BOIS DE VINCENNES, bwa de the ancient hunting park of Louis IX; now a pleasure-ground of 2,250 acres on the outskirts of Paris. A large portion of it is devoted to the purposes of the Champ de Manoeuvres, drill ground, a race course and polygone d'artillerie. Its scenic beauty is quite equal to that of the Bois de Boulogne but it is less frequented by the beau monde.
SIR Brian, a character in Scott's (Ivanhoe.' He is a Knight Templar whose passionate attachment to the beautiful Jewess Rebecca, severe struggle with his pride and tragical death in the lists, form one of the most dramatic features of the romance.
bwa-le-diik (Dutch HER TOGENBOSCH), the capital of the province of North Brabant, in Holland, 49 miles southeast of Amsterdam, at the confluence of the Dommel and the Aa, which form, by their junction, the Diest. It was a strong fortress up to 1876, but has ceased to be kept as such. It is intersected by canals, and among its buildings the chief is the cathedral, in late Gothic, built in 1458-98, with an old tower of the 1 lth century, and a chapel of the 13th, the whole now restored.
Other buildings are the town-hall, palace of jus tice or court-house, the episcopal palace and the government buildings. Bois-le-Duc has many industrial establishments and an active trade. Its chief manufactures are gold and silver wares, cigars, mirrors, boots and shoes, etc. It was founded by Geoffrey III, Duke of Brabant, in 1184. Bois-le-Duc separated from the Dutch states suffered much in the religious wars of the 16th century, and was captured by the Dutch in 1629. On 14 Sept. 1794, the French defeated the English here, and on 9 October of the same year it surrendered to Pichegru. In January 1814, it was taken by the Prussians, but the cit adel held out. Pop. 35,214.