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Ten. 130 m. ENE. from Knoxville , and 428from W.

BLUE ANCHOR, v. Gloucester co. N. J. 165 m. from \V.

BLUE EARTH RIVER, r. La. which runsinto the Kansas .

BLUE FIELD, r. N. America , whiclx sepa-rates Honduras from Nicaragua , and is dis-charged into Bluefield’s bay. Lon. 4° 30' W.;lat 12° N.

BLUEFIELD’S BAY, on the SW. coast ofJamaica . Lon. 78° W.; lat. 18° 10' N.

BLUEHILL, t Hancock co. Me. Pop.1,499. It stands upon a bay 12 m. NE. fromCastine .

BLUE HILLS, ridge of mountains inNottingham, Barrington, and Rochester, N. H.

BLUEHILL BAY, off the coast of Maine ,on W. side of Mount Desert island ; 12 m. E.from Penobscot bay.

BLUE LICKS, several salt springs onLicking r. Ken.

BLUE LICK, (Upper,) v. Fleming co. Ken.522 m. from W.

BLUE LICK, (Lower y ) see Ellisville.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, mt Peeling, N. II.E. of Moosehillock.

BLUE MOUNTAINS, several mountains so called in different parts of the world; viz.1st, intersecting the island of Jamaica fromeast to west. North Peak is 8,180 feet abovethe level of the sea; 2d, the most easterlyridge of the Appalachians, in the state of Penn-sylvania , extending in a south-west direction,from the Delaware to the south of the Susque-liannah r. altitude, 3,000 to 4,000 feet; 3d, amore southern branch of the same ridge, ex-tending in the same direction from the northof the Potomac r. through the state of Va.into North Carolina . Otter Peak is 3,103 feethigh, and is the highest point in all Virginia .The passage of the Potomac r. through thisridge is peculiarly grand.

BLUE RIDGE , or South Mountains, rangeof mountains, beginning in North Carolina ,and crossing the state of Virginia , from northto south, about 200 m. from the sea.

BLUE RIVER, one of the head branchesof Red r. La .

BLUE RIVER, ( Big,) r. Indiana , whichflows into the Ohio , 2 m. W. from Leven-worthvilie.

BLUE RIVER, ( Little ) r. Indiana , whichflows into the Ohio , 10 or 12 miles below BigBlue river.

BLUE ROCK, r. Muskingum co. Ohio , onMuskingum r. 8 m. below Zanesville .

BLUE STONE, r. Giles co. Va. which runsinto the Great Kenhawa.

BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS, t Monroeco. Va. These mineral waters are situatednear the Kenhawa r. 40 m. SW. from Lewis-burg, and 237 W. from Richmond .

BLUE WATER, t. Lauderdale co. Ala. 260in. NW. from Cahaba.

BLUE WATER, r. southern branch of theMiso. which it joins 9 m. below the mouth ofthe Kansas .

BLUFF POINT, cape on the coast of NCarolina .

BLUFF SPRINGS, v. Jefferson co. Miss.

BLL’FTON, v. Ray co. Missouri , on theleft bank of the Missouri r. 280 m. above St.Louis .

BLL T FTON, t. Howard co. Miso .

BOALSBURG, v. Centre co. Pa. 115 m.NW. from Harrisburg .

BOARDMAX, t. Trumbull co.Ohio ; 10 m.SE. from Warren.

BOAT RUN, v. Clermont co. Ohio , near arivulet of the same name.

BOAT-YARD, v. Sullivan co. Ten. uponthe Natougo r. 16 tn. below Blountsville.

BOCA ESCONDIDA, bay, in the bay ofCampeachy, on the coast of Yucatan . Lat.18° 50' N.

BOCALIEU, isl. near the E. coast of New-foundland . Lon. 52 3 26' W.; lat. 46 3 15' N.

BODEAU, a considerable lake in NW. partof La . Red r. flows through it. A river ofthe same name runs into the N. end of thelake.

BODEGA, Forty on the NW. coast of Amer-ica. Lat. 38° 28' N. The Russians have hada settlement at this place since 1817.

BODET, river au, U. C. in the t. of Lan-caster, falls into lake St. Francis, E. of Pointau Bodet.

BODKIN’S POINT, cape, on the coast ofMaryland, in Chesapeake bay.

BODWEI.L’S FALLS, on the Merrimack,between Andover and Methuen.

BOEUF, Ley lake in Erie co. Pa. dischargesits waters into French creek, branch of Ohio .The portage from Lc Boeuf to Presque Isle,on lake Eric, is about 14 m.

BOEUF, r. of Arkansas, and Louisiana . Itrises in the former, interlocking its sourceswith those of the .Mason and Barthclemy,flows S. enters La. and turns to SW. by S.Continuing that course upwards of 100 m. be-tween Washitau and Mason, joins the formeropposite the W. end of the Sicily island, at N.lat. 31° 47'.

BOEUF, r. which rises in the Miso . terri-tory, enters La. and joins the Ouachitta, 14m. above the Tensaw. Its general course isS. and it is about 240 m. long without regardto its windings. It is navigable for some dis-tance.

BOEUF, t. Franklin co. Miso.

BOEUF, BayoUy or creek of La . rises inthe pine forests, between Opelousas and therapids of Red river, flowing first NE. turnsgradually to SE. enters on the low lands S. ofRed river, and after continuing to flow bycomparative courses 60 m. unites with theCrocodile to form the Courtableau river.

BOGGS, t. Centre co. Pa .

BOGUE, small isl. in the Atlantic, nearthe coast of N. Carolina .

BOGUE CIIITTO, t. Lawrence co. Miss.

BOGUE CHITO, r. Miss, which runs SSE.80 m. and joins Pearl river 20 m. above tireRigolets.

BOGUE INLET, narrow' channel between