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BOG BUTTER 84 of the most valuable sections of New York City. The Bogardus heirs have for many years endeavored, unsuccessfully, to recover this property, which is held by the corporation of Trinity Church. He died Sept. 27, 1647. BOG BUTTER, a fatty, spermaceti- like mineral resin found in masses in peat bogs, composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. BOGHEAD COAL, a brown cannel coal of Scotland, found at Boghead, near Bathgate, and very valuable for gas and oil making. BOG IRON ORE, or BOG ORE, a variety of limonite. It occurs in a loose and porous state in marshy places, often inclosing wood, leaves, nuts, etc., in a semi-fossilized state; also a variety of limnite. BOGOMILIAN, a Slavonic Christian sect, founded in the 12th century by a monk called Basil. He believed that the human body was created not by God, but by a demon whom God had cast from Heaven. Basil was buried alive at Con- stantinople under the Emperor Alexius Comnenus. BOGOTA, under Spanish rule Santa Fe de Bogota, in South America, the fed- eral capital of the United States of Co- lombia. It is situated within the limits of the province of Cundinamarca, on a tableland which, at an elevation of 8,694 feet above the sea, separates the basin of the Magdalena from that of the Orinoco. The tableland has an area of about 400 square miles, and is bounded on all sides by mountains. This exten- sive plain is very fertile and rich in pasture as in grain. Bogota is 65 miles from its port, Honda, the head of naviga- tion on the Magdalena. The modern city is well laid out, and has several handsome parks. There are theaters, the National university, a magnificent cathedral, a large and well-equipped library and museum, and other public buildings. The city ranks among the foremost in South America for culture and education. The school system is ex- cellent, and there are about 15,000 pupils in public and private schools. The manu- factures of the place include soap, leather, cloth, and articles made from • -.^00^'°"^ metals. Bogota was founded in 1538, and in 1598 became the capital ot the Spanish Vice-Royalty of New Granada; since 1554 it has been the seat of an archbishop. There is rail connec- /?^-.nT^^" °^^^^ important cities. Pop. (1917) 139,287. The river BogotI, otherwise called the Funcha, is the BOHEICIA single outlet of the waters of the table- land, which, both from geological fea- tures and from aboriginal traditions, ap- pears to have once been a land-locked basin. At the cataract of Tequendama the waters plunge over a precipice 700 feet high, their force having hollowed out a well 130 feet deep in the rock be- low. Some miles from the fall stands the natural bridge of Icononzo, and the plateau also contains a lake, Guatavita. BOG PIMPERNEL, a species of pimpernel, anagallis tenella. It is found in bogs, and not like its congener, the scarlet pimpernel (A. arvensis), in corn- fields. It is a small creeping plant with rose colored flowers. BOG RUSH, an English book name for schoenus, a genus of the order cyperacex (sedges). As now limited it contains only the black bog rush, a plant found on wet moors, and recognizable on ac- count of its dark brown, nay, almost black, heads of flowers. It is also the name of a species of warbler about the size of a wren. BOG SPAVIN, an encysted tumor filled with gelatinous matter inside the hock of a horse. BOHEMIA, a former Kingdom of Eu- rope, and, until 1918 a crownland and titular kingdom of Austria; now a part of the republic of Czecho-Slovakia. It is bounded by Bavaria, Saxony, the Prus- sian province of Silesia, Moravia, and the Archduchy of Austria; area 20,223 square miles; pop. about 7,000,000. The prevailing religion is the Roman Cath- olic, the country being an archbishopric with three bishoprics. The language of the country is the Czech dialect of the Slavonic in some districts, and in most of the cities German is spoken. Bohemia is surrounded on all sides by mountains, and has many large forests. Its plains are remarkably fertile. The chief rivers are the Elbe and its tributary the Moldau, which is even larger. Productions. — All sorts of grain are produced in abundance, as also large quantities of potatoes, pulse, sugar beet, flax, hops (the best in Europe), and fruits. Wine is not abundant. The rais- ing of sheep, horses, swine and poultry is carried on to a considerable extent. The mines jneld silver, copper, lead, tin, zinc, iron, cobalt, arsenic, uranium, an- timony, alum, sulphur, plumbago and coal. There are numerous mineral springs, but little salt. Spinning and weaving of linen, cotton and woolen goods are extensively carried on ; manufactures of lace, metal and wood work, machinery, chemical products, beet root sugar, pot-