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them in his ppfTage to .Carolina, gave his name to one of 
them ; and, being a fecond time driven upon it, gave it 
the-name of Providence. The Englifh, observing the ad¬ 
vantageous fituation of tliefe iflands for being a check on 
the French and Spaniards, attempted to fettle them in the 
reign of Charles II. Some unlucky accidents prevented 
this fettlement from being of any advantage; and the ille 
of Providence became an harbour for the buccaneers or 
pirates, who for a long time infeftecl the American navi¬ 
gation. This obliged the government in 1718 to fend out 
captain Woodes Rogers with a fleet to diflodge the pirates, 
and for making a fettlement. This the captain effected ; 
a fort was erected, and an independent company was fta- 
tioned in the ifland. Ever fince this laft fettlement thefe 
iflands have been improving,, though they advance but 
flowly. In time of war, people gain confiderably by the 
prizes condemned there ; and at all times by the wrecks, 
which are frequent in this labyrinth of rocks and (helves. 
The Spaniards and Americans captured tliefe iflands in 
1782; but they were retaken by a detachment from St. 
Augtiftine April 7, 1783. . 
BA'HAR, or Barr'e-, f in commerce, weights tiled in 
feveral places in the Eaft Indies. There are two of thefe 
weights; one the great baliar, with which they weigh 
pepper, cloves, nutmegs, ginger, &c. and contains 530th. 
of Portugal, or about 5241b. 90Z. avoirdupois-weight. 
With the little baliar, they weigh quickfilver, Vermillion, 
ivory, filk, &c. It contains about 4371b. 90Z. avoirdu¬ 
pois-weight. 
Bahar, a country of Hindoflan, bounded on the eafl 
by Bengal, on the north by Nepal and Morung, on the 
fouth by OrilTa, and on the wed by Oudeand Benares. It 
is 250 miles from north to fou th, and 200 from eafl to weft; 
and produces wheat, rice, peafe, See. but the principal ar¬ 
ticle of export is faltpetre. Patna is the capital. 
Bahar, a town of Hindoftan,. and once the capital of 
a country, to which it gives name; remarkable for the 
number of magnificent funeral monuments. It is thirty 
miles fouth-eaft of Patna, and 220 north-weft of Calcutta. 
Lat. 25. 14. N. Ion. 85.45. E. Greenwich. 
Bahar, a town of Perfia, in the province of Kerman, 
forty miles fouth-eaft of Sirgian. 
BAIIA'REN, an iHand in the Perfian gulf, fituated in 
lat. 26.0. N. Ion. 50.0. E. This ifland is chiefly remark¬ 
able for its pearl-filliery, and has often changed its mafters. 
It fell with Ormus under the dominion of the Portuguefe, 
was again reftored to Perfia by Tliamas Kouli Khan; and 
after his death the confufion into which his empire was 
thrown, gave an opportunity to an enterprifing and ambi¬ 
tious Arab of taking pofleftion of the ifland, where he 
Hill maintains his authority. Baharen was famous for its 
pearl-fifliery even at the time when pearls were found at 
Ormus, Karek, Kafliy, and other places in the Perfian 
gulf : but it is now become of much greater confequence ; 
all the other banks having been exhaufted, while this has 
Buffered no fenlible diminution. The time of filhing be¬ 
gins in April, and ends in October. It is confined to a 
tract four or five leagues in breadth. The pearls taken at 
Baharen, though not fo white as thofe of Ceylon or Japan, 
are much larger than thofe of the former place, and more 
regularly fliaped than thofe of the latter. They have a 
yellowifti colour; but have alfo this good quality, that 
they preferve their golden hue, whereas the whiter kind 
lole much of their luftre by keeping, efpecjally in hot 
countries. The annual revenue front the Baharen pearl- 
fifliery is computed at about 157,500k The greateft part 
of the pearls that are uneven are carried to Conftantino- 
ple and other ports of Turkey, where the larger go to 
compofe ornaments for head-drefies, and the fmaller are 
ufed in embroideries. The perfect pearls rauft be referv- 
ed for Surat, w hence they are diftributed through all Hin- 
doltan. 
BA'llAS, a townpf Arabia, fixteen miles north-north- 
weft of Lolieia. 
BAHAU'DER,yi A military title, fimilar to that of 
B A J 
knight. The word is Indian, and fignifies ‘great, grandf,- 
noble.’ In the Eaft Indies, nabob bahauder fignifies c no¬ 
ble or incomparable knight,’the bahauders in Hindoftan’ 
being what the knights were in Europe. The fultaun or 
fovereign, among the Moguls, gives the title of bahauder 
to any officer after, a battle wdio has diftinguilhed him- 
felf by an extraordinary exploit, or uncommon example of 
fortitude and courage. There is no ceremony annexed to 
the creation ; the fultaun or commander in chief applauds 
his conduft, and calls him bahauder ; which title is after¬ 
wards given him indiferiminately by every body. A ba¬ 
hauder hath great dignity ; he may go every where com¬ 
pletely armed, caufing a gilded mace to be carried before 
him; and may appear thus even in the prefence of his fo¬ 
vereign. 
B AH'BELGOjSIG, a town of Hindoftan, in the Bag- 
lana country,,..fixty miles .eaft of Nalfuek, and lixty-five 
weft of Aurangabad. 
BA'HI, a province of Lucon or Manilla, one of the 
Philippine iflands, in the Eaft Indies, belonging to the Spa¬ 
niards. It is remarkable for producing excellent betel, 
which the inhabitants of the place chew from momma: till 
night. 
BA'HIA (De Todos los Sanctos), a province of Brafil 
in South America, belonging to the Portuguefe, and the 
richeft in the w hole country; but unhappily the air and 
climate do not correfpond with the other natural advanta¬ 
ges : yet fo fertile is the province in lugar and other com¬ 
mercial articles, that the Portuguefe flock hither, not only 
as it is tire feat of affluence, but alfo of pleafure and gran¬ 
deur. The capital is called St. Salvador , or Cividad de 
Bachia. 
BA'HIR,yi a Hebrew term fignifying ‘famous’ or ‘il- 
luftrious;’ but particularly ufed for. a book of the Jews, 
treating of the profound mylteries of the cabbala, being 
the mod ancient of the rabbinical works. 
BAHI'RA, or Rif, the northern diftrift of Egypt, 
which extends from the divifion of the Nile to the eaft and 
weft branches, on both fides to the Mediterranean. The 
principal towns are Alexandria, Rofetta, Damietta, Me- 
riuf, Manfoura, Tineh, Catieh, and Foua. 
BARAITCH', a town of Hindoftan, in the province 
of Oude, fifty-two miles north-north-weft of Fyzabad, and 
fifty-five north-north-eaft of Lucknow. Lat. 27. 30. N. 
Ion. 81. 57. E. Ferro. 
BAH'RENBURG, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Weftphalia, and county of Hoya, on the river Suhlin- 
gen, fourteen miles fouth-fouth-weft of Hoya. 
BA'HUS, a river of France, which runs into the Adottr, 
about a league above St; Sever. 
Bahus, or Bohus, a ftrong town of Sweden, and ca¬ 
pital of a jurifdidtion to which it gives name, built in the 
year 1309, by Hacquin IV. king of Norway, and pafled 
with that country to the kings of Denmark, who fortified 
it in the modern manner; but, in 1658, was ceded to Swe¬ 
den by the treaty of Rofchild. It is ten miles north of- 
Gottenburg. Lat, 57.52. N. Ion. 29.19. E. Ferro. 
Bahus, or Bohus, adiftridt of Sweden, in Weft Goth¬ 
land. The land is fertile, and much interfered by rivers 
and lakes, w hich yield great quantities of excellent filh. 
The principal commodities for exportation are filh, wood, 
pitch, lime, tallow, and hides. 
BA'JA, Bay'jah, or Be'gia, a town of the kingdom 
of Tunis in Africa, fuppofed to be the ancient Vacca of 
Salluft, and Oppidum Vaggenfc of Pliny. It is a place of 
great trade, and the chief market of the kingdom for corn; 
of which the adjacent territories produce fuch abundance, 
that they can fupply more than the whole kingdom with 
it. Here is alfo a great annual fair, to which the moft 
diftant Arabian tribes refort with their families and flocks. 
The town Hands on the declivity of a hill on the road to 
Conftantina, about ten leagues from the northern coaft, 
and thirty-fix fouth-weft from Tunis. 
Baja, a town of Hungary, on the river Danube, fifty 
miles north-north-weft of Peter Waradin. 
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