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 68 BONITO BONN in 1828 returned to England. He painted chiefly in water colors, reviving the taste for them in France, after they had been neglected for 20 years. His best productions are marine views and representations of coast scenery. BOJVITO, a name given to several scombe- roid fishes of the genera thynnus, auxis, and pelamys. The bonito of the tropics, so cele- brated for its pursuit of the flying fish, is the thynnus pelamys (Linn.). Its range is exten- Bonito (Thynnus pelamys). sive in the tropical Atlantic, and it probably ex- tends to the Pacific and Indian oceans. It has the graceful form, habits, and activity of the common tunny, but it is much smaller, rarely attaining a greater length than 2 ft.; the color of the back and* sides is of a brilliant steel blue, with green and pink reflections ; the belly is silvery, with eight brown longitudinal bands, four on each side, extending from the throat to the tail. Its food is principally small fish, the higher mollusks, and sometimes marine plants ; it is readily taken by the hook, and its flesh, Plain Bonito (Auxis vnlgaris). though dry and occasionally injurious, is con- sidered by mariners as a luxury. The T. coretta (Ouv.) is also called bonito in the West Indies. The bonito of the Mediterranean is the auxis mdgaris (Cuv.), resembling the mackerel in the separation of the dorsal fins ; the color of the back is blue, with irregular lines and spots of a blackish blue on the sides ; the average length is 15 inches, and the weight rarely ex- seeds 6 Ibs. The bonito of the New England fishermen is the pelamys sarda (Bloch), called also skipjack ; its genus differs from the tunny only in having separate, pointed, and strong teeth ; the color of the head and upper parts is a greenish brown, the sides lighter, and the belly silvery white ; 10 or 12 dark-colored bands pass obliquely downward and forward from the back toward the sides, sometimes as low as the abdomen ; the lateral line is rather undulating ; it is rarely more than 2 ft. long. It is found in the Mediterranean, and in the temperate regions of the Atlantic, from the Cape Verd islands to the American coast ; it is considered good eat- ing in the Mediterranean. The P. Chiliensis (Ouv.) of the Pacific coast of South America is also called bonito. This term is Spanish, mean- ing "pretty," and is doubtless applied to many other species of fish. BONJOUR, two brothers, natives of Pont d'Ain, in France, who founded a new sect somewhat similar to the Flagellants of the 13th century. They were educated for the church, and the elder held at first a curacy in La Forez. In 1775, being censured by his bishop for heresy, he was removed from this parish and appoint- ed to that of Fareins, of which his brother was made vicar. After living an irreproachable life for eight years, the elder brother resigned the curacy to the younger, alleging himself to be unworthy of the office. He soon acquired a reputation for working miracles, and attached to himself a number of followers, mostly wo- men and young girls, who called him their petit papa. They held to community of goods, and indulged in eccentric practices which ex- cited a very strong popular sentiment against them. One of the devotees, a young girl, was said to have been publicly crucified by Bonjour in the church, without sustaining any injury. One of their most prominent opponents being found dead in his bed, by the prick of a needle, the elder Bonjour was exiled, and his brother imprisoned in the convent of Toulay, from which he escaped, as he alleged, by the inter- vention of an angel. The revolution of 1789 encouraged the former to return to Fareins, and in the absence of the cure and vicar he took possession of his church, and issued orders to his followers, who rallied around him. He was, however, soon dislodged from his occu- pancy, and under the consulate exiled to Lau- sanne with his brother, where they both died in extreme poverty. Their sect, known as the flagellants fareinistes, perished with them. BOMf, a city of Rhenish Prussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, 15 m. S. S. E. of Cologne; pop. in 1871, 26,020, of whom about 4,300 were Protestants, 500 Jews, and the rest Ro- man Catholics. It is finely situated on an emi- nence in a fertile region, 10 m. N. N. W. of the peak of Drachenfels. It has seven gates, and with its many gardens presents a cheerful appearance. The finest public square, Milnster- platz, adjoining the cathedral, is planted with trees, and has a monument of Beethoven, who was born at Bonn. The bust of Arndt was