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Rh HEX MORE. 138 I1ENTIEI.1) KNI>. shown tha' fan scarcely amount to 10 . tlicro- ut least 100 feet of height. Like the ol mountains of the game range, it con- tists, and has precipitous sides above 1,00(1 j;l.N MI IRE, a mountain in Mull, Scotland, 3,100 feet high, commanding a beautiful view over the islands to 1 S. BEX Mi >H E, a mountain in the par. of Killin, Perth- shii above the level of the sea. I'.l.N .Mi mtain range in the par. of G bhicl, Ross-shire, Scotland, about 4,000 feet above the, sea. HEX .MOKE, a inuuiituin range in the par. of Dunoon, Argykshire, Scotland, with an altitude of abou : *ea. BEX MORE, or CON VAL, a mountain in the par. of Assynt, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, about 3,230 feet above the sea. BEX XEVIS, a mountain in the Highlands of Soot- land, situated at the south-western extremity of the co. of Inverness, near Fort William and the head of Loch Eil. It rises abruptly from the east side of Loch Eil, to the height of 4,406 { feet, and is the loftiest mountain in Great Britain, although the Ordnance Survey nt one time assigned that distinction to Ben Macdhui. The base of Ben Nevis is about 24 miles in circuit The mountain, which is very rugged and difficult of ascent, consists in its lower masses of red granite and schistose rocks, in its upper part of fine brown porphyry. It is full of rudo ravines, deep glens, and aw ml precipices ; one of the rocks on the east tide rises perpendicularly to the height of 1,500 feet. Eagles haunt its crags, and snow lies in some of its hollows all the year through. A streamlet runs along the glen at its southern foot, and a lake lies among its rocks at an elevation of 1,700 feet. The top of the mountain is level, with blocks of rock strewed over it. It is gene- rally wrapt in clouds. Whnn the atmosphere is clear, the prospect from Ben Nevis extends over the greater part of the north of Scotland, from the Atlantic to the German Ocean. The upper half of the mountain is entirely bare of vegetation. Ben Nevis was a chief station of the grand trigonometrical survey of Great Britain, and its height, as ascertained by the spirit-level, is 4,lOi;-31 BEX MX HIE, a mountain between the vale of Alford and the district of the Garioch, Aberdeenshiro, Scotland, 1,440 feet in height. BEN UKISIl'ULL, a mountain in Sunart, Argylc- shire, Scotland, 2,700 feet in height. BEN STACK, a mountain in the par. of Eddera- chvllis, Sutberlandshiro, Scotland, 3,000 feet in li  I N I E, u mountain in the par. of Aborloyle, Perthshire, Scotland, to the S. of Loch Katrine. BEN VOIRLICH, a mountain in the par. of Arro- char, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, near the head of Loch Lomond, 3,180 feet in height. BEN VOIRLICH, a mountain in the par. of Comrio, 'ishire, Scotland, about 3,300 feet in height. BEX VHACKY, a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland, between the vale of Athole and the strath of Garry, i feet above the sea, and commanding a most exten- .ri.l 1>. aut it'ul view. HEN VVVIS, a mountain in the Highlands of Scot- land, situated in the co. of Ross, 7 miles to the N.W. of Dingwall. It rises among great mountain masses to the height of 3,122 tr< t, and is distinctly visible above them us fur as Inverness. Its summit is always covered with snow. Once only is it known to have been free : that was in the summer of 1826, a remarkably hot season. Tin- mountain belongs to Sir Hector Monroe, Bart, and is held by the singular tenure of l'i'ini.'iiii,' to her Majesty three loads of snow from the Mimtnit whenever lequired. ^i BI.NACRX, Suffolk. ushp. in the par. of Llancfydd, liund. of Isalfd, in the co. of Denbigh, North Wales, 6 miles to th" X.V. i ,f Denbigh. o vil. in the hund. of Bring, in tic t Wadubridge.
 * , a vil. in the jmr. of Clonfcacle, and

of Dungannon, in Tyrone, pi Ireland, 7 miles to the S. of Dungaimon. It U on the confines of the co. . on the jiorlh of the river Blackwatcr. The Ulster canal pusa* _ the village, being carried along a cutting 80 feet depth through tin ruck, and along a handm aqueduct over a mill-race. At this place was an and stronghold of the O'Nials. Throe buttles have fought here ; tho first in the year 1597, betwee English, under tho Earl of Kildiire, and the Iriah, led b tho Earl of Tyrone, in which thu I defatted and their leader slain; the second in which Tyrone was defeated by Lord-Dtp and the third in June, 1U4U, IK ; Sir I'helim O'Xial, and tho English, under (ienci Monroe, in which tho hitter wen; defeated ws^^H slaughter. The village was founded i Wingficld, to whom a grant of the place was msdo I James I. in 1611. Sir Robert also erected the site of that belonging to tho O'Nials. Ti. was one of great strength, being tho summit limestone rock, 120 feet in height, overhanging t. 1 . river. The castle, which was of great size, wu da mantled a short time after thedefe.it 1 ' Considerable remains of it exist. >l am employed in linen wearing. '1 works established in Uie village are disused. is quarried extensively. The Prev of worship here, ana the parish chur stands near tho village. Fairs take pla BENDALL, a vil. in the hund. in then of Derby, 5 miles to the E. of Burt< BEXDOCHY, a par. in tho to. Scvtlut 5 miles to the N. of Blairgowrio. It is situated in pastoral district on the banks of the rivers Ericht, near the Grampian mountains. Its. Cupar-Angus. Sandstone is quarried, ani granite, gneiss, c., are found scattered i The living, of the val. of 252, U in tho - Meigle, and in tho patron, of the crown. S with urns and other ancient relics have here. BENEFIELD, UPPER AXD LI A the hund. of .Polebrook, in tho co. of X miles to the W. of Oundle, its Union and post lies on the confines of Rockingham Forest, village are a number of singular cavities in the _ called locally the " Swallows," through which the floods pass entirely away. Tho living is a rect.* in dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of 631, in the pata of J. W. Russell, Esq. The church is dedicated St. George. There is a school with a small end and other charities, amounting altogi t annum. The principal residence is lien scut of J. W. Russell, Esq., to h' >m the manor BEXEXDEN, a par. in the hund. ot 1; of Scray, in tho co. of Kei > to ' Cranbrooke, and 6 from Tenterden. Staple! post town. The village is small, and the land i laid out in hop grounds. The living is a via' dioc. of Canterbury, val. 212, in the ]tron. of ( Hardy. Esq. Tho church, rebuilt in 1672, is< ( leorgc, and has a tower containing 8 pr bells. There is a dissenting meeting-house, school, founded by Edward liybh"n in 1602, i ved hy Thomas Gybbon, in 1609, tho whieh is 114 per annum. There are cvi bequests for education, and the entire annual the parochial charities is about 180. Hemp ' i.s tho principal residence. Fairs for the sal and cattle are held hero on the 15th May i August. . I-'I ELD EXD, a limit, in the par. of I Mountlitehet, and hund. of Clavcring, in the< It is situated near tho Roman and modern high m from London to Cambridge, near the river Stort and t!