GEORGE. 



of pope Boniface IX. in the year 1404. The foundation of 

 this order was laid by Bartholomew Colonna, who preached, 

 in I ^96, at Padua, and fomc other villages in the ftate of 

 Venice. Pope Pius V. in 1570, gavs thefe canons prece- 

 dence of all other religious. Another congregation of the 

 fame inftitute in Sicily, Sec. 



St. Georo-e's Cro/s. See Cross. 



George n:>i!e, a piece of gold, current at fix fhillings and 

 eight-pence in the reign of king Henry VIII. 



Gi:oRGE Bani, in Geography, a rocky flioal, near the weft 

 coaft of Sumatra. N. lat. 3- 48'. E. long. 96' 12'. 



George, Cape,?, cape on the S. coaft of Kerguelen's Land. 

 N. lat. 49 54'. E. long. 70^ 13'. — Alfo, a cape on the W. 

 coaft of Newfoundland. N. lat. 48' 28'. W. long. 59' 



17' Alfo, a cape on the N. coaft of the ifland of South 



Georgia. S. lat. 54^ 17'. VV. long. 36 32'. — Alfo, a 

 cape on the coaft of Peru. S. lat. 23 '50'. — Alfo, a cape 

 on the coaft of New Holland, dilcovered on St. George's 

 day by lieutenant Cook, and fo called by him. S. lat. 

 35' 10'. W. long. 208' 51'. 



George, St., Caps, a cape on the W. coaft of Newfound- 

 land. N. lat. 49^ :^o'. W. long. 59^ Alfo, the fouthern 



extremity of New Ireland. S. lat. 5-. E. long. 152 15'. 



George Creek, a town of America, in Alleghany county, 

 Maryland; 152 miles from Wafr.ington. — Alfo, a river of 

 America, which runs into the Potowmack ; 12 i^iiles S.W. 

 of Fort Cumberland. 



George IJlani, an ifland of America, lying between 

 lake Superior and lake Huron. N. lat. 46" 15'. W. 

 long. 84 ' 20'. 



George's Jflands, two iiOands in the South Pacific occean, 

 difcovered by Commodore Byron in 1765, and fo called by 

 him in honour of his majefty. They were again obferved 

 by captain Cook in 1774, in the paflage from the Marque- 

 fas to Otaheite. One of thefe iflands, called by the inhabit- 

 ants " Tiookea'' was of an oval fliape, and about 10 leagues 

 in circuit, lying in the direttion of E.S.E. and W.N. W., 

 and fituated in S. lat. 34' 27' 30", and W. long. 144' 56'. 

 The inhabitants of this, and probably of the other low ifles, 

 are of a much darker colour than thofe of the higher ifland.s, 

 and feem to be of a much more ferine difpofition ; which 

 captain Cook attributes to their fituation. Nature not 

 having beftowed her favours on thefe low iflands with that 

 profufion ftie has done to fome others, the inhabitants are 

 chietlv indebted to the fea for their fubfiftence ; confequently 

 they are much expofed to the fun and weather, and thus 

 become more dark in colour, and more hardy and robuft ; 

 for without doubt they are of the fame nation. They were 

 obferved to be ftout, well-made men, and on their Ijodies 

 Was marked the figure of a fifli ; — a very good emblem of 

 their profeftion. The other iiland was iimilar to the former, 

 extending N. E. and S.W.. near four leagues, and from five 

 to three miles broad. It lies S.W. by W. 'two leagues 

 dittant from the weft end of Tiookea ; and the middle is 

 fituated in S. lat. 14° 37'. W. long. 145' 10'. The natives 

 of thefe i.lands appeared to be armed with long fpears and 

 clubs ; their afpeft and movements were hoftile ; fome of 

 them, however, appeared to captain Cook tomanifeft a 

 friendly difpofition ; but they fecmed to have no inclination 

 to mnintain any intercourfe with him. They fupplied him 

 ■with dogs, which were pTenriful, aid cocoa-nuts, which were 

 the only fruit they faw. Thefe furniilied them with almoft 

 all the necelfaries of life, particularly food, fails, cordage, 

 timber, and veffels to hold v/ater ; and v/ith a view to this 

 life of them, tlieir habitations, which were mean low hovels, 

 thatched with cocoa-nut branches, were fclected near 

 groves of thefe trees. Ecurvy-grafs was obtained in 



great abundance. Their canoes, which they arc cfextrous 

 m navigating, are large and curioufly conftrufted. Com- 

 modore Byron obferved the ftiore to be covered with coi-al, 

 and the ftiells of very large pearl-oyfters ; and he conceived 

 that a very profitable pearl-fiftiery might be cftabiiihed on 

 thefe idands. The women had a piece of cloth, appearing 

 to be fabricated of the fame ftuff with their fails, which 

 hung from the waift as low as the knee ; but the men, were 

 ftark naked. Near the huts of thefe people were buildings, 

 that appeared to be burying-placcs, from the ftrufture of 

 which it was inferred that they had great veneration for tlie 

 dead. Freih water is icarce. Each of thefe iflands has in 

 it a lagoon, or large falt-water lake. The people are much 

 addicted to theft. 



George Lake, a lake of Eaft Florida, which is an en- 

 largement of the river St. Juan, or St. .lohn. It is alio called 

 " Great Lake," being about 15 miles wide, and generally 

 about 15 or 20 feet deep, except at the entrance, which has 

 a bar with 8 or 9 feet of water. This lake is beautified 

 with two or three fertile ifland,<, the largeft of which is 

 about two miles broad, commanding an extenfive profpeft, 

 bearing evident marks of a large town of the Aborigines, 

 and appearing to have been the chofen refidencc of an In- 

 dian prince. — Alfo, a lake that lieS to the foulhward of 

 lake Champlain. Tlie portage between the two lakes is one 

 mile and a half. The water of this lake is verv- clear, and 

 was formerly uled by the French in Canada for facramental 

 purpoies, whence the lake was denominated lake " Sacra- 

 ment." This lake is about 36 miles long, and from one to 

 feven v.'ide. It embofoms more than two hundred iflands ; 

 or, as fome fay, three hundred and fixty-five ; moft of which, 

 are barren rocks, coversd only with heath and a few cedar, 

 fpruce, and hemlock trees and flirubs, and abounding with 

 rattle-fnakes. The remains of Fort George ftand at the 

 fouth end of the lake, about 14 miles N. by W. of Fort 

 Edward, on Kudfon river. The famous fort of Ticonde- 

 roga, which ftood on the north fide of the outlet of the 

 lake, where it difcharges its water into lake Champlain, is 

 now in ruins. — Alfo, a lake in Upper Canada, fituated be- 

 low the Falls of St. Mary, and N. of Muddy lake ; it ia 

 about 25 miles long, -,vith very ftiallow water. 



George'j Sour.d. vSee Nootka. 



George, St., the largeft of the Bermudas iflands, about 

 15 r.-.iles in length and three in breadth, containing about 

 500 houfes, furrounded and defended by a chain of rocks, 

 which extend fome way into the fea, fo that Ihips can ap- 

 proach it only in two places, and not without the afiiftance 

 of an experienced pilot. It is divided into nine parifties or 

 diftrifts. It has a town of the fame nam.e, containing a 

 town-houfe, where the governor, council and magiilrates 

 affemble, a handfome church, and a library. N. lat. 32 40'. 

 W. long. 64" 32'. (See Bermud.vs). — Alfo, a town, or 

 rather village, nearly in the centre of Newcaftle county, in 

 the ftate of Delaware, N. America ; fituated on a creek 

 of the fame name, which falls into the Delaware river four 

 miles below it, and a little above Reedy ifland ; 45 miles 

 S.W. of Philadelphia — Alfo, a town and capital of the 

 idaud of Grenada, and alfo one of its fix pariftiLS, formerly 

 called by the French •' Fort Royale." It is fituated in 3 

 fpacious bay, on the weft fide of the ifland, not far from 

 the fouth end, and pofieifes one of the fafeft and moft com- 

 modious harbours in the Englifti Weft Indies, which has 

 been lately fortified at a great cxpence, and being one of 

 the ports of entry belonging to the ifi;.nd was made a fea- 

 port by 27 Geo. HI. c. 27. The town of St. George is 

 built ehiefiy of brick, and makes a handfome appearance. 

 It is divided by a ridge, which, running into the fea, forms 



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