. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. jvery neat. The governors residence is surrounded by acastellated mud-waU, which also encloses a dome-coveredmosque. Population about 5000. BELBEIS, or Belbeyb, a town of Upper Egypt, in thaprovince of Kelyubieh, on the eastern arm of the Nile, 28miles of Cairo. It was formerly considered thebulwark of the kingdom on that side, and was defended bystrong fortifications, but these were suffered to fall intodecay till 1798, when Napoleon ordered them to be put inrepair. In 1163^ it was besieged for t
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. jvery neat. The governors residence is surrounded by acastellated mud-waU, which also encloses a dome-coveredmosque. Population about 5000. BELBEIS, or Belbeyb, a town of Upper Egypt, in thaprovince of Kelyubieh, on the eastern arm of the Nile, 28miles of Cairo. It was formerly considered thebulwark of the kingdom on that side, and was defended bystrong fortifications, but these were suffered to fall intodecay till 1798, when Napoleon ordered them to be put inrepair. In 1163^ it was besieged for three months by theCrusaders under Amalric, who at length, in 1168, capturedand pillaged it. The present popvdation is not supposed toexceed 5000. BELEM, a town of Portugal, now regarded as a suburb ofLisbon. See Lisbon. BELFAST, the chief manufacturing and commercial townof Ireland, a municipal and parliamentary borough, thocapital of Ulster, and, since 1850, the county town ofAntrim, in which, with the exception of the large suburbof Ballymacarret on the other side of the river, it is. \. Princes Clarendon Queens 4. AIMit BrijRe. 5. Tilnlty Chuich. & St Anna Church. 7. St Gcorjres Church. 8. Christ Church. 9. St Unlachls Acailemlcol lustltute. II. Linen RalL 13. Commercial Bt]E% 13. Custom nouae. 14. To\5Ti-Ilml. 16. Central Rail. Sta. mainly comprised. It is situated in lat. 54° 36 85 N.,and long. 6° 55 637 W., at the mouth of the Lagan,which flows into Belfast Lough (Carrickfergus Bay), andis built on an alluvial deposit and land reclaimed from thesea, the greater portion of which is not more than 6 feetabove high-water mark. It was thus for a long period ex-posed to occas onal inundations, and was somewhat subjectto epidemics ; but its situation, improved by drainage, hasbecome more healthy, while the environs are agreeable andpicturesque. 512 BELT A S T The etymology of tlie name and tlie oiigin of the townfire equally uncertain, and th
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