B O T 



Swtdfn, but over the iT.ounlaii>s to Norway, aiul tlirougU 

 cxtciilivc dcfcrts to Ruflia. It is divided into four vog- 

 tcys or inferior Kovemments, contains two provincial junf- 

 diaiona, and, with regard to its eccWi'-alHcal llati^ belongs 

 to the fre of Hcrniifand. Tlic principal towns art Umca, 

 Pitta, Lulca, and Tornea. 



BoTHKiA, c^o/. one of ths branches into which the 

 Rultic ia dividid ; the other being the gulf of I'iiihnd. The 

 former ia fcparated from the baltic by the iflis of Aland, is 

 bounded on the call, weft, and north by tin. .Swcdifli_ domi- 

 nions, and extends between them, from Aland to Tornea, 

 about five dcgrcct and a half in latitn.k.or about 1^7 Ungues 

 from north to foulh, and from iti to j5 in breadth from 

 caft to weft. 



BOTHNICUS, in Enlomofojj, 3 fpecies of Crvptoce- 

 PHALUS, Chrxfomela bothnua of Linnaeus. The colour is 

 deep black, with a longitudiual red line on the thorax. In- 

 habits Sweden. 



130TH0.\. or Botoha, in CfOgraphy, a town of 

 France in the department of the north coaft, and chict place 

 of a canton, in the dillricl of Guingamp ; the place contains 

 2021, and the canton 7S54 inhabitants ; the territory com- 

 prehends 107! kiliometrts, and S cortinuincs. 



liOTHWELL, an ancient barony and parifii of Scot- 

 land, which includes an area of about S^ miles in length 

 by 4 miles in breadth. Tfic bridge in tiiis pariih, 

 which crofTcs the Clyde river, is memorable for an engage- 

 ment fought on the foulh fide of it, June 22, 1679, between 

 the royalifts, under the duke of Monmouth, and the prtf- 

 byterian infurgents. In this fatal conflict the latter were 

 defeated, with the lofs of 400 flaln, and 1200 taken pri- 

 foners. Here arc the remains of a callk, which appears to 

 have been formerly of very large dimenfions. It is frequently 

 mentioned in the annals of Scottifh hiftory. Sir John Sin- 

 clair's Statiftical Account, vol. xvi. 



BOTI, in Geography, a town of Siberia ; 3a miles S. of 

 Orlenga. — Alfo, a town of Siberia, 76 miles N. E. of 

 Is'crtchinfli. 



BOTICUM, in jliicient Geogrnphy, a town of Afia Mi- 

 nor, ill Phrygia, which had a marlh that produced fait. 

 Steph. By?-. 



BOTISAS, a name given in Spain to a fmaller fort of 

 alcarrazas, or veflcls ufed for cooling water ; the larger 

 fort being called jarras. See Alcarrazas. 



BOTISTMEN'I, in Geography, the name of a mountain 

 in the fouthern part of the illand of Madagafcar. 



BOTI-AN, Al Mokhtar Ben Hassan, Ben Adoun, 

 fir D'Ebn Botlan, in Biography, a Chrillian phylician of 

 Bagdat, the contemporary and antagonift of Ebn Rodwan. 

 It is faid that Botlan, in order to be peifonally acquainted 

 with his adverfary, made a voyage into Egypt, A. I). 1047. 

 On leaving Egypt, he went to Con(lantini>ple, where he 

 lived a year. He is the author of the following works, viz. 

 " Kenafch," or a compendium of medicine, tor the ufe of 

 the convents ; " Inflru£tions how to buy flaves, and to 

 make profit of them;" " Tables of health ;" " Of the dif- 

 eafes of phyficians;" " Introduction to the art of medicine;" 

 '■ Devat et athebbai," or the religion of phyficians ; and 

 " Of the cure of a child who had the ftone." D'llcrbelot. 

 BOTN.\, or Kaozen, in Gtography, a rivtr of Eu- 

 ropean Turkey, which runs into the Dnieper, near Ben- 

 der. 



BOTOL, or BoTEL Tabago-Xlma, Tabaco-Xima, or 

 TalaM-Siiiia, the name of two iflands in the Chincfe feas, 

 lituated at the dillance of about 5 leagues from the fouth 

 point of Formofa, and on the fame parallel. Tne great 

 iiknd, at its foulli-eaft point, is placed, by captain ^Iarc- 



B O T 



hand, in N.lat. 22° %'■ and E. long. Ill' 34'. ; by Dal- 

 rymplt's chart, in N. lat. 22"' 6' 30". E. long. 121° 50'. ; 

 by La Pcronfe, in N. lat. ^i" 57'- E- long. I2i°52'.; by 

 Chanal, in N.lat. 2 2» .5'. L. long. 121" 54'. and by G. 

 Robcrtfon, in his table of pofitions, in N. lat. 22° 6'. E, 

 long. i2i'4i' 4^". This illand is fufficiently eleva.ed to be 

 ften at a dillance of 15 leagues, when the fl<.y is clear ; it is 

 about 4 or ■; leagues in circumference; and it is well peopled 

 with inhabitants, as Marchand obfervtd fires blazing during 

 the night; and La Peroufc, on approaching very near to it, 

 dillinguillied three extenfive villages within the fpace of a 

 league. It is very woody from about one-third of its eleva- 

 tion, taken between the water's edge and its fummit, which 

 appeared to be crowned with trees of the largeft fize. The 

 declivity of the fpace between thtfe forefts and the beach is 

 very rapid. It was covered, fays La Peroufe, with the 

 moil beautiful verdure, and in many places cultivated, 

 though furrowed by the torrents that defeend from the 

 mouutairio. The fmall idand of the fame name, the only one, 

 probably obfcrved by lord Anfon, the other being very often 

 covered witli fogs, lies to the fouth by eall of the great one, in 

 N. lat.2i''57', ar.d E.long. 12 i''56',on the fame parallel with 

 the middle of the gri-at idand, according to Dalrymple's chart; 

 but on the parallel of its fouth-eall point, according to that of 

 La Peroufe. It is fomewhat lefs elevated than the larger 

 ifland, (not half fo high, fays La Peroufe,) but, however, 

 fufiiciently lofty to be feen at the dillance of 10 or 12 

 leagues. Thefe two iflands are feparatcd by a channel half 

 a league in width; and both (hores, as well as the channel, 

 appeared to Marchand, equally free from rocks or (hoals. 

 On tlie fmall illand La Peroufe perceived fome little verdure 

 and a few bufhes ; but he fays, that it is neither inhabited 

 nor habitable. He adds, that if there be any anchorage at 

 the great ifland, it is extremely near the coaft. Marchand's 

 Voyage, vol. ii. p. 60. La Peroufe s V'oyage round the 

 World, vol. ii. p. 9. Eng. Ed. 



BOTONE', in Heraldry. See Cross Botone'. 



BOTONTINI, in M'uUUe Agf Writers, denotes mounts 

 or hillocks, raifed to fene as land-marks, or boundaries of 

 grounds. The word is alio written bolontones, botones, and 

 boclniies. Du-Cange GlolT. Lat. 



BOTOTOE, in Ormlhology, a name given by the people 

 of the Philippine iflands to a beautiful bird of the parrot 

 kind, but of what fpecies is rather uncertain. It is defcribed 

 as being fmaller than the common parrot, and the plumage 

 totally of a fine blue colour. It agrees v.ith the blue para- 

 keet of Otaheite, Pfittacus Cyaneus, and may very poffibly 

 be the fame. 



BOTOVSKAI A, in Geography, a town of Ruffian Tar- 

 tary ; 20 miles S. S. W. of KoptrlK. 



BOTRL\, in Botany, Bofc in Nouveau Diftionaire d'hif- 

 toire natBi-elle. Clafs, pentamlria monogynia. Gen. Char. 

 Cal. perianth, bcU-fliaped, five-toothed. Cor. petals five, 

 (harp-pointed, flelhy, recurved at the point. Stam. filaments 

 five, flat, attached to the claws of the petals. Pifl. germ, 

 fuperior. Stigma feflile, concave. Per. a berry with one feed. 



There is only one fpecies known, which is a climbing 

 fhrub, with fcattered heart-fliaped, three or five-lobed, veined, 

 crenulated, villofe leaves ; and fmall rcddifli flowers on com- 

 mon axillary peduncles, which terminate in tendrils. It is 

 found ou the coall of Zanguebar, where it is elleemed a 

 diuretic. Its hemes are eaten ; and a dccoclion of its root 

 is given in cafes cf pleurify, inflammation, and abfcefs. 



BOTRO, ill Geography. See Bourtos. 



BOTRODUS, in Ancient Geography, a place of Spain 

 in Celtiberia, mentioned by Martial in his epigrams. 



BOTRYITES, in Natural Hi/lory, a Hone of the gem 



kind, 



