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also called BRASSY, POUT, or WHITING POUT (gadus luscus), a fish of the same genus as the cod, had dock, and whiting, quite common on many parts of the British coasts, found also on those of Norway, Sweden, BIBERACH BIBERACH (bēb'rach), a town of Württemberg, delightfully situated on the Riss, 23 miles S. S. W. of Ulm. It contains a monument to Wieland, who was born in the neighborhood. There also on those of Norway, Sweden, are manufactures of machinery, artifi- FORT AT ENTRANCE TO BHUTAN Greenland, etc. It is seldom more than a foot long, but differs from the other British gadidæ in the great depth of its body, which equals at least onefourth of the entire length. The head is invested with a loose, dilatable membrane. cial flowers, leather, bells, children's toys, etc. Pop. about 9,000. Here, in 1796, Moreau won a great victory over the Austrian General Latour, and in 1800, Saint Cyr defeated the Austrian General Kray. Biberach fell into the possession on of Baden in 1802, but four BIBLE years afterward was ceded to Württemberg.

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