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r^v-.y rtfl Oi«l>ar)ks of tV ri»cr Dcrwfrt. An>onf; the 

 r.f lirikiM'.of th< WN Hre GSaMnvarn. exl.ibu..t,. io<rk 

 Bp.,,. n.ck, a-ut E.-l.-crao. «.l,fr. thai bi>d t.B of htc 1>^^ 

 been accufto,rea tn hvM its ncil : but the deprcdat.ons 

 •nmially oommiMcd en it, yiyimg. liavc dnvni .t f'""; t*^* 

 ace. Hejce the vnU eXteiMs tor a nnic over a fnghtfi.l 



of a prrcii>ice that 



B O R 



130RSNA, or Borvma, a town and ditlrift of Ruffia, 

 ill the ^'ovcriimcnt of Tchtrnioof, fcaled on a rivulet of tlic 

 fame naffc, faHmg into tlie Dcfiia ; 5 miks S. E. of 1 chcr- 

 iirL'of, and ■;4S S. of PettrdMir^. 



DORSOD, a town of Hungary, and the capital of a 

 coii'.itrv of the fame name; inhabited by Hungarians 

 Sclavonians, Bohemians, and Germans, and furnilhing good 



vellcr is prefentcd with an opening view over the IJcr- 



BORSUC, in Zooh^', tlic name of t4ie badger, ur/iis 

 mtles, in Pohr.d. The fame animal a'fo bears the iiameb of 



«ont lake- of the Skiddaw-mountain, and the tipper lletps j,m tdHziih^AM, in that country 



vards the eaft, and reannj? BORSZLJOWKA, \a Geography, 



of Saddle-back obliquely fcen towards the ealt, anU reannj? uu i^^y. Z-i w vv' iv/i . in ^eogrnp^, a town of Poland, in 

 •.r ir f nV, ..- =11 t),,. hi-iirlits of the eallern (hore. At the the palatinate of kiov ; 10 nuics W. ot K'ov. 

 ;S,St hf g ge^^le lag:or handet of Grange B&RT. a town of France, in the f P^.t-nt of the 

 li« ok^urefouelv on the bank of the Derwont, among Correze, and ch.ef place of a canton, in the d,!lna of Uffel. 

 n^radows and woods, and (helters itfelf under the ruinous The place contains 1792, and the canton 65O.5 inhabitants : 

 fell calltd'Caftle-crag, deriving its name from the calUe or the territory comprehends 140 kiiiometres, and 10 com- 

 f.,,t',-,f.: whi. h from its fummit once guarded this important muneo : diftant 4 leagues S. E. from Uffel. 

 iX Borrowdale ab^un's in valuabl mines, among'v.dnch BORTHWICK, in r./.,..#„ a parifl. and vil age in 

 fome are known to fiippW the iinell wadd, or black lead the county of Edinourgh, bcotland, is noted in the hiltonc 

 to be found in Ensrland. thefc mountains alfo furniih great papje for a magnificent callle which was built here by 

 ouantiticscfiron-ilone, flate, and various kinds of free-ftone. William I. lord Borthwick, about the year 1430. Inns 

 Radchffe's Journcv in 17,;4. vol.ii. p. 350, &c. complete ftate it was very txtenfive, and considered almoft 



BORROWSTONNESS, or Bowness, a town of impregnable, but Oliver Cromwelllaid fiege to it in 1050, 

 Scotland, i-i the countv of Linlithgow, having a harbour on and forced the ganifon to furrender. " It is feated," ob- 

 the fouth fide of the frith of Forth, and furrounded with ferves Mr. Pennant, " on a knowl, in the midH of a pretty 

 coal-pita and falt-works, which produce the principal ex- vale, bounded by hills, covered^ with corn and woods ; a 

 •Dorts of the place. It has a '^ood pier and harbour of late moil pifturefque fcene. It confifts of a vaft fquare tower, 

 conllruaion : ij tnilesW. of 'Leithand4N. of Linlithgow. 90 feet high, with fquare and round baRions at equal 

 BORSALO or Burs.\l, a town and kingdom of dillances from its bafe. The ftate rooms are on the firft 

 Africa, "in Ntgroland, not far from the fea-coalt, and ex- 

 tending along the northern bank of the river Gambra, as far 

 as Tanta<Tondu. . The town of this name is in the middle 

 of the country, about 4^ leagues from the coart. In the coun- 

 trr which is little known, there is a river of the fame name. 



'BORSELLA, in the G/.T/i ^ror.fj, an inllrumentwherc- ^ 



with they extend or contract the glaifes at pleafure ; alfo tains jog houl'es, and 66S inhabitants. Pennant's Tour in 



ftory, once accefTible by a drav/bridge. Some of the apart- 

 ments were very large; the hall 40 feet long, and had its 

 mufic gallery ; the roof lofty, and once adorned with paint- 

 ings. This place was once the property of the earl of 

 Boihwel, who, a little before the battle of Ciibury hill, 

 took refuge here with his fair confort." The parifh con- 



fmooth and levii;ate them 



BORSEHOLDER. See Borough, //^W. 



BORSET, in Ccosniphy, an abbey about half a league 

 from Aix-la-Chapelle, celebrated for its mineral waters, of 

 the fame general quality with thofe of Aix-la-Chapelle, and 

 recommended as warm baths in fimilar difeai^es, and alio in 



Scotland, 410. vol. iii. 



BORTZUTU!,atown of Tranfylvania, 12 miles N. of 

 Clanfenbnrg, 



BORUA, a town of Portugal, in the province of Alen- 

 tejo, 2 leagues from Villa Viciofa. 



BORVTASIA, a town of Ruffian Tartary, on the north 



dropfical and oedematous cafes. They confid of the upper fide of the Don, 64 miles E.N.E. of Azo.'. 



and lov.cr fprings j thofe of the former, which fupply BORYSOW, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 



the baths, railing the thermometer to 158°, and thofe of Min!l<, feated on the river Berezyna, 36 miles E.N.E. of 



the latter to 127^. They arc lefs fulphurous than thofe of Mirftc. N. lat. 54°. E. long. 29° 5'. 



Aix-la-Chapelle ; and abound much with felenites, which BORYSTHENES, iu Anciait Geography, a river of 



incrufts the pipe through which they pafs, and alfo the European Sarmalia, forming almoft: the wh.ole wcftern 



fides of the hr.th. 



BORSIPPA, or Bars IT A, in Jncient Geography, Stmaur.t, 

 a town of Babylonia, according to Jofephus and Strabo ; 

 reprefcnted by thelatter as confecrated to Diana and Apoilo, 

 and placed by M. d'Anville en the eallern bank of tiie 

 Enphrates, about the 3 2d degree of latitude. 



BORSK, in Geography, a town and diftrift of Ruffia, 

 in the government of Upha, feated on the rivtr Bidaya. 

 N. lat. 5i° :o'. E.loLg. 5.^° ij'. 



boundary of Sarmatic Scythia. Its name is faid to be de- 

 rived from the langur;ge of the Sclavi or Slaves, who, in their 

 migration, blended themielves with the Scythians. It fig- 

 nifies "a rampart foriried by a furefl of pines," being derived 

 from lor, a forcll of pines, zndijier.a, a wall. As a confirm- 

 ation of this etymology, it is alleged that the fliorcs of tlie 

 Boryfthenes are covtrtd with forefts of pines. Mela, de- 

 ducing his dtfcription of this river from Herodotus, (1. iv. 

 § 53-) «p»efent5 it as flowing through a country of the fame 



numc. 



