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gfBf ral hijrlifr than it is in the intfrioi parts, and covered 

 vith tlccp rocky cliffs near the fca, which rd'cmhie a loii.^ 

 iflaiid lying dole umlcr the (hore. The harhour lies about 

 the middle of this land ; and, in approacliing it from the 

 fouth, i> dilcovcnd before the (hip coincs a-brcall of it ; but 

 from the north it h not difcovered fo foon. About the head 

 of the harbour, there are larj^c banks of fand and inuJ, on 

 which arc great plcntv of water-fowl, and large quar.tities of 

 oyfters, mufclcs, cockles, and other (hdl-fi(h, which fupply 

 the natives, who gather thcni by means of their little car.oes 

 ill flioal-water, with the principal means of their iiibliilence. 

 From the report of Cook, who carefully examined this coall, 

 and t^ok pofTcflijn of it in the name cf the king of Great 

 Britain, it was thought to be a deiirable fitualion for a ftt- 

 tlement ; and accordingly it was propofcd, at the clofe of 

 the American ivar, to tranfpoit felons thither, who were 

 fentenced to this kind of punilhment. This plan was adopted 

 in 17S6; and the firll (hip failed from Spithcad in [aiuiary, 

 1787, and arrived thither in the fame month of the following 

 year. It a])pcarcd, however, from the report of Cook ami 

 other navigators, that it was fubjeft to the inconvenience of 

 a great fcarcity of water, and on the arrival of the firll fet- 

 tlcrs, that it afforded advantages for the ellabli(hment of a 

 colony much inferior to fuch as they expefted to find ; the 

 foil being fwampy, water fcaree, and the bay itfelf incon- 

 venient for (hipping, on account of the (liallovvnefs of the 

 water, and its expofure to the ealltrly winds : and it'was 

 therefore refolved by governor Phillip to tranfer it to ano- 

 ther inlet, about i 2 miles farther to the north, called Port 

 Jackfon, on the fouth fide of which-, on a ("pot called Sidney 

 Cove, this fettlcment is now fixed. For a further acco\int 

 of the fetth-ment, and of the country, fee New Holland. 

 Two French (hips, called the Ailrolabeand Boulfole, which 

 left Fianc.-, on a voyage of dilcovcry, under the command 

 of M. la Peyroufe, in 1 785, arrived in this bay in the begin- 

 ning of the year 17S8 ; and during their (lay, father La 

 Receveur, who had come out iir the Allrolabe, as a natu- 

 ralift, died of the wounds he had received in a confliA with 

 the inhabitants of MaUina, one of the Ides des Navigntcurs, 

 at which they touched. A monument, bearing an inlcnp- 

 tion, was erccled to his memory', but wa:= foon deilroycd by 

 the natives. Cut governor Phillip ca'ifed the infeription to 

 be engraved on copper, and naiLd to an adjacent tree. Bo- 

 tany bay lies in S.lat. 34°, and E. lung. 151° 21'. 



Botany JJlunJ, an iHand in the Sonlhern Pacilic ocean, 

 near the coa(l of New Caledonia ; fo called by captain Cook 

 from the number and variety of plants it afforded. S. lat. 

 22° ;6' 40". E. long. 167° iC'45". 



* BOTARGO, a fort of fanfage, made of the milts and 

 roes of the mullet-ii(h, much ufed on the coall of the Medi- 

 terranean, as an incentive to drink. The manner of pre- 

 paring botargo, as praftifcd at Martegues in Provence, is 

 dcfcribed by Mr. Ray. The mullets, niii^iles, are taken in 

 " burdigoes," which are places in the (liallows inclofcd with 

 hedges of reeds. The male mullets are called " alktants," the 

 female " botcr," of the roes or fpawn of which the botargo 

 ii made thus : — They firll take out the fpawn entire, and 

 cover it round with fait for four or five hours ; then they 

 prefs it a little between two boirds or ftoucs ; then they 

 wa(h it, and at lall dry it in the fun for thirteen or fourteen 

 days, taking it in at night. Ray Trav. p. J96, feq. 



The method of making the botargo, in the towns of Kof- 

 low and Kafla, in Cnai Tartary, on the coafts of the Black 

 Sea, W'lierc tile mulLt abounds, is as follows: — Immediately 

 after the fifh fpawns, the fpawn is put wliole into a ftrong 

 brine, and flightly (immcred ; when it is th.jught to be fuf- 

 ficiently done, it is put into pots, and covered with melted 



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wax, to prevent it from fpoiling ; and it will then keep for 

 a long while, and may be conveyed to very dillant coun- 

 tries. . 

 The people of Provence call it bou-argues. The bed is 

 brought from Alexandria and Tunis. There is alfo a nianu- 

 fafture of it near MarfeiUes. It is much ufed throughout all 

 the Levant, and ufually eaten with olive-oil and lemon- 

 juice. 



BOTARISSAS, Strhijioifi'vc Bolaij/fas, Bell. Aq. one 

 of the fynonyms oi gaihu Iota, railed alfo clnrinfiivliiiUs by 

 the fame author y by the Englidi, eel-pout, or burbot. See 

 Lota Gck/iis. 



BOTATRISSA, in Ichthyology, fynonymous with bola- 

 r'ljfas, eel-pmit,^n<S. gaihslota. See Botarissas, and Lota. 

 BOTAURUS.in Ormtholo'^y, a fpecies of Ardea, witli 

 a fmooth black head ; body above cinereous and fufcous, va- 

 riegated ; beneath rufous ; lore and orbits naked and yellow; 

 throat wliite, (Ireaked with black, and i-eddi(h. Gmel. 



This is botaurus major of Brifibn, and ^rr.nJ butor of Buf- 

 fon ; greater fpedhil, or red heron of Ray and Willughby ; 

 greater bittern of Latham. 



Arilea botaurus is a native of Italy ; length three feet nine 

 inches ; the bill is yellowilh ; irides yellow ; feathers on the 

 head and breall long and Howing. 



BOTE, BoTA, in our old Law-Booh, fignifies com- 

 penfation, fatlsfadion, or amends, for any injury done. See 

 Estovers. 



Hence man-bole, fatisfaflion due for a man (lain. In king 

 I no's laws it is declared what was the rate ordained for this 

 offence, according to the quality of the perfon (lain. 



Hence alfo hdelcfs (charter of Hen. 1. to Thomas arch, 

 bifhop of York), where no judgment or favour will acquit 

 a man; as, v. gr. for facrilcge, &c. And hence our com- 

 mon phrnfe to boot, fpeaking of (omctliing given by way of 

 compenfat'.on. 



Bote, cart, Jire-hcte, hay-bote, houfc-lote, Itn-bote, plough' 

 bote, theft-bote. See the adjedives. 



BOTEFEUX, in Gunn:ry, are (licks two or three feet 

 long, and an inch thick, Cplit at one extremity, to hold an 

 end of the match twilled round it, for firinr the cannon. 



BOTENALKAITOS, a liar in the conllellation Cttus, 

 called alfo Bateni5.-:tos. 



BOTERNHOFEN, in Geography, a town of Germany, 

 in the dnchy of Holileiu, 9 miles S.S.W. of Nordorp. 



BOTEROL-L, in Heraldry, is the tag of a broad-l'word 

 fcabbard, and by the French heralds elUemed an honour- 

 able bearing. 



BOTERVIGIE van Boer, in Zoology, {Convi glaucus, 

 Linn.) is defcribed under this name by Rumphius. 



BOTESCART, in Jncient Engltfi Wrtters, the fame 

 with boatfwain. 



IaOTESDALE, in Geography, a market-town of Suf- 

 folk, in England, is K-aled near tlie borders of Norfolk, on 

 the turnpike road which leads from that place to Bury 

 St. Edmunds. It was formerly called Botolpli'd-Dale, from 

 a ch-ipel dedicated to that faint in a valley. This facred 

 (Iruiflure had long continued in a (late of dilapidation, but 

 Thomas Holt efq. and fome neighbouring gentlemen, raiftd 

 a fnbfcviption, and had it properly repaired and fitted up for 

 its ori^i:i:il dellination. This town enjoys the advantage of 

 a free grammar fchool, which was founded and endowed by 

 the emi' cut fir Nicholas Bacon, who was created the firll ba- 

 ronet of England. He alfo bequeathed other legacies to the 

 town; and the fchocil has been fince enriched by the donations 

 of other perlons. Botefdale is annexed to the rcftory of R(.d- 

 grave, the church of which is highly interelling to the liillo- 

 riaa and antiquary, from its iuclofing the monuments and 

 a lemaint 



