Bruce, James

an English traveller, B. in Stir lings hire, Scotland, 1730. Till the time of this intrepid explorer of Africa, our knowledge of the interior kingdoms and resources of that vast continent was of the most imperfect kind; but Bruce's journey to Aby in i a and the source of the Nile forms an epoch in the annals of discovery. By his travels and researches great acce ions were made both in the science of geography and that of natural history; and though the marvels he revealed were long and derisively treated as fabrications, a more extensive and perfect knowledge of E. Africa has generally confirmed the truth of his a ertions. D. 1794. Bruce, in Illinois, a thriving township of La Salle county. -A post-office of Moultrie co. Bruce, in Iowa, a township of Benton co. Bruce, in Michigan, a post-township of Macomb co., 35 m. N. of Detroit. Bruce, in prov. Ontario, a N.W. county, bordering on Lake Huron; area, 922 sq. m.