BADIS, a fortres of Livonia, subject to Russia, and situated 20 miles west of Revel, in 23° E. long. and 59° 15' N. lat.

BÆTUS, in ichthyology. See Cottus.

BÆTYLIA, anointed stones, worshipped by the Phœnicians, by the Greeks before the time of Cecrops, and by other barbarous nations. They were commonly of a black colour, and consecrated to some god, as Saturn, Jupiter, the Sun, &c.

BÆZA, a large city of Andalusia in Spain, situated on the river Guadalquivir, in 3° 15' W. long. and 37° 40' N. lat.