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BLYTHEVILLB 77 BOADICEA jurisconsult chiefly rest. In 1861 he re- moved to Heidelberg University, and be- came a Privy Councilor of Baden, ac- tively forwarding all Liberal measures in the state. He acted several times as pres- ident of the Protestantenverein, and died after delivering a speech at the synod of Baden at Karlsruhe, Oct. 21, 1881. He was the author of valuable histories of Zurich and of the Swiss Confedera- tion, and of a number of works on law. BLYTHEVILLE, a city of Arkansas, the county-seat of Mississippi co. It is on the Frisco Lines, the Arkansas South- ern, and other railroads. It is the center of an important cotton and agricultural region and has manufactures of hard- nada, dethroned his father, Ab-ul-Hasan, in 1481, and two years later was defeated and taken prisoner by the Castilians near Lucena. He was set free on condition of paying tribute, and returned to Gra- nada to struggle with his father and with his heroic uncle, Ez-Zaghal, for the throne. The fall of Malaga and Baza was but the prelude to the siege of the capital. The spot from which Boabdil looked his last on Granada still bears the name of el ultimo sospiro del Mora, "the last sigh of the Moor." He soon crossed to Africa and flung away his life in battle. BOA CONSTRICTOR, the best known species of the genus boa. The 3pecific BOA wood products and lumber. Pop. (1910) 3,849; (1920) 6,447. BOA, an enormous snake, said to have been anciently found in India. None, however, are at present known to exist there more than 6 feet long. The spell- ing bova is from bos, bovis = an ox. Boa is also the name of a genus of serpents, the typical one of the family boidss. The species are found native only in America, the analogous genus in the East popu- larly confounded with it, namely py- thon, being distinguished from it by the presence of intermaxillary teeth. This word is likewise applied to a long fur tippet or comforter worn by ladies around their necks. BOABDIL (properly Abu-Abdallah, and nicknamed Ez-Zogoiby, "the un- lucky"), the last Moorish King of Gra- 6— Vol. name constrictor, meaning binder or drawer together, refers to the method through which the animal destroys its prey by coiling itself round it and grad- ually tightening the folds. It is about 30 feet long. It is found in South America. BOADICEA, Queen of the Iceni, in Britain, during the reign of Nero. Hav- ing been treated in the most ignominious manner by the Romans, she headed a general insurrection of the Britons, at- tacked the Roman settlements, reduced London to ashes, and put to the sword all strangers to the number of 70,000. Suetonius, the Roman general, defeated her in a decisive battle (a. d. 62), and Boadicea, rather than fall into the hands of her enemies, put an end to her own life by poison. II— Cyc