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BARN WELL COURT-HOUSE, a post-village, and cap. of the above district, near the Salkehatchie River, 55 m. S.S.W. of Columbia. It lies in a flourishing cotton country, and has a considerable trade. fowl. Baroach, or Broach, (BARIGOSHA,) a maritime dist. of Hindostan, in the British prov. of Gujerat, presidency of Bombay, chiefly between Lat. 21° 25′ and 22° 20′ N., and Lon. 72° 50′ and 73° 23′ E.; having N. Kairah dist., E. Baroda, S. Surat, and W. the Gulf of Cambay. Area , 1,600 sq. m. Cotton is the principal product. Three- fourths of the population are Hindoos; the rest Moham- medans. Pop . about 250,000. Barn hard tite, n . ( Min . ) A compact ma ive mineral. Lustre metallic. Color bronze-yellow, streak grayish- black, slightly shining. Fracture conchoidal, uneven. Brittle. Tarnishes easily, giving pavonine tints, or BAROACH, (anc. Barygaza , "water of wealth,") cap. of the above district, on the N. bank of the Nerbudda, 25 m. north of Surat, Lat. 21° 46′ N.; Lon. 73° 14′ E. Town poor and mean; streets narrow and dirty; climate hot and unhealthy. Com . Cotton, grain, and seeds. B. was taken by storm by the British, in 1772. Pop . abt. 25,000. Baroccio, or Barozzi, FEDERIGO, a famous painter of the Roman school, B. at Urbino, flourished in the 16th century. Mengs censures him for always representing objects as if they were seen in the air, between transpar ent clouds, and for endeavoring to make the most opposite colors harmonize merely by means of the light. He is not free from mannerism. Among his best works are the Flight of Eneas, or the Conflagration of Troy, engraved by Agostino Carracci, and to be found in the former gallery Borghese; the Descent from the Cro , at Perugia, and a burying piece, engraved by Sideler. D. 1612.