BORDEAUX

the chicf wine shipping port of France, stands on the left bank of the Garonne. Wine, brandy, and fruits are the principal exports. The Gothic eathedral dates from the 13th century. The Black Prince, as governor of Aquitaine, held his court at Bordeaux, and the town was the birth-place of his son, who became Richard I. of England. BORDEREAU (F.), a detailed memorandum. In the Dreyfus caso, Captain Dreyfus was condemned for sending (as was alleged) a bordercau revealing military secreta to the German government. See Drey/us. BORDERS, =e, the territory on both sides of the boundary between England and Scotland. There were frequent wars between the two countries for the po e ion of the Border lands, and, up to 1237, the boundary was not fixed. The Borders were consequently the scene of more battles and sieges than any other part of Britain. They were rich in abbeys, the most famous being Jedburgh, Melrose, Kelso, Dryburgh and Lindisfarne. Other oe ae in history were Roxburgh, k-on-Tweed, and Alnwick. BORE. (1) A phenomenon observed at the season of spring tides in certain rivers at po e a cradually widening Gstvary. The tidal wave enters tho estuary, rises higher and advances more raf as the rolaume of water becomes cted in width by the peeks banks, until, when it reaches the mouth of the river it presents the appearance of a wall of water, which pursues its course in 2 an to the current of fresh water. 16 height of the bore varies from two or three feet in the case of the Severn, Trent, Solway, and Dee of our country, to more than 12 feet in the Brahmaputra of India, (2) The hollow inside the barrel of any form of gun. This was formerly smooth, but in teh ie weapons is grooved or rifled. The term 3 also applicd to the diameter of the barrel; thus, 12” bore expre es the fact that the barrel (inside measure) has a diameter of 12 inchiea, BORGIA, [s. 77]