Colonel Baker were defeated by the Confederates under General N

G. Evans. Federal lo , 894. Confederate lo , 302. Colonel Baker was killed. Ballston Spa (bal's ton spä). A watering place in Saratoga County, New York, 6 miles Bouthwest Saratoga Springs. It has sever as noted mineral springs. Population (1890), 3,527. Bally-. [Ir. baile, a town, place.] An element in many Irish place-names, meaning 'town.' Bally castle (bal-i-kas'l). A small seaport in County Antrim, Ireland, 43 miles northwest of Belfast. Bally men a (bal-i-me'nä). A town in County Antrim, Ireland, 23 miles northwest of Belfast, on the Braid, noted for its linen manufactures. Population (1891), 8,655. of. A treaty concluded in 1849 at Balta-Limani (on the Bosporus), between Turkey and Ru ia, granting to the latter certain rights in the Danubian principalities for seven years. Baltard (bäl-tär'), Louis Pierre. Born at Paris, July 9, 1765: died Jan. 22, 1846. A French architect and engraver of architectural and other subjects. Baltard (bäl-tär'), Victor. Born at Paris, June 19, 1805: died Jan. 14, 1874. A French architect, son of Louis Pierre Baltard. He was government architect of the city of Paris, and author of "Monographie de la Villa Médicis" (1847), etc. Baltazarini (bäl-täd-zä-rē'nē), Baltagerini (balta je rene). Flourished about the middle of the 16th century. An Italian musician, the first violinist of his time. Italian musician, the music and first valet de chambre to Catherine de' Medici, who gave him the name Beaujoyeulx. He apparently first introduced the Italian dances into Paris, and founded the modern ballet. Balthazar, or Balthasar (bal-tha'zar). [The Greek form of Belshazzar (which see).] The name of various personages. (a) One of the three Magi who came from the East to worship the infant Jesus. See Cologne . (b) Chaucer's name for Belshazzar in "The Monk's Tale." (c) A merchant in Shakspere's "Comedy of Errors." (d) The name a umed by Portia as a doctor of law in the trial scene in Shakspere's "Merchant of Venice." (e) A servant of Portia in Shakspere's "Merchant of Venice." (f) A servant of Don Pedro in Shak spere's "Much Ado about Nothing." (9) A servant of Romeo in Shakspere's "Romeo and Juliet." (h) The proud and hot-tempered father of Julian a in Tobin's "Honeymoon." (i) One of the principal characters in Julius Eichberg's opera "The Doctor of Alcantara." Bal things (bäl'tingz). See Amalings . Bally money (bal-i-mō'ni). A town in County Antrim, Ireland, situated on a tributary of the Balti. See Baltis tan . Bann 40 miles northwest of Belfast. Popula- Baltia (bal's hi-ä). An (unidentified) island off tion (1891), 2,975. Bally shannon (bal-i-shan'on). A seaport in County Donegal, Ireland, situated on the Erne, near its mouth, 20 miles northeast of Sligo. Population (1891), 2,840. Balmaceda (bäl-mä-tha'Thä), José Manuel. Born at Santiago in 1838: died there, Sept. 19, 1891. A Chile an statesman. He was a pronounced liberal, and acquired great popularity as a leader of the Reform Club, and after 1870 as a deputy to the Chile an Congre . In 1878 he was minister to Argentina, and in 1881 was made foreign minister by Santa Maria. He was elected president by a great majority in 1886, at once instituted numerous reforms, and began an elaborate system of railroads and other public works. Di ensions in his own party culminated in a war between the president and Congre . After numerous engagements he was defeated and, unable to escape from Santiago, remained cealed in the Argentine legation until in a fit of despera tion he shot himself. Balmawhapple (bal-ma-hwap'l). In Scott's novel "Waverley," an obstinate Scottish laird, a Jacobite: his name is Falconer of Balma nial style. Balmung (bäl'möng). Siegfried's sword, in the "Nibelungenlied." Balnaves (bal-nav'es), Henry. Born at Kirk- caldy, Fifes hire (date unknown): died 1579. A Scotch Protestant reformer. He wrote "The Confe ion of Faith: Conte in ing how the Troubled Man Should Seeke Refuge at his God, etc.," which was revised and prefaced by John Knox. Balnibarbi (bal-ni-bär'bi). A land visited by Gulliver in his travels, as related by Swift. It Ballon d'Alsace (bä-lôn' däl-zäs'), or Welscher Belchen (vel's her bel'chen). One of the the coast of Scythia, mentioned by ancient writers (Pliny and others). It gave name to the Baltic Sea. Pythias calls it Basilia . Baltic (bâl'tik). See Baltic Sea . Baltic, Battle of the. See Copenhagen . Baltic Port, G. Baltischport. A small seaport in Esthonia, Ru ia, on the Gulf of Finland west of Reval. Baltic Provinces. The collective name for Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland, three governments of Ru ia bordering on the Baltic. They contain an important German element, but the larger part of the population consists of Esthonians and Letts. They have been largely Ru ian i zed in recent years. Baltic Sea. [F. Mer Baltique , It. Mare Baltico , NL. Mare Balticum , prob. from Lith. baltas , white, balti , be white. Other names are G. Ostsee , east sea, Dan. Östersoen , Sw. Östersjön , L. Mare Suericum , Swedish sea, Pelagus Scythi cum , Scythian sea, or Sinus Codanus , Gothic (?) gulf.] An arm of the Atlantic, inclosed by Sweden, Ru ia, Germany, and Denmark. It communicates with the North Sea by the Skager Rack, Cattegat, Sound, Great Belt, and Little Belt. Its chief islands are Zealand, Fünen, Lan gel and, Laaland, Falster, Moen, Alsen, Fehmarn, Bornholm, Rügen, Usedom, Wollin, Öland, Gothland, Osel, Dago, Stockholm Archipelago, and Aland Archipelago. Its chief arms are the gulfs of Bothnia, Finland, and Riga, Kurisches Haff, Frisches Haff, Gulf of Dantzic, Pome rani an Haff, Lübeck Bay, and Kiel Bay. Its chief tributaries are the Finland lake system, the Neva with Laksaderfiki Niemen, Vistula, Dal Elf, Ljusnan, Ångerman Elf, Umeå Elf, Pitea Elf, Stora Luleå Elf, and Torneå Elf. Length, about 900 miles. Greatest width, about 200 miles. Area, about 184,000 square miles. Baltimore (bâl'ti-mor), Lord. See Calvert . Baltimore. A small seaport in County Cork, Ireland, near Cape Clear, at the southern extremity of the island. Baltimore. A seaport, the principal city of Maryland, situated on Patapsco River near its entrance into Chesapeake Bay, in lat. 39° 18' N., long. 76° 37′ W.: one of the chief Atlantic seaports: surnamed "the Monument City." It has a large export trade in bread-stuffs, tobacco, cotton, provisions, oysters, coal, etc.; large manufactures of woolen cotton goods, cigars and tobacco, iron and steel, clothing, etc.; and important oyster fisheries. It is an important railroad center and the terminus of steamboat lines. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic arch Balsamo, Joseph. See Cagliostro , Count de. Balsham (bal's ham), Hugh de. Died 1286. An English prelate, bishop of Ely, and founder bishopric and contains the Johns Hopkins University of Peter house, Cambridge. and the Peabody Institute. The city was laid out about 1730, and was incorporated as a city in 1796. It was an Vienna, Geneva, and St. Petersburg. He died in Paris, just after his return from the wedding-trip. Balzac is considered the chief of the realistic school of French novelists. Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de. Born at Balzac, near Angoulême, 1597: died there, Feb. 18, 1654. A noted French writer. He published "Letters" Bam (bam). A town in Kirman, southern Persia, Ba-Mangwato (bä-mäng-gwä'tō). See Chuana . Bamba (bäm ba). See Mbamba and Kongo Na- Baltzer (bält'zer), Johann Baptist a. Born at tion . Andernach, Pru ia, July 16, 1803: died at Bonn, Bambara (bäm-bä'rä). A country of western Balue's own invention. He was liberated after eleven years through the influence of Pope Sixtus IV., went to Rome, was sent back to France as legate a latere , and finally, on the death of the Pope, again retired to Rome, where he was made bishop of Orléans and of Præneste. Baluze (bä-lüz'), Etienne. Born at Tulle, France, Dec. 24, 1630: died at Paris, July 28, 1718. A French historian. He wrote "Francorum Capitular i a Regum" (1677), "Epistolæ Innocent i i papæ III." (1682), "Conciliorum nova Collectio" (1683), "Les Vies des Papes d'Avignon" (1693), "Hist or i a Tutelensis" Africa, in the upper valley of the Niger, about lat. 10°-15° N. The chief town is Segu. The country has been opened lately to French influence. Population (chiefly Mandingo), estimated, 2,000,000. the Nigritic branch, settled about the head waters of the Niger River. It belongs to the Mande nation. Once a great negro kingdom, it broke up, in 1864, into three divisions, Kaseta, Ma in a, and Beledugu. In 1890 their sultan, Amadu, and his capital, Segu Sikoro, were conquered by the French, and the country was an- nexed. This is a fertile, undulated plain. The people have adopted Mohammedan civilization, and weave excel- lent cotton cloth. Bamberg (bäm'berg). A city of Upper Fran- conia, Bavaria, situated on the Regnitz, near its entrance into the Main, 33 miles northwest of Nuremberg. It has important trade and manu- factures, the castle of the former prince-bishops, the old and new palaces, the Church of St. Michael, and an art gallery, and was formerly the seat of a university. The cathedral of Bamberg, one of the most interesting of German Romanesque structures, was founded by the emperor Henry II. in 1004, but modified in the 12th cen- tury. There are four towers, each of eight stages and 265 feet high; the two at the west end display fine open- work. There are five admirably sculptured portals; the sculptures of the splendid chief portal represent the Last Judgment, with the apostles and prophets, and the church and synagogue. The effective interior po e es a richly carved choir-screen and highly interesting me- dieval tombs. There is an impre ive early-Romanesque crypt, and a western choir with transepts, which date Banaras. See Benares . Banas (ba-näs'). A river of Rajputana, India, which flows generally northeast, and joins the Chambal. Length, about 300 miles. Banas. A river of India which flows south- west into the Ran of Kachh. Banat (bä-nät'). [Hung. bán , lord, chief.] A region in southern Hungary situated between the Maros on the north, the Thei on the west, and the Danube on the south. It comprises the counties of Temes, Torontál, Kra ó, and part of the for- mer "Military Frontier." Its chief town is Temesvár. It formed an Austrian crownland (the Servian waywode ship and Temeser Banat) 1849-60. Ban bridge (ban'brij). A town in County Down, Ireland, 22 miles southwest of Belfast, noted and state of the German Empire, now com- prised in northern Bavaria. It was founded by the emperor Henry II. in 1007, secularized in 1801, and annexed to Bavaria in 1803. Bamberg Conference. A conference of the mid- dle German states at Bamberg May 25, 1854. Its object was to determine the policy of these states in relation to that of Pru ia and Austria with reference to the Eastern Question. Bamberger (bäm'berg-er), Ludwig. Born at Mainz, July 22, 1823. A German politician and economist. He took part in the revolutionary movement 1848-49; was a member of the National Liberal party in the German Reichstag 1873-80; and, with other disaffected National Liberals, seceded from the party in 1880 to form the later Liberal Union. Bamboccio (bäm-boch'o). See Laar , Peter van. Bam borough (bam'bur-o). A village on the coast of North umber land, England, 16 miles southeast of Berwick, celebrated for its castle, founded by Ida about 547, and often noted in medieval wars. Bambuk, or Bambouk (bäm-bök'). A region in Sene gambia, Africa, between the upper Senegal and the Faleme, about lat. 12° 30′- 14° N., long. 10° 30′-12° 15′ W. It contains iron and gold. The inhabitants are Man dingoes. Bamian (bä-me-än'). A valley in Afghanistan, northwest of Kabul, in lat. 34° 50′ N., long. 67° 40′ E. It is an ancient seat of Buddhist worship, and is famous for its colo al idols carved in the rock (highest, 173 feet) and other antiquities. Bammaku, or Bammakou (bä-mä'kö). Once an important native town on the upper Niger, West Africa. It is now headquarters of the French domination on the upper Niger. The natives have with IMG:content-0137.png:[blocks in formation] Revue Parisienne" (1840) ended with the third number. Bampur (bäm-pör'). A town and region in Returning undaunted to a collective edition of "La comé- southern Persia. die humaine," Balzac published "Ursule Mirouet" and nection with the Sambalpur district of the Central Provinces, British India. Area, 1,988 square miles. Population (1891), 104,367. Ban (ban). In the Arthur i an Arthur i an cycle of romance, a king of Britt any, the father of Lance lot du Lac, and the brother of Bors, king of Gaul. He was the friend of Arthur, and with Bors came from Britt any to aid him in battle. Bana (bä'nä). In Hindu mythology, a Daitya Bancroft, George ter to Berlin 1867-74. He wrote a "History of the United States" (10 vols.: vol. 1 published 1834; vol. 10, 1874; cen- tenary edition, 6 vols., 1876); a "History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States" (2 vols. 1882; revised edition of the entire history, 6 vols., 1883-84), etc. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. Born Granville, Banco American historian, In 1852 he established an extensive book busine in San Francisco; and began to collect books and documents re- lating to the Pacific States, acquiring 60,000 volumes, tracts, and manuscripts (including the purchased collec- tion of Mr. Squier, and a large part of that of the emperor Maximilian of Mexico). Upon this library, which was see). Banda Sea. A sea in the East Indies, east of the Sunda Sea, north of Timur-Laut, and south of Ceram. IMG:content-0138.png:[blocks in formation] called Mount Hesperus. Bandel (bän'del), Joseph Ernst von. Born at Ansbach, May 17, 1800: died at Neudegg near Donauwörth, Sept. 25, 1876. A German sculptor, designer of the statue of Hermann near Detmold (completed 1875). Ban-de-la-Roche. Same as Steinthal . Bandelier (ban-de-ler'), Adolph Francis Alphonse. Born at Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 6, 1840. A Swi -American archæologist. He has been employed by the Archæological Institute of America in explorations in New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Band elk hand. See Bund elk hand . Bandello (bän-del'lō), Matteo. Born at Castelnuovo, Piedmont, 1480: died at Agen, France, 1562. An Italian prelate (bishop of Agen 1550) and novelist. His tales (1554-73) furnished subjects for Shakspere, Mas singer, and others. Bande Noire (bond nwär). [F., 'black band.'] 1. One of various infantry companies in the French service in the 16th century.-2. In France, speculators who, especially during the Revolution, purchased confiscated church property and ancient estates and buildings, and often destroyed time-honored relics for the purpose of using the material in the erection of new structures. Band ettin i (bän-det-te'ne), Teresa. Born at Lucca, Aug. 12, 1763: died 1837. An Italian poet and improv is at rice. Her works include "La Morte di Adonide,” “II Polidoro," "La Rosmunda," etc. She married (1789) Pietro Landucci. Bandier a (bän-de-a'rä), Attilio. Born at Naples, 1817. Bandier a, Emilio. Born at Naples, 1819. Two Italian patriots, sons of Admiral Bandier a, executed by the Neapolitan government at Cosenza, July 25, 1844, for an attempted rising on the coast of Calabria. They had previously joined a conspiracy for an attack on Sicily which had failed. Band in ell i (bän-de-nel'lē), Bartolommeo or Baccio. Born at Florence, Oct. 7, 1488: died there, Feb. 7, 1560. An Italian painter and sculptor, son and pupil of the Florentine goldsmith Michelangelo Band in ell i di Viviano: a would-be rival of Michelangelo. He made the copy of the Laocoon in the Uffizi, and the Hercules of the Palazzo Vecchio. Band in i (bän-dē'nē), Angelo Maria. Born at Banks, Nathaniel Prenti March 31, 1717, by Dr. Hoadley, bishop of Bangor, from the text "My kingdom is not of this world." He argued that Christ had not delegated judicial and disciplinary powers to the Christian ministry. Wales, on the Dee 14 miles south of pucci (1745), a catalogue of Greek, Latin, and Italian manuscripts in the Lauren tine Library (1764-78), a "Di ertatio de saltation i bus veterum," etc. Bandon (ban'don), or Band on bridge (ban'donbrij). A town in County Cork, Ireland, "16 miles southwest of Cork. Population (1881), 3,997. Bandon. A small river in County Cork, Ire land, which flows into Kinsale Harbor. Bandtke (bänt'ke), or Bandtkie (bänt'kye), Jan Wincent. Born at Lublin, Poland, 1783: died at Warsaw, 1846. A Polish jurist, brother of Jerzy Samuel Bandtke, profe or of law at Warsaw, and author of a history of Polish law (1850), etc. Bandtke, or Bandtkie, Jerzy Samuel. Born at Lublin, Poland, Nov. 24, 1768: died at Cracow, June 11, 1835. A Polish historian and grammarian, librarian and profe or at Cracow (1811-35), and author of a history of the Polish nation (1820), etc. Banér (bä-nar'), or Banier, or Banner, Johan. Born at Djursholm, near Stockholm, June 23, 1596: died at Halberstadt, Germany, June 20, 1641. A Swedish general in the Thirty Years' War. He commanded the right wing at Breitenfeld, Sept. 17, 1631; was made field-marshal after the death of Gustavus Adolphus; and gained the victories of Wittstock, Oct. 4, 1636, and Chemnitz, April 14, 1639. Banff (banf). A county of Scotland, bounded by Moray Coray Firth on the north, Aberdeen shire verne -shire on the west. Its surface is mountain on the east and south, and Elginshire and In lati on (1891), 64,167. ous except near the coast. Area, 641 square miles. PopuBanff. A seaport and chief town of Banffshire, Scotland, situated 40 miles northwest of Aber deen, at the mouth of the Deveron. The parliamentary burgh includes the neighboring seaport of Macduff. Population (1891), 3,871. Bang (bäng), Peder Georg. Born at Copenhagen, Oct. 7, 1797: died April 2, 1861. A noted Danish jurist and statesman, profe or of law at Copenhagen, secretary of the interior 1848 1849, and premier 1854-56. Bangala (bän-gä'lä). See Ngala and Mbangala . Bangalur (bang-ga-lör'), or Bangalore (bang ga-lōr'). A district in Maisur, India. Area, 2,901 square miles. 2,90 Bangalur. The chief city of Maisur, India, situated in lat. 12° 58′ N., long. 77° 38′ E. It has considerable trade, and manufactures of silk, cotton, etc. It was fortified by Hyder Ali, and was taken from Tippu Saib (by storm) by the British under Cornwall is, 1791. Population (1891), 180,366. Bangkok (bang-kok'). The capital of Siam, situated on the river Menam, about 20 miles from its mouth, in lat. 13° 44′ N., long. 100° 31' E.: the chief commercial city of the country. The houses are built largely in the river. On the mainland are the royal palace and many Buddhist temples. Its trade is largely in Chinese hands. The chief exports are rice, sugar, hides, cotton, silk, ivory, pepper, sesame, cardamoms, etc. It became the capital after the destruction of Ayuthia. The Great Pagoda of Wat-ching at Bangkok is, in its general concave-conoid form, similar to the Burmese pagodas, but is much more frankly polygonal in plan, and is ornamental with the most elaborate exuberance in both color and carving. Instead of ter minating in a sharp finial, it ends in a tall hexagonal prism with a domical top. At the base and toward the summit there are large rectangular niches with lavish adornment of flame-tongued pinnacles. Population, 400,000 (?). Bangla (bäng'glä). Same as Faizabad , in Oudh. Bangor (ban'gor). [W., 'high choir.] A city and seaport in Carnarvonshire, Wales, situated on Menai Strait 9 miles northeast of Carnarvon. It contains a cathedral, lately restored, and is the seat of the University College of North Wales. Population (1891). 9,892. Bangor. A seaport and watering-place in County Down, Ireland, situated at the entrance to Belfast Lough, 12 miles northeast of Belfast. Population, about 3,000. Bangor. A seaport in Penobscot County, Maine, situated on the west bank of the Penobscot, in lat. 44° 48′ N., long. 68° 47' W., at the head of navigation. It is one of the principal lumber depots of the world, and has a considerable trade and ship-building industries. It became a city in 1834. It is the seat of a (Congregational) theological seminary, which was incorporated in 1814, was opened at Hampden in 1816, and was removed to Bangor in 1819. Population (1890), 19,103. Bang or i an Controversy. A controversy stirred up by a sermon preached before George I. on bä). A lake in central Africa, about lat. 11° S., long. 30° E. It receives the Chambesi on the east. It was formerly supposed to give origin to the Luapula, the upper course of the Kongo, but the researches of Delcom mune and Franqui show that that stream flows around it on the south, and not through it. It was discovered in 1868 by Living stone, who died near its shore in 1873. Banholo, or Banhuolo, Count. See Bagnuolo . Banias (bä-ni-as'). A village of Palestine about 45 miles southwest of Damascus. Also Paneas . Its castle is a fortre of the Crusaders, occupying a platform about 300 by 1,200 feet. The plan resembles a figure 8, bordered by numerous rectangular and semicircular towers connected by thick curtain-walls. The eastern extremity constituted the donjon, and still displays a hall 30 by 100 feet, complete except in its vaulting. Banim (bā'nim), John. Born at Kilkenny, Ireland, April 3, 1798: died near Kilkenny, Aug. 13, 1842. An Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet. He wrote the tragedies "Damon and Pythias" (produced 1821) and "The Prodigal," the "O'Hara Tales" (in collaboration with his brother Michael), "The Nowlans," etc. Banim, Michael. Born at Kilkenny, Ireland, Aug. 5, 1796: died at Boot erst own, Dublin County, Ireland, Aug. 30, 1874. An Irish novelist, brother of John Banim, and his collaborator in the writing of the "O'Hara Tales." Banjaluka, or Banialuka (bän-yä-lö'kä). A town in Bosnia, situated on the Verbas in lat. 44° 40′ Ν. It has the scene of various battles between the Turks and Austrians. Population (1885), 11,357. Banjerma in (bän-yer-mäs'in), or Ban jar ma in. A Dutch residency in southeastern Borneo, formerly a sultanate. Banjerma in. The chief town of the residency of Banjerma in, situated near the coast. Banjumas (bän-yö-mäs'). The capital of the residency of Banjumas, island of Java, situated in lat. 7° 32′ S., long. 109° 17′ Ε. Banjuwangis (bän-yö-wäng'gis). A seaport in eastern Java, situated in lat. 8° 13' S., long. 114° 23′ Ε. Bankbán (bonk'bän). A Hungarian drama by Katona, produced in 1827. It is named from the hero, a Hungarian governor and rebel against the queen, who lived about 1214. Banker-Poet, The. A surname of Samuel Rogers, and also of Edmund Clarence Stedman. Bankrupt, The. A comedy by Foote, produced in 1773. of the thesis the Disease called the Blight, Mildew, and Rust" (1805), etc. Banks, Nathaniel Prenti . Born at Waltham, Ma ., Jan. 30, 1816: died there, Sept. 1, 1894. An American politician and general. In early life he was a machinist, editor, and lawyer; served in the Ma achu- setts legislature; was member of Congre from Ma a- chusetts 1853-57, elected first as a coalition Democrat, then as a Know-nothing, and later as a Republican; was speaker of the House 1856-57; and was Republican governor of Mas- sachusetts 1858-61. In 1861 he was commi ioned major- general of volunteers; commanded a corps on the upper Potomac and in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862; com- manded at the battle of Cedar Mountain Aug. 9, 1862; succeeded Butler in command at New Orleans at the end of 1862; invested Port Hudson and captured it July, 1863; commanded the Red River expedition in 1864; was de- feated at Sabine Cro Roads; and gained a victory at Pleasant Hill. He was Republican member of Congre from Ma achusetts 1865-73; was defeated as Liberal-Re- publican candidate for Congre in 1872; was member of Congre from Ma achusetts 1875-77, and again 1889-91; and was United States marshal. Banks, Thomas Banks, Thomas. Born at Lambeth, England, Dec. 29, 1735: died at London, Feb. 2, 1805. A noted English sculptor. Banks, Thomas Christopher. Born 1765: died at Green wich, England, Sept. 30, 1854. An English lawyer and genealogist. He published a Baronage England" (1807-09: vol. 4 in 1837), numerous minor works. Manual of the Nobilitys (1807), Dormant and Extinct Banks, The. See Grand Banks . Bankside (bangk's id). That portion of the Thames bank which lies on the south side be tween Black friars and Waterloo bridges. In the time of the Tudors it "consisted of a single row of houses, built on a dike, or levee, higher both than the river at high tide and the ground behind the bank. At one end of Bank Side stood the Clink Prison, Winchester House, and St. Mary Overies Church. At the other end was the Falcon Tavern with its stairs, and behind it were the Paris Gar dens.. A little to the west of the Clink and behind the houses stood the Globe Theatre, and close beside it the Bullbaiting." Besant , London, p. 356. Banks Islands. A group of small islands in the South Pacific, northeast of the New He brides: named (as were the following four) for Sir Joseph Banks. Banks Land. A large island in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Prince Albert Land and southwest of Melville Island. Banks Peninsula. A peninsula on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Banks Strait. A sea pa age in the Arctic Ocean, separating Banks Land from Melville Island. Banks Strait. A strait separating Tasmania from the Furneaux Group to the northeast. Banks's horse. A celebrated trick-horse named Morocco, the property of a man named Banks who lived about the beginning of the 17th century. He could perform tricks with cards and dice and dance at his master's command. In 1600 or 1601 Banks is said to have made him "override the vane of St. Paul's Cathedral" in the presence of an enormous crowd. The first mention of him occurs about 1590. He is alluded to by Raleigh, Armin, Gayton, and many others, and there are references to him in the plays of the period. Sir Kenelm Digby says, "He would restore a glove man's name in his ear; would tell the just number of pence in any piece of silver coin newly showed him by his master." Bankes showed his horse upon the continent, and in France had a narrow escape from the Capuching, to the due owner, after the master had whispered who suspected him of being league with the devil. There was a report that he fell a victim to a similar suspicion at Rome. Ben Jonson, in his epigram, speaks of "Old Banks the juggler, our Pythagoras,, Grave tutor to the learned horse;.