The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ine, bishopof the Protestant Episcopal Church, born June 28,1779, in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Charleston,South Carolina, Aug. 25, 1839. I 17^7 his familyremoved to South Carolina, where, in 1794, hegraduated from Charleston College. He preparedfor the ministry in the North, and, after holdingvarious pastorates, became in 1809 rector of GraceChurch, New York City, and in 1818 bishop ofSouth Carolina. His untiring fidelitv to his vvorkearned him great popularity and intluence in hischurch. Several volum
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ine, bishopof the Protestant Episcopal Church, born June 28,1779, in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Charleston,South Carolina, Aug. 25, 1839. I 17^7 his familyremoved to South Carolina, where, in 1794, hegraduated from Charleston College. He preparedfor the ministry in the North, and, after holdingvarious pastorates, became in 1809 rector of GraceChurch, New York City, and in 1818 bishop ofSouth Carolina. His untiring fidelitv to his vvorkearned him great popularity and intluence in hischurch. Several volumes of his sermons have beenj)ublished, among them a collection entitled Chris-tian Consolation. BOWENTTE, a mineral described by George in It is a variety of serpentine of re-markable hardness. Its color is light green, and granular. Bowcnite bears a remarkable re-semblance to jade (, Vol. XI11, p. 540). It iscliicllv found in Rhode Island, near Smithtield. I!( iWIlR-BlRI), a name given to certain birdsof ilic birdof-paradise family, found only in Aus-. HENRY C. BOWEN. 562 BOWIE-KNIFE — BOX-ELDER tralia and New Guinea. The birds receive theirname from the arbor-like galleries or bowers whichthey construct. The bowers are built of twigs, andare gayly decorated with bright and conspicuousobjects, such as shells, bones, feathers and bowers are not nests, but are places of amuse-ment, in the architecture and ornamentation ofwhich the birds show wonderful skill and taste. BOWIE-KNIFE, a heavy sheath-knife, used bothas a hunting-dagger and weapon. It was namedafter its inventor, Colonel James Bowie, who fell atFort Alamo, in the Texan war (1836). The blade isfrom 10 to 15 inches in length, double-edged nearthe point. The term is now frequently applied toany large sheath-knife, without regard to shape. BOWLES, Samuel, an American journalist; bornin Springfield, Massachusetts, Feb. 9, 1826; diedthere, Jan. 16, 1878. After receiving a publi
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