B O U 



leifure hours to literary inquiries, he was well knowo to 

 the learned, and in 1727, was unanimoudy defied a mem- 

 ber of the French academy. But afHitlcd with the gout, 

 he was under the necefiity of refigninghis office of pri.rident 

 a morlier ; and, in I 746, this dilorder, feizing his llomacli, 

 terminated his life. He was much refpcifled on account 

 both of his private and public character ; and his literary 

 pertornianccs, publithcd fcparatcly and in the memoirs of 

 difierent focietics, are very numerous. Some of the princi- 

 pal are, " A tranllation, in verfe, of Petronius on the civil 

 war, and of feme pafFages in Virgil and O^-id," with very 

 learned notes ; " A trandation of Cicero's Tufculan Q_\ief- 

 tions," in connection with the abbe d'Olivet ; the 2d and 

 5th are by Bouhier ; and he alfo annexed learned notes and 

 difTertations to the' tranfiations of others of Cicero's works ; 

 " Letters on the feft of Tlicrapeuta: ;" and " Diflertntioas 

 on Herodotus." In hisown profcdion his principal work is 

 " The cudom of Burgundy," 2 vols. fol. 1746; and a " Trea- 

 tife on diirolulion of marriage on occaliou of impotence," 

 eftetm.ed by the curious. Nouv. Didt. Hill. Gen. 

 Biog. 



BOUHOURS, Dominic, a learned Jefuit and critic 

 in the French language, was born at Paris in 1628; and 

 having taught for iome time in the colleges of the Jcfuits, 

 became preceptor to the young prince of LongueviUe, and 

 to the marquis de Seignelai, fon of the famous Colbert. 

 He died in tl".e place of liis nativity, in 17C2. His firfl work, 

 which was an agreeable mifcella". V on fubjefts of tafte, entitled 

 •' Les entretiens d'Ariile et d'Eugene," appeared in 1671, 

 and was at firft much read. His oth'fer principal works are, 

 " Remarques et doutes fur la langue Francois," 3 vols. 

 1 2mo. ; " Manieres de bien penfer fnr les ouvragts d'Efprit," 

 I2mo. much commended by Voltaire; " Penfees ingenieiifes 

 des ancicns et dec modernes ;" l2nio. ; alfo, " Lives of the 

 grand-mailer d'Aubuffon, of St. Ignatius, of St. Francis 

 Xavier, of mad. de Bellefond, and tranfiations of fome 

 books of devotion, in fome of which he manitcfts his attach- 

 ment to the Jefuits, though with lefs credulity than that of 

 others. His manners were polite ; but his criticifms, tliough 

 he was a general apologift, involved him in fome literary 

 difputcs. Nouv. Dift. Hill. 



BOVI-Cervus of French authors, in Zoology, their 

 Buhch and ant'dope huhalis of Linnaeus. 



BOVIANUM, \\\ Anaent Geography, Boiano, a town of 

 Italy, in Samnium, fituate among ihe mountains. It was 

 taken fevcral times by the Rorrtans ; became a Roman co- 

 lony, and pofTcfied the advantages granted by the Juhan 

 lav.'. See Boiano. 



EOUJEIAH, in Geography. See Bugia. 



BOUILLAC, a town of France, in the department of 

 I the Uppvr Garonne ; 3 leagues N. W. of Grenade. 

 ' BOVIIjLiE, in Aneit-nt Geography, Marino, a town of 



Italy in Latium, fituate at the lotli mile in the Appian 

 -ay, and b.iilt after tiie deftruftion of Alba, by the Aliiani. 

 !l bjcam.e a co;;r!derable place, as is mdicatfd by its ruins, 

 iinong which is a temple dedicated to AugulUis. Near 

 t:iis city Claiidius was ilain by order ot Milo ; and here they 

 celtbratcd games in lionour of the Julian family. 



BOUILLE, La, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 pivtment of the Lower Seine ; j leagues S. S. W. of Rouen. 



EouiLLE Menard, a town of France, in the dcpart- 

 -isut of the M;iyne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, 

 n the diftriil of Segre ; 3 leagues N. W. of Scgre. 

 ' BOUILLEROT, or i?o«/^r^au, in leh.hyrdogy, common 



names of feveral filhes in France, but more efpecially ot Gobiiis 

 ;f£r; the Cyprlnus goblo dxiA Bknn'tus pholis bear the fame 



B O U 



BOUILLET, John, in Biography, born at Servian, in 

 the diocefe of Bci^icrs, the 14th of May 1690, and created 

 doftor in medii-ine, at Montpeliier, in 17 17, enjoyed, dur- 

 ing the courlt of a long life, fptnt in the Ihidy and prahice 

 of mcdicTiie, at Btzicrs, a conliderablc portion of reputation. 

 He was, in fuccefiiou, made profcllbr in mathematics, and 

 fecretary to the academy at Bcziers; member of the royal 

 fociety at Montpeliier, and correfponding metiiber of the 

 academy of iciences at Pari«. He was alfo autiior of feveral 

 ingenious dldl nations. " On the ])r<)perties of Rhubarb," 

 publiihed at Bcziers 1717, 410. probably his " Inaugiual 

 Tiicfis." " Sur la caufe de la pefanteur," 1720, i2mo. 

 wiiich obtained for him a prize from the academy at Boiir- 

 deaux ; «' Avis et remedes, contrtla pellc," Bezicrs, 1721, 

 Mvo. " On ailiima and on the gout," in wliicli complaints he 

 recommends the Venice foap as a powerful auxiliary ; " Sur 

 la maniere de traiter la petite vciole," Be/,iers, \)-i,6, 4to. 

 and fome years after, " On the bell method of prefcr\ing 

 the dillrid of Bezicrs from that difcafe ;" " Rccucil des let- 

 tres, et autres pieces pour fervir a I'hilloire de I'academie de 

 Bezicrs," I7,;6, 4to. with feveral other publications; for 

 the titles, fee Eloy Dift. Hill. He died in 1770. 



Bot;iLLET, Henry Nicholas, his fon, was born De- 

 cember 6th, 1729. Treading in the (leps of his father, he 

 was made doftor in medicine, at Mo.itpcUicr, and member 

 of the academy of Beziers. He publiihed, in 17^9, in 410. 

 '■ Obfervations fur I'anafarque, le hydropcfics de poitrine, 

 des pericarde," &c. Haller. Bib. Botan. 



BOUILLEUR DE Canari, in Ornithology, the provin- 

 cial name by which the Am bird is known among the Creoles 

 and negroes in Guiana. 



BOUILLON, among Earners, alump of cxcrefcence of 

 flcfh, growing either on or jull by a horle's frufli, and making 

 him halt. 



Bouillon, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Ardennes, and cliief place of a canton, in 

 the dillrift of Sedan ; the place contains 1,97.3, and the can- 

 ton 4,.J40 inhabitants. The territory comprehends 1675 

 kilioniLtres, and 17 communes. 



BOUl LLY, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Aube, and cliief place of a canton, in the dillricl of Tro- 

 yes ; 7-miles S. of Troyes. The place contains 790, and 

 the canton 9,310 inhabitants. Within the territory are 

 2I2t,- kiliometres, ar.d 28 communes. 



BOVIN, or BoviNG ijland, an ifland of France on the 

 coall of Lower Poitou, fouth of the river Loire. It is 

 wholly covered with fait pans. 



BOVINA, Afiectio. SeeAFFECTio. 



BoviNA, in Zoology, a fpecies of T^.nia, found in the 

 vifcera and liver of cattle. This kind is iimple, with the 

 vcficle large ; body (hort, with imbricated fcaks. Barthol. 

 Flill. Auat. Cent. Gocze, &c. 



BO VINO, in Geography, a city of Naples, in the pro- 

 vince of Capitanata, and fee of a bidiop, fuffragau of Bcn- 

 evento. It Hands very high, on the iouth lide of the river 

 Cervaro. It is a duchy belonging to the Guevaras, one of 

 the Spanidi families that followed the fortunes of Alphonfus 

 the magnanimous. 



BOVIS, m Entomology, a fpecies of Pkdi-^ulls, with 

 which cattle are iuteiled. Linnseus dillinguilhes it by the 

 eight traiiiverfe ferruginous lines on the abdomen. Linn. 

 Fn. Suec. 



BoviE, a fpecies of Oestrus, with brown, unfpottcd 

 winfs; abdoncn black, white at the bafe, and at the tip 

 fulvous. Fabr. &c. See Botts, O.wi-Jly, and Oes- 

 trus. 



JiOUISSE, in Geography, a towa of Fiance, in the de- 

 partment 



