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ÇOIS JOSEPH, BARON, an eminent sculptor, B. at Monaco, Italy, 1769. He studied at Paris; and when only 19, returned to Italy, where he executed a multitude of commi ions even at that early age. His reputation was greatly increased by the figures which, at the request of Napoleon, he executed for the column in the Place Vendôme. Louis XVIII. and Charles X. also patronized B., the former appointing him royal sculptor, the latter elevating him to the rank of baron. B.'s principal works are: the Hercules in the garden of the Tuileries; the incomparably beautiful Hyacinth in the Luxembourg; the Nymph Salmacis, a figure displaying wonderful grace and purity of outline; an allegorical figure of France, 7 feet high, surrounded by the Muse of History and a group of Genii; the statue in memory of the Duc d'Enghien; the equestrian statue in the Place des Victoires, and the monument of Count Demidoff, 30 feet high, composed of six figures, with bas-reliefs, . Besides these, B. executed a great multitude of busts of distinguished persons, such as the Emperor Napoleon, the Empre , Queen Hortense, the King and Queen of Westphalia, Louis XVIII., Charles X., . B's works are all marked by grace of forın, harmony of design, and elegance of finish. His style generally reminds one of Canova. He was director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, where he died, 1845. Bosjesmans, ( boz - jes'manz,) n. pl. [Du., men of the wood, or BUSHMEN. A name given by the Dutch settlers of S. Africa to some roaming tribes akin to the Hottentots, in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope. The description given by Governor Jan ens of this people represents them as so deeply sunk in barbarism as to be unacquainted even with the construction of huts or tents; in fact, they may be placed on a par, as regards their distance from a state of even semi-civilization, with the Digger Indians of North America. They are of a dark copper complexion, small in stature, and of a singularly malicious, wild, and intractable disposition. Humboldt cla ed their cerebral development as belonging to almost the lowest cla of the human species. Fig . 396. -BOSJESMAN PLAYING ON THE GOURAH. (From Burchell's South Africa .)