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pany with fix other pcrfons, members of the fame focicty. 

 On liis arrival he remained at Pekin, ftudying the language, 

 and during tliis jierlod, being admitted frequently into the 

 prefence of the cmpi ror, he lo ingratiated himfelf with him, 

 as to obtain an appointment to join an cmbafTy fejit to regu- 

 late the boimdarirs with the court of Mufcovy. He con- 

 tributed much to the fuccefs of this bufmefs, and on his re- 

 turn to China was treated wnth great honour by the empe- 

 ror, who chofc him his inftruftor in mathematics and philo- 

 fophy. Gcrbillon is fuppofed to have enjoyed more advan- 

 tages than ahnoft any other perfon, for ftudying the man- 

 ners of the Chincfe court, and for making obfcrvations on 

 the neighbouring country. He obtained pcrmifTion to preach 

 the Chriftian religion in China, and had the direftion of the 

 French college in Pekin, and was in the end made fupcrior- 

 {Tcncral of all the miflionavies fent from France. He died at 

 Pekin in the year 1707, leaving behind him curious accounts 

 nf his eight journeys into Tartary, which have been prmted 

 in Du Halde's Deicription de la Chine. He was the author 

 iif the " Elen-vents of Geometry," and of a work on Per- 

 fpeftive, botli printed in a very handfome manner at Pekin. 

 Moreri. 



GERBOA, in Zoology. See Dipus. 



GERBSTADT, in Geography, a town of Germany, in 

 llie county of Mansfcid ; 30 miles S.W. of DefTau. N. lat. 

 ji" 40'. E. long. 1 1'' 47'. 



GERDAU, a river of Luneberg, which runs into the 

 llmenau, at Oldenftadt. 



GERDAVEN, a town of Pruffia, in the province of 

 >latangen, fituated on the Omet, near a confiderable lake, 

 which'is called the " Calendar of Gerdavcn," from its prog- 

 Bofticating the weather ; 30 miles S.E. of Konigiberg. 

 N. lat. 54" 16'. E. long. 21° 27'. 



GERDEN, a town of Germany, in thebifhopric of Pa- 

 ierborn ; 14 miles E. of Paderborn. 



GER.DES, Daniel, in Biography, was born at Bremen 

 in I 6g8, where his father was engaged in a commercial lite. 

 Great care was taken of the education of Daniel, who made 

 a rapid progrefs in the claflics. At firft it was intended he 

 Ihould purfue the law as a profeffion, but the plan vs-as 

 (hanged, and he devoted himfelf to the ftudy of theology. 

 In 1722 he was admitted into holy orders, and immediately 

 afterwards made a tour on the continent, and formed an ac- 

 quaintance v.ith the moil learned men of that period. In 

 1726 he was admitted to the degree of doftor, aijd in 1735 

 he was chofen profefTor of theology at Groningen, and upon 

 his entrance on the office he delivered an oration " De unc- 

 tione qus Fideles omnia docet." The fame year he was 

 flefted a metnber of the royal academy of fciences at Ber- 

 lin. He died in the year 1765, leaving behind him many 

 works ttiat bear ample teftiraony to his learning and zeal in 

 the cauie of literature. His writings are moftly theological, 

 and tend to the elucidation of the difficult parts of the Old 

 and New Teilament. Gen. Biog. 



GERDIN. in Geography, a town of Rufiia, in the go- 

 vernment of Perm, fituated on the Colva ; 152 miles N. of 

 Perm. N. la?. 59 ' 40'. E. long. 56 r4'. 



GERDOBA, a irioimtain of Africa ; 80 miles E. of 

 Angela. 



GEREEK, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 12 miles 

 S. of Bahar. 



GEREM, a town of Grand Bucliaria ; 15 miles S S.W.; 

 of Badaklhan. 



GEREMSCHANGKAIA, a town of Ruffin, in the 

 gcvcrnment of Upha f 36 miles W. N.W. of Bugul- 



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GEREN, a town of Pruffia, in Pomerelia, on tbff 

 Vilhila ; 9 miles W.S.W. of Marienburg. 



GERENIAjOrGERi xiL'M,in^naVn/Gfo/r(7^/>V, atownot" 

 Italy. — Alfo, a town of the Peloponnefus, in Laconia. Ptole- 

 my. — Alfo, a town of Meffenia, on an eminence, S.W. of Ala-> 

 goiiia. Paufanias fays that this town was the fame with the 

 " Enope" of Homer. It was confecrated to Machaon, aii 

 ingenious phyfician, flain by Eryphilus, whofe bones were 

 collefted by Neftor, and depofited at Rhodon, near this- 

 town. It had a temple dedicated to Machaon. Eaft of it 

 was a mountain called " Calatheon,' on which was a temple 

 confecrated to Calathea, with a grotto, having a ftrait en- 

 trance, and containing in its interior many ciiriofities. 



GEPv^ENNA, or Jerexna, in Gi-ogmphy, a town of 

 Spain, in the province of Seville, furrounded by large ftones, 

 fuppofed to have been the efFctl of an earthquake ; 12 miles 

 N.N.W. of Seville. 



GERENSCHANSKOI, a fortrcfs of Ruffian Siberia, 

 in the government of Kolivan ; 240 miles S. S.W. of Koli- 

 van. N. lat. 50° 45'. E. long. 79 14'. 



GERESHEIM, a town of the duchy of Berg ; 5 miles 

 E. of DuOcldorf. 



GE RE SOL, in MnJc, one of the clefs. 



GERESPA, in y'ncietit Geography, a town of Afia, in 

 the interior of Media, fometiuies called Gerepa, and Ge- 

 refa. 



GERESTADT, in Geography, a town of Norway, in 

 thebifliopric of Aggcrhuus ; 32 miles S.W of Tonfberg. 



GERESTO, a town of tha ifland of Negropont ; i^ 

 miles S.of Carillo. 



GEREUTH, a town of tlie princip-ality of Wurzburg ;. 

 J miles N. of Ebern. 



GERFALCON, GyufALCOn, or Jerfalcon, (feepALCO^. 

 This is naturally a very bold, wild and tierce bird, and is 

 therefore very difficult to be reclaimed ; but when that is done 

 it proves one of the very bed kinds, and will fly at almoft any 

 thing. The beak of the gerfalcon is always blue, and the 

 claws are remarkably long and ilrong. 



In goiag up to the gate, as the fportfmen exprefs it, thefe 

 bird.-i do not hold the fame fort of courfe that othej-s do, but 

 immediately climb up upon the train on fight of tiie bird, 

 and as foon as they have reached her, they immediately make 

 the attack, and generally pull her down at the firft encounter; 

 but if not, always at the fecond or third. 



This fort of hawk is to be fed Aid rewarded like the others^ 

 It is of a very fly and crafty nature, and is fo flothful, that 

 it loves to keep the cafting a long time ; therefore, inftcad of. 

 cotton, it is proper to give them fometimcs a cafting of tow, 

 and to keep them fharp f.t. As to the reclaiming this fort 

 of hawk, it is only to be done by gtntlenefs and kindntfs; 

 and when flie has been taught to be turned loofe, fhe is not 

 to be taught to come to the pelts of hens or otlicr fowl. But 

 (he muft never be fuffered to tafte any living fiefti, for that 

 \\ ill be apt to draw away her love from the hand and voice. 

 Whenever file eats, the falconer muft be clofe to her, and 

 muft make her eat the choiceft pieces out of his hand. There 

 is great care to be taken in the making of theft birds, for as 

 they are made at firft, fo they are for ever ; and it is a nccef- 

 fary caution, with birds of this bold and fierce nature, not to 

 hurry over the bufinefs, but to ix'peat the fame thing very 

 often till it is perfetlly fixed. See Falconry. 



GERGAR, in Geography, a town of Spain, in the pro. 

 vlncc of Gi'enada ; 10 miles S! W. of Purchena. 



GERGEFALVA, atown of Tranfilvania; 16 miles W. 

 N. W. of Hcrmenftadt. 

 GERGESA. See Gerasa. 



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