[Bhamo`] (6), a town in Burmah, the chief centre of trade with China, conducted mainly by Chinese, and a military station, only 40 m. from the Chinese frontier.
[Bhartpur`] (68), a town in Rajputana, in a native state of the name; yielding wheat, maize, cotton, sugar, with quarries of building stone; 30 m. W. of Agra; carries on an industry in the manufacture of chowries.
[Bhartrihari], Indian author of apothegms, who appears to have lived in the 11th century B.C., and to have been of royal rank.
[Bhils], a rude pro-Aryan race of Central India, still untrained to settled life; number 750,000.
[Bhod-pa], name given to the aborigines of Thibet, and applied by the Hindus to all the Thibetan peoples.
[Bhopal`] (952), a well-governed native state in Central India, under British protection, with a capital city (70) of the same name; under a government that has been always friendly to Britain.
[Bhutan] (20), an independent state in the Eastern Himalayas, with magnificent scenery; subsidised by Britain; has a government like that of Thibet; religion the same, though the people are at a low stage of civilisation; the country exports horses, musk, and salt.
[Biaf`ra, Bight of], a large bay in the Gulf of Guinea, in W. Africa; includes several islands, and receives into it the waters of the Calabar rivers.
[Biard, Auguste François], French genre painter, born at Lyons; journeyed round the world, sketching by the way; was successful in rendering burlesque groups (1800-1882).
[Biarritz], a bathing-place on the Bay of Biscay, 6 m. SW. of Bayonne; became a place of fashionable resort by the visits of the Empress Eugenie.