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tliat recovJeJ in the third vol. of the Medical and PFiyfical 

 J(nirnal, C(;nimunii:att.d by Ur. Johiifun, commiflioiKT of 

 iicic and woinidtd Icanitn, to Dr. Blanc, formerly pliyfician 

 to the navy. The fubjeft was a Polidi fulditr, named 

 Charles Doniery, in the fervicc of the French, on board of 

 the Hoe'he frigate, which was captured by the fqiiadron 

 under the command of fir J. BorhUe Warren, off Ireland, in 

 1799. He was 21 years ot age, and Hated that his father 

 and brothers had been remarkable for their voracious appe- 

 tites. His began when he was 13 years of age. He would 

 devour raw and even live cats, rats, and dojrs, befides bul- 

 lock's liver, tallow-candles, and the entrails of animal". One 

 day (viz. S:-ptenibcr 7th, 1799) an experiment was made 

 of how much this man could eat in one day. This experi- 

 ment was made in the prefeiice of tlie before-mentioned 

 Dr. Johnfon, adiniral Chiid, and Mr. Folder, agent for 

 priloners at Liverpool, and fcveral other gentlemen. He 

 had brtakfaded at four o'clock in the morning on 4 lbs. of 

 raw cow's udder; at half pall nine o'clock there were fet 

 before him 5 lbs. of raw beef and 12 tallow candles of i lb. 

 r.eii>ht, together with 1 bottle of porter ; thcfe he finifhed 

 by half pall ten o'clock. At one o'clock there were put 

 before him 5 lbs. more of beef, 1 lb. of candles, and 3 

 bottles of porter. He was then locked up in the room, and 

 fentries were placed at the windows to prevent his throwing 

 away any of his provifions. At two o'clock he had nearly 

 fmillied the whole of the candles, and great part of the beef; 

 but without having had any evacuations by vomiting, (tool, 

 or urine ; his Ikin was cool, pulfe regular, and fpirits good. 

 At a quarter pall fix he had devoured the whole, and de- 

 clared he could have eat more ; but the prifoners on the 

 outfide having told him that experiments were making upon 

 bim, he began to be alarmed. Moreover, theday was hot, 

 and he had net had his ufual exercife in the yard. The 

 whole of what he confumed in the courfe of one day 

 amounted to 



Raw cow's udder • . - 4 lbs. 



Raw beef - - - 10 



Candles - - - 2 



16 lbs. 

 Befidcs 5 bottles of porter. 



The eagernefs with wldch this man attacked his beef when 

 bis llomach was not gorged, refemblcd the voracity of a 

 hungry wolf; he would tear off large pieces with his teeth, 

 roll them about his mouth, and then gulp them down. 

 When his throat became dry from continued exercife, he 

 would lubricate it by llripping the grcafe off a candle be- 

 tween his teeth ; arid then, wrapping up the wick like a ball, 

 would fend it after the other part at a fw.'.lknv. He could 

 make fhift to dine on immenfc quantities of raw potatoes or 

 turnips, but by choice would never talle bread or vegetables. 

 He was in every refpeft healthy, 6 feet 3 inches high, of a 

 pale complexion, grey eyes, long brown hair, well made but 

 thin, his countenance rather pleafant, and he was good- 

 tempered. His evacuation by the bowels was by no means 

 proportioned to the quantity of food he devoured, and even 

 did not exceed that of other men ; but his perfpirations 

 were profufe, not only when in bed, but alfo v. hen up and 

 eating. To the profufenefs of this evacuation. Dr. Johnfon, 

 and the other medical gentlemen, have afcribed the rapid 

 diiTipation of the ingella, and his incelfant craving for 

 fr.elh fupplies of food. It does not appear that he had 

 worms. 



BULINUS H.s;M.iSTOMus, in Conchology. See Turbo 



H^EMASTOMUS. 



BULITAGA, in Geography, a range of mountains which 



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fcparatcs the empir* of llufha from Perfia. N. lat. 48* 39 

 1051". K.long._;2"i4'lo73°i4'. 



BULITHOS, liil-is boiiiiiij, a caleulii;; or Hone found in 

 the gall-bladder, kidneys, or urinary bl.idder of oxen. 



Inllanccs hereof arc given by Bronull, the .\cademy Na- 

 tnrx Cuii<ilorum, and other naturjli;l», by which it appeaii 

 that Arillotle was millaken inalleiting, that inan alo nc is 

 fubjed to the Hone, and inquiring folicitoufly into the rcafocf 

 hereof. Arid. Probl. ^ x. n. 4:. 



BULK nf <Tjhip, denotes her whole content in the hold 

 for llowage of goods. 



liuLK, to ^/vrtif. See Br.eaking. 



Bulk-/i(Wj, are i)artltions made acrofs a fhip, or Icngtli- 

 ways, witli boards of timber, whereby one part is divided 

 from another. The hulk-head afore is the partition between 

 the fore-caflle and gratings in the liead, and in which are the 

 chafe-ports. 



BULKA, in Ctagraphy. See Bi-'lckai;. 

 BULKLEY, Charles, in Biography, a Protedant dif- 

 fenting miniller, was born in London in 1719, educated i;i 

 Dr. Doddridge's academy r.t Northampton, whither he re- 

 moved from Chelkr in J 7,56, and commenced preacher in 

 1740. After feme time he fettled in London, where he was 

 baptized by im.nierfion, and joined the general Baptilts. 

 After having conducted his labours with ability and reputa- 

 tion, in conneclion with a congregation of this defcription, fe.r 

 a long feries of years, during which he fuccceded the elo- 

 quent Dr. Poller in his lefture at the Old Jewry, he died in 

 1797, in the 78th year of his age. Belides feveral fiiiglc 

 fermons, preached on particular occafions, he pubhfhed 

 " Difcourfcs ou feveral Subjeds," 1752 ; " A Vindication of 

 Lord Shaftelbnry's Writuigs," 17,53; "Notes on Lord 

 Bolingbrokc's riiilofophical Writings;" " Obfervations on 

 Natural Religion ar.d Chrillianity, candidly propofed in a 

 Review of the Difconrfes lately pnbliihed by the Lore! 

 Birtiop of London, in 3 volumes ;" " Economy of the 

 Gofpel," 4to. 1764;" "Difcourfcs on the Paiables and 

 Miracles of Chriil," 4 vols. 1770; " Catechetical Exer- 

 clfes," 1774; " •P'"e'"''ee to Notes on the Bible," 1791, &c. 

 Evans's Funeral Sermon, 1797- 



BULL, in yljh-oiicmy, tlic conflellation Taurus, which 

 fee. 



BuLt, Dr. John-, in Biography, was born about I5''j, in 

 Somcrlctdiire, and became, by h:s great abilities on the organ 

 and virginal, the wonderof his time. Indeed, the profpcrous 

 reign ot queen Elizabeth was, pcihaps, not rendercel more 

 illullrious by the muljcal produdions of Talli.-, Bird, and 

 Morley, than the performance of Dr. Bull. His mullc- 

 mallcr was William Blithman, organill of the chapel royal 

 to queen Elizabeth, in which capacity he held a very liigli 

 rank. Bull, on the death of his mailer, in I jyi, was ap- 

 pointed his fuccefi'or in the queen's chapel ; and in 1596, at 

 the recommendation of her majclly, he had the honour of 

 beuig the lirll that was a)>polnted nuific-profefTor to Grelham 

 college. And ihougli unable to compofc and read his lec- 

 tures in Latin, according to the founder's oiiginal intention, 

 fuch was his favour with the queen and the public, that the 

 executors of fir Thomas Grefliam, by xhe orilhiaix^s, bearing 

 date I j^;7, difpenled with his knowledge of the Latin lan- 

 guage, and ordered " The folemn mullc ledure to be read 

 twice every week, in manner following, viz. the theoretique 

 part for one half hour, or thereabouts ; and the. pradique, 

 by concert of voice or inllruments, for the reil of the hour : 

 whereof the firll ledure //?%«/</ be in the Latin tongue, and 

 the I'econd in Englilh — But becaufe at this time Mr. Dodof 

 Bull, who is recommended to the place by the queen's mofb 

 ejccellent majtlly, being not able to fpcak Latin, his Icdures . 

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