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* BtmCE. 670 BUNGAY. He had charge of the naval demonstration at the dedication of General Grant's torn!) on Ajiril 27, 1897. BTTNCE, John or Jack. The lieutenant of the pirate sloop Fortune's Favorite, in Si-otl's novel Tlir I'irate. An actor in his younger days, he pi-efers 'Frederick Altaniont.' liis stage name, to his humbler baptismal name. He protects Magnus Troil and his lovely daughters when they are captured off the coast of Orkney. BXJNCE, Oli-er Beli, (1828-90). An Ameri- can author. He was horn in Xew York, where, lor several years, he edited Appleton'n Journal. He was the originator and editor of Picturesque America ; wrote several novels; Ifuchelor Bluff (1882), a collection of social essays; and a small book on manners, entitled Don't (1884), which passed through many editions, and was trans- lated into several foreign languages. BUNCH, Baknaby. A humorous mender of old clothes, in Webster's play. The Weakest Goes to the ^'all. BUNCH, Mother. The imaginary author of certain jest books and fairy tales, which ap- peared in 1604 and 1760. The name is also de- risively given to an alewife, liy Tucea, one of the characters in Dekker's Satiro-niastix. BUNCHBERRY. See Doowoon. BUNCO, bun'ko (of doul)tful origin: com- monly derived from It., Sp. banco, bank). A term borrowed from the arf/ot of the police, to describe a method of swindling much practiced in large cities. Tlic sliarper learns the name and residence of a wealthy stranger, accosts him in the street, pretends to be a relative of some prominent citizen of the stranger's town, and after .securing his confidence, manages to rob him in any one of several customary ways, either by inducing him to cash a check, to bet. to lend money, ur to buy alleged counterfeit money. BUNCOMBE, lifin'kum, or BUNKUM ( from Buncombe County, N. C). A term uriginating in the United States, but now adojitcd in England as well, to signify an oratorical display not ac- companied by conviction, but niade merely to catch i)opular applause ; also used loosely for any unreal professions. The word is said to he de- rived from the name of Buncombe County. N. C, whose rei)resentative in the Sixteenth Congress { 1819-21) made a very lengtliy oration upon the Missouri Question, and informed the impatient members who interrupted him that he was 'speaking for Buncombe.' BUN'DABERG. A port of Queensland, Aus- tralia, at the mouth of the Barnett. ISO miles northwest of Brisbane (Map: Queensland. H 8). It is an important centre of the svigar-growing industry. Bopilation. 4000. BUNDAHISH, boTTn'da-hesh. One of the Zoroastrian sacred books dealing with the imi- versal order and government. BUNDELKHAND. bun'd'lknnd (Skt. Ban- dcla Khanda, land of the Bandelas). A political agency of Central India which embraces a territory comprising several large and petty native States lying between the British District of Jhansi on the west and Baghelkand on the east (Map: India, C 3). It formerly included Banda, Jalaun, .Tliansi, and Hamirpur. four dis- tricts belonging to the British Northwest Prov- inces. Area of agency, 10,214 square miles. Pop- ulation, in 1891, 1,508.000; in 1901, 1..309,.300. The ])rincii)al rivers aie the Sindh, Betwfl. Bai- ghin, and Tons. The district is noted for its rich diamond-fields and de])osits of iron ore. The chief towns are I'anna. the scat of the jirinci- pal diamond-beds, Kalingar, Clihatari>ur, and Bijavvar. BUNDI, boon'de. A town of India, in lati- tude 2.')° 2(j' X.. and longitude 75° 4:i' K., 100 miles southwest of Agra, the capital of a small Rajput State of the same name (Map: India, C 3). It is situated in a valley nearly sur- rounded by rocky hills, and commands the chief hill pass. It has over 400 temples and shrines. The State of Bundi has an area of 2300 square jniles. The rajali and dominant portion of the inhabitants are Rajputs; in the mountains are the Minas, supposed to be an aboriginal race. Topulation, in 1S91. 296.000; in 1901. 171.227. BUNGALO'W, l)fin'g:i-lo (Hind, banyla. adj. of Btint/a. Bengal). An Anglo-Indian term mean- ing in India a species of rural villa or house of light construction, usually of unbaked bricks with a thatched roof. Bungalows which are the resi- dences of Europeans are of all sizes and styles, according to the taste and wealth of the owner. Some are of two stories, but usually they consist of only a ground lloor with a central hall, and are invariably surrounded with a veranda, the roof of which affords a shelter from the sun. In the chief cities of India some of the bungalows are really palatial residences, while in the coun- try they are of more moderate pretensions. In general, they are provided with exterior offices, to acconmiodate the large retinue of domestics conunon in Indian life. Besides these private bungalows, there are military bungalows on a large scale for acconnnodating soldiers in canton- ments; likewise public bungalows, maintained by the Government for the acconuuodation of trav- elers, and in which .seem to be blended the char- acters of an Knglish roadside inn and an Eastern caravanserai. These bungalows are quadrangular in shape, one story high, with high-peaked roofs, thatched or tiled, projecting so as to form por- ticoes and verandas. The bungalow is divided into 'suites' of two. three, or four rooms, pro- vided with bedsteads, tables, and chairs; win- dows of glass, and framed glass doors. Off each room is a bath-room, and earthen jars of cool water. Travelers are exjjected to carry their servants, cooking apparatvis, wine, beer, bed- ding, etc., with them ; but the khitmutgar of the better class of bungalows supplies table- ware, condiments, and even sometimes food and liquors, and he is usually skilled in conking. The Government charges I rupee, or 2 shillings a day, to e:ch traveler for the vise of the bunga- low. Natives seldom stop in these public bun- galows, but frequent the .scpialid village "dhur- rumsala.' At every travelers' bungalow is sta- tioned a Government peon, who acts as watchman and is bound to assist travelers' servants in pro- curing sujiidies of fuel and food in the nearest village. The distance between the bungalows on a trunk-road is generally about 12 or 1.5 miles — an Indian day's journey. The introduction of railways is putting an end to this slow and an- noying system of traveling in India. Sometimes modern siunnier cottages of a single story and projecting roof are called bungalows. BUNGAY, bun'gft, Friab. A conjurer famous in the reign of Edward IV. He is described in