BOS 



BOS 



rnme, nr)A rs the moll pkafant river of Scy tliia, morf gcntJc in 

 its i-ourfc tlinn any other, and aiTording water more agrcLMblc 

 to drink. Irlc adds, that it enriched many pleaHmt pallures, 

 and that it fupph'ed very large rrOies without bones. It 

 'jwed from diltant and unknown fprin;;s, which lay, accord- 

 ing to Ammianus, CI. xxii. c. iS.) in the moi.intaiiis of the 

 Tvauri, and was navigahlc through a courfe of 40 days' iail- 

 i:;r ; and in this interval received many larn-e rivers. After 

 its junction with the Hypaai.s, it difchar-jcd itfelf into the 

 uortliern part of the Euxiue fea. It is now called Diinper 

 or Nicpcr, which fee.— Alfo, a town of European Sarmatia. 

 Stephanr.:) Byz. reprefcnts it 33 a Greek city, b;;in'r a colony 

 if Milciians, fcated near the mouth of the river of the fame 

 i,.i;ne. By fome it was called B rylihencs, by its inhabitants 

 1 .'/./'j, and by Pliny Milctopolis ; proliably the fame tliat is 

 ;iuw denominated Oc^nJ^otv, which fee. 



DORYZA, a city of Pontus. Steph. Byz. 



IjORZA, ill G.-f>};ritpl>y, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Afderbeitzan, '^o miles S. of Tauris. 



DORZINSKOI, a town of S;beria, on the Argun ; J44 

 :v,ilrs S. E. of Nertchiuflc. 



BOS, in ylniiqiiity, was peculiarly ufed for an ancient 

 Greek lilvercoin, which was d'ldrachmits, or equivalent to two . 

 drachms. 



Bos, Lambert, in Biography, an eminent philolorrift, 

 was born at Worcum, in Holland, in 1670, and bccanie Greek 

 profefTor at Franeker, in the exercife of which office he ac- 

 quired great rc-piRation, and where he died in 1717. His 

 profound erudition is hono'.irably mentioned by feveral 

 writers, and partici'larly by Fabricius, and by Hemfterrtmfius 

 in his; oration " De linguss Gra;ex prxflantia." His trea- 

 tifeon the Greek elllpfes is held in high eftimationby gram- 

 marians. His other principal works are, " A new edition, 

 with additions, of the Greek grammar of Vilerus;" " an 

 editum of the Septuagint, with prolegomena and various 

 readings," 3 vols. .^to. Franek. 1709; "Thomas Magiftri 

 eclogae cum notis;" " Exercitationes Philologicce, quibus 

 Novi Ficderis loca nonnuUa ilhiftrantur," 1700 and 1713, 

 8vo ; " Myfterii Ellipfeos Gra;cx expofiti fpecimen ;" " An- 

 tiquitatum Grrecarum defcriptio ;" and " Animadverfiones 

 ad fcriptores quof'am GrKcos." Nouv. Dicl. Hill. 



Bos, John Baptist Du, the fon of a confidtrable mer- 

 chant and magillrate of Beauvais, in France, was born at 

 that place in 1670, and finifhcd his fludies at the Sorbonne. 

 He afterwards became a dillinguillied writer, and a member 

 of the French academy. In 169'; he was one of the com- 

 mittee for foreign affairs under Mr. Torey, and was after- 

 wards cliargedwith fonie important tranfaitions in Germany, 

 Italy, England, and Holland. After his return to Paris , 

 he was made an abbe, and had a pcnfion. He was a!fo 

 chofen perpetual fecretary of the French academy ; and in 

 this fituation he died at Paris, March 2J, 1742. His prin- 

 cipal works are, " Critical refleclions upon poetry and paint- 

 ing ;" of which the beft edition is that of Paris, 1740, 

 3 vols. l2mo. ; " A critical hiftory of the eflabliflunent of 

 the French monarchy among the Gauls," of whicli the befl 

 editions are thofe of 174;, in 2 vols. 4to. and in 4 vols. 

 l2mo. ; "The interefts of England ill underftood in the 

 prefent war," 1714; "The hiilory of the four Gor- 

 dians, confirmed and illuflrated by medals ;" and " The 

 hiilory of the league of Cambray, formed in 170S, againll 

 the republic of Venice," of which the beil edition is that of 

 1728, in 2 vols. i2mo. 



Bos, or BoscHE, Jerom, an ancient painter and en- 

 graver, was born at Bois-lc-Duc, and took plcafurt in paint- 

 ing devils, witches, and enchantments. His piftures, dil- 

 tinguiftied by the freedom of his touch, and the ilrength of 



his colotirinjr, are held in hi;,'h cllimafion, fhoiicrh, from the 

 nature of the fubjcCts which he felee'ied, tlicy excite a dejfrep 

 ot luiri-or blended with admiration. The moil remarkable 

 p-.unting of this matter, among feveral others of a fimilar kind, 

 in which he induljjes a wildncfs of imagination, is an allegory 

 of the ])!eafurcs of the lic(l) ; rcprtfentiiig the prii'dpal 

 figure, drawn by mon'lrous imaginary forms, preceded by 

 demons, and followed by death. He was alfo an engraver, 

 and the lirll attift who attempted to engrave in the grotcf- 

 que ilyle ; and he is laid to have been more dillinguiHud by 

 fertility of invention than by a correct judgment. The two 

 plate?, moll deftrving ot mention, are one reprefenting " St. 

 Chnllophcr," carrying the infant Jefns acrofs the water and 

 bending under his load ; on the left is a hermit, co.-ninpr 

 from h.is cell with a lanthorn, and the wliole compolition is 

 furroundcd with fmall grcvtti'que figures of all fhapes, in the 

 mod ridiculous attitudes; and another is the "Lall judg- 

 ment," in which Chrilt appears feattd on a rainbow, with 

 two angels on each fide and founding trumpets, hav- 

 ing on their labels this infcription, " Hie eft dies qnem fecit j 

 furgite mortui, vtnitc ad judicium ;" and at the bottom are 

 fmall figures of men and devils of all (liapes intermixed. To 

 both thefe prints is affixed his name, " Bofche." He died 

 in 15C0. Pilkington and Strutt. 



Bos, I^Ewis Janssen, or John Lewis de, a painter, 

 was born at Bois-le-I)uc, and having received iiiltrudlions in 

 painting from the artills of his native city, he applied him- 

 felf to Itudy after nature, and became eminent for the truth 

 of his colouring, and the neatnefs of his handling. His fa- 

 vourite fubjedts were flowers and curious plants, which he 

 grouped in vafes of glafs or cryftal, half filled with water, 

 and to which he gave a peculiarly natural and pleafing ap- 

 pearance. He alfo exhibited on the leaves of his fubjefls 

 the drops of dew with fingular tranfparency, and embeilifh- 

 ed them with butterflies, bees, wafps, and otiier infeCls, in 

 a manner fupcrior to that of any co-temporary artills. In 

 the ftylc of his portraits he was no lefs excellent than in his 

 compofition of Hill life. He died in j ^^07. Pilkiiigton. 



Bos, in Zoology, the O.v, a genus of animals in which the 

 horns are concave, or hollow, turned outwards, lur'atcd and 

 fmooth ; front teeth in the lower jaw eight ; canine teeth 

 or ttifl<s none. 



There are but few fpccies of this tribe that appear to be 

 really dillinft ; but the number of varieties into which they 

 are divided, arifiug from the diflerences of climate, domcf- 

 tication, and other caufes, are endlcfs. They are a moll 

 valuable race of animals to mankind, their flelh and milk 

 affording excellent nutritious food : they are ufeful as beads 

 of burthen ; and their hides ferve many domeftic purpofes. 

 The fpecies are Taurus, or the common ox, which com- 

 prehends the varieties of ferns and iloniejlicus, jimcr'iawusf 

 nuifrluilus, grunnicns, buhiihis, cajjlr, accordi.ig to Gmelin. To 

 thefe are added, by later writers, the Bos arnce of Kerr ; 

 the Bans of the Cape ; with the Dzvnrf o.-< of Africa, under 

 the names of Bos barhiitus, and pmnilus , which fee. 



Jiosjlrepticiros, Aldrnvandus. See Stretsiceros ios. 



BOS A, in Geography, a maritime and cpifcopal to\%;n of 

 Sardinia, fituate on the we'lern coall of the ifland, near a 

 river of the fame nam.e. It is defended by a callle, and lias 

 a good fort ; dillant 18 miies S.S. W. from Algferi, and 36 

 S. S. W. of Saffari, to which it is fuflragan. N. lat. 40"* 

 18'. E. long. ii° J4'. 



BOS A R A, in yliideiit Geography, a town of Arabia Fe- 

 lix, according to Ptolemy. 



BOSARADDAHEBA, or jESARnrcHETi, a town of 

 Alia, in the province of Sableilau ; 21 leagues S. of Can- 

 dahar. 



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