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 BADIA Y LEBLIOH BABBLE 213 longer ; its tail is shorter, its fur of a much softer and more silky character, and its colors different. It frequents the sandy plains skirt- ing the foot of the liocky mountains, so far north as the Peace river, and abounds in the country watered by the Missouri ; but its south- ern and western limits have not been defined. It is a far more carnivorous animal than its European congener, and is also believed to hi- bernate during the winter months, which habit is not common in either of the other species. It preys on the marmots of the plains, the sper- mopJiUitg Hoodii and Jtichardnonii, and on all the smaller quadrupeds, as field mice and the like, and also feeds on vegetable matters. It extends into Mexico, where it is called ilia- coy otl or coyotlhumuli ; and very fine specimens have been sent from California. 3. The Indian badger, balisaur, or sand bear (M. or arctonyx collaris), is about the size of the European bad- ger, but stands much higher on its legs, and is distinguished by its attenuated muzzle, its trun- cated snout resembling that of a hog, and its short tail. Its body somewhat resembles that Indian Badger (Meles collaris). of the bear; and when attacked it sits erect like' that animal, and seems to possess a similar power in its arms and claws, which are truly formidable. In color and the nature of its fur it closely resembles the European species. The markings of the head are exactly like those of the English badger, but its throat is white, and the black bands from the muzzle to the ear, in- stead of meeting at the nape, encircle the white of the throat, forming a distinct gorget. BADIA Y I.I III.KII, Domingo, a Spanish travel- ler, known as Ali Bey, born in 1776, died near Aleppo in 1818. He learned Arabic at Valencia and Jxmdon, and under the name of Ali Bey and in the disguise of a Mussulman spent two years (1803-'5) in Morocco on terms of high favor with the emperor. lie then made a pil- grimage to Mecca, stopping some time in Trip- oli, Cyprus, and Egypt, afterward visiting Je- rusalem and prominent places in Syria, and reaching Constantinople in the autumn of 1807. He was there for the first time suspected of not being a real Mussulman. He fled, and return- ing home in 1809 entered the public service under King Joseph Bonaparte, on whose ex- pulsion he was forced to leave the country. He published an account of his travels at Paris in 1814, under the title Voyages d'Ali Bei en Afrique et en Asie pendant les annees 1803 d 1807, in which he described places and things which no Christian before him had seen. Four years later he set out on a second jour- ney to the East, but died soon after his arrival in Syria. BADIUS, Jodoens, or Josse, a Flemish printer and author, bom at Assche (whence he was sur- named Ascensius) near Brussels in 1462, died in 1535. He was well educated, especially in Latin and Greek, which he taught for 12 years at Lyons, working at the same time as a print- er. Early in the 16th century he founded in Paris his famous printing establishment, the Prelum Ascensianum, from which issued some of the most famous editions of classic authors. He was himself the author of various transla- tions and annotations, of a life of Thomas a Kempis, of a satire on women entitled Navi- culce Stultarum Mulierum, and other works, in prose and verse. He was the father-in-law of Robert Stephens. His son CONBAD succeeded him in the printing business, removed to Ge- neva in 1549, and died about 1565. He wrote Satires chretiennes de la, cuisine papale in French verse. BAENA (anc. Castro, Viniana), a town of Spain, in the province and 34 m. 8. E. of the city of Cordova; pop. about 11,600. Grain and oil are the chief articles of trade, and are export- ed to Malaga. The site of the old Roman town is still distinguishable. BAER, hurl Ernst TOD, a Russian naturalist, born in Esthonia, Feb. 12, 1792. He studied at Dorpat and Wurzburg, and in 1819 became professor of zoology in the university of Ko- nigsberg, where he organized the zoological museum. In 1834 he was called to St. ^Peters- burg to become the librarian of the academy and one of its most prominent members. In 1837, by order of the czar, he conducted scien- tific explorations on the northern shores of Russia and made valuable descriptions of the plants and animals. He has written numerous treatises upon zoology and botany, especially those of northern Russia. BAERLE, Gaspard van (Lat. Barlaus), a Dutch poet, theologian, and historian, born in Ant- werp, Feb. 12, 1584, died in Amsterdam, Jan. 14, 1648. He studied theology at Leyden, and in 1617 was elected professor of logic there. He adopted the principles and wrote in defence of Arminius and the Remonstrants, for which he was at length deprived of his professorship. He then studied medicine and obtained a doctor's degree from Oaen, but remained at Leyden, supporting himself by