. This board was abo- 

 iiflied in 17S0. 



Board of trade, Bureau de commerce, an office in the French 



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