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GHUZZ, Turkish tribe, XXI. 634; XXlll.

660. GlACOMlNO of Verona, early Italian

poet, XIII. 499. GIAFAR, or Jaafar, vizier to Haroun

al-Rashid, in. 377. GIALLO ANTICO, yellow marble, xv.

529.

GIA LONG, Annamese king, xxm. 440. GlAMA-NU-CHU, river, Tibet, xxm.

339, 34i- Gl AM BELLI, Federigo, Italian military

engineer, x. 570. GIANETTO DA PALESTINA (Palestrina),

Italian composer, xvm. 178 ; xvn.

84. GIANIBELLI, Federigo (Giambelli),

Italian military engineer, x. 570. GIANNI, Lapo, Italian writer, xin. 502. GIANNONE, Pietro, Italian historian, x.

570; XXIV. 212. GIANNUZZI, Giulio (Pippi), Italian

painter, xix. 112. GIANT, x. 571; xvi. 762. GIANT-CELLS, in repair of animal

tissue, xvm. 366. GIANTS AND DWARFS, Stories of, vn.

567-

GIANT S CAUSEWAV, Ireland, x. 572. GIANTS STAIRCASE, Venice, xxiv. 153. GIARRE, town, Sicily, x. 572. GIAVENO, town, Italy, x. 572. GIB, Adam, Scottish divine, x. 572;

xxm. 728. GIBBON, ape, n. 150.

, Edward, English historian, x. 572;

on the progress of Christianity, v.

696 ; his place in English literature,

vin. 431. GIBBONS, Grinling, English wood-carver

and decorator, x. 582; V. 169; XXI.

560.

, Orlando, English musical com poser, x. 582; xvn. 85. GIBBS, James, architect, n. 444. , James A. E., improver of sewing

machine, XXI. 719. GIBBSITE, mineral, XVI. 388. GIBEON, town, Palestine, x. 583. GIBRALTAR, town and fortress, Spain,

x. 583; origin of the name, xvi. 573;

acquisition of, by Great Britain (1704),

ix. 582; xxii. 336; French attack on

(1779), IX. 594. , Straits of, Currents in, ill. 20; xv.

GIBSON, Edmund, bishop of London, x.

586. , John, bookbinder to James I., IV.

42.

-, John, English sculptor, x. 586 ;

XXI. 561.

, Richard, English dwarf, vn. 568.

GlCHTEL, Johann Georg, German

mystic, x. 588 ; editor of Boehme s

works, ill. 854; xvii. 135. GIDDINESS, Epileptic, disease, vin. 480.

GIDEON, of Scripture, x. 588; xin. 401. GIDI, plateau, Sahara, Africa, xxi. 149. GIEBEL, C. G., on ornithology, xvm.

14, 21.

GIEN, town, France, x. 589. GIERACI, or Gerace, town, Italy, X. 439. GIESECKITE, mineral, xvi. 418, 425. GIESELER, Johann Karl Ludwig, Ger man church historian, x. 589 ; his

History, v. 765.

GIESHUBEL, spa, Bohemia, xvi. 436. GIESING, suburb of Munich, Bavaria,

xvii. 24. GIESSEN, town, Germany, x. 589 ;

academy of sciences at, I. 72; univer sity, xxm. 845. GIFFORD, George, writer on witchcraft,

xxiv. 621.

, William, English writer, x. 590. GlFFORDGATE, Haddington, Scotland,

birthplace of John Knox, XL 363;

XIV. 130.

GIFT, in law, x. 590. GIG, boat, xxi. 31, 825. GlGANTOMACHlA, on altar at Per-

gamum, xv. 143. GIGIA (Gijon), ancient town, Spain, x.

590. GlG Li, Girolamo, Sienese scholar and

philologist, xxii. 43. GIGLIO, island, Italy, xin. 440. GiHON, river, Central Asia, xvm. 101.

, Well of, Jerusalem, xin. 639.

GiJON, town, Spain, x. 590.

GILAN, or Ghilan, province, Persia, X.

566; xvm. 627. GILBART, John William, English writer

on banking, x. 591. GILBERT, St, of Sempringham, English

monk, x. 593. (Gilbertus Anglicus), English writer

on medicine, XV. 807. -, FranQois Hilaire, French veteri

nary surgeon, xxiv. 198. , Sir Humphrey, English navigator,

x. 591; governor of Newfoundland,

XVII. 385.

, Nicolas Joseph Laurent, French

poet, x. 591; ix. 665. , William, English scientist, x. 592;

on electricity, vin. 3; on magnetism,

xv. 221. DE LA PORREE, French philosopher,

x. 592; xxi. 423. GlLBERTINES, order of monks, xiv.

656. GILBERT ISLANDS, Pacific Ocean, xvi.

256; xvm. 128; xix. 426. GILBERTITE, mineral, xvi. 413. GILBERT S ACT, English poor law, xix.

467. GILBERT S PEAK, Uintah Range, U.S.A.,

xxm. 796; xxiv. 19. GIL BLAS, Le Sage s romance, xiv. 472. GILBOA, Palestine, Battle of, xm. 404. GILCHRIST, Harold, Norwegian chief,

xvii. c88.

GILCHRIST, John, Hindi and Urdu

scholar, XI. 849. GILD, or Guild (q.v.), XL 259 ; vi.

39- GILDAS, early British historian, x. 593;

v. 315; xx. 643.

, missionary to Ireland, XIII. 249. GILDEBERT, bishop of Tours, XI. 814. GILDING, x. 593; v. 169; for house

decoration, IV. 508; electro, vill. 116. GILEAD, of Scripture, x. 594; xvi. 534;

xvm. 176. GILES, St, x. 595. GILFILLAN, George, Scottish man of

letters, x. 595.

GlLGAL, of Scripture, x. 596. GiLGlT, district, India, x. 596. GILL, Alexander, Milton s schoolmaster,

xvi. 324.

, David, his micrometer, xvi. 246.

, John, English Rabbinical scholar,

x. 599.

, Lough, Ireland, xxii. 159. GlLLAROO, fish, XXI. 223.

GILLESPIE, George, Scottish divine, x.

599- , Thomas, founder of Scottish Relief

Church, X. 599; XIX. 685; XXIII. 728. GiLLiES, John, Scottish historian, x.

599-

GILLIS S LAND, island, Spitsbergen, xxii. 408.

GILLMAN, James, friend of Coleridge, VI. 136.

GILLOLO, or Jilolo, island, Indian Archi pelago, XIII. 692.

GILLRAY, James, English caricaturist, x. 600; v. 104.

GILLS, of fishes, XII. 636, 656; xx. 475.

GILLY, William Stephen, writer on the Waldensian Church, xxiv. 325.

GILLYFLOWER, plant, x. 601; xix. 107.

GiLOLO, or Jilolo, island, Indian Archi pelago, xin. 692.

GILPIN, Bernard, English clergyman, x. 601. , William, English writer, X. 602.

GILYAKS, race of people, Saghalin, Asia, xxi. 147.

GlMlRR^E, the Cimmerians, xv. 100.

GiMLET, boring tool, XI. 438.

GIMMEL RINGS, xx. 561.

GlMSO, island, Norway, Xiv. 769.

GIN, spirituous liquor, x. 602.

GINCKELL, Godart van, earl of Ath- lone, x. 602.

GINDARUS, Syria, Battle of (38 B.C.), xvm. 597.

GINDELY, Antonine, Bohemian his torian, xxii. 153.

GlNESTRA, La, Leopardi s lyric, xiv. 465.

GlNGELLY OIL, XVII. 746; XXI. 693.

GINGER, plant and spice, x. 603. GINGHAM, textile fabric, x. 604. GINGKO NUT, xvii. 664.