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 BANTRY BAY BAOBAB 289 and stature, 5 feet 5 inches. He considers the diet as the principal point in the treatment of corpulence, though the quantity of food may be safely left to the natural appetite. The Banting method consists in the use of a large proportion of nitrogenous food, and in the rejection of all substances which have an excess of carbon. His main principle conse- quently is abstinence from all farinaceous, sac- charine, or oily matter, which is converted into fat in the human system. He especially pro- scribes the use of bread, pastry, potatoes, but- ter, milk, beer, port wine, champagne, pork, herrings, eels, salmon, and the like ; and rec- ommends lean meat, poultry, game, fruit, dry toast, good claret, dry sher- ry, madeira, and green vege- tables, permitting the moder- ate use of soft-boiled eggs and of cheese. In his dietary he first allowed the use of all vegetables excepting the po- tato, but afterward rejected parsnips, beets, turnips, and carrots. He had for many years tried bodily exercise, sea air, and bathing, and various other expedients and reme- dies ; but only after the adop- tion of his dietetic system was he relieved from all symp- toms of acidity, indigestion, and heartburn, and difficul- ties of locomotion, and ena- bled to dispense with knee bandages, which he had worn during 20 years. He rested well, with from six to eight hours' sound sleep. He spent much money for the diffusion of his views, and is said to have left a legacy for the en- dowment of an institution for the cure of corpulence. BA.VTRY BAY, an inlet of the Atlantic on the S. W. coast of Ireland, county Cork, about 24 in. long from 8. W. to N. E. and from 3 to 5 m. wide. Near the entrance, on the N. W. shore, is a har- bor deep enough for the larg- est ships, called Bear Ha- ven, sheltered by Bear island. of the bay, on around the bay is very picturesque. Near the N. shore, about 6 m. N. N. E. of Bear Haven, is the cataract of Hungry Hill, which pours down in a series of cascades the waters of three small lakes from an elevation respectively of 1,011, 1,126, and 1,360 feet. BANZ, probably the finest and richest abbey of the Benedictines known in history, situated in the circle of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, 3 m. from Lichtenfels, on the Main. It was founded about the middle of the llth century, and the monks became celebrated for their scientific attainments, their collections in natural history, and their library. It was destroyed during the peasants' war in the 16th century, but was soon Near the head the opposite shore, is the town of Bantry, 44 m. W. S. W. of Cork, with a roadstead protected by Whiddy island, which has three circular redoubts; pop. about 3,000. The town has an export trade in agri- cultural produce. In Bantry bay, in 1689, the French fleet which brought James II. to Ire- land was victorious in an engagement with an English fleet under Admiral Herbert. It was also the place determined on as a rendezvous for the naval forces with which the French de- signed to invade England in 1796. The scenery Baobab Tree. after rebuilt. During the 30 years' war it was again destroyed and rebuilt, and its library and museums became more extensive and valuable than ever. The monastery was broken up in 1802, and the library and cabinets were dis- persed among several institutions of Germany. The building was sold to the elector (afterward king) of Bavaria, and is now a summer resi- dence of the royal family. BAOBAB (Adansonia digitate), a tree of enor- mous size, of the natural order bombacea, found in Africa, and especially in Senegal, though it has been met with on the banks of the White