BOB 



ol different lengths and fizes, according to the materials 

 which are fpiin or wound. 



Bobhing for Eels, among F'ljhermen, is an amiifing me- 

 thod of catching eels, generally prattifed from the fide of a 

 boat, the piers of bridges, wharfs, or other fituations, where 

 deep w.iter can be at once reached. The bait made life of 

 may be either fcourcd lob-worms, or garbage of any kind ; 

 which bait of whatever kind is ftrung Icngthv.ife on worftcd, 

 Jo as to completely cover it : fome yards are prepared in this 

 way, which are then tied up in links, making fomething 

 like a b'lndle of fringe. So prepared, the bait is fufpended 

 from 3 ftrong rod or pole by two or three yards of pack- 

 thread, leaded within a foot of the worms with more or lefs 

 ■weight according to the ftrengtli of the current. The bait 

 and lead muft be funk to the bottom, and fuffered to remain, 

 when the fifh will foon be felt to nibble ; but time mull be 

 allowed for them to make their hold ftcure, after which 

 they may be gently pulled up to within a fmall diilancc, 

 when a (light jerk will fecus them. The mouths of 

 rivers, muddy and deep places, where the tide reaches, are 

 particularly favourable for this fport. 



BOBBIO, or BoBio, Bohhim, in Geography, a fmall 

 town of Italy, and capital of a diftriA of the fame name, 

 formerly belonging to the duchy of Milan, feated on the 

 river Trebia, the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of Genoa, 30 

 miles N.E. of Genoa, It is now a canton of the diflrift of 

 Alexandria, in the department of Marengo. 



BoBBio. See Biobio. 



BOBENHAUSEN, a town of Germany, in the circle 

 of the Upper Rhine, and principality of Upper Hefie ; 1 7 

 miles eaft of Giefen. 



BOBENNEUKIRCHEN, a town of Germany, in the 

 circle of Upper Saxony, and the Vogtland ; 6 miles S.W. 

 of Oelfnitz. 



BOBER, a river which runs into the Oder, at a fmall 

 diilance to tiie well of Croflen in Silefia. — Alfo, a town of 

 Lithuania. N. lat. 55° 46'. E. long. 25° 46'. 



BOBERG, a high promontoi^ in the prefeflure of 

 Bofling, and diocefe of Ripen, in Denmark, near which the 

 coall is vei7 dangerous, and has proved fatal to many fliips. 



BOBERSBERG, a town of Silefia, 9 miles S.S.W. 

 of Croffen, and 28 S. of Frankfort on the Oder. — Alfo, a 

 town of Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and 

 duchy of Croffen, 6 miles S. of Croffen. 



BOBI, in Conchology. Adanfon gives this name to the 

 variety of -ooluta perjicula, 



BOBISATIO, or Bocedisatio, in Mijic, denotes 

 the ufing of the feven fyllables, lo, ce, d'l, ga, lo, ma, ni, 

 to exprefs the feven mufical notes in lieu of the fix ufnal 

 ones introduced by Aretine, iit, ne, mi, fa, fol, la, as has 

 been fometimes done by the Nctherland and German mufi- 

 cians fince the beginning of the feventeenth century, 

 to avoid the mutation neceffary in the ufe of thefe latter. 



BOBLINGEN, in Geography, a fmall town and diftrid 

 of the fame name, of Germany, in the duchy of Wurtem- 

 berg, fituate in a fertile country, and in the forefl of Schon- 

 buch, which abounds with game, having a callle feated on 

 an eminence lying above the tov.'n. The diflridl contains 12 

 parifhes ; and the vicinity produces fome wine. 



BOBR, a river of Lithuania, which runs into the Dnie- 

 per ; 5 miles S.S.E. of Rohaczow. 



BoBR, in Zoology, a kind of marine otter, fo called by 

 the Ruffians, who rtlide at Kamtfchatka, the precife fpe- 

 cies of which is doubtful. Some have imagined it to be 

 allied to rhe caftor. 



BOBRITZSCH, in Geography, a town of Germany, in 

 the circle of Upper Saxony, and countiy of Erzgeberg, 4 

 miles S,E. of Freyberg, 



B O C 



BOBROF, a diftrid of the government of Voronetz, in 

 Rufiii, feated on the Biliuk, falling into the Don. 



BOBROWNIK, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Lublin, 34 miles W.N.W. of Lubhn. 



BOBRYSLE, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 

 Minflc, feated near the river Berezyna. N. lat. 53°. E. 

 long. 29° 12'. 



BOBTI, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of Troki. 

 N. lat. 55°. E. long. 24'' 15'. 



BOCA. See BoccA. 



Boca Efcomlida, in Geography, a ba^'' of North America, 

 in the bay of Campechy, on the coafl of Yucatan. N. lat. 

 lS° 50'. W. long. 9i<='46'. 



Boca Grand, a bay of North America, at the mouth of 

 the river Zucar, on the S.E. coall of Colla Rica. N. lat. 

 10° 50'. W.long. 83^36'. 



Boca Tora, a bay of North America, in the Caribbean 

 fea, on the couft of Veragua. N. lat. 8° 58'. W. long. 

 82"^ 1'. 



BOCABRITO, a town of North America, in the 

 country of New Navarre, 65 miles eaft of Cinaloa. 



BOCA-CHICA, the ftrait or entrance into the harbonr 

 of Cavthagena, in South America ; which was filled up 

 fince the attack of the Englilh in 1741, who, having made 

 themfelves mafters of the forts which defended it, entered the 

 bay with an intent of taking the city ; but their attempt mif- 

 carried, and they were obliged to retire with confiderable lofs. 

 This event produced orders for opening the old entrance, by 

 which all fiiips now enter the bay. 



BOCA-DEL-DRAGO, a ftrait between the ifland of 

 Trinidad and Andalufia, in the province of Terra Firma, 

 South America. 



BOCAGE, a fmall territory of France, in Normandy, of 

 which the principal place was Vire. 



BOCALIE AU, a fmall ifland near the eaft coafl of New- 

 foundland. N. lat. 48° 15'. W. long. 53° 26'. 



BOCAMELE, in Zoology, the provincial name of an 

 animal of the Mustella tribe found in the ifland of Sar- 

 dinia. This is believed to be the creature defcribed by Ari- 

 ftotle by the name of lais. 



BOCANA, in Ancient Geography, a town fituate in the 

 eaftern part of the ifle of Taprobana. Ptolemy. 



BOCARDO, in Logic, the fifth mode of the firft 

 figure of fyllogifms, wherein the firll propofition is 

 particular and negative ; the fecond, univcrfal and affirma- 

 tive ; and the third, or conclufion, particular and negative. 

 Thus : 



BOC Some animal is not man. 



A R Every animal has a princ'ple of fenfation. 



DO Tl.-refore fomething hasa principle of fenfation, 

 ihat is not man. 

 BOC AS, Las, in Geography, a town of North America, 

 in New Bifcay, I30 miles E. of Parmal. 



BOCAT, the name of a valley in Syria, in which are 

 the ruins of Balbec, of which Mr. Wood fays, it might by 

 a little care be made one of the richeft and moil beautiful 

 fpots in Syria ; for it is more fertile, he adds, than the cele- 

 brated vale of Damafcus, and better watered than the rich 

 plains of Efdraelon and Rama. In its prefent neglefled 

 ilate, it produces corn, fome good grapes, but very little 

 wood. Here, it is fuppofed, was fituated " Baal-hamon," 

 which was the marriage portion of the bride of Solomon. 

 Sol. Song. viii. 12. This eftate was leafed out to a variety 

 of tenants, each of whom paid her a clear rental of a thou- 

 fand fhekels of filver, amounting to about 120I. i6s. 8d. 

 fterling. Harmer's Outlines of a New Commentary on So- 

 lomon's Song, p. 35. Good's Song of Songs, Prtf. p. 13. 

 6 Bocat 



