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LEFT BULLABD 233 BULL FROG Army, For his services he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-general. At the end of the World War he was made a major-general in the regular army. He received the D, S. M. and various foreign decorations. BULLARD, WILLIAM HANNUM GRUBB, an American naval officer, born in Media, Pa., in 1866. He gradu- ated from the United States Naval Academy in 1886. In 1888 he was ap- pointed ensign and rose through the various grades, becoming commander in 1909, and captain in 1912. He served during the Spanish-American War. From 1907 to 1911 he was at the United States Naval Academy, where he organ- ized the department of electrical en- gineering. He was superintendent of the naval radio service from 1912 to 1916. During the World War he served in the Atlantic Fleet and in the Ameri- can division of battleships in the Brit- ish Grand Fleet, He commanded the United States naval forces- in the eastern Mediterranean after the armistice, and was a member of the Inter-allied Com- mission to put into effect the naval terms of the armistice with Austria- Hungary. He received the surrender of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. From 1919 he was director of naval communica- tions. He was the author of "Naval Electricians' Textbook," and many others on naval subjects. He acted as a delegate to many conferences on radio and other electrical subjects in foreign countries. BULL BAITING, the barbarous sport oi setting dogs on a bull, who is tied to a stake and worried by the dogs for the amusement of the spectators. It was a favorite sport in England from a very early period, till it was finally put down by Act of Parliament in 1835. BULL DOG, a variety of the common dog, cams familiaris, variety taurinus, sometimes called variety molossus, from Molossia (southern Epirus or lower Al- bania), where similar dogs are said an- ciently to have existed. The bull dog has a thick, short, flat muzzle, a project- ing under jaw, thick and pendent lips, a large head, a flat forehead, a small brain, half-pricked ears, a thick and strong body, but of low stature. Its courage and tenacity of hold are well known. BULLEN, FRANK THOMAS, an Eng- lish author, born in Paddington, Lon- don, April 5, 1857. His early education was scanty, and after acting as errand boy with various mercantile firms, he embarked in 1869 as an ordinary seaman. soon rising to the position of chief mate. In 1883 he abandoned the sea, and be- came a clerk in the English meteorolog- ical office, a position which he held until 1889. He wrote some short sketches bearing on seafaring life, and they were so extraordinarily vivid and interesting and were so pervaded with the very breath of the sea that he soon achieved a reputation with publishers and the reading public. Among his numerous writings may be mentioned "The Cruise of the Cachalot" (1898); "The Log of a Sea Waif" (1899); "With Christ at Sea" (1901); "Deep Sea Plunderings" (1901) ; "A Whaleman's Wife" (1902) ; and "The Call of the Deep" (1907). He died at Madeira in 1915, BULLET, a ball, generally of lead, made to fit the bore of a rifle, pistol, or similar weapon, and designed to be pro- pelled thence with great force as an of- fensive instrument or weapon. Bullets are now usually cylindrical, with conical or conoidal points. BULL FIGHT, a barbarous amuse- ment of great antiquity, having been practiced by the Egyptians, by the Thessalians, and others, but now associ- ated chiefly with Spain, into which it seems to have been first introduced by the Moors. BULL FINCH, a well known bird, the pyrrhula vulgaris, locally known as the norsk-pipe, the coal-hood, the hoop, or the tony hoop, the alp, and the hope. In the male the head, the part surround- ing the bill, the throat, and the tail are lustrous black; the nape, the back and the shoulders bluish gray; the cheeks, neck, breast, the fore part of the belly and the flanks red; the rump and the vent white. A pinkish white bar runs transversely across the wing. Its length is about 6% inches. The female is less brightly colored. It feeds on pine, fir, and other seeds, on grain, on berries, on buds, etc. Its nest is usually of moss, the eggs, generally four, bluish white, speckled and streaked with purplish or pale orange brown at the thicker end. Its song is much prized. It is often domesticated. It is found in many lands. BULL FROG, any frog which croaks with a deep rather than a sharp sound. A species of frog {rana pipiens) found in eastern North America, which has a voice not unlike that of a bull. It is six or eight inches long, by three or four broad, without the legs. It swallows Ishes and even ducklings and young goslings whole. It is difficult to catch from its length of leap, besides which it