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BAMAN'KOT, a town of Africa, in the country of Lo- 
ango, and province of Angoi. 
BAM'BA, a province of the kingdom of Congo in A- 
frica. It is (ituated between the rivers Amb.rifi and Lo(e ; 
the lad of which parts it from Pemba on the ea(t, as the 
Ambrifi does from the province of Sogno on the north. 
Along the fea-coafts it extends northward to the river I.e- 
lunda: and on the fouth to that of Danda, which parts it 
from the kingdom of Angola. The foil of this province 
is very fertile ; and would produce all the necelfaries of life 
in great abundance, were the inhabitants indttfhious in its 
cultivation. Here is alfo the fifhery of the zinibis, or lit¬ 
tle fea-fnail, whofe fliell is tlie current money not only in 
this and the neighbouring kingdom, but alfo in the mod 
diftant parts of Africa. Here are alfo mines of gold, (li¬ 
ver,, quicklilvev, copper, tin, a.nd iron ; but none except 
tiie iron mines are allowed to be worked. 
Bamba, a town in the province of tlie fame name, large 
and populous, about feventy leagues from the lea, and in 
the potfeffion of the Portuguefe. 
B AMBA'LIO,/ [fromto fpeakinarticulate- 
ly.] A perfon who Hammers or flutters. 
BAMBAMAR'CA, a town of South America, in Pe¬ 
ru, and jurifdiction of Patas, or Caxamarquilla. 
BAM'BAN, a town of Egypt, on the Nile, forty-two' 
miles Couth-fout h-eaft of Afna. 
BAM'BERG, a bifnopric and principality of Germa¬ 
ny, in the circle of Franconia; is bounded on the north 
by the principality of Cobourg and the Vogtland, on tlie 
eaft by Brandenburg-Bayreuth and the ellates of Nnrem- 
burgh, on the fouth by the ellates of Nuremberg and the 
principality of Schwartzenberg, and on the well by the 
bilhopric of Wurtzburg; about fixty miles in length, and 
forty in breadth. The foil is rich and fertile, producing 
grain and fruit in abundance, faffron, and liquorice; and 
near the city of Bamberg in particular, figs, lemons, and 
oranges : the inhabitants alfo raife a great number of cat- 
lie. The principal rivers are the Mayn, (which rifes in 
this principality,) the Rotach, the Itz, and the Rednitz, 
befides fmaller ones. The principal towns are Bamberg, 
Forchheim, Ebermanflads, Weifchenfeld, Kupferberg, 
Lichtenfels, and Vilfeck. At the diet of the empire, the 
bifiiop takes the fourth place in the council of the fpiri- 
tual princes. The inhabitants ate Roman Catholics. 
Bamberg, a city of Germany, and capital of the bi- 
fhopric, in the circle of Franconia, is fituated on bills, and 
interfered by the river Rednitz. The city or part en- 
clofed in walls is frnall, but the fuburbs are extenlive. It 
is thirty miles north-north-weft of Nuremberg, ninety- 
two eaft of Frankfort on the Mayn, and 110 eaft of Mentz. 
-Lat. 49. 51. N. Ion. 28. 36. E. Ferro. 
Bamberg (New), a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Lower Rhine, twenty miles fouth-weft of Mentz, and 
eight fouth of Bingen. 
BAMBOC'CIO, a celebrated painter of converfation, 
jandfeape, cattle, &c. was born at Laeren, nearNarden, in 
1613. His name was Peter Van Laer; but in Italy they 
gave him the name of Bamboccio, on account of the un¬ 
common lliape of his body, the lower part being one-third 
longer than the upper, and his neck fo fhort that it was 
buried between his (boulders. Providence, however, made 
ample amends for his deformity. He was held in the higlh. 
eft efteem, not only on account of his extraordinary abili¬ 
ties, but alfo for the amiable qualities of his mind. He 
ftudied nature iuceftantly ; obferving with a curious exad- 
nefs every effedt of light on different objeds, at different 
hours of (he day ; and, whatfoever incident afforded plea- 
fure to his imagination, his memory conftantly retained. 
His ftyle of painting is fweet and true; and his touch de¬ 
licate, with great tranfparency of colouring. His figures 
are well-proportioned, and corredly defigned; and, al¬ 
though his fubjeds are chiefly taken from the lower order 
of nature, Arch as plunderings, playing at bowls, inns, 
farrier’s-ftiOj* , cattle, or converfations, yet whatever he 
painted was io excellently defigned, fo happily executed, 
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and fo highly finifhed, that his manner was adopted by ma¬ 
ny of the Italian painters of his time. His works are frill 
univerfally admired, and he is juftly ranked among the firft 
clafs of the eminent mafters. In the latter part of his life 
he was feverely tormented with an afthmatic complaint* 
which he endured with much impatience; and it is re¬ 
ported, that, as the diforder feemed to him infupportable, 
he threw himfelf into a canal to (horten his mifery, and 
was drowned. His death happened in 1673. 
BAMBOO', or BAMBu',yi in botany. See Arundo 
and Nastus. 
Bamboo-Habit, a.Chinefe contrivance by which a 
perfon who does not know how to fwim may eafily keep 
himfelf above water. The following defeription of it is 
from a letter to the author of the Seaman’s Prefiervative : 
“ In the year 1730, I was paftenger in a (hip from Batavia 
to China, freighted by Englilh, Chinefe, aird Portuguefe. 
Near the coaft of China we met one of thofe (forms called 
a t if toon, or ‘ great v\ ind,’ which carried away all our mafts, 
bowfprit, and rudder; and in our hold we had fix feet of' 
water, expecting every moment the (hip would founder. 
We confequently were confulting our prefervation: the 
Engliih and Portuguefe (food in their (hirts only, ready to 
be thrown off: but the Chinefe merchants came upon 
deck, not in a cork-jacket, but in a bamboo-habit , which 
had lain ready in their chefts againft fuch dangers; and it 
was thus conftruded ; four bamboos, two before and two 
behind their bodies,.Were placed horizontally, and project¬ 
ed about twenty-eight inches. Thefe were crofted by two 
others on each fide, and the whole properly fecured, leav¬ 
ing a (pace in the centre for their body ; fo that they had 
only to put it over their heads, and tie the fame fecurely 
round the waift, which was done in two minutes, and we 
were fatisfied they could not pollibly (ink.” 
To B AMBOO'ZLE, v. a. [a cant word not ufed in pure 
or in grave writings.] Todeceive; to impofe upon; to con¬ 
found.—After Nick had bamboozled about the money, John 
called for counters. Arbuthnot. 
BAMBOO'ZLER, f. A tricking fellow; a cheat..— 
There are a fet of fellows they call banterersand bambooz¬ 
lers, that play Rich tricks. Arbuthnot. 
BAM'BOROUGH, [of Bebbanburgh, Sax. from queen 
Bebba, who ereded it, lays Bede.] An ancient town on 
the coaft of Northumberland ; which, though now only an 
inconfiderable village, was once a royal borough, and fent 
two members to parliament. It even gave name to a large 
trad extending fouthward, which was called Bamborough- 
Jhire.. It had alfo three religious foundations. Its very 
ancient caftle (lands on an almoft perpendicular rock dole 
to the fea, and acceflible only on the fouth-eaft fide, on a 
fpot where, according to the monkifti hiftorians, there (food 
the caftle or palace of the kings of Northumberland ; built, 
as it is faid, by king Ida, who began his reign about the 
year 359. Part of the prefent ruins are by Tome fuppofed 
to be the remains of king Ida’s work. In the reign of 
Elizabeth, Sir John Forifer, warden of the marches, was 
made governor of it, after the battle of Muffelburgh ; and 
his grandfon John obtained a grant of both caftle and ma¬ 
nor from James I. His defeendant Thomas fortified both 
in 1715 ; but bis maternal uncle, Nathaniel Crew, bifhop 
of Durham, purchafed and bequeathed them to charita¬ 
ble ufes. The ruins are (fill confiderable ; but, in the year 
1757, the truftees for lord Crew’s charity began the re¬ 
pairs of the keep or great tower; the direction and ma¬ 
nagement being committed to Dr. Sharp archdeacon of 
Durham, one of their number; who has made a moft ju¬ 
dicious and humane application of his lordfhip’s generous 
bequelt. The upper parts of the building have been form¬ 
ed into granaries ; whence, in times of fcarcity, corn is 
fold to the indigent without any diftindion at four (hillings 
per bufhel. A ball and fome frnall apartments are refer- 
ved by the dodor, who frequently refides here to fee that 
bis noble plan is properly executed. Among the variety 
of diftrefted who find relief from the judicious difpofition 
of this charity, are the mariners navigating this dangerous 
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