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miles distant from the city, although they are not under the immediate surveillance of their moolla, or chief priest, whose custom it is to reside at Surat, paying his flock at Burhanpur an annual visit to collect his dues and leave his blessing. In appearance these Bohras strongly resemble the Arabs, their features and complexions being of the Arabian cast, as well as the fashion of their garments; and it is probable that they are really of Arabian origin, though they have been many centuries resident in the Dekkan and in Guzerat.

BURHAVE, a bailiwick and town of Oldenburg, at the mouth of the Weser, 31 m. N of Oldenburg. Pop. of t. 1,282; of b. 4,439.

BURIAH, or HINDAN, a river of Hindostan, in the prov. of Delhi, which takes its rise in the mountains to the NE of Seharanpur, runs SSW, and after a course of 120 m., falls into the Jumna 2 m. NW of Bulundshuhur, and 27 m. SE of Delhi.

BURIANO, a village of Tuscany, 12 m. NW of Grosseto, near the NW bank of Lake Castiglione, and 11 m. NE of the town of that name. Pop. 332.

BURIAS, an island of the Asiatic archipelago, in the Philippine group, near the SE peninsula of the island of Luzon, in N lat. 13o, E long. 123° 10'. It is about 43 m. in length, and averages 9 m. in breadth. It is fertile in the interior, but rocky near the coast, and surrounded to a considerable distance with reefs, which render it difficult of approach. It forms a stronghold of Illanois pirates.

BURIASCO, a village of Piedmont, cap. of a mandemento in the prov. and 4 m. E of Pignerol, on the Lemma.

BURIATS, BURAEʼTS, or BURIATES, one of the three great families into which the Mongols are divided. They are chiefly located around the Baikal lake, and in the S part of the Russian gov. of Irkutsk. They are closely allied to the natives of the N provinces of China in language and customs. Their features exhibit the projecting cheek-bones and small oblique elongated eye of the Mongols; their hair is jet black, and plaited into a long queue: their complexion brown; and their frames are robust and Compact. They live in conical huts, which they protect from heat and cold by covering with leather. Their religion is partly Lamaism and partly Shamanism; the latter is chictly professed among those families who subsist by the chase, and whose houses

are in the less accessible districts. The Russians have translated the Greek catechism into the B. language. A considerable number support themselves by the produce of their flocks, and by

practising several mechanical arts. Their numbers have been variously estimated at from 100,000 to 300.000.

BURICA CAPE. See BORRUCAS. BURI-DIHONG, an affluent of the Lohit, the head-stream of the Brahmaputra. It has a westerly direction of above 100 m. previous to joining the Lohit below the Dihong.-The same name is given to one of the two branches into which the Lohit vides so as to form the long island of Majuli.

rises to the height of 3,500 ft. The soil is good, and is watered by several branches of the Pasumpsic, which afford good water-power. Pop. in 1840, 997. -Also a county in the state of North Carolina, watered by the Catawba and its branches. It comprises a surface of 1,625 sq. m., and although elevated, is generally fertile. Pop. in 1830, 17,727; in 1840, 15,799, of whom 12,319 were whites, 3,216 slaves, and 264 free coloured. Cap., Morgantown. -Also a county in the state of Georgia, bounded on the NE by the Savannah, and on the S by the Ogeechee, and intersected by the Brier creek. Pop. in 1830, 11,833; in 1840, 13,176, of whom 4,609 were whites, 8,408 slaves, and 159 free coloured.

BURKERSDORF, a village of Austria, in the prov. of Lower Austria, circle and 12 m. W of Vienna, on the Wien. Pop. 750. It contains an imperial castle, and another belonging to the landgraves of Fürstenburg, and has a cotton spinning-mill. In the environs are quarries of fine marble.

BURKERSDORF, or BURKHARDSDORF, a town of Saxony, in the circle of Zwickau, bailiwick and 7 m. S of Chemnitz, and on the river of that name, at an alt. of 1,330 ft. above sea-level. Pop. in 1834, 1,773. It possesses extensive manufactories of hosiery and linen, cotton and woollen fabrics.

BURKERSRODA, a village of Prussia, in the prov. of Saxony, NE of Eckardsberga. Pop. 169. BURKERTSWALDE, or BURKHARDTSWALDE, a village of Saxony, 4 m. SW of Pirna. Pop. 415.

BURKESVILLE, a village, cap. of Cumberland co., in the state of Kentucky, 124 m. SW of Frankfort, on the W bank of Cumberland river.

BURKHEIM, or BURCKEN, a town of Baden, in the circle of Treisam, on the Rhine, 5 m. N of AltBrisach. Pop. 733.

BURKHEIM, or BURCKHEIM, a town of Bavaria, in the circle of the Ober-Rhin, on a tributary of the Lech, 25 m. NNE of Munich.

BURKIND. See BUSHkurd. BURLA, a river of Russia, in the gov. of Tomsk, flowing into the Obi on the 1. near Krytikho.

BURLAND, a township in the p. of Acton, Cheshire, 3 m. NW of Nantwich, crossed by a branch of the Chester canal, and in the vicinity of the Nantwich and Birmingham railway. Area 1,450 acres. Pop. in 1841, 639.

BURLATI. See BIRLAT.

BURLATS, a commune and town of France, in the dep. of Tarn, cant. of Roquecourbe, on the Agout, 7 m. ENE of Castres. Pop. 1,498. It contains a collegiate church, founded by Pope John XXII., and a paper-mill. In the vicinity is a mine of lead imdi-pregnated with gold and silver, and a quarry of coarse grained black marble.

BURIE, a canton and commune of France, in the dep. of the Charente-Inferieure, arrond. of Saintes. The cant. comprises 10 com., and in 1831 contained a pop. of 10,611. The village is 11 m. E of Saintes. Pop. 1.541.

BURITICA, a town of New Grenada, in the prov. and 15 m. NNW of Antioquia, near the 1. bank of the Cauca. Pop. 1,184. A rich gold-mine was formerly wrought in the environs.

BURITON, a parish of Hants, 23 m. SW of Petersfield, of which it now forms a suburb. Area 6,840 acres. Pop. in 1841, 993.

BURJUND, BEERJOON, or BIRJUN, a town of Persia, in the prov. of Khorasan, 117 m. E of Tubbus. BURKA. See BARKA.

BURKA RASEL, a promontory on the W side of the gulf of Akabah, in N lat. 29° 9', E long. 34° 35'. BURKE, a township of Caledonia co., in the state of Vermont, 51 m. NE of Montpelier. It is generally hilly, and to the SE a mountain of the same name

BURLESCOMBE, a parish of Devon, 8 m. ENE Tiverton, near the Exeter and Bristol railway, and the Grand Western canal. Area 4,210 acres. Pop. in 1841, 958.

BURLESTONE, a parish of Dorset, 7 m. NE of Dorchester, on the Trent. Area 750 acres. Pop. in 1841, 65.

BURLEY, a parish of Rutland, 2 m. NE of Oakham, near the Melton-Mowbray and Oakham canal. Area 3,390 acres. Pop. in 1841, 252.--Also a chapelry in the p. and 2 m. NW of Otley, W. R. of of Yorkshire, on the N bank of the Wharfe. Area 3,190 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,736.-Also a tything in Ringwood p., and an extra-parochial district in Ringwood hundred, Hants.

BURLINGHAM - ST. - ANDREW, a parish of Norfolk, 24 m. SW of Acle, near the London and Norwich railway. Area 730 acres. Pop. in 1841, 214. BURLINGHAM-ST.-EDMUND, a parish of Norfolk. Area 480 acres. Pop. in 1841, 98.

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BURLINGHAM-ST.-PETER, a parish of Norfolk. Area 690 acres. Pop. in 1841, 91.

BURLINGTON. See BRIDLINGTON. BURLINGTON, a county in the state of Jersey, U. S., extending from the Delaware to the Atlantic, and watered by Assunpink, Crosswick's, Black's, Craft's, Assiscunk, Rancocus, and Pensauken creeks. Its soil is chiefly alluvial, and furnishes excellent pine timber and bog iron-ore. Marl abounds towards the W. In the township of Springfield is a petrifying well. Pop. in 1830, 31,066; in 1840, 32,831.-Also a township of Penobscot co., in the state of Maine, 120 m. NE of Augusta. Its soil is generally fertile, and produces good wheat. Pop. in 1840, 350.-Also a township of Middlesex co., in the state of Massachusetts, 13 m. NW of Boston, watered by a branch of Shawsheen river. Pop. 510.-Also a township of Hartford co., in the state of Connecticut, 19 m. W of Hartford, watered by Farmingham river and its branches. It presents a diversified surface, but is generally fertile. Pop. 1,201.-Also a township of Otsego co., in the state of New York, 79 m. W of Albany. Its surface is undulating, and the soil, consisting of a gravelly loam, is generally fertile. Pop. 2.154. The village consists of about 20 dwellings.Also a city, township, and port-of-entry, in Burlington co., in the state of New Jersey, 12 m. S of Trenton, and 17 m. NE of Philadelphia, in N lat. 40° 5' 10", W long. 72° 52′ 37′′. Pop. in 1830, 2,670; in 1840, 3,434. It is situated on the E bank of the Delaware, on an isolated tract, 14 m. in length, and of a mile in breadth, connected by 4 bridges and causeways with the main land, and is regularly laid out, the streets intersecting one another at right angles. Also a township of Bradford co., in the state of Pennsylvania, 144 m. N of Harrisburg. It presents considerable undulations, and is drained by Sugar creek and its tributaries. The soil consists of gravelly loam. Pop. in 1840, 1,118.-Also a village of Fayette township, cap. of Lawrence co., in the state of and on the N bank of the Ohio.-Also a township of Calhoun co., in the state of Michigan, 111 m. W of Detroit. Pop. 411.-Also a village, cap. of Boone co., in the state of Kentucky, 82 m. NE of Frankfort.-Also a village, cap. of Des Moines co., in the state of Iowa, pleasantly situated on the W bank of the Mississippi, 1,429 m. above New Orleans, and 248 above St. Louis. It is regularly laid out, and has two steam ferry-boats.-Also a township in Licking co., in the state of Ohio. Pop. 1,222.Also the cap. of Chittenden co., in the state of Vermont, U. S.; 40 m. NW of Montpelier; 80 m. SSE of Montreal; 32 m. SE of Plattsburg; in N lat. 44° 27'. Pop. in 1830, 3,525; in 1840, 4,271. It is finely situated on a bay on the E side of Lake Champlain. The lake is here 10 m. wide; and on the opposite shore rise the Adirondack mountains. The university of Vermont, founded in 1791, is situated on the E side of the village; and about 14 m. to the NE, on the falls of Onion river, is the manufacturing village of Winovski.

BURLOS, or BURULLOS (LAKE), an extensive salt lake or marsh in the delta of Egypt, communicating with the sea by what is supposed to have been the ancient Sebennytic mouth of the Nile. It takes its name from a village situated on the narrow neck of land which separates it from the sea. It is 36 m. in length from SW to NE; and 18 m. in its greatest breadth; and it receives directly or indirectly the waters of the four great canals of the delta.

BURLTON, a township in the p. of Loppington, Salop. Pop. in 1841, 172.

BURMARSH, a parish of Kent, 4 m. SW of Hythe, near the Royal Military canal. Area 1,690 acres. Pop. in 1841, 130.

BURMAWUR, a small town of India, in the Punjab, on the Ravi river, in N lat. 32° 30'. It is five or six days' march from Chumba; and on one of the routes through the Ladak mountains.

BURMINGTON, a parish of Warwickshire, 2 m. SE of Shipton-upon-Stour, near the Moreton and Stafford-on-Avon railway. Area 720 acres. Pop. in 1841, 188.

BURN, a township in the p. of Brayton, in the W. R. of Yorkshire, 3 m. SW of Selby, near the river Aire. Area 2,370 acres. Pop. 281.

BURNABAT, a beautiful village of Turkey in Asia, in the sanjak of Sarakhan, on a small stream about a mile from its entrance into Smyrna harbour, and 5 m. NE of the town of that name.

BURNAGE, a township in Manchester p, in Lancashire, 4 m. S of Manchester. Area 610 acres. Pop. 489.

BURNASTON, a hamlet in the p. of Etwall, Derbyshire, 5 m. SW of Derby, near the Birmingham and Derby railway. Pop. in 1841, 143.

BURNBY, a parish of the E. R. of Yorkshire, 3 m. SE of Pocklington, on a branch of the Derwent, and near the Pocklington canal. Area 2,100 acres. Pop. in 1841, 110.

BURNCHURCH, a parish in co. Kilkenny, 44 m. SSW of Kilkenny. Area 3,863 acres. Pop. 977. BURNCOURT, a village in the p. of Shanrahan, co. Tipperary. Pop. 195.

BURNESS, a parish in the island of Sanday, in the Hebrides. Pop. in 1835, 432.

BURNESTON, a parish and township in the N. R. of Yorkshire, 4 m. SE of Bedale. Area of p. 6.920 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,494. Area of township, 800 acres. Pop. 351.

BURNETT, a parish of Somerset, 3 m. NE of Pensford, on the Chew, near the Western railway. Area 660 acres. Pop. in 1841, 100.

BURNETTSTON, a township of Franklin co., in the state of Massachusetts, U. S. Pop. in 1840, 992. BURNHAM, a parish of Buckinghamshire, 33 m. NNW of Eton, near the Thames, and intersected by the Western railway. Area 6,740 acres. Pop. in 1841, 2,284.-Also a parish of Essex, 194 m. ESE of Chelmsford, on the N bank of the Crouch. Area 5,050 acres. Pop. 1,735.-Also a parish of Somerset, 9 m. SSW of Axbridge, near the Bristol and Exeter railway. Area 4,270 acres. Pop. 1,469.

BURNHAM, a township of Waldo co., in the state of Maine, U. S., 34 m. E of Augusta. Pop. in 1840, 602.

BURNHAM-DEEPDALE, a parish of Norfolk, near Burnham harbour, and 24 m. NW of BurnhamWestgate. Area 960 acres. Pop. in 1841, 59. BURNHAM-NORTON, a parish of Norfolk, 1 m. N of Burnham-Westgate. Area 1,480 acres. Pop. in 1841, 166.

BURNHAM-OVERY, a parish of Norfolk, 14 m. NE of Burnham-Westgate. This parish, with the others of the same name, is situated in the N part of the county, adjacent to the German ocean. Area 1,920 acres. Pop. in 1841, 613.

BURNHAM-THORPE, a parish of Norfolk, 1 m. SE of Burnham - Westgate. Area 2,200 acres. Pop. in 1841, 396.

BURNHAM-SUTTON CUM BURNHAM ULPH, parishes in Norfolk, 33 m. NE of Burnham-Westgate. Area 1,220 acres. Pop. in 1841, 355.

BURNHAM-WESTGATE, a parish and market. town in Norfolk, 38 m. NW of Norwich, and 120 m. NNE of London. Area 2,930 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,126.

BURNHAUPT-LE-BAS, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Haut-Rhin, cant. of Cernay. Pop. 1,158.

BURNHAUPT-LE-HAUT, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Haut-Rhin, cant. of Cernay, 15 m. from Belfort. Pop. 1,162.

BURNINGHAM. See BRININGHAM. BURNING ISLAND, a small island in the China sea, near the NW coast of Borneo, in N lat. 3° 20′, and E long. 112° 11'.

BURNINGTON, a township of Shiawassee co., in the state of Michigan, U. S. Pop. in 1840, 403. BURNISTON, a township in the p. of Scalby, N. R. of Yorkshire, 4 m. NNW of Scarborough. Area 1,400 acres. Pop. in 1841, 389.

BURNLEY, a market-town and chapelry in the p. of Whalley, co-palatine of Lancaster, 210 m. NNW of London, and 25 m. N of Manchester, in a narrow valley on the Brun, which joins the West Calder immediately below the town. Area of c. 1,630 acres. Pop. in 1801, 3,305; in 1831, 7,551; in 1841, 10,699. Assessed property in 1815, £8,273; in 1842-3, £38,284. The houses of the town are modern, and chiefly built of freestone. The streets are wellpaved, and lighted with gas. The trade of B. was at one time confined to the manufacture of woollen cloth and worsted articles; but that of cotton, in all | its branches, but chiefly printing calicoes, is now carried on to a great extent. In 1824, there were then between 25,000 and 30,000 pieces of calico manufactured in this town and its neighbourhood per week; 80.000 lbs. weight of cotton-yarn spun; and 60,000 spindles in motion. There are now 130,000 spindles at work. Coal, flagstone, and slate abound in the neighbourhood. The Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Leeds and Accrington railway, contribute greatly to the promotion of the trade of B. It is one of the polling-places for the members for the N division of Lancashire.

BURNON, a town of Belgium, in the grandduchy of Luxemburg, 10 m. SSW of Bastogne. BÚRNOP AND HAMSTEELS, a township in the p. of Lanchester, Durham, on the Wear. Area 1,980 acres. Pop. in 1841, 154.

BURNS, a township of Alleghany co., in the state of New York, U. S., 237 m. SW of Albany. It presents an irregular surface, and is drained by Canaseraga creek. Its soil consists of a fertile clay loam. Pop. in 1840, 867.- Also a township in Shiawassee co., in the state of Michigan. Pop. 257. BURNSALL, a parish in the W. R. of Yorkshire, 8 m. NNE of Skipton, on the Warfe. Area 25,950 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,484.

BURNSIDE, a township of Clearfield co., in the state of Pennsylvania, U. S., 156 m. NW of Harrisburg. Pop. 556.

BURNT COAL ISLAND, an island near the SE coast of the state of Maine, U. S., SSE of Mount Desert island.

BURNTISLAND, a parish and town in the Kirkaldy district of Fifeshire, lying on the frith of Forth. To the W of the town the shore is rocky; to the E it is sandy as far as Pettycur. Dunearn, alt. 695 ft, and other hills on the N of the town exhibit marks of volcanic fire. On the N side of these hills are basaltic columns. The country around B. is chiefly composed of floetz rocks and alluvial strata. Pop. of the p. and t. in 1801, 1,530; in 1831, 2,356; in 1841, 2.210, of whom 1,572 were in the town, which is 2 m. W of Kinghorn. There is regular steam communication with Granton on the S side of the frith, 4 m. distant. The town is finely situated on a peninsula, surrounded on the N by hills in the form of an amphitheatre, which shelter the harbour. It consists of two streets running parallel to each other, and terminated by the harbour on the W., besides some lanes. The harbour is the best on the frith of Forth, being large, easily entered, and well

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sheltered. Connected with the harbour is a large dry dock, having 16 ft. water at spring-tides. The harbour is in N lat. 56° 4', W long. 3° 14'. Before the Union, the commerce of B. was considerable; and in the 17th cent., it carried on a considerable traffic with Holland. This place was the principal rendezvous for the herring-fishery until the northern fishing-stations were opened; but cooperage and curing of herrings is now the chief branch of business here, and most of the boats employed belonged to other ports of the frith. In the New Statistical Account it is stated, that for some years, there have been annually cured here from 16,000 to 18,000 barrels of herrings. The Edinburgh and Northern railway, in connection with the ferry from Granton, commences at Burntisland, and passes by Kinghorn, Kirkaldy, Dysart, Markinch, Kettle, and Newburgh to Perth. From the trunk line, 37 m., 38 chains in length, there is a branch-line to Cupar, diverging from near Kettle, 5 m. in length, which it is proposed to extend by one sub-branch to Ferry-port-on-Craig opposite Dundee, and by another from Guard-bridge to St. Andrews. Another branch railway, 14 m. in length, is projected to diverge from the trunk-line near the village of Thornton, and proceed through a rich coal district to the town of Dunfermline; and a third branch, 14 m. in length, to connect the Trunk line with the harbour of Newburgh.

BURNT ISLAND. See Ais.

BURNT ISLAND HARBOUR, an indentation of the SW coast of the island of Newfoundland, in N lat. 47° 40′, and W long. 58° 48'.

BURNTWOOD, a hamlet in the p. of St. Michael, Staffordshire, 34 m. W of Lichfield, and near the Essington canal. Pop. in 1841, 426.

BURNUGGUR, a town of Hindostan, in the prov. of Gujerat, 58 m. N of Ahmedabad, and 18 m. ESE of Sidhpoor.

BURO. See BURU.

BURODE, or BARODE, a town of Hindostan, in the prov. of Malwa and pergunnah of Gungrar, 40 m. N of Ougein. It is surrounded by a strong wall, and possesses a stone fort. In 1820 it contained about 300 houses.

BURON, a town of Spain, in the prov. and 43 m. NE of Leon, on the 1. bank of the Esla. It contains in one of its streets a copious mineral spring.

BURONZO, a town of Piedmont, in the div. of Novara, prov. and 14 m. NNW of Vercelli, near the 1. bank of the Cervo. Pop. 1,500.

BUROSSE, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Basses-Pyrenees, cant. of Morlas. Pop. 615. BURPAN, a town of Beluchistan, in the prov. of Mekran, on a branch of the Nugor, 55 m. NNW of Gwuttur, 80 m. WSW of Kedje.

BURPETAH, a town in Upper Assam. Pop. 3,000. It consists of huts built on high artificial mounds of earth in the centre of gardens of betelnut and plantains, bamboo clumps, cane and grass jungle, mangoes, and other large trees, under the shade of which roads or channels intersect the town in every direction. In the rainy season these channels are filled with water, and every house consequently is provided with a canoe for navigating them during the four rainy months from June to September.

BURPHAM, a parish of Sussex, 2 m. ENE of Arundel, bounded on the W by the Arun. Area 3,150 acres. Pop. in 1841, 280.

BURPUDDAH, a town of Hindostan, in the prov. of Orissa, on the I. bank of the Burrabullong, 7 m. N of Harriorpur.

BURPUREER, a town of Hindostan, in the prov. of Ajmeer, 5 m. N by E of Nimutch. Pop. 2,000.

BURR (MOUNT), a range near the SE coast of S Australia, in about 37° 35′ S lat. It rises to 1,600 ft.

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