Brume

[Fr.) Mist; fog; vapor. (R.) Brumfield Station, in Kentucky, a post-office of Boyle co. Brum'fieldville, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Berks co., 62 m. E.N.E. of Harris burg. Brum'ley, in Mi ouri , a post-office of Miller co. Brum'mel, GEORGE BRYAN, (the sometime famous Beau Brummel,) was B. in London, 1778. He was educated at Eton, and there formed intimacies with the younger nobility of the day. On his father's death, inheriting a fortune of about $150,000, he commenced his career as a man of fashion, and became the intimate a ociate of the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV). He it was who inaugurated the reign of dandyism, and for a period of twenty years exercised almost despotic sway over English society in the matter of dre . His taste was decidedly superior, and he did much to mitigate, if not extinguish, the bizarre foppery in costume then prevailing. His fortune being soon swallowed up, he maintained his position in society by his succe at play, and the indescribable charm of his manner and conversation. His abilities were good, though little exercised; he po e ed wit, a cultivated taste in music and letters, and a supreme knowledge of the arts of dre and manner. After a rupture with the Prince, his influence gradually declined; and oppre ed by debt and the falling off of former friends, he retired to Calais, and afterwards to Caen, where he was appointed British consul, and finally D. in a lunatic hospital, 1840. Brum'mel's, in N. Carolina, a P. O. of Davidson co. Brun, BURN, BRAN, BOURN, n. [A. S. burn.] A river or brook. Brun, in Kentucky , a post-office of Carter co. Brunai', a Malay State of Borneo, extending from the mouth of Batang-Lupar River, in Lon. 1080 38′ E., along the N.W. coast to the Bay of Sandakan. The coast-line is abt. 900 m.; area 28,000 sq. m. The territory of B. is mostly covered with a dense tropical forest, acce ible only to the Dyaks and orang-outangs. Along the water-courses, which are numerous, Europe ans are engaged in the mining and exportation of the fo il coal and antimony, the latter being found in this territory more abundantly than in any other part of the world. The country is inhabited by a tribe of the Dyaks , q.v. Ir consequence of a treaty made with the Sultan of B. , in 1850, which secures to Americans the right of acquiring and holding property in B. territory, the Congre of the United States established a consulate at the port of B .; but the trade between the two countries has not, till now, been of great extent. Estimated pop . 300,000. BRUNAI, the capital, is a maritime city, like Palembang and Acheen in Sumatra. It is situated on a river of the same name; Lat. 4° 55′ N., Lon. 114° 55′ E. Pop . abt. 22,000.