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 292 BRISTOL corn, 5,984 of oats, 34,996 of potatoes, and 2,551 tons of hay. There were 399 horses, 664 milch cows, 571 other cattle, 473 sheep, and 648 swine. Capital, Bristol. BRISTOL, a town, port of entry, and the cap- ital of Bristol co., R. I., 16 m. hy rail S. E. of Providence, and 11 m. N. of Newport; pop. in 1870, 5,302. It is pleasantly situated on a peninsula stretching out toward the south, be- tween Narragansett hay on the west and Mount Hope bay on the east. The town is 5 m. long and 3 m. broad, and has an area of 12 sq. m. It includes Mount Hope, a beautiful eminence 300 ft. above water, noted for the fine view from its summit, and interesting as the ancient residence of King Philip, who was killed here in 1676. The soil is very fertile, and a considerable portion of the inhabitants are engaged in raising onions and other market vegetables. The village is a place of summer resort, and contains a newspaper office, seve- ral churches, banks, manufactories, and good schools. During the revolutionary war it was bombarded by the British, and a large part of it burned to the ground. A railroad connects it with Providence, and steamers from Fall River to the latter city also stop here. For the year ending June 30, 1871, the imports from foreign countries into the district (which also includes Warren) amounted to $37,161; ex- ports, $30,329. There were registered 22 ves- sels with a tonnage of 2,139. BRISTOL, a post borough, and formerly the capital of Bucks co., Penn., on the right bank of the Delaware river, nearly opposite Burling- ton, N. J., and about 19m. above Philadelphia ; pop. in 1870, 3,269. It is a pleasant, neat- looking town, with several churches, a bank, a flour mill, a mineral spring, and abundant means of communication with the chief cities of the Union. A quarterly periodical is pub- lished here. A railroad from New York to Philadelphia passes through it, a line of steam- boats connects it with Philadelphia, and the Delaware branch of the Pennsylvania canal terminates here in a large basin communicating with the river. BRISTOL, a seaport and city of England, on the borders of Gloucestershire and Somerset- shire, but independent of both, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Frome, 8 m. from their entrance into the estuary of the Severn, the head of Bristol channel, 12 m. N. W. of Bath, and 118 m. W. of London; pop. in 1871, 182,524. The Avon being navigable for large vessels up to this point, gives to Bristol great commercial advantages, which have been further improved by dock accommodation. The British docks, which wer.e originally formed in the reign of George III., at an ex- pense of 600,000, were purchased in 1847 by the corporation, and are now the property of the city. Bristol was long the second city of the kingdom, and from 1750 to 1757 the average net receipts of the customs there amounted to 155,189 sterling, while those of Liverpool were 51,136. But in the latter part of that century the advantages of Liverpool in natural position, and her vicinity to the northern coal, iron, and manufacturing districts, rapidly se- cured her the superiority ; and the West India trade, which formerly belonged exclusively to Bristol, has been in the present century trans- ferred to London, since the completion of the West India docks. The growth of railway communication has also partly deprived Bristol of its long standing character as the commer- cial depot of the west of England. It is still the great point of shipment between the south of Ireland and England. Numerous manufac- tures are carried on, among which are refined sugar, brass and copper wares, soap, glass, chain cables, anchors, machinery, tobacco, earthenware, floor cloth, wire, pins, shot, sheet lead, zinc, saltpetre, tin pipes, hats, spirits, malt liquors, and soda. There is a large cot- ton factory, employing 1,700 hands, and other manufacturing establishments are on a large scale. There are seven banking establishments, including a branch of the bank of England, a savings bank, and a gas company. The tides in the Bristol channel rise 48 ft. at springs and 23 at neaps, and at the floating harbor often to 30 ft., so that vessels of the largest draught come to the city. To obviate the risk of dam- age at the rise, and of grounding at low tide, a floating harbor or wet dock has been con- structed, by changing the bed of the river Avon for a length of 3 m. There is a quay of a mile in length, and a number of basins. Five bridges connect the opposite sides of the float- ing harbor and river. There are also graving docks and ship yards, suitable for vessels of the largest size. The Great Western and Great Britain, besides many other large steamers, Church of St. Mary Eedclitt. were built at this port. Three railways, the Bristol and Gloucester, the Great Western, and the Bristol and Exeter, have termini in this