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Benedict – Benzoate of Soda

Benedict

ST., the founder of the Order of the Benedictine Monks, was about peace. See WORLD WAR.

Benedictus

the name given to the hymn of Zacharias (Luke i: 68), used as a canticle in the morning service of the Church of England to follow the les- This position it has occupied from very ancient times. It is also used in the Church of Rome. sons.

Beni

a river of Bolivia, South America; formed by the union of all the streams flowing down the eastern Cordillera. It unites with the Mamore on the Brazilian frontier to form the Madeira. Its course is N. to N. E.; length, about 850 miles.

Beni

one of the departments of Bolivia, South America. It is in the N. E. part; area, about 40,000 square miles; pop. 107,744; chief town, Trinidad.

Benin

BIGHT OF, part of the Gulf of Guinea, west Africa, which extends into the land between the mouth of the river Volta and that of the Nun.

Beni Suef

a town of Egypt; on the left bank of the Nile, about 65 miles S. of Cairo. It has the residence of the governor, and manufactures of stuffs, linen and carpets. Pop. about 25,000.

The province of Beni Suef, of which it is the capital, has a population of about 400,000.

Ben Lawers

a mountain in Perth shire, Scotland, flanking the N. W. shore of Loch Tay. It is rich in Alpine plants, and there is a magnificent view from its summit, which is, with the cairn at the top, 4,004 feet high.

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Ben Ledi

a mountain (2,875 feet) of Perthshire, Scotland, 4½ miles W. by N. of Callander. A jubilee cairn was erected on it in 1887.

Benlomond

a mountain of Scotland, in Stirlingshire, on the E. shore of Loch Lomond, rising to a height of 3,192 feet and giving a magnificent prospect of the vale of Stirlingshire, the Lothians, the Clyde, etc.

Ben Nut

the seed of moringa pterygosperma, the ben tree of India, yielding the valuable oil of ben.

Bennington

town and countyseat of Bennington co., Vt.; on the New a biography of Ruskin in 1911.

Benzoate of Soda

a preservative used in the manufacture of food products. The use of it in a quantity not greater than one-tenth of 1 per cent. is permitted by the Federal Government, but its use among packers of food has gradually been abolished.