n" was introduced by Mayer-Eymar in 1857 for the continental
equivalents of the series.

Hampshire basin and Paris Basin.
Isle of Wight.

Barton Sands 140-200 ft. } { Limestone of St. Ouen.
Barton Clay 162-255 ft. } Bartonien { Sands of Beauchamp
{ (_sables moyen_).

_Fusus longaevus_, _Volutilithes luctatrix_, _Ostrea gigantea_,
_Pectunculus (Glycimeris) deleta_ are characteristic fossils; fishes
(_Lamna_, _Arius_, &c.) and a crocodile (_Diplocynodon_) are also found in
the Barton Clay. The sands are very pure and are used in glass making.

See "Geology of the Isle of Wight," _Mem. Geol. Survey_ (2nd ed., 1889);
and "The Geology of the Country around Southampton," _Mem. Geol. Survey_
(1902).

(J. A. H.)

BARTON-UPON-HUMBER, a market town in the N. Lindsey or Brigg parliamentary
division of Lincolnshire, England, the terminus of a branch of the Great
Central railway, 44 m. N. by E. of Lincoln. Pop. of urban district (1901)
5671. It lies beneath low hills, on flat ground bordering the Humber, but
the centre of the town is a mile from the river. The church of St Peter has
a remarkable west tower of pre-Conquest workmanship, excepting the early
Norman top storey. Against the western face is a low building of the date
of the lower tower-storeys, measuring 15 ft. by 12, with rude,
deeply-splayed windows. The tower itself is arcaded in the two lower
storeys, having round arches in the lower and triangular in the upper, and
there is a round-headed S. doorway and a triangular-headed N. doorway. The
rest of the church is Decorated and Perpendicular. The church of St Mary is
fine Early English with Perpendicular clerestory. Industries include
brick-making, malting, and rope-making. Barton appears in Domesday, when
the ferry over the Humber existed. As a port, moreover, it subsequently
rose into some importance, for it was able to supply eight ships and men to
the expedition of Edward III. to Brittany.

BARUCH, the name (meaning "Blessed" in Hebrew) of a character in the Old
Testament (Jer. xxxvi., xxxvii., xliii.), associated with the prophet
Jeremiah, and described as his secretary and spokesman.

BOOK OF BARUCH. This deutero-canonical book of the Old Testament is placed
by the LXX. between _Jeremiah_ and _Lamentations_, and in the Vulgate after
_Lamentations_. It consists of several parts, which cohere so badly that we
are oblige