a kind of Taufage, made with the eggs and blood of the mullet, a large fish common in the Mediterranean. The best kind comes from Tunis in Barbary: It must be chosen dry and reddish. The people of Provence use a great deal of it, the common way of eating it being with olive oil and lemon juice.

**BOTANY-BAY.** See NEW HOLLAND.

**BOTANOMANCY**, (from *botan*, herb, and *pausia*, divination), an ancient species of divination, by means of plants; especially sage and fig-leaves. The manner of performing it was thus: the persons who consulted wrote their own names and their questions on leaves, which they exposed to the wind; and as many of the letters as remained in their own places were taken up, and being joined together, contained an answer to the question.

a kind of Taufage, made with the eggs and blood of the mullet, a large fish common in the Mediterranean. The best kind comes from Tunis in Barbary: It must be chosen dry and reddish. The people of Provence use a great deal of it, the common way of eating it being with olive oil and lemon juice. common speech: as, It is bottlefs to attempt such a thing; that is, It is in vain to attempt it.