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156&#93; 1*6] BAN spontaneously returned to their pro- per position. He at lengtii esc from his master, entered on the list of warriors, and thus gave the most convincing proof of the sound- ness of his limbs. BAXE-BERRIES, the produc- tion of the Herb-Christopher, or A6icea spicata, L. a native plant, which is in a high degree poison- ous, though very rare, and to be met with chiefly in the north- western extremity of Yorkshire, in the vicinity of Malham Cove, Clap- bam, Askrig, and on the lower part of Ingleborough-hill. l£s fa- vourite places of growth are shady groves j its stalks attain to the height of eighteen inches, and it produces flowers in May and June. See Withering, 483. Although some foreign writers a^jcrt that this plant does not pos- sess the deleterious properties which are attributed to it by Linxjeus, yet we have reason to believe that Its great astringeney must be highly detrimental to cattle. In dyeing, bane-berries yield, on boiling them with alum, an excel- lent black colour, which, in a con- centrated state, may be substituted for a cheap writing-ink. M. Vox Crell informs us, in die eleventh volume of his Chemical Discoveries, p. 118, in German, that one of his correspondents, M. Thielbeix, obtained from the red berries of the Herb-Christopherj a colour not in- ferior to that extracted from cochi- neal) a faer, if corroborated by far- ther experiments, of great import- ance to dyers. The latter of these writers says, that after boiling those berries with cream of tartar, he heig.. dye with a solution of tin, in aqna fortis; by which, pro- d a beautiful and uncommonly peanaoent colour. BAN BANK, in commerce, signifies a common repository, where per- sons consent to keep their money : ir is also applied to certain societies mmunities, who take ch
 * ey of others, either for

irpose of accumulating it by in safety. The first institution of banks took ;. here tire I bard. in market- place-, of money and bills. There are two principal kinds of ban k s : ei th e r p nblu ng of a society of monied men, who, be- ing d orated according to law, £ a considerable fund, or joint stock, to be em- ployed for their u.se : by lending money upon good security, buying and selling bullion, discounting bills of e &c. or private, which are established by individuals, or co-partners, who deal in the same way as the former, upon their own stock and credit. The greatest bank of circulation rope, or perhaps in the world, is that of England. The Company was incorporated by an act of par- nt, in the fifth and sixth years of William and Mary. Dividends of die profits are made, half yearly, ot which public notice is given, when those who have o< easion for their money, may readily receive it 3 but private individuals are per- cohtimie their funds, if they think proper, and may have their inten o the principal. The Company of the Bank of England is under the superintend- of a Governor, Deputy-gover- nor, and twenty-four Directors, who are annually elefted bv the i :r similar to mat of the Fast India Company. T - - ■ Bank of Eng- land.