GABARET, a towin of France, in the depart- ment of Landes, seated on the Gelisse, 16 m. W. of Condom.
Gabel, a fortified towin of Bohemia, which com- mands the pass into Lusatia. It is 8 m. S. of Zittau.
Gales, or Gabs. See Cabes.
Gabion, a village of France, in the depart- ment of Herault, 9 m. N. W. of Beziers. It has a mineral spring; and near it is a rock from which issues petroleum.
Gabon, a country of Guinea, bounded on the N. hy Majombo, E. by Anziko, S. by Loango, and AV. hy the Atlantic. It has a river of the same name, which enters the Atlantic a little N. of the equinoctial line. The chief town is Sette.
Gadamis, a town of Barbary, in Biledulgerid, capital of a country ofthe same name. It is 170 m. S. W. of Tripoli. Long. 10. 40. E., lat. 30. 40. N.
Gadebusch, a town of Lower Saxony, in Meck- lenburg, near which the Swedes defeated the Danes and Saxons in 1712. It is 16 m. N. N. W. of Schwerin.
Gaeta, a strong town on the AV. coast of Naples, in Terra di Lavoro, with a fort, a citadel, and a harbour. It was taken by the Austrians in 1707, by the Spaniards in 1734, and by the French in 1806. It is seated at the foot of a mountain, on the gulf of Gaeta, 30 m. N. W. of Capua. Long. 13.47. E., lat. 41. 30. N.
Gaildorf, a town of Franconia, in the lordship of Linburgh, with a castle near the river Koeher, 13 m. AV. of Elwangen.
Gaittac, a town of France, in the department of Tarn, celebrated for its wTine. It is seated on the Tarn, which is here navigable, 10 m. S. AV. of Alby. It is the seat of a prefect, and in 1825 contained 7,310 inhabitants.
Gaillan, a town of France, in the department of Eure, with a magnificent palace, belonging to the archbishop of Rouen. It is 11 m. N. Et of Evreux.and 22. S S. E. of Rouen.
Gaines, ph. Broome Co. Kentucky.
Gainesville, ph. Genesee Co. N. Y. Pop.
1,820.
Gainsborough, village? in Frederick Co. Va. and Jackson Co. Ten. Also a township of Lin- coln Co. Upper Canada. |
Gainsborough, a towin in Lincolnshire. Ena-, seated on the Trent, over which is a handsome stone bridge. It is a river-port of some conse- quence, being accessible to vessels of sufficient size to navigate the sea; and serves as a place of export and import for the N. part of the county, and for Nottinghamshire. It is 17 m. N. AV. of Lincoln, and 149 N. by W. of London. Pop. in 1801, 4,506, and in 1821, 5,893.
Gainsburg, p.v. Christian Co. Ken.
Gairloch, a large bay of Scotland, on the W. coast of Ross-shire, which gives name to a tract of land near it. The fishing of cod, and other white fish, is here very considerable.
Galacz, or Gala, a towin of European Turkey, in Moldavia. In 1790, it was taken by the Rus- sians, after a bloody battle. It is seated on a lake neaj the conflux of the Pruth with the Danube 55 m. W. of Ismael, and 120 S. S. AV. of Bender Long. 28. 24. E., lat. 45. 24. N.
Galapagos, a cluster of islands, in the Pacific Ocean, near the coast of Colombia. They lie under the equator, and the centre island is in long. 85. 30. AV. They are uninhabited, but are frequently visited by the South Sea whale ships for fresh water and provisions. The largest is 60 or 70 m. long and 50 broad.
They are in general barren; but some of the highest have a stunted brushwood, and all of them are covered with the prickly pear-tree, up- on which a large species of land-tortoise lives and thrives in a wonderful manner. The most accu- rate and full account of these curious animals is contained in a very amusing book, Delanos Voyages and Travels, printed at Boston, in 1817. Captain Delano says,xe2x80x94xc2xa3* The Terrapin, or as it is sometimes called, the Land-Tortoise, that is found
at the Galapagos Islands, is by far the largest, best, and most numerous, of any place I ever vis- ited. Some of the largest weigh three or four hundred pounds-; but their common size is be- tween fifty and one hundred pounds. Their shape is somewhat similar to that of our small land-tortoise, which is found upon the upland, and is. like it, high and round on the back. They |