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Beachy Head – Belfast Lough

Beachy Head

a promontory in the S. of England, on the S. coast of Sussex, rising 575 feet above sea-level, with a revolving light, visible in clear weather from a distance of 28 miles. A naval battle took place here, June 30, 1690, in which a French fleet under Tourville defeated an English and Dutch combined fleet under Lord Torrington.

Beagle Island

an island disgonia, in 1828-1834. The channel of the of Tierra del Fuego. same name is on the S. side of the island vicia faba, of Linnæus, now called faba vulgaris. It belongs to the order legu-

Beaumont

cit city and county-seat of Houston. It is an important shipping

Beaumont

city and county-seat of gation; and has a variety of important manufactures. It has become the center of the large petroleum fields of Texas, BEAUREGARD the Beaumont oil field being one of the largest in the world. Pop. (1910) 20,640; (1920) 40,422.

Beaver Dam

a dam built by a beaver across a stream likely to run off in summer. It is generally formed of drift wood, green willows, birch, poplars, and similar materials.

Beckwith

JAMES CARROLL, an American genre painter, born in Hannigenre painter, born in Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 23, 1852; was a pupil of of domestic furniture to sleep upon.

Beetle

any member of the enormously large order of insects called by Other States. naturalists coleoptera, meaning sheathed wings. They have four wings, the inferior pair, which are membranous, being protected by the superior pair, which are horny. 31-Vol. I-Cyc 131,172 193,890 26,159 130,385 60,870 31,864 101,025 10,636 40,450 726,451 Total for United States.

Beggar

one whose habitual practice is to implore people for alms, whether because he has some physical or mental defect which wholly or partially incapacitates him from working; or because he is too idle to work.

Begonia

a genus of plants, the typical one of the order begoniaceæ (begoniads). Several species are cultivated in greenhouses, in flower pots, in houses, and in similar situations.

Behar and Orissa

a province in lower Bengal, India, area, 120,000 square miles; constituted in 1912, between Bengal and the Himalayas. Pop. about 40,000,000. Capital, Patna. The chief crops are rice, sugar-cane, corn, and indigo.

Behring

another spelling of BE- RING (q. v.).

Belfast Lough

an inlet in the N.

E. of Ireland between counties Antrim BELFORT BELGIUM and Down, at the head of which BELFAST cipal articles of export; grain, cattle, (q. v.) is situated.