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the land and the sea?" and from that time she began to think about religious questions. She also became skillful as a teacher of the blind and deaf and dumb. She died in 1889.

Bright, John, an English statesman, was born in 1811. He was a Quaker and member of the Society of Friends, and engaged in the cot-ton-s pinning business. H e was always interested in political matters and in social reforms, and was a prominent worker in the anti-corn law league. After his election to Parliament, in 1843, he often spoke against the corn laws until they were repealed. He was active also in working for a general adoption of a free-trade system in England and for extensions of the franchise. A member of the so-called Peace Society, he wished to keep his country out of foreign wars, and tried to have the standing army reduced. He was a member of Gladstone's ministry for a number of years. He was an enlightened statesman and one of the most eloquent speakers of his time. He died in 1889.

Brighton (bri'tun), a fashionable watering-place in Sussex, on the English Channel, 50 miles south of London. Built on a slope, rising to a range of chalk cliffs, its health-fulness and the presence of mineral springs have made it popular as a summer resort ever since George IV, then prince of Wales, in 1782 made it his summer residence. Its population is about 131,250, but in addition an average of 30,000 visitors, mostly from London, crowds the resort during the fashionable season. A vast sea wall extends along the coast, and a range of splendid houses fronts the sea for more than three miles, while fine drives and walks render the coast attractive. The Royal

Savilion or Marine palace, a fantastic, riental structure, is one of the most frequented resorts. A number of well-equipped hotels and fine private residences add to the town's attractions. There are also a college and numerous boarding schools.

Bnnton, Daniel Garrison, an American army surgeon, extensive writer a high authority on ethnology and archaeology, was born in Thornbury, JPa., May 13, 1837, and died at Atlantic City, N. J., July 31, 1899. He graduated from Yale in 1858, and from Jefferson Medical College in 1861, after which he studied in Germany; and returning to the United States, he entered the Union army as a surgeon and rose to

the medical directorship of the nth army corps. In 1865 he settled in Philadelphia. There he undertook for a time the professorship of ethnology in the Academy of Natural Sciences, and in 1886 was professor of American linguistics and archaeology in the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote extensively on the ethnology and antiquities of the Indian tribes of America; on the American race and peoples; and on the myths of the New World, etc.

Brisbane (briz'bdn), capital of Queensland and the chief trading city of the colony, stands on the Brisbane River, about twenty-five miles from its mouth. The channel has been deepened so that large vessels can approach the city. It was> founded in 1825 as a penal colony or settlement for convicts, but did not begin to thrive until it was open to free settlers. A fine iron bridge, i,080 feet long, connects two parts of the city. There are 70 miles of streets. Trade is carried on with Australian ports and with England. Population, with South Brisbane and suburbs, 143,000.

Bristol Chan'nel, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, in the southwest of England. It is the largest inlet in Britain, with an irregular coast line of 220 miles. It is about eighty miles long and from five to forty-three miles wide. The tides in it rise to an unusual height. The so-called bore occurs here, as in many inlets. It is a wall of water, sometimes from six to nine feet high, which passes up the channel, being produced by the rapid rising of the tide, which pushes the water against the current up the ever-narrowing mouth of the river more rapidly than it can smoothly flow.

Bris'tol is an English mercantile city on the Avon, forming by itself a county. An ancient city, it has taken a prominent part in history. The Cabots sailed from that port on their voyages of discovery in the New World. Bristol men settled Newfoundland, made several attempts to colonize Maine, and established a large trade with the West Indies and the American colonies. Here was built, in 1838, the first transatlantic steamship, the Great Western. Colston the philanthropist founded many charities here, and a day is yearly kept in his honor. Southey was a native of Bristol, and with Coleridge spent many of his early days in the place. The old but beautiful St. Mary Redcliff church was declared by Queen Elizabeth to be ''the fairest and most famous parish church in England." Here are two colleges, numerous schools and a free library. Its trade is large. Population, 338,945.

Bristol, R. I., an old historic town, the seat of Biistol County, on Narragansett Bay, also a port of entry, largely availed of, owing to its excellent harbor, where there

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