BON 



for tliis (liines as well as the ftone ; and being pulverized, 

 mav be rubbed over any furface for emitting light, the iur- 

 face beinjj firll daubed over with the white of an egg in order 

 to make it adhere ; and this will Ihine like the ftone. This 

 kind of furnace is not abfolutely necelTary to the operation ; 

 but it is convenient to know the quantity of charcoal requi 



BON 



BONTAIN, in Giography, a kingdom of the iHand of 

 Celebes, fituate on the i'oulh co:ift, and on the eaft fhore of 

 the bay of 13oni. It is bounded on the weft by the river 

 Tino, which divides it from the kingdom of Tourattea ; on 

 the north, by the mountains which bear its own name ; on 

 the eaft, by the river Kalekongang ; and on the fouth by the 

 Cte for giving the (hining qualltv to the'ftone ;"W an *ex- fea. It was anciently confukred among the dependent allies 

 cefs of heat deltroys it, and too Imall a degree is not fufficient of Macaft-er, and governed by then- kings ; but it has been 

 to produce it. Tiie greateft degree of phofphorence feems twice conquered by the arms of the Dutch Eaft xndia corn- 

 to depend on a due application of the hfat. An extreme pany and their allies, and was ceded to them, in property, 

 decrree of heat fufes this ftone. For other methods of pre- by the treaty of Bom. The country is pleafant, and fertile 

 paring this kind of phofpho.us, fee Phosphorus. See m rice. It has a large bay where ftips may he m perfed 

 If 1 PUT iatety during both tlie monloons. i he loundings are good 



"^ This property of affording a phofphorus by calcination, is and regular, and the bottom foft mud ; nor is tliere is any 

 common to the other gypfnms, when pure from metallic or danger in coming in, except from a r.dge of rocks, which 

 oth^r heterogeneous mixtures ; the artificial gvpfums fucceed are above vvater and are a good mark for anchoring. 1 he 

 equally with the natural, and it is found to belong to a va- higheft land in fight is called^' Bontain-hill,^ h. lat^. 5° 30'; 

 riety of other fubftances. M. Margraai" obferves, that all 

 fubftinws which have this property, contain a vitriolic acid, 

 united to an alkaline or calcareous earth. 



and ivhen a ftiip is in the offing, at the diftance of 2 or 5 

 miles from the land, flic ihould bring this hill N.orNiW., 

 and then run in with it and anchor. In this bay there are 



M. Elpigni obferves, that one Za<Tonius had a metliod of federal fmall towns ; that which is called " Bontani," lies m 

 making llatues and pictures of the Bononian ftone, which the N.E. part of it (S. hit. 5° 10'. E. long. 117° 28'.) ; and 

 would ihine varioullv in the dark ; but he adds, the perfon here is a imall paliladoed fort, on which are mounted eight 



died without difcoveriug his fecret. See Piiil. Tranf. N° 



1J4- 



guns, that carry a ball of about eight pounds weight ; it is 

 juft fufficient to keep the country people in lubjeClion, and 

 'bONONIENSIS, in On,ilLoIo!;\', the fpecific name of is intended for no othtr purpofe ; it lies on the fouth fide 

 the greater lapwing, trlm^a l,ono,m-i,fu of Gmelin, and -va- "fa fmall river, and tliere is water for a Ihip to come clofe 

 ndlus bononhrifis mnjor of BriJon. The legs of this kind are t'^ H. Wood and water arc to be procured here m great 

 ochraceoiis; "head "and upper part of the nfck chefuut ; plenty; hkewife plenty of frefli provihons, at a icalonable 

 l)odv above black, beneath white ; throat and breaft fpotted '"ate : the beef is excellent, but it would not be eafy to pro- 

 witl'i ferruginous. Gmel. 01/. This is larger than the com- cure enough of it for a fquadron. Rice may be had in any 

 mon lapwHig (irhiga ■vaiicUus); tV.e beak is yellov/ifti and quantity, and alfo fowls and fruit: in the woods there are 

 black at tlie tip. herds of wild hogs, which may be piirchafed at a low price, 



BoN-oNiENSis, pnffercuhis loivmunfis of Brifton. This is as the natives, who are Maiiometans, never eat them; and 

 frwr]!!,, brachyura of Gmelin, or Ihort -tailed fparrow. filh may be caught with tlie ftine. The tides are very irre- 



Be^NOSIANI, or BoNOsiACi, in EcL'fxftcal H\(lory, 

 an ancient branch of Adoptiani, in the fourth century, de- 

 nominated from their leader Bouofus, a biftiop of Mace- 

 donia. 



BONPLANDIA, in Rotany 

 iandr'td monogyniii. 



Gen. Char. C«/. tubular, five-toothed. Cor. monope- 

 talous, ahnoft labiate ; tube longer than the calyx ; border 

 with fine emarginate divifions ; the two fuperior long and 

 (Iraiglit, the three inferior pendant. Stam. five inclining. 

 Pt/L germ fuperior ; ftyle capillary ; ftigma bifid ; Peruarp, 

 capfule ovate, three fided ; cells three ; feeds three. 



Species, B. gemhiiflora-, an annual plant ; leaves alternate. 



gular ; it is commonly but once high and once low water in 

 34. hours, and there is feldom a diftcrence of fix feet between 

 them. The inhabitants of Buntain, and tliofe of Boele- 

 Comba and Bera, are the bell humoured, moft peaceful, and 

 Cavan. 532. Clafs, Acn- moft tradtable of all the fubjefts belonging to the Dutch 

 company, in the whole idand of Celebes. 



BONTEMPI, Angelini, in Biography, a native of 

 Perugia, and author of the firft hiftory of mufic in the Ita- 

 lian language with which we are acquainted. He was an 

 able profeflbr, of confiderable learning, who flouriflied about 

 the middle of the 17th century. His work, which has for 

 title " Hiftoria Mufica di Gio. And. Angelini Bontempi," 

 was pubiiilied at Perugia, in fmall folio, 1695. It is be- 



fmoolh, lanceolate, toothed ; flowers violet, large, axillar)', come fomewhat fearce, which enhances its value with col- 



growiug in pairs. A native of New Spain. lectors of books ; and having been long unable to procure a 



BOMPOIIRNIKEL, a denomination given to a coarfe copy, we imagined when one was found, from Broffard's 



kind of bread ufed in Weftphalia. See Bread. charafter of the work, that we were i'l pofTefiion of a greater 



BON.S-HoMMF.s, or VtaH-Hoiiimes, in Ealcftaflkal Hlf- treafure than on examination it proved to be. For with 



to.-y, a fort of liermits of St. Auguftin, founded by F. de great parade of his learning, fcience, and acquaintance with 



Paula. They were brought over into England in i2Sj, by the Greek /Zit'or/z/j-, that arc come down to us, he leaves us in as 



Edmund, earl of Cornwall, and fettled at Artiorng, in utterdarknefs concerning the/)/-(;(7/Vc of ancient mufic as ever; 



Bucks, befides which they had only one houfe more at and, to iay the truth, he has furniflied us with but little 



]:'.dington in Wiltfaire. They followed the rule of St. Auf- information concerning the modern of his own time, with 



tin, and wore a blue habit. which, however, as a contrapuntift, he feems to have been 



Tlie name is faid to have arifen from Louis XI. of France, perfectly well acquainted. Indeed, by the frequent ufe 



who ufed to call F. de Paula, prior of the order, le bon he makes of fcientific terms, his book, when cafually 



homme. Till then they had been called the Alinimi, or order opened, has more the appearance of a dry mathematical 



ofGrammont. See Albigknses. treatife, than the hiftory of an elegant art, 



BONSDORI'Tl, in Entomology, a fpecies of Curculio, The motl curious and interefting part of his work, is the 



of an oblong form. Colour white, with a black band and account which he gives of the dii'cipline of the college of 



fpots ; fnout fulcated and brown. Bonfd. Cure. Suec. In- fingers in the fervice of the pontifical chapel, and of the 



habits Sweden, and is halt the fize of curculio fuldniflris. great mafters who then fiourifhed at Rome, who had diftin- 



guifhed 



