Bartram, William

a son of the preceding, was also a distinguished naturalist. At the request of Dr. Fother gill, he travelled through the Carol in as, Florida, and Georgia, for the purpose of making researches in natural history, and transmitted to his employer in London the valuable collections and drawings which he had made. His American Ornithology may be considered the precursor of Audubon's and Wilson's invaluable works. D. 1823. Bar'tramville, in Ohio , a post-office of Lawrence co. Bart'ville, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Lancaster co. Baru, n. See SAGUERUS. Baruch, ( bai'ruk ,) was the disciple and amanuensis of the prophet Jeremiah, and the book of his name, subjoined to the canon of the Old Testament, has been reckoned part of Jeremiah's prophecy, and is often cited by the ancient fathers as such. It is said, in the preface to the book. to have been written by B. at Babylon, by the appointment of the king and the Jews, and in their name; that it was afterwards read to them for their approbation, and then sent to Jerusalem, with a collection of money, to Joachim the high-priest, and to all the people. The Jews rejected this book, because it did not appear to have been written in Hebrew; nor is it in the catalogue of sacred books given us by Origen, Hilary, Rufinus, and others. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, however, and the Laodicean Council, held in 364, mention B. among the canonical books of Scripture, and join it with the prophecy of Jeremiah. Bar'walde, or BAR'ENWALD, ("Forest of the Bears,") a town of Pru ia, prov. of Brandenburg, on a lake, 32 m. N. of Frankfort-on-the-Oder; pop . 4,416.