BATH`URST

   1) (8), the capital of British Gambia, at the mouth of the river Gambia, in Western Africa; inhabited chiefly by negroes; exports palm-oil, ivory, gold dust, &c.

   2) (10), the principal town on the western slopes of New South Wales, second to Sydney, with gold mines in the neighbourhood, and in a fertile wheat-growing district.

   3) [m2]   a district in Upper Canada, on the Ottawa, a thriving place and an agricultural centre.