Burlington, Richard

BOYLE, third EARL OF, and fourth EARL OF CORк, в. 1695. He was distinguished for his architectural taste and skill, and designed many fine edifices in England; and he was not le eminent for his munificent patronage of arts and letters. He was the friend of Pope and Bishop Berkeley, and published at his own expense one of Palladio's works. D. 1753. Burlington, in England. See BRIDLING TON. Burlington, in Connecticut, a post-township of Hartford co., on Farming ton River, 15 m. W. of Hartford. Manf. Screws, woollen goods, etc. Burlington, in Illinois, a post-village and township of Kane co., 54 m. W. by N. of Chicago. the Delaware, nearly facing Bristol, 20 m. from Philadelphia, and 12 S.W. of Trenton. This is a very handsome, and well built and lighted town, po e ing a college and many fine buildings. It is in summer a great resort of Philadelphia pleasure seekers, and was originally called New Beverly. Pop . (1898) 7,950. Burlington, in New York , a township of Otsego co. Burlington, in Ohio , a village of Clinton co., 11 m. N.W. of Wilmington. -A village of Belmont co., on the Ohio river. -A village of Hamilton co. -A township of Licking co. -A post-village, former cap. of Lawrence co., on the Ohio, 145 m. S.E. of Columbus. -A village of Marseilles township, Wyandot co. Burlington, in Oregon, a village of Linn co., 11 m. S.S.W. of Albany. Burlington, in Pennsylvania . a post-village and township of Bradford co., 8 m. W. of Towanda. Burlington, in Vermont , a flourishing city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Chittenden co., on a bay of the same name, on the E. bank of Lake Cham plain. 40 m. W.N.W. of Montpelier, and 82 N. of White hall, Lat. 44° 27′ N., Lon. 73° 10 W. This is a finely built and pleasantly situated place, and contains the State Uni versity, and many handsome buildings. It is largely engaged in shipping, and is a busy town generally. Pop. in 1897, abt. 16,500. Burlington, in Virginia , a village of Roanoke co. -A village of Hampshire co., on Patters on's Creek, 205 m. N.W. of Richmond. Burlington, in W. Virginia , a P. O. of Mineral co. Burlington, in Wisconsin, a flourishing post-village and township of Racine co., on Fox River, 26 m. W by S. of Racine City. Burlington Flats, in New York, a post-village of Otsego co., 25 m. S. of Utica. Burly, ( ber'li ,) a. [A. S. gebur ; Du. boer ; Ger. bauer , a boor, boor-like.] Like a boor; great in size; of full fig. ure; clumsy. "Too burly and too big to pa my narrow gate." - Dryden. -Boisterous; coarse and rough. "It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense." - Cowley. Bur'mah, BIRMAH, or the BIRMAN EMPIRE, in Asia, an extensive country of India beyond the Ganges, formerly the most powerful State of that peninsula, and considerably larger than at present; extending between the lat. of 9o and 27° N., upwards of 1,000 m. in length, and nearly 600 in breadth. At present it comprises the territory between Lat. 19° 29′ and 27° 22′ 30′′ N., and Lon. 92° 43′ and 99° E.; having W. the British provs. of Aracan, Chittagong, and Pegu; N., Upper A am and Thibet; E., the Chinese prov. Yunnan, Laos, the country of the independent Shans, and prov. of Martaban belonging to the British; and S., the kingdom of Siam, and the British province of Pegu. Area , about 2,000,000 sq. m. B. is enclosed E. and W. by two principal offsets of the Himalaya chain of mountains, which again ramify into subordinate mountain ranges. From Cape Negrais to 23° N., the Yoomadong range constitutes the W. boundary, giving a maximum altitude of 5,000 ft. The highest summit, however, in this country is the Phungan, attaining to a height of 12,474 ft. above sea-level, and covered with perpetual snow. Plains, dc. There are many plains, but none of them very extensive; numerous valleys of the highest fertility and beauty are found in the S. of the empire; in the N. they are mostly defiles or narrow steppes. Rivers . The principal are the Irra waddy, with its affluents; and the San-luen, and Si-tang; all streams of the first cla . The largest lake is that of Kandangyee, or the "Great Royal Lake," 25 m. N. of Ava, which is 30 m. long by 9 broad. Min . The N. prov. are the richest in valuable minerals. Besides fine marble, serpentine and nephrite, and amber mines are worked by the Chinese, gold, silver, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and topazes; iron, copper, tin, lead, antimony, arsenic, vitriol, sulphur, and nitre are found. Coal is also believed to exist largely. Petroleum has been obtained to the gro annual amount of 80,000 lbs.; but its exportation has been considerably diminished since the great development of this product in the U. States. The government has a monopoly of gold, silver, and precious stones. Clim . Generally healthy, especially in the hilly tracts. The extremes of heat and cold are rarely experienced, except before the periodical rains. Bot . 16,000 different species, natives of this country, were collected by Dr. Wallich, in 1826: the teak-tree abounds; the saul and varnish-tree are most plentiful; and the bamboo grows to the circumference of 24 inches in the jungles. The mimosa catechu, sugar-cane, indigo, and cotton-plant are common; and the tea-plant, of a genuine character, besides inferior sorts, flourishes in the N. and central provinces. The banana, cocoa, palm, pine-apple, guava, jambo, and mango are abundant; but citrons, pomegranates, and oranges are the only fruits shared in common with Europe. Pulse of all kinds, wheat, millet, and rice are extensively cultivated.- Zool . Elephants of three different varieties, the single-horned rhinoceros, wild boar, tiger, leopard, ., inhabit the jungles; buffaloes, porcupines, civet and wild cats, and great numbers of apes, deer, and antelopes are found. Occasionally a white elephant is met with, which is much prized, and one is always kept as part of the royal establishment at Ava, where he is treated with the greatest care and attention. Parrots, and other tropical birds of rich plumage, are plentiful; while the serpent tribe, reptiles, and venomous insects flourish here to a formidable extent. Inhab . Several distinct tribes inhabit the B. territories: viz., 1. The Mramma (Burmans), between 19o and 24° N. Lat.; 2. Talains , between the Shan-luen river and the A no pec to moo hills; 3. Shans, with more affinity to the Siamese than other races, and spreading over the E. and N. provinces; 4. Cas sayers, chiefly in the capital; 5. Khyens, a rude people, scattered among the other population; 6. the Yo , probably a Chinese tribe who have adopted Burmese customs; and the Karyens, Zabanigs, and several others. Most of these nations, though dif IMG:content-0813.png:[blocks in formation] where he received the diploma of doctor of medicine. Was elected profe or of zoölogy in Halle in 1842. In 1850 he started on a scientific tour through Brazil, returning in 1852.-He returned again, in 1856, to South America, pa ed through Uruguay and the Argentine Confederation, and in March, 1859, over the Andes to Copiapo, by a route that no European had traversed before, and went from there by sea, via Panama, to Cuba, whence he shipped in May, 1860, for Germany. In 1861 he resigned his profe orship in Halle, and went to Bueños Ayres as profe or and director of the museum of natural history which he had established there. All his writ ings show great clearne and comprehensibility of their subject. His works are numerous; among them are: Manual of Natural History , Zoological Atlas , Manual of Entomology, Genera In sec to rum, Geological History of the Earth and its Inhabitants , Travels in Brazil , Travels through the States of the La Plata, The Climate of the Argentine Republic , . Died May 21, 1891.