BOVINO, a city of Naples, in the province of Ca pitanata, and the see of a bishop. Its situation is very lofty, on the south side of the romantic river Centavo. The valley of BVI'ill0) derives its name from this city, commences between Savignano and Greci, two small towns, which are loftily situa ted on each side of the defile. On one side of this valley are ranges of corn fields, adorned with clumps of trees, and occasionally interrupted with precipi tous and rugged masses of calcareous rock ; on the other side, pasture grounds and fields of corn and hemp appear, at first among the trees, till the whole surface is covered with the extensive forest of Bovino. The Ceryaro runs through this picturesque valley, which terminates at the bridge of Bovino, 18 miles from Ariano. The road through this forest was made in 1743 by the king, who often indulged, in this delightful vale, his passion for the chase. " The
present king," says M. Ulysses, who travelled through Naples in 1789, " has never visited this forest, but has permitted all his subjects to hunt there, and granted a general liberty to clear away the wood, and put as much of the ground into tillage as the husbandman shall think proper. Since this permis sion, the forest has afforded pasture to all kinds of cattle." "The inn at the bridge of Bovino," says Mr Swinburne, " is placed in a cheerful situation ; but from the lowness of its position, and the proximity of the woods and water, in the summer season it is subject to malignant fevers." E. Long. 15° 20', N. Lat. 41° 15'. See Ulysses' Travels through Naples, translated by Mr Aufrere, p. 16, 229 ; and Swin burne's Travels, v. i. p. 135, 156. (j)