oyed in the task were invented by him.

See J.B. Biot, "Notice sur Borda" in the _Mem. de l'Acad. des
Sciences_, iv.

BORDAGE. (i) A nautical term (from Fr. _bord_, side) for the planking on
a ship's side. (2) A feudal term (from Lat. _borda_, a cottage) for the
tenure by which a certain class of villein held their cottages; also
the services due from these villeins or "bordars." A "bordar" (Med. Lat.
_bardarius_) was a villein who obtained a cottage from his lord in
return for menial services (see VILLENAGE).

BORDEAUX, a city of south-western France, capital of the department of
Gironde, 359 m. S.S.W. of Paris by a main line of the Orleans railway
and 159 m. N.W. of Toulouse on the main line of the Southern railway.
Pop. (1906) 237,707. Bordeaux, one of the finest and most extensive
cities in France, is situated on the left or west bank of the Garonne
about 60 m. from the sea, in a plain which comprises the wine-growing
district of Medoc. The Garonne at this point describes a semicircle,
separating the city proper on the left bank from the important suburb of
La Bastide on the right bank. The river is crossed by the Pont de
Bordeaux, a fine stone structure of the early 19th century, measuring
1534 ft. in length, and by a railway bridge connecting the station of
the Orleans railway company in La Bastide with that of the Southern
company on the left bank. Looking west from the Pont de Bordeaux, the
view embraces a crescent of wide and busy quays with a background of
lofty warehouses, factories and mansions, behind which rise towers and
steeples. Almost at the centre of the line of quays is the Place des
Quinconces, round which lie the narrow, winding streets in which the
life of the city is concentrated. Outside this quarter, which contains
most of the important buildings, the streets are narrow and quiet and
bordered by the low white houses which at Bordeaux take the place of the
high tenements characteristic of other large French towns. The whole
city is surrounded by a semicircle of boulevards, beyond which lie the
suburbs of Le Bouscat, Cauderan, Merignac, Talence and Begles. The
principal promenades are situated close together near the centre of the
city. They comprise the beautiful public garden, the allees de Tourny
and the Place des Quinconces. The latter is planted with plane trees,
among which stand two huge statues of Montaigne and Montesquieu, and
terminates upon the quays with two rostral