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LEFT BABEGES 419 BABITE BABEGES, a watering-place, S. of France, department of Hautes-Pyrenees, about 4,000 feet above the sea, celebrated for its thermal springs, which are fre- quented for rheumatism, scrofula, etc. BABEILLY (ba-ral'e), a town of Hin- dustan in the United Provinces, capital of a district of the same name, on a pleasant and elevated site. It has a fort and cantonments, a government college, and manufactures sword-cutlery, gold and silver lace, perfumery, furniture and upholstery. On the outbreak of the In- dian Mutiny the native garrison took possession of the place, but it was re- taken by Lord Clyde in May, 1858. Pop. about 130,000. BABFLEUB, a seaport town of France, in the department of La MancTie, about 15 miles E. of Cherbourg. It is noteworthy in history as the port whence, in 1066, William the Conqueror set out on his invasion of England. Close by, on the ill-famed "Pointe de Barfleur," stands the highest lighthouse in France, 271 feet above the sea. Pop. about 1,250. BAEHAM, BICHABD HABRIS, an English poet, born in Canterbury, Dec. 6, 1788; was educated at St. Paul's and Oxford; took orders in 1813; was rector of two country churches, and later of one in London. Under the name of Thomas Ingoldsby he vrrote the "Ingoldsby Le- gends," prose and verse (London, 1840- 1847), which are now classics. He also wrote "My Cousin Nicholas," a novel (1841), and "Life of Theodore Hook" (1849). He died in London, June 17, 1845. BAB H ABB OB, a popular summer re- sort in Hancock co., Me.; on the E. shore of Mt. Desert Island, and opposite Porcupine Islands. It derives its name from a sandy bar which connects Mt. Desert with the largest of the Porcupine group. The village is knovioi locally as East Eden. The surrounding scenery is very pleasing, and within a short dis- tance are many points of interest readily accessible to the tourist. Among these are the summit of Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Mt. Newport, Kebo, The Ovens, Great and Schooner Heads, Spouting Horn, Thunder Cave, and Eagle Cliff. BABI, ancient BABITJM, a seaport of southern Italy, on a small promontory of the Adriatic, capital of the province of Bari delle Puglie. It was an impor- tant place as early as the 3d century B. c, and has been thrice destroyed and rebuilt. The present town has a large Norman castle, a fine cathedral, and priory, etc It manufactures cotton and 28— Vol. I— Cyc linen goods, hats, soap, glass, and liquors; has a trade in wine, grain, alm- onds, oil, etc., and is now an important seaport. Pop. about 115,000. The prov- ince has an area of 2,048 square miles, and is fertile in fruit, wine, oil, etc. Pop. about 950,000. BABING, family name of the founders of one of the greatest financial and com- mercial houses in the world; now known as Baring Brothers & Co. The father of the founders was John Baring, a Ger- man cloth manufacturer, who started a small business at Larkbear, near Exeter, England, in the first half of the 18th century. Two of his sons, Francis and John (1730-1816), established in London in 1770 the now existing house. BABING-GOULD, SABINE, an Eng- lish antiquary and novelist, born in Exeter, Jan. 28, 1834. He graduated from Cambridge in 1856, and from 1881 was rector of Lew-Trenchard in Devon. He is author of "Iceland : Its Scenes and Sagas" (1864); "The Book of Were- wolves" (1865) ; "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" (series 1 and 2, 1866- 1867); "Lives of the Saints" (1872- 1879); "Yorkshire Oddities" (2 vols., 1874) ; and "Germany, Past and Present" (2 vols., 1879). He has also written re- ligious books and novels which have be- come popular. They include "Mehalah: a Story of the Salt Marshes" (2 vols., 1880) ; "John Herring" (2 vols., 1883) ; "Red Spider" (1887); "The Broom Squire" (1896) ; "Bladys" (1897) ; "Do- mitia" (1898); "Pabo the Priest" (1899) ; "A Book of the West" (1899) ; "Furze-Bloom" (1899), etc. He died June 4, 1906. BABING ISLAND, an island, also a strait and bay of the same name, in the Arctic Archipelago. They were named for Sir Francis Baring, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of their discovery. BABITE, or BABYTE, BaSO^, a mineral, called also baroselenite, sulphate of baryta, heavy spar, and by the Derby- shire miners, cauk, calk, or cawk. It is placed by Dana in his celestite group. It is orthorhombic, and has usually tab- ular crystals, or is globular, ^ fibrous, lamellar, or granular. Its color is white, yellowish, grayish, black, reddish, or dark brown. It is sometimes transparent, sometimes almost opaque. When rubbed, it is occasionally fetid. Its composition is: Sulphuric acid, 34.3; baryta (mon- oxide of barium), 65.7=100, hence the name sulphate of baryta. It is found as part of the gangue of metallic ores in veins in secondary limestone, etc. It