Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bent, James" to "Bibirine" by Various
introduction and notes by G. Gravier (Rouen, 1874), and an English
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translation was edited by R.H. Major for the Hakluyt Society (London,
1872).
See also CANARY ISLANDS, for the controversy as to the relations
between Bethencourt and La Salle.
BETHESDA (i.e. "House of Mercy," John v. 2), better perhaps BETHZATHA or
BETHSAIDA, a pool or public bath in Jerusalem, where miraculous cures
were believed to be performed. The following identifications have been
suggested: _Birket Isra'il_, near St Stephen's gate; a large cistern,
near St Anne's church; the "Twin Pools," north of the Haram (the ancient
Temple area); the _Hammam esh-Shifa'_ or pool of healing, west of the
Haram; the Virgin's fountain, south of the Haram; and the "Pool of
Siloam." Which, if any, of these identifications is correct, it is
impossible to say.
BETHESDA, an urban district of Carnarvonshire, N. Wales, 5 m. from
Bangor, by a branch of the London & North-Western railway. Pop. (1901)
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