BRA 



geniii braJypii", or (loth, thau to any other at prcfcnt known. 

 I'hc ikvKtuii alliiilvd to w:is fomiJ in the vicinity of the river 

 l^a PUta ill a folTii Ihif, a hundred feet beneath the fnrfice 

 of a fandy foil, h is ti French feet ionj;, and lix in hciglit. 

 The orii;inid is at Madrid. 



URAE-Mar, in GeojrapLy, a mountainous diftrift of 

 Scolt»nd,in A' crdcondiire, 27 niilcs N. W. from Aberdeen. 

 Ill this territory liie lail earl of Mar began to raife a rebtllion 

 iu 1715. 



\\«.\h' Murray, a mountainous and woody traft of land, 

 lyine on tlie rtiorcs of Elgin and Nairn in Scotland. 



LRAG, a name given to a game at cards, from the 

 nature of it ; the princip-d llakc being won by him who 

 bragj with moll confidence and add re fs ; i.e. who cl'.allenges 

 the other ganicllcrs to produce cards equal to his. In this 

 ^ame a pair of acts is the bell brag, a pair of kings the next, 

 and fo on : and a pair of any fort wins tlie Itakc from the 

 moll valu.ible liiigle card. Tlie knave of clubs pairs with 

 any other card in hand : but a hajd of cards of lels value in 

 this game has foiiietimes gained the llake from one of fupe- 

 rior value, by the confidence and art of bragc;ing : the con- 

 ted being given up on the j'art of tl?e latter through fear of 

 lofing. One llake is gained by the higheil card that is turned 

 up in dealing, three cards being dealt round to each perfon, 

 and the lall turned up ; the hii;he(l card is the ace of dia- 

 monds : the other flake is won by the perfon who firft makes 

 up the cards in his hands one and thirty ; each dignified card 

 palling for ten, and drawing from the pack. Each gamellcr 

 depofits three Hakes, one for each card. 



UllAGA, in Ge^S''''ph' '''S Bra^jra of Antonin's Iti- 

 nerary, a city of Portugal, and capital of the province 

 of Entre-D:ici-o-c-Minho, is filuated in a broad open vale, 

 cultivated and fliaded by trees, near the fmall river Cavado. 

 It is fubjtCTt to the arciibilliop of the place, who has a re- 

 venue of above 100,000 crufades, and appoints judges and 

 two tribunals, the one fpiritual and the other temporal ; 

 fo that this is the only city where the .king does not appoint 

 a corregidor, or a juiz de fora. In the coutos, or privileged 

 places round the town, hi? fentence is final in criminal affairs, 

 but not on the inhabitants of the town. Braga contains 

 about lj,ooo inhabitants, 5 pariflies, and 7 monafteries. 

 Several of the ftieets are wide and open, but moll of the 

 houfts arc fmall. Among tlie ohjefts of curiolity in this 

 town, we may reckon the large old Gothic cathedral, with 

 its antiquities and trcafures; and alio the church and monaf- 

 tery of St. FrnCluofo, with its trcafures and relics, and (land- 

 ing very confinciioufly on a hill without the town. Braga 

 claims a very ancient origin. The Romans called it Au- 

 guda Bniccara, and Roman coins are ofttn found in the 

 iieighboiirho«d. Although it has much diclined from its 

 former importance, it has a hat-nia;iufaftory, which fupplies 

 a great part of Portugal with hats for the common people ; 

 and it has alfo an inconliderable manufadlure of knives. It 

 exhibits ligns of indullry and aftivity ; and the women are 

 every where feeii knitting, fewing, or making linen. The 

 rich inhabitants are reckoned more relcrved and unfocial than 

 their neighbours in the other towns of Minho ; and they 

 are accuftd of being quarrelfome, fond of fcandal, and 

 of difagreeablc manners. N. lat. 41" 26'. W. lonp. 



Bkaga, I-I.\, is now called Fort Dauphin, in the idand of 

 Cuba. 



Braga, the name of a liquor brewed in RnfTia from 

 wheat, which, as well as the bnfu, that is brewed only from 

 »nillct, is till bid, foaming, alFecling the head, and drank only 

 by the common people. Oh the Terek, a fort of beer is 

 brewed, called " terlkaia braga," by foakiiig millet in warm 



BRA 



water ; and when it is fwoLi like malt, it is bruifed, boiled 

 foft, and fo poured upon malted-rye and barley. By the 

 malt the brev.age i- tepid, and in this (late oats are added; 

 it is then left to firmtnt, and the hufl^s being llralned from 

 the drink, it is fit tor ufe ' It is of good colour, always 

 turbid, rather clammy, difgulling to the talle and fmell, and 

 very intoxicatmg. 



BRAGANTIA, in Bolany. Loureiro. Flor. Cochin. 

 Clals, gynandria hcxandria. 



Gen.Ch. Calyx none. Corol. one-petalled ; tuhc globu. 

 lar, with ten furrows ; border divided into three, equal, ob- 

 tufe, recurved fcgments. .Stam. anthers fix, felTile, oblong, 

 adhering to the middle of tlie llyle. Pift. (lyle thick ; 

 ftigma concave ; germ linear, inferior. Pericarp long, 

 quadrangular, four-celled, four-valved. Seeds, many. 



There is only one known fpecies, a (lirub about five feet 

 high. Leaves large, alternate, lanceolate, very entire, vemed. 

 Floiucrs in racemes, axillary, brown red. It grows on the 

 inonntains of Cochinchina. 



BRAGANZA, in Geography, a city of Portugal, and 

 capital of a duchy of the fame name, in the province of 

 Tra-los-Moutes, feated on a fpacious plain near the river 

 Ferven^a. It conlills of a city, fortilied with towers and 

 a callle ; and a town, defended by a fort. Braganza contains 

 two parl(h ciinrches, two hofpitals, four convents, and about 

 2^00 inhabitants. It is one of the moll ancient towns in the 

 kingdom, and is faid to have been built by Augullus. Its 

 manufactures conlill of (ilk llufls, velvets, and grogram. 

 It was erefted into a duchy by Alphonfo V. in i_i4Z. 

 John II. its eighth duke, was crowned king of Portugal by 

 the name and llyle of John IV. ; and it confers the ducal 

 title on the prefent reigning family. N. lat. 41° 5;'. 

 W. long. 6° 48'. 



Braganza, a fmall town on the frontiers of the marclie 

 of Trevifano, in the territory of the republic of Ve- 

 nice. 



BRAGGOT, derived from the old Britilh word brag, 

 which fignlfies malt, and gols, a hrjihy-comh, a. fort of drink 

 made in fome parts of England, of malt, with honey, fpices, 

 and other ingredients. 



BRAGNAS, or Br.egnet7., in Geographv, a town of 

 Norway, in a dilliicl of the fame name, in the dioccfe of 

 Chriftiania, feated on the fide of the river Dramme, oppofite 

 to fitromfoe and Tanger. Thefe three towns lie in a fertils 

 vale, at fmall dillances from each other, at the bottom of 

 fome rugged rocks, and on tlie margin of a bay. They are 

 dilllnguiihed by the general name of Diamine, becaufe they 

 are fituated on that river. Each ol them has its own church, 

 and feparate jurifdivltion. The inhabitants are indullricus, 

 and carry on a confiderable trade. The principal exports are 

 timber and planks. The imports are chiefly corn, and lead 

 from England for fmelting the fiK'cr ore at Konglherg. In 

 the dillriet of Bragnas-lchn are fevcral iron-works, and aifo 3 

 glafs-houfe. N. lat. ,59° 45'. E. long..lo°22'. 



BRAGOS, ariver of Spain, In Catalonia, which runs into 

 the Segre, 6 leagues N.E. of -BaLigner. 



BRAGU Point, lies at the mouth of the great river 

 Ava (fee Ava) ; and is fuppofed by M. Goflelin (Geogra- 

 phy of the Greeks analyfed) to be the " Magnum Pro- 

 montorium," which M. d''Anville concludes to be cape Ro- 

 mani:i, at the extremity of the peninfula of Mahitca. 



])Pv ACrUZ, a town of Germany, in the county of Tyrol ; 

 27 miles W. of Trent. 



BRAHE, TvcHo.in Biography, a celebrated a (Ironomer, 

 was the dcfctndant of a noble family of Sweden, fettled in 

 Denmark, and born December the lyih, 1546, at Kuudllorp, 

 afmallloiQihip near HJfinborg in Scania or Schonen. His 



father. 



