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Ben Big. 
Benkulen; seaport of Sumatra, East In- 
dies. (Not Bencoolen, etc.) 
Ben Lomond; hill or mountain, Warren 
county, Tenn. (Not Mount Lemond 
nor Ben Lomand.) 
Bennett; creek, Nansemond county, Va. 
(Not Bennet's.) 
Bennett; point in Eastern bay, Queen 
: Anne county, Md. (Not Bennet's nor 
Bennetts.) 
Bennett; P. O. and R. R. station, Lan- 
caster, county, Nebr. (Not Bennet. ) 
Bennetts; see Burnetts. 
Benning; P. 0., village, etc., District of 
Columbia. (Not Bennings.) 
Benoni; point, Choptank fiver, Talbot 
county, Md. (Not Benonies.) 
Bentley; see Watchman. 
*Bentleyville; borough, P. O., and R. R. 
station, Washington county, Pa. (Not 
Bentleysville.) 
Benton; pond, Berkshire county, Mass. 
(Not Parish.) 
Benue; see Binue. 
Benville; P. O. and steamboat wharf, 
Saint Mary county, Md. (Not Wynne. ) 
Beresford; lake, Volusia county, Fla. 
(Not Bearfoot.) 
Bering; glacier, island, sea, strait, etc., 
Alaska. ( Not Behring, Kamchatka, etc.) 
NOTE. So named after Capt. Comdr. Ivan 
Ivanovich Bering, to whose exploration, in 
1741, we owe our first knowledge of what is 
now Alaska. Bering himself, his ancestors for 
five generations at least, and his descendants 
spell the name Bering. This form is widely 
used by English speaking people and almost 
universally used by all others. M. B. 
Bering; see Controller. 
Berkeley Heights; P. O. and R. R. sta- 
tion, Union county, N. J. (Not Berk- 
ley Heights.) 
Berkley; see Barkley. 
Berlin; mountain in Rensselaer county, 
N. Y. , and Berkshire county, Mass. 
NOTE. In New York state known as Mount 
McComber; in Massachusetts as Berlin moun- 
tain; Williams College people call it Mount 
Hopkins. 
Berlin Centre; see Center Berlin. 
Bermuda; a group of islands in the 
Western Atlantic ocean. 
NOTE. Called Bermudas after Juan Bermu- 
des, a Spanish mariner, who discovered them in 
1515. In 1609 Admiral Sir George Somers, R. N., 
in the Sea Venture, found them, uninhabited. 
He was wrecked and died there, and the islands 
H. Doc. 472 3* 
were called after him by his companions, 
' ' Somers Islands. ' ' Bermuda has been adopted 
as the British official usage, and is the popular 
and all but universal designation. A. H. A. 
Bern; P. 0. and R. R. station, Adams 
county, Ind. (Not Berne.) 
Bern; P. 0., R. R. station, and township, 
Berks county, Pa. (Not Berne.) 
Bernville; borough and P. 0., Berkto 
county, Pa. (Not Berneville.) 
Berry essa; P. O. and village, Santa 
Clara county, Cal. (Not Berreyesa, 
Berry esa, nor Beryesa.) 
Berut; see Beirut. 
Besboro; island in Norton seund, Alaska. 
(Not Besborough.) 
Bethel; P. 0. and township, Berks 
county, Pa. (Not Bethal nor Millers- 
burg.) 
Bethel; township, Fulton county, Pa. 
(Not Bethal.) 
Bethlehem Beach; light-house, Ohio 
river, 29 miles above Louisville, Trim- 
ble county, Ky. (Not Bethlehem's 
Reach.) 
Betsey Bell; mountain near Staunton, 
Augusta county, Va. (Not Betsy Bell. ) 
Betsie; lighthouse, point, and river, 
Benzie county, Mich. (Not Bees Scies 
nor Betsey.) 
Betts Chute; two lighthouses, Missis 
sippi river, Winona county, Minn. 
(Not Betts' Chute.) 
Beulah; P. 0., Pueblo county, Colo. 
(Not Buelah.) 
Beulah; village on Vernon river, Chat- 
ham county, Ga. (Not Beaulieu, Bew- 
lie, nor Bula.) 
Bevans; P. 0., Sussex county, N.J. (Not 
Peter's Valley.) 
Bickley Mill; P. O., Russell county, Va. 
(Not Bickley's Mills.) 
Bieli; rock in northern part of Sitka 
sound, Alaska. (Not Biele, Bielie, nor 
White.) 
Bieller; light, Mississippi river, Tensas 
parish, La. (Not Bieller' s.) 
Big; see Hazel Green. 
Big Annemessex; river in eastern Mary- 
land, tributary to Chesapeake bay. 
(Not Big Annemessic.) 
Big Baldy; see Elkhorn. 
Big Barren; creek and village, Claiborne 
county, Tenn. (Not Bigbarren.) 
Big Bone Cave; see Bone Cave. 
