BOO 



l^ooN-*/T/j»'/, in G-^^riJ/>l}y, an ifland of A«ierica, on the 

 *oall of tlic dillrifl of Maine;, between tlie mouth of York 

 river ami Cape NeJilock. 



ISoos's-(^reet, a finall north branch of Kentucky river. 



Biion'i- J'oint, the mod iiortlicrl)' point of the illand of 

 Antigua. N. Int. 17' 7'. W. loig. 6:°. 



DOUNDY, or DooNDEE, a to>vn of Hindoftan, in the 

 eruntry of Apimcrt, 84 miles S. E. of Aginicre, and 65 

 S. S. W. of kaiitampour. The town is lituatLd 011 the 

 foullicrn declivicy ot a lonjf ranije of hills, which runs nearly 

 from E. to \V. 'f'he palace of the rajali, a larp;ea;id m:'Oy 

 building of Aone, ij about halfway up ; arid a kind ofllone 

 fortification run; to the top of itie mil. The pafs throuj;h 

 the hill lies to the call of the town, and is fecured by a gate 

 at each end. The poflllTijns ot tlie rajah of Bondec have 

 been reduced hy the irruptions of the Mahrattas, and en- 

 croachments of tiie Kotah family, to the revenue of lix lacki, 

 of which a fourth part, or chout, is paid to the Mahrattas. 



BOONE 1J.\Y, lies on t'le welleni fide of the ifland of 

 Kewfo'.'ndland, 2; leagues N. by E. from St. George's har- 

 bour. N lat ^9^ 35'. 



IJOONEN, Arnold, in Biogrtiphy , a portr.iit pairiter, 

 was born ut Dort, in 1069 ; and after haviiicr been for fome 

 time a dil-iple of Arnold Verbui.':, placed himfclf under 

 Godfrey Schalcken, who recommended to him, after having 

 received his in(tru<:tions for lix years, to thidy nature. By 

 following this advice, Boonen obtained the reputation of a 

 great maiKr at the age of 25 years. His Ihle of colouring 

 was extrcra.-ly good ; the attitudes of his lignrts wei-e ele- 

 gantly difpofed ; his toucli neat. The whole pofi'efTed fuch 

 harmony, and his portraits maintained fuch a llriking like- 

 nefs, that he was ranked among the ablclt artilts of his tiire ; 

 he had a number ot admirers, and a demand for works whicli 

 he was unable to cxecu'.e. He had the honour of painting 

 the portraits of tlieczirol Mofcovy, of Frederick I. king of 

 Pruiha, of the victorious duke of Marlbornugli, as well as of 

 many of the princes of Germany, and moil of the noblemen 

 who attended the czar. His health was impaired by 

 his exccflive application, and he died rich in 1739. Pilk- 

 tngton. 



BOON'ERSCHANS, in Gcogra;>hy,v,hvU<:k of Gronin- 

 gen, on the borders of Kail Fricdand, about a league from 

 IJollart bay ; 5 leagues S. of Embdtn. 



BOONETON, a fmall poil-lown of America, in Sufllx 

 county, NV-w Jerity, on the pjlt-road between Rockaway 

 and SuH'cx court -Ik ul'e ; 116 Uiiltsfrom Philadelphia. 



BOONSBOi<.OU(iH,a town of America, in the county 

 of Maddifon, and liate of Kentucky, fcated at the mouth 

 <jf Otter creek, 33 miles S. E. of Lexington, and as far 

 N. E. from Danville. N. lat. 37° 57'. 



BOOONK, or Long-Neck, \nOrnkhology, one of the 

 *iameE of the little Bittern, ^riJer. mimitci. liii/Tel's ylLpbo 



BOOPHTHALMUS, derived from fe, i,„ «.v, and 

 •f9a>.,w.!>c, eye, Ox-eye Hone, in Nulural Hljlory, a name given 

 by Scheuctizerto a peculiar agate, in which there frequently 

 appear circles of conlidcrable lize, rcfembling fo.i.e laro-e am- 

 mat's eye. The ground colour of the ftone h grey, a?id the 

 circles of a deep blu-fh black. 



BOO PS, in £ii:nmology, a fpccics of Sthex that inhabits 

 Gcrnvany, in t!ie environs of Vienna. It is of a black colour, 

 with tiiree fcgmer.ts of the abdomen, and the tarfi of the 



legs tellaccous. Schranck. ]nf. Auilr Obf. The eyes are 



large, the'abdomeu ovate. 



B"0Ps, in Ichthyology, a fpecies of Laerus, found in 

 the ftas about Japan. It is fpec'fically dillingnithcd by 

 having the lower jaw rather longer than the uppei- one, and 

 .l»av;ng two TuiS on the back. HoutUiyn ad HaarL The eyes 



BOO 



of this fifli are very large ; the teeth in the lower Jaw large 

 and acute. 



Boops, a fpecies of Sp.^rus, of the lincated kind, found 

 in the Japan feas. The body is marked with obfcure longi- 

 tudinal lines, of which the four loived are gold and illvery, 

 Artcdi defcribes this tifli. Gmel. 



Boops, in Zoology, liie fpeciiic name of the Pile headeit 

 luhale; Balitna loops, of Linua:us. It is dillinguiilied by 

 having double fpiracles on the fnout, and a horny protuber- 

 ance at the extremity of the back. Linn. This is the Jupiter 

 lidi of Andcrfon ; the French name it la Jubarte. 



The pike headed whale is a native both, of the northern and 

 finitheru ocean, and grows to tlie length of forty or fifty 

 feet, and fometimes more. T!ie body is round, cfpccially to- 

 wards the head, from whence it fltipes gradually to the tail. 

 The head is large, and of a fomewhat kuotliened form, 

 though tcrminatwg in an obtufe tip. Btfore the noftrils are 

 three rows of circular convexities, the utility of which has 

 not yet been afcertained. Above thefe is the double fpiracle 

 ihroug!) which the animal f^jeds the water in the fame man- 

 nt-r as the other wlmles. I'he eyes arc lituated beyond the 

 fpiracles on each fide of the head. Jull behind the orbit of 

 the eyes aretheears, the apertures of which are fcarcJy percep- 

 tible. In the upper jaw are numerous lamina: of black whale- 

 bone, not above a foot in length. The tongue is large, fat, 

 fpongy, and funiiflied with an appendage towards the throat, 

 a kind of loofe fcin like an operculum. The lateral, or pec- 

 toral lins are large, oval, entire on the pofterior edge, but 

 rounded and cremilated on the front. The dorfal fiifis of a 

 fatty-cartilaginous fubftance ; it is placed on the hind part 

 of the back, above the vent, in a pcfition nearly pependicu- 

 lar. The tail, which is horizontal, is divided into two 

 lobes both of which are pointed at the extremity. The 

 fides b?low the p-dloral fin, together with the anterior part of 

 the belly, is deeply wrinkled with a number of longitudinal 

 plaits, or furrows, which may be contrafted or dilated at 

 the pleafure of the animal. All the upper parts of this kind of 

 whale are of a dark brown, or black colour, obfcurely mar- 

 bled ; the prevailing colour beneath is white, except the fur- 

 rows between the abdominal plaits, which diftend as the aui- 

 Inal opens its mouth and then appear of a bright red. 



This is reprefented as a very timid creature. There are 

 occalions, however, in which it has evinced a confiderable 

 fhare of courage, fuch as being ftrandcd on the fhore in a 

 llorm, when it has been known to defend itfelf with great 

 vigour, and do no fmall mifchief before it could be over- 

 C()mc._ When the male has been ilranded with the female, 

 of which inftances do fometimes occur in the north, ther 

 will defend each other with uncommon fpirit, emitting at the 

 fame time a moll horrible grunting noife, fomewhat fimilar 

 to that of a pig when lluck for killing. Its greattft enemy 

 in Its native element is the phyfeter microps. This fpecies 

 hvcs principally on the falmo ardicus, the ammodytes tobi- 

 anus, and on the teftaceous, and other vermes. Its flelh 

 and oil are ufed like thofe of other whales. The Greenland- 

 crs, where thofe animals are moa frequent, callthis particu- 

 lar kind kcporkak. 



BOORS, in Geography, the appellation of a very numer- 

 ous clals of the inhabitants of Ruflia, ufually called fimply 

 boors, but more accurately denominated vaffal-boors, in order 

 to dillmguilh them from the free boors, or free peafants. 

 i liele latter, though often comprehended among the boors 

 111 Itate papers, and m the enumeration of the people, are 

 really of of a different clafs, and form a kind of middle fta- 

 tiou between the burghers and the valTal-boors. In virtue of 

 their freedom, no man can alienate or fell them ; they edu- 

 cate their children .6 they pleafe ; moll of them poffefs im. 



moveable 



