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the Indre, ?.nd chief place ot a canton, m the diRrift of livcrcd of fix clindrcn. Her nublioatinns arc, " Obferva- 



CI.ate.ni.oux and i mi!e N. of it. _ tic.s diverfcs fur la llc.Hito prrte de fruit, fcconditc, ac 



Boup.G LnJ/iq, a town of trance m the department of onchmen^;, et malad.ca dcs femiTies," Paris, 1608, 8vo. 



Puy-de-D6me, and chief place of a canton, in the diftria 'I'liis was followed by a fecond and a third part, coiitaininL' 



of Clermont, and 8 leagues \V. ,S. W. of it. The town togcthe.-, a collcdioa of ul'cful fafts and oi>fe.vations on 



contains 217,^, and the canton 5787 inhabitants ; the cxtenc cvtry branch of midwifci^. «' Rccueil des fccrcls," &c. 



of the territory comprehends 2jj kiliomctrcs, and 10 com- 1635, 8vo. contsiniiig formula: for the coinpofition of a 



"^■"i?"' J T n e -n ■ ^'^^' variety of medicines, for the cure of dileafcs incident 



Doi'RC d: Lcjira, a town of Fiance, in the department p.i.icipally to women and children, in which (lie appcais to 



of the Ardeche ; 6 leagues K. N.W. of Privas. have had great faith ; alfo for preparing cofmctics, for im- 



'SiQ\3t.a-MaurUe, a town of Savoy, in the department of proving tlie complexion. '« Recit veritable de la nnifii.icc 



Mont Blanc, and chief piace of a canton, in the diftilft of de mell'i-s. et d.iines, le» enfa.is dc I'rance," containing a 



Monties ; the town contains ^166, and the canton 11,578 regiller of the biiths of the children of the queen, with ihc 



i:.habit3nts; and the territory includes 967^ kiiiometres, and circumilances attending the hiboiirs. it appears that the 



conr.munes. 



pielent made her on the birth of each of tlie royal intanis 

 was, 500 crowns for a male, and 300 for a female cliild. She 

 had alfo a peiifion of 300 crowiij per Annum, which /he was 

 to enjoy during her liie. " Inllruflions a ma tille," Pa.-i.;, 

 i6.|2, containing rules for her condu'l in pradice. Thef;: 

 tvvceii the ifle of Noirmoutier and the continent. It has a feveral t.ealifes were coUcified together and publifiicd in 

 f.u'e bay and harbour ; and trades chiefly in fait, made from i'>52, Paris, i2mo. The volume is'decorated with portraits 



Bouv.G hcuf, a fea-port town of France, in the depart- 

 n-.oiit of the L,ower Jjoire, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 dliirift of Paiii-.boeuf, feated on the Englifli channel, at the 

 iTsouth of the Loi.-e, in a bay to which it gives name, be- 



fall iiiaillies in its vicinity ; 6i leagues S. W. of Nantes, 

 and 2 W. N. W. of Machecoul. It contains 20,^3 inhabi- 

 tants, and the population of tiie canton includes /.^oi ; the 

 territory comjj.-ehends 187^ kiliomctres, and 6 communes. 



BouRG .{POifans, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Ifei-e, and chief place of a canton, in the d.lhift of 



ot the queen of Fiance, to whom it was dedicated, and of 

 mad. Bourfier. It is alfo accompanied with copies of verfcs 

 to the king's phyliciaus, and to mad. B. Haller Bib. Chi- 

 rurg. Med. 



BOUROER Mestres. See Burgher Majlcrs. 

 BOU RGESjin Gf.-)^raphy,an ancient city of France, form- 



Grenoble, and 5 leagues S. E. ofit. The town contains crly called y/iii^vVwrn and /^//ur/fi-j-, the capital of the depart 



_o-(;, and the canton 12,688 inhabitants ; and the territory ment ol the Cher, fituatevit thec;infiux of thcAuronandEure. 



ineludes 910 kiliometres, and 21 communes. Before the revolution it was the fee of an archbifhop ; its 



BouRC- fl'^ /ViTji", or i/« ^a/fnc^, a town of France, in the univerfity was founded in 1466, by Lewis XI,, who was 



department of the Drome, and chief place of a canton, in born here, and inveftcd the town with coiifiderable privileges. 



the diftrift of Valence, i mile N. of it. The town contains The college of the Jefuits was a large and magnificent build- 



2339, and the canton 15,113 inhabitants; the territory in- ing. It contained 16 pariih chu.ches, and many public 



'eludes 245 kiliometres, and 14 communes, buildings. The cathedral chuixh is confidt-i-ed as one of 



EouRG le Rdne, a town of Fiance, and principal place the moil beautiful Gothic edifices in Europe. The prin- 



of a dillrici, in the department of Paris, and 4 miles S. of it. cipal inanufaftures of this place are linen cloth, woollen 



BouRG A' i?6;)', a town of France, in the department of the Ih.fTs, and (lockings, which are fold at its annual fairs; 



Sarthe, and chief place of a canton, in the diilritt of Fre- excluilvely of thefe its commerce i; fmall. The town contains 



nay-le-vic ; a leagues S. of Alencjon. 15,340, and thcdiilrift the fame number of inhabitants; 



]jOVB.G-de-Viza, a town of France, in the depai-tnient of the territory includes 90 kiliometres, and i commune. N. 



the Lot, and chief place of a canton, in the dift.-ift of Mon- lat. 47° 5' 4". E. lo.ig. 2" 23' 26". 



tauban, 8 miles W. of Lauzerte. The town contains 684, BOURGET, afmalltownof Savoy, fcated on a lake of 



and the canto i 7,470 inhabitants ; the territory comprehends the fame i.ame, about 10 miles long, and from 7, to j wide, 



130 kiliometres, and 11 communes. " 6miles N. of Chamberry. This lake has a fidi unknown iu 



BOURGACHARD, a town of France, in the depart- other countries, called " Lavarette," which weighs Tour 



ment of the Eere, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- or live pounds, and which is much valued at Chamberry. 



trift of Pont Aiidenie.-, and 4 leagues E. ofit. Near this lake is an irregular recipi'ocating fpring, which 



BOURGANEUF, a t-own of France, and principal ilfues from a rock, and is called " La Fontaine de Mer- 



plaee of a diihicl, in the department of the Ci'cufe, 5^ league-s veiilc." ' 



W. of Aubufion. BouRGET, Le, a town of France, in the department of 



BOU RG DUN, Le, a town of France, in the depart- Paris; 2 leagues N. of it 



rpent of the Lower Seine, and chief place of a canton, in tlie 

 dillrift of Dieppe, and ; leagues S.W. ofit. 



BOURGEOIS, Louisa, alfo called BcuiJJer, in Bio- 

 jrr/ijiJ.ty, an expei'ienced and intelligent midwife, in great re- 

 pute, the latter part of the iCth and the beginning of the 



BOURGNEUF de LAFoREST,LE,atown of France, in 

 the department of the Maycnne ; 3 leagues N. W. of Laval. 



KOURGOGNE, a town of France, in the department 

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

 Reims, and 6 miles N. of it. The town contains 633, and 



I 7th centuries. Her hutband was an army fuigeon, as fhe the canton 11,989 inhabitants; the territory includes 275 



informs us, and had been educated under Ambrofe Pare ; kiliomcf.-es, av.d 25 communes. 



from him flie received inllruftion in the more dilFicult BOURGOING, a town of France, in the department 



paits of the art, fo that flie was enabled to deliver in fome cf the lfci-e, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 



cafes, where the affifta. ice of the furgeon was ufually thought la Tour-du-Pin, and 2 leagues W. of it. The population 



iicceffary. In one- cafe fhe extrafted a ftone f.-om the uri- of the town includes 359^ perfons, and that of the canton 



nary bladder, by means of the forceps. It is no won- 15,021 ; the territory comprehends 175 kihometres, and n 



dtr, tlicrefore, that (lie attained to the height of her profef- 

 fion, and (hould be tmpioyed by the ladies of the higheft 

 rank, and at length by the queen of France, whom (he de- 

 VOL. V. 



communes. 



BOURGTHEROUDE, a town of France, in the de- 



partxcnt of the Eure, and chief place of a canton, in the 



T diftria 



