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GAVE DE PAU, river, France, XVIII. 414;

xx. 126. GAVELKIND, system of land tenure,

England, x. 119; v. 800; xix. 733;

xx. 305, 307; in Ireland, xin. 218. GAVESTON, Piers, earl of Cornwall, vn.

683; vin. 313.

GAVLE, group of birds, xvin. 45. GAVIAL, Indian crocodile, vi. 593. GAVRE, Prince of (Lamoral Egmont),

vii. 699.

GAVRILOVSK, town, Russia, xxiv. 271. GAWLER, town, South Australia, xxn.

284. GAY, Delphine (Madame E. de Girardin),

French writer, x. 621.

, John, English poet, X. 119; xvin.

347-

, Marie Franchise, French authoress,

X. 120.

GAYA, district and town, India, x. 120.

HARBOUR, British North Borneo,

xxi. 123.

GAY - LUSSAC, Joseph Louis, French physicist and chemist, x. 121; his balloon experiments, I. 194; on fer mentation, IX. 93; on the combinations of gases, v. 465; his experiments on prussic acid, xx. 22 ; his process of silver assaying, II. 727.

GAYLUSSITE, mineral, xvi. 399; xxn. 240.

GAYSIN, town, Russia, xix. 254.

GAZA, town of the Philistines, Palestine, x. 124; xviil. 755; battle of (1244), xxin. 161.

, Theodorus, Greek scholar, x. 125.

GAZELLE, antelope, n. 101.

GAZETTE, London, official newspaper, x. 125; establishment of, xvn. 415.

DE FRANCE, newspaper, xvn. 423. GAZUL, Clara, her alleged dramatic

works (MerimeVs), XVI. 37.

GCALEKALAND, district of Kaffraria, South Africa, xm. 817.

GDOFF, town, Russia, xxi. 190.

GEAN TREE, wild cherry, v. 586.

GEARKSUTITE, mineral, xvi. 384.

GEBAL (Jebeil), ancient town, Syria, xm. 613.

BARKAL, Ethiopia, Pyramids of,

xx. 124.

GEBER (Abu Musa Dschabir), early chemist, x. 125; his discoveries, I. 464.

AL-BATANI (Al-Battani, q.v. Ara bian astronomer, II. 751.

B. AFLAH, Arabian astronomer, xxin. 562.

GEBIR, Lander s poem, xiv. 278. GEBIROL, Ibn (Avicebron, q.v.), Jewish

writer, in. 152; xm. 814; xxi. 426. GEBWEILER, town, Alsace, Germany, x.

126.

GECINUS, genus of birds, xxiv. 651. GECKOS, GECKOTID^E, family of lizards,

x. 126; xiv. 734, 737. GED, William, printer, x. 127.

GEDDES, Alexander, Scottish Biblical

critic, x. 127. , Jenny, originator of uproar against

Scottish liturgy, xxi. 512. GEDROSIA, Parthian satrapy, xvin. 586. GEDYMIN, king of Lithuania, xiv.

702. GEEL, or Gheel, town, Belgium, x.

562. GEELONG, town, Victoria, Australia, x.

128.

GEELVINK BAY, New Guinea, xvn. 386. GEESE, poultry, x. 777; xix. 647. GEEST, district, Oldenburg, Germany,

xvn. 757.

GEESTEMUNDE, town, Germany, x. 128. GEEZ, language of Abyssinia, I. 64; vin.

612; xxi. 654. GEEZEH, Ghizeh, or Gizeh, Egypt,

Pyramids of, II. 385; vii. 771; xx.

123. GEFLE, town, Sweden, x. 128; xxii.

742.

GEFLEBORG, county, Sweden, xxn. 741. GEGEN KHAN, Mongol ruler, xvi. 742. GEHENNA, in eschatology, vin. 536. GEHLENITE, mineral, xvi. 412. GEIB, John, pianoforte maker, xix. 74. GEIBEL, Emmanuel, German lyrist, x.

546.

GEIGE, musical instrument, xxiv. 242. GEIGER, Abraham, Jewish scholar and

theologian, x. 128. GEIJER, Erik Gustav, Swedish historian,

x. 129; xxii. 757. GEIKIE, Walter, Scottish subject painter,

x. 129.

GEILER, or Geyler, Johann, of Kaisers- berg, German preacher, x. 129. GEISERS (Geysers, q.v.), x. 556. GEISSHAUSLER, Oswald, Swiss Reformer,

xx. 331. GEISSLER, Heinrich, German physicist,

x. 130; his mercurial air-pump, XVI.

3-

- TUBE, vin. 64; xix. 229. GEIST DER ZEIT, by Arndt, 11. 622. GELA (Terranuova), ancient town, Sicily,

x. 130; xxn. 16; coins of, xvn. 639. GELASIUS I., pope, x. 130; xix. 492;

as hymn-writer, xil. 582.

II., pope, x. 130. GELATIN, x. 130; v. 579; use of, in

photography, xvin. 828. , Blasting, or Nitroglycerin, xvn.

520. GELATINIGERA, order of Protozoa, xix.

859.

GELBEISENERZ, mineral, xvi. 402. GELDERLAND, ancient duchy, Germany,

XL 243. GELDERN, or Guelders, town, Rhenish

Prussia, XI. 244. GELEE, Claude (Claude of Lorraine, q.v.),

French painter, v. 814. GELELE, chief of Dahomey, vi. 766. GELIMER, Vandal king, xxiv. 59.

CELL, Sir William, English scholar and antiquary, X. 134.

GELLERT, Christian Fiirchtegott, Ger man writer, x. 134, 533; as hymn- writer, xn. 588.

GELLIUS, Aulus, author of the Noctes Atticse, x. 135; his diction and style, xiv. 338.

GELON, tyrant of Syracuse, x. 135; XXII. 16, 814; coins of, xvn. 638.

GELONUS, Grecian settlement, Russia, xxi. 575.

GELSEMIUM, plant and drug, x. 135; xin. 596.

GEM, x. 136.

GEMATRIA, in Mishnah and Kabbalah, xvn. 626.

GEMBLOURS, Belgium, Battle of (1578), ix. 37; xin. 718.

GEMEINDE, Prussian administrative division, xx. 18.

GEMEL RINGS, xx. 561.

GEMEN, Godfrey de, on Gothland sea laws, xxi. 585.

GEMETICUM (Jumieges), France, Abbey of, xin. 772.

GEMINIANI, Francesco, Italian violinist, x. 136.

GEMISTUS, or Pletho, Georgius, Byzan tine scholar, X. 136.

GEMMAE, of plants, xx. 423.

GEMMA FRISIUS, on navigation, xvn. 251.

GEMMATION, Reproduction by, in ascidians, xxin. 617; in corals, VI.

373-

GEMOT, assembly of the township, in early England, IV. 62.

GEMS, Engraved, X. 136; engraving of, Xiv. 298; in rings, xx. 560; Etruscan, vin. 640; Greek, n. 353, 358, 363; Roman, n. 366.

GEMSBOK, antelope, x. 141.

GENAUNI, Rhsetian people, xx. 505.

GENDARMERIE, French police, x. 142.

GENEALOGY, x. 142.

GENELLI, Giovanni Buonaventura, Ger man artist, X. 145.

GENERAL AVERAGE, xin. 187 ; in maritime insurance, in. 145.

GENERAL BOUNCE, Whyte Melville s novel, xv. 844.

GENERATION, in biology, x. 146; in. 687; xx. 407; of molluscs, xvi. 637, 682; of mosses, xvn. 70; of tape worms, xxin. 52; Harvey s work on, xi. 505; Oken s theory of, xvn. 750. , Spontaneous, I. 49; Lamarck on, xiv. 232 ; Leeuwenhoek s refutation of, xiv. 411.

GENES (Genoa, q.v.), town, Italy, x. 1 54.

GENESEE, river, New York, U.S.A., xvn. 451 ; xx. 614; Portage bridge across, iv. 328.

GENESIS, Book of, xvin. 505; the idea of God in, xxin. 236; Philo s com mentary on, xvin. 762.