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lands, though feparated by a large and deep ditcli ; tlie motion 

 continued a confuierable time, and tlie fiirface of the moving 

 earth rofc into a fort of v\-aves, but without breaking up or 

 burfting any where. The pafture-land rofe very high, and 

 was carried on with tlie fame motion till it refted upon a neigh- 

 bouring meadov/, the whole furface of v.-hich it cos'ered, 

 remaining fixtcen feet deep upon its furface. The wliole 

 quantity of the bog was torn from its former feat, and left 

 great gaps in the earth where it had joined, which threw up 

 foul water, and very flinking vapours. Phil. Tiruf. N° a ^3. 

 The whole cmntry came in to fee fo ftrange a light as thip, 

 for it continued moving a long time ; but few gueflcd the 

 true caufe of it, which was this : a more than ordinary wet 

 fpring occafioned the rifing of the bog to a great height in 

 one part, and thence proj)agated itfclf through the while 

 bog ; fo that the hill in the midll was undermined, and 

 naturally funk flat ; t!:i3 and the more than ordinary weight 

 of this large bog prefiing upon the adjoining pailurc-land, 

 forced up its foundations, which were only a loofe fand. 

 This was puihed on iideways, where there was a defcent 

 from the bog, and at lengtli having given the bog more 

 room, all was quiet and remained in that Hate. The bog was 

 more than forty acres of ground. 



Another inftance of tliis kind occurred, in f.Iarch 1745, 

 at the bog of Addergoole, about a mile and a half from the 

 town of Dunmorc, in the county of XJalway. In confe- 

 quence of a violent ilorm, attended with a fall of rain, re- 

 fembling a water-fpout, the turbary, which the turf-cutters 

 had jnll left, containing about twelve acres, was put into 

 motion, and floated tili at laft it fubfided upon a piece of 

 low pnllure of near thirty acres, by the fide of the river, 

 where it fpread and fettled. The moving-bog choaked up tlie 

 river, which confequently overflowed the back grounds, and 

 in a little time a lough or lake of near c^^ acres covered tlie 

 adjacent fields. A palTage for the river was formed as fpeedi- 

 Iv as poffible ; but before it could be finiilied, and the lake 

 difcharged, it was fuppofed to have covered 300 acres ; haw- 

 ever, in feven or eight days it gradually decrcafed to 50 or 60 

 acres, of which extent it continued. Irifh Tranfadlions, 

 vol. ii. p. 4. 



Bog, ancient Hypanis, in Geography, a river of Poland, 

 which rifes in Podolia and joins the cltuary of the Dnieper 

 or Nieper, a little above Oc/.akow, about N. lat. 46° 32'. 

 E. long. 32° 32'. This river feparates Poland and a portion 

 of European Turkey from Rufiia. By taking up the Ingul, 

 the Sinucha, and the Guiloi, befides other llreams in its 

 courfe, it becomes a very confiuerable river. 

 Bog bean, in Botany. See Menvanthes. 

 Bog herry. See Vaccinium. 

 Bog mofs. Sec Splachnum. 

 Vy'jG bujh. SceScHOENUS. 

 Bog luooil. See \^ oon fullerrancous. 

 Bog ore. See Iron. 



BOGA, in hlithyohgy, fynonymous with Bogne, and 

 Spdrus hoops. 



I'OGAERT, Martin Vanden, furnamed UesjanHns, 

 in Biogrnpliv, aa eminent Iculptor, was born at Breda, in 

 Holland, 111 i6JO, and fettling in early life at Paris, he be- 

 came a member of the Royal Academy, at the age of 3 1 

 years. The lirft of his mo!l coiifiderable works was an cquef- 

 trian ftatue of I^uuis XIV. crtiited at Lyons in the place 

 BcUeoour. He alio adorned the gate of the church ot the 

 Mazariii college with fix groups of ftoiie, repreieiitiiig the 

 evangclill.-i and the Greek and Latin fathers of the church; and 

 befides many other works, the moll dilliuguilhcd was the 

 monument ereiltd in the place of Victory, at the cxpciice of 



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marechal du Feuillade, on v.-hich the king, crowned by vic- 

 tory, is exhibited in a Handing polhire, invelled with the 

 regal ornaments, and having under his feet a cerberus, to 

 denote his triumph on cccafion of the triple alliance. This 

 group is 30 feet high, and was formed by a finglc caft, un- 

 der the particular direftion of Desjardins. This artiil: died 

 rich in 1694. Encycl. 



BOGAHA, in Bola/iy and Mythology, a tree held facred 

 in Ceylon, on account of the imagined preference given by 

 the deity Buddou to the fhade of this tree above all others. 

 Wherever it is found throughout the iiland, perfons are ap- 

 pointed to watch over it, and preferve it from dirt or injury. 

 It is held in the fame eftimation among the followers of Bud- 

 dou, as the banyan tree is among the Brahmins. The Can- 

 dians hold their great feftival under the fhade of a tree of 

 this kind, whicli Hands at Annarodgburro, an ancient city 

 in the nortlicrn part of the king of Candy's dominions ; and 

 none but his own fubjefts are permitted to approach this 

 fancluary. Tradition fays, that the bogaha tree fiiddenly 

 flew over from fome dillaut country and planted itfelf in the 

 fpot where it now (lands. It was intended as a Ihelter for 

 the god Bnddou, and under its branches he was wont to 

 repofe, while he fojourned on earth. Near th.s hallowed 

 fpot 90 kings are interred, who all merited admiflion into 

 the regions of blifs by the templts and images they conflruct- 

 ed for Buddou. They are now fent as good fpirits to pre- 

 fide over the fafety of his followers, and protcCl them from 

 being brought into fn'jeftion to Europeans; a calamity 

 againft which they continually pray. Around the tree are 

 a number of huts, eredled for the ufe of the devotees, who 

 repair hither : and as every fort of filth and dirt muft be 

 removed from the facred fpot, people are retained for the 

 purpofe of continually fwceping the approaches before the 

 worlhippers, and to attend the prielU during the perform- 

 ance of the ceremonies. Percival's Ceylon. 



BOGANEU, in Geography, a town of Bohemia, in the 

 circle of Chrudim ; 6 miles S. of Chrudim. 

 BOGAR. See Bokhara. 



BOGAROVSKOI, a town of Siberia, 136 miles N. of 

 Toboin<. 



BOGAS, or BoeHAs, a fmall town of Egypt, at the 

 mouth of the Nile, j miles N. of Daniietta. See 

 Boghass. 



BOGATOI, a town and difl;rift of Ruflia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kurilc, feated on the rivulet Penna, falling into the 

 Pfol ; ^8 miles S. S. W.of Kurfl<. 



BOGAZI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the country of 

 Diarbekir, 50 miles W. of Diarbtk. 



BoGAZi, fignifying in the Turkifli language a " canal," or 

 " ftrait," a name given by the Turks to two llraits, adjoin- 

 ing to the ifland of Samos ; one, called Little Bogazi, and 

 fcarcely half a league broad, feparates Samos from the 

 continent of Afia ; the other, called the Great Eogazi, and 

 nearly two leagues broad, lies to the well and feparates this 

 ifland from the fn-jall Fournis iflands, fo denominated, b"e- 

 caufe, at a diftance, they appear like the roofs of ovens ; they 

 were anciently called " Corftae infulas," This is a paffage 

 much frtqi'.ented by fliips failing from Coni'antinople to 

 Syria and Egypt, and tliey find here good anchorages. 



BOGDANA, a tcwn cf European Turkey, in Mol- 

 dav a, on the borders of Tranfylvaiiia ; 60 n.iles S. of 

 Niemecz. 



BOGDEN, Martin, in B'.ngraphy, a favoured pupil of 

 T. Bai tiioline, and llrer.uous defcinlcr of his ian;e and opi- 

 nions, was born at Drefdcn, about the year 1630. After 

 vjfiting France, England, and other parts of Europe, to im- 

 4 U 2 prove 



