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hirrnenirs. Again, why (hould not noifc give die fenfation 

 of/jti;id, fiiicc with found noils is produced? Put down 

 alfthe keys of a harpficord or piano-fone at once, and a 

 ftnUtioii of nothing but noife will be the confcq'Jcnce, and 

 its efftCt will continue iso longer than that of any other noife. 

 Wliv Ihould not noifc be found, lince a mufical llring forced, 

 or a pipe over-blown, is only noile, any more than a voice 

 which fcreanis with all its inijht, or a tni-at btil heard in the 

 btlfry ? Becaiife it is impoffible to dilcriuiinate one found 

 from another ; though the lone of the fame bell at a diilancc 

 is cjfily afccrtained, iis would the fcrcaming voice if fofttncd 

 a:id rendered tuneable. 



llul it inay be alki-d, whence comes tliis great change of 

 noife into found. It is from the diininilhod violence of the 

 vibrations, which had caufid fi) in.iny aliquot parts to found 

 at once that the total became mere noife. For the aliquot 

 parts in vibration are not only the half, the third part, the 

 fourth, and all I'.w confequenecs, but the fevcnth part, the 

 ninth, the hui:Jrea;h, a:.d (liU more; alt which have the 

 fame cfFtf^ as tl'.e putting dcwn all the keys at once, the bell 

 in the belfry, and the voice of a fertamer ; and thus found 

 itfclf becomes noile, and noile found. A coarfe, confulcd, and 

 uifTunant mufx, is contcmptuoudy called noife ; as a bad opea 

 ill performed is fald to produce a great noife,but no tffcil." 

 Thus far the citizen of Geneva, with his ufiuil force and in- 

 genuity, has defcribed noife. A palfage is given from " La 

 Poelique de la Mullque," of M. De la Cepide, in fupport of 

 Roufleau's doArine, which in this inftance feems to want 

 no fupport. 



MtflVs. Ginguene and Framtrie have taken up the fubjeft 

 after M. De la Cepide, merely to expand an;l amplify Roul- 

 feau's arguments, without fortifying them by any additional 

 matter, except in ccniuring the augmentation of force in an 

 orcheftra by facbuts, cymbals, double drums, and tromboni, 

 which producing nothing but noifc themftlves, prevent us 

 from hearing ev»ry thing that deferves the name of mufic. 



Inftrumcnts of ])Crculiion may be of ufe in the open air to 

 mark the ileps of an army on its marcli, and the icreaming 

 and clamour of the reil during battle, to drown the cries of 

 the wounded and groans of the dying ; but in an inclofcd 

 tlieatre or concert-room, they only torture delicate ears, and 

 change into punilhment the plcafurcs of fenfibility. 



BRUKA, or Bruko, in Genrraphy, a town of Africa, 

 on the fouth coail of the river Gambia; 160 milts from 

 the fc3. 



BRUKSAL, an ifland of Africa, near the mouth of the 

 river Senegal. 



BRULE, or Brullos, Cape, lies on the coaft of Egypt; 

 II kagues W.N. W. northerly from Damietta, or the an- 

 cient Pelufium — Alfo, a cape on the coaft of Cape Breton, 

 in North America, near the gulf of St. Lawrence, feparat- 

 ing the bay of Moricnne from the bay of Mirav. 



BRULON, a town of France, in the department of the 

 •Sarthe, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of La 

 Heche; 3 leagues N. of Sable. The town contains 1.510, 

 and the canton 10,994 inhabitants; the territory includes 

 aoo kiliometres, and 16 communes. 



BRUMALIA, or Bromalia, a feaft of Bacchus, cele- 

 brated among the ancient Romans, during the fpace of thirty 

 days ; commencing on the 24th of November, and endino- 

 the 26lh of December. Some fay this feaft was celebrated 

 twrice a year, viz. on the 12th of the calends of March, and 

 00 the 18th of the calends of September. 



The word comes from bruma, the day of the winter fol- 

 fticc; in regard of the time when the feait was held : though 

 others daive it from Brumus, or Bromlus, names of Bac- 

 ehua. 



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The bnimalia were inflituted by Romulus, who tifed, 

 durin" this time, to entertain the fenate. During this ftafl 

 indications were taken of the felicity of the remaining part 

 of winter. 



Tlie Bnimalia were alfo called Hkmalia. 



BRUMALIS, in Ornilhology, a fpecies of Emberiza 

 that inhabits the Tyrolefe country, called by Latham the 

 Brumal Bunting. Scopoli thus defcribes this little bird : 

 body beneath, tlie front, and region of the eyes citron co- 

 lour: hind head and neck cinereous.— Obf. The back is 

 yellow brown, vent citron, thighs whitifli, quill feathers 

 brown, having the e«terior margin citron. 



BRUALATA, in Entomology, a fpecies of Phal^^eka 

 [domelra) the wings of which are ycllowifh, with a black 

 ftreak, and a paler one behind. The female is apterous, or 

 without wings, and fpotttd witli black. Linn. Found on 

 apple-trees. 



BRUMATH, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Lower Rliine, and chief place of a can- 

 ton, in the diftrict of Strafburg, 3 leagues N. of Strafburg. 

 The town contains 2671, and the canton 12,951 inhabitants; 

 the territory comprehends 1825 kiliometres, and 21 com- 

 munes. 



BRUMEL, Anthony, the moft ancient contrapuntid 

 of the French fchool of whofe compofitions we have been 

 able to find any remains, was contemporary with Jiifquin, 

 and fcholar of Okenheim ; and though he is not likely to 

 be inquired after by the prefent age, he was fo refpeded in 

 his day, that his name {hould not be configned to the gulph 

 of oblivion while a veftige of his works remains ; and ftveral 

 Hill fubfift in Glarcanus, and the Mufeum cclleflion. The 

 fame of the great niulicians of antiquity is fo eftablifhed in 

 books, that, though not a fmgle relic of their works has 

 been extant thefe two thoufand years, their names and re- 

 nown are ftill held in veneration by mankind. 



BRUMOY, Peter, in Biography, a celebrated French 

 writer, of the order cf the Jefuits, was born at Rouen in 16SS, 

 commenced his noviciate at Paris in lyo^, and finidied his 

 iludies at Caen. Having been for fome time employed in 

 teaching rhetoric in difitrciit parts of the country, he took 

 the vows of his order at Paris in 1722, and undertook the 

 education of the prince de Talmont. He engaged for fe- 

 veral years in the Journal de Trevoux, but in confequence 

 of publithing father Margat's hiilory of Tamerlane, he was 

 exiled from Paris. On his return he continued his " Hif- 

 tory of the Gallican Church ;" but having nearly finifhed 

 the 1 2th volume, he was taken off by a paralytic ilroke in 

 1742, leaving behind hinr the charaiter of an amiable man 

 and an elleemed writer. The work from which he acquired 

 the greatell reputation was his " Theatre des Grecs," in 3 

 vols. 4to. ; containing profe trar.flations and analyfes of the 

 principal Greek tragedies, w;th differtations on the Greek 

 theatre, f;c. The author, whofe erudition and tafte are 

 much efteemed by the bed judges, has been cenfured by 

 fome writers for manifelling too ftrong a bias towards the an- 

 cients, and Voltaire in particular is difpleafed for his not hav- 

 ving allowed the fuperiority of the French theatre above the 

 Greek. Brumoy pubhihed likewife, in 1741, a collection 

 of his own pieces, in 4 vols. i2mo, confiding of Latin 

 poems, founded upon the model of Lucretius, epiftles, and 

 dramatic pieces, tragic, comic, and padoral. His poem on 

 the " Paffions" has been much extolled for the elevation of its 

 fentiments, and its poetic beauties. The difcriminating ex- 

 cellence of his tragedies confids in the delineation of the 

 tender paffions. The " Revolutions of Spain," begun by 

 father Orleans, were finilhcd by Brumoy. Nouv. Didt. Hid. 



BRUN, Charles Le, an eminent French painter, was 



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