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BOULCOLACA, amonjr the moJiin Gruh, de- 

 notes the fpe(ftro of fomc wicked pcrfon who died excom- 

 municated by the patriarch, rc-aniniated by tlic devil, and 

 caufing great dilUirbaiice utnoiig tlie people; of which many 

 ftranjje llorics arc told. The word is Greek, and is fome- 

 tiinos written /S.ixoXaKi,-, brotikolakos ; and fiippofcd to be 

 derived fnim ^j-tnoi, or ,?;-«x, mud, and Xaxio,-, a ililclj, on 

 account of the tilthinefi of the fight. 



BOULDER walls, in HuiMin^, a kind of walls, built of 

 round flints or pebbles, laid in a ilrong mortar ; iifcd where 

 the fca has a beach call up, or where there is plenty of 

 flints. 



BOULDUC, Simon, in Biogrnphy, an eminent apothe- 

 cary and chemilk of Paris, and for manv years demonllrator 

 in Chemillry. and alFuciatc in the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences, fumiflied the memoirs of that fociety with nume- 

 rous diflertations, containing analyfen of the moll popular 

 and valuable vegetable produdions ufed in medicine, which 

 are Hill valued for their neatnefs and accuracy. The prin- 

 cipal are, the analyfis of ipecacuanha and of colocyiithis, 

 publilhed in the memoirs of the academy for the year i 701 ; 

 of jalap, hellebore, and focotrine aloes, in 1708 ; of catechu, 

 (terra japonica) 1709; (hewing this fubllancc to be a 

 vegetable produftion, and not an earth, as it had been 

 efleemed ; of rhubarb and opium, pnblilhed in 1712; of the 

 cuciuiiis agrellis^ in 17 19. He made an extraft from the 

 ■wild cucumber, which was a powerful hydragogue, and 

 ■which might be given in dofes of 24, grains, with perfedl 

 fnfety ; alio an elaterium, the dofe of which was fix grains. 

 He died, far advanced in years, in 1729. His fon, 



BouLDUc, Giles Frascis, born at Paris, Tebniary 

 20th, 1675, fnccecded to his honours and appointments, 

 and continued the fame line of rcfcarch. His effays, con- 

 taining analyfcs of Icveral purging falls, and of fome mineral 

 ■waters, were alfo pubiifhtd in the memoirs of tl.i: Royal 

 Academy of Sciences. He died at Verfailles, the 17th of 

 January, 1742, much regretted by the king and queen, to 

 whom he had been many years apothecary. Hallcr Bib. Eot. 

 Eloy Di6t. Hid. 



BOULEy\U Lake, in Geography, a lake of North 

 America, in the vicinity of Bear Lake, with which it com- 

 municates by rivers and fmall lakes. This lake might, with 

 greater propriety, be calLd a canal, as it is not more than a 

 mile in breadth. Its courfe is rather to the call of north for 

 13. miles, to Portage de L'Ifle. The Bouleau Portage is in 

 N. lat. 54° 50'. 



BOULENE, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Gard, five miles E. of Pont St. Ffprit. 



BOULETERANES, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Eaftem Pyrenees ; 12 miles W. of Pcrpignan. 



BOULEY Bay, called alfo Trinity Bay, lies on the 

 N. Y.. point of the ifland o£ Jerfey, and E., from Bonnut- 

 haven. 



150ULIMY, in Meillcine. See Bulimy. 



BOULINIS, or BowLiGNis, in Commerce, a copper coin 

 fliuck at Bologna, in Italy, equivalent to the baiocco. 



BOULKI, in Geography, a town, of Poland, in the pala- 

 tinate of l.embcrg ; 16 miles S-. E. of Leniberg. 



BOULLOIRE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Sarthe, and chief place of a canton, in the dillrift of 

 St. Calais: the place contains 1490 and the canton 9,011 

 inhabitants: its territory includes ;6o kiliometres, and nine 

 communes : five leagues E. of Le Mans. 



BOULLONGNE, Louis di:, \.\\e elder, in Biographv, a 



painter, was born at Paris in 1609; and though he was 



principally dillinguilted for his ability in copyinc'- the xvorks 



«f the moll famous aiicieut painters, and in prcfervL'ig a 



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very tlrikii'ig rcfcmblance, he painted hiHorical fubjeflj 

 of his own invention and defign ; of ihcfe there are three 

 in the church of Notre Dame, in Paris, viz. " St. Paul 

 at Ephefiis," " the Martyrdom of St. Paul," and " the 

 Prefcntation of Chrift in the Temple." He was painter to 

 the king, and profefTor in the academy. He died at Paris 



in i<J74' 



BouLLONCNE, BoN DB, fon of the former, was born at 



Paris, in 1649, and acquired the principles of painting from 



his father, whom he reltmbled in his talent of imitating the 



works of the greateil mailers, and this he did to fuch a 



degree as to deceive the bell judges. On his return from 



Italy, where he continued five years, he was admitted into 



the academy, of which he became a profcffbr, and employed 



by Louis XIV. at Verfailles and Trianon. He excelled 



in hillory and portrait ;. his defigns were accurate, and his 



colouring good. Indullrious in his profcflion, though lively 



in his temper ; he promoted indullry among \us, pupils, iu 



whofe improvement and fuccefs he warmly interelltd hira- 



felf. Belides his paintings in frefco, in two of the chapels 



of the invalids, he painted, feveral pieces for the churches 



and public buildings of Paris; feveral of which have been 



engraved. We have alfo three etchings done by him, froni 



his own compofitions, vi/.. a fpccies of " Almanack ;" 



" St. John in the Defert ;" and " St. Bruno in a land- 



fcape ;" its companion. He died at Paris in 1717. 



BouLLONONE, Louis DE, ihc younger, brother of the 

 former, was born at Paris, in 1654, and educated under his 

 father, by whofe inftruilion he made fuch improvement, 

 that he obtained the prize of the academy at iti. His 

 (ludies were completed at Rome, where he particularly flu- 

 died the works of Raphael, and from his copies which were 

 fent home, the Gobelin tapeflries v/ere executed. After 

 his return he was received into the academy in j68o; and 

 his works in the churches of Notre Dame and the Invalids, 

 and particularly his tielcos in the chapel of St. Augullin, 

 were fo much efleemed, that Louis XIV. honoured him 

 v.'ith.his fpecial patronage ; allowing him a confiderable pen- 

 fion ; conferring upon him the order of St. Michael ; choof. 

 ing him deiigner of medals to the Academy of Infcriptions, 

 after the death of Ajitliony Coypel ; appointing him his 

 principal painter, and ennobhng him and all his delcendants; 

 The Academy of Painting alfo chofe him firfl for its ledor, 

 and afterwaids direflor, which place he occupied till his 

 death. He chieffy excelled in hiilorical and allegorical fub- 

 jefts. From his performances it appeared, that he had care- 

 fully ftudied the moil eminent mailers; his colouring was 

 flrong, his compolhion was in a good (lyle, the airs of his 

 heads had expreffion and charafter, and his figures were cor- 

 reAly defigned. Two of his hiilorical paintings in the church 

 of Notre Dame, are particularly dillinguiflied, viz. " Chrilt 

 and the centurion," and the " Good Samaritan." His etch- 

 ings, of which there are a few, are fpirittd and free, but 

 incorrectly drawn. Among thefe are the " Scouigino- of 

 St. Andrew," from Paolo Vcronefe ; the " Maityrdom of 

 St. Peter," and the " Martyrdom of St. Paul," its compa- 

 nion, from his own compolition. His regular attendance at 

 the academy, and his advice to the lludents, commanded 

 refpeft : and the general mildnefs and affability of hisdilpo- 

 fition engaged citeem among thofe who knew him. He 

 raifed a confiderable fortune by his prof eflion, and died in 

 1734. I'vvo fillers of this family, " Genevieve" and " Mag- 

 dalen," painted well, and were members-of the Royal Ai.?.. 

 deniyini609. D'Argenville. Pilkington. Strutt. 



IjOULLONOIS, in Geography, a country of France, fo 

 railed before the revolution, in the northern part of Picardy, 

 oi nhich the c.ipitd was Boulogne. 



BOULOGNE, 



