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GHAT, a fir.nll idund in tbe river St. Lavwcncc. K. 

 lat. 3 J ;^,o'. W. Umg. 93" 20'. 



GHAVKANI, a town of Pcrfia, in the pi-ovincc of" 

 Irak ; 27 mil.-s E. ut" Ifp:i!inn. 



GHEBAN. See GiiisAx. 



GHEDRABA. a tuv.n of Perfia, in the provincj of 

 Irak; 5 miles N.W. of Ifpahan. 



GHEDI, a town of Italy, in the department of the 

 Mcki ; 10 miles S. of Breiei,!. 



(jHEDEMIS. See Gadamis. 



GHEDEN, a town of Ailatic Turkey, in the govern- 

 ment of Sivas ; 15 miles S. of Amaiioh. 



GHEDMAN, a town of Perfia, in Chorafan ; iS miles 

 S. of Herat. 



GHEIRA, a town of Af.atic Turkey, in Natolia ; 38 

 miles N.N.E. of Moj-la. 



GHEIVE, a to\vn of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia ; 20 

 miles E.N.E. of Ifnik. 



GHELA, a town of Arabia, on the Coaft of the Red 

 fea, anciently called" Ocalis ;" 48 miles S.S.E. of Mo- 

 vlia. 



(iHELEN, SiGisMOXD, in Biography, was born of a 

 refpechtble family at Prague When he had attained to a 

 proper age for improvement by foreign travel, he went into 

 I'ra'ice and Italy, and acquired an accurate knowledge of 

 the languages of thofe countries. On his return he paded 

 through Bahl, and made himfelf known to Erafmus, at 

 whofe recommendation Froben engaged him as his correftor 

 t)f the prefs, by wliich he gained a fmall but competent 

 nwintenance. He foon alTumed a higher office than that 

 of correttor of proof-fheets, and joined to it the dii- 

 : ties ot a critic and trandator. He publiftied a diftionary 

 of the Greek, Latin, German and Dalmatian languages ; 

 and annotations upon Pliny and Eivy. He tranflated from 

 the Greek iato Latin the Antiquities of Jofeptius, fome 

 Homilies of Chryloilom, and many otlier learned works. 

 Juil before his death, which happened in 1554, he had em- 

 ployed his talents on, and nearly finiflied, a verlion of Juflin 

 Martyr's works. Behdes thofe already mentioned he was 

 edttor of many other works. He was acute and ingenious, 

 and wrote with elegance and fluency. In his private character 

 ke was mild and placid, iimple and fmccre. Moreri. 



GHEMARA. See Gemaha. 



GHEJ^vlE, in Gei^rnphy, a town of Italy, in the depart- 

 .ment of the Gogua ; 13 miles N.N.AV. of Novara. 



GHEMISH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the go- 

 ^crnmei^f of Sivas ; 24 miles W. of Amafieh. 



GHENNA. Sec G:nvNA. 



GHENT, a city of France, and chief place of a dif- 

 tricl, in the department of the Scheldt, formerly capital of 

 Aiiilrian Flanders, fituated on the conflux of the rivers 

 Scheldt, Lis, Moeze, and I^ieve, which, together with a 

 number of canals, interfect it in a variety of dlreftions, and 

 divide the town into 26 fmall iilands. It is encompaffed by 

 ■jvalls about 15 miles In circumference, and includes gardens 

 and corn-fields. Siace the French revolution it has been di- 

 \ided into four quarters, viz.. North, South, Eaft, and 

 V/eft, and as many cantons. "The former contains 15,000, 

 and the correfpoiiding canton 17,454 hiiiabitants, on a terri- 

 tory of 22^ kilioraetres, in two communes ; the fecond, or 

 fonth, contains 15,000, and its canton 16,469 inliabitants, on 

 a territory of 35 kiliometres, in two communes ; th.e third, 

 or eall, includes 13,000, and its canton 1-6,073 inhabitants, 

 on a territory of 35 kiliom.etres, in three communes; and 

 the fourth, or well, contains 13,000, and its canton 18,319 

 inhabitants, on a territory of fifteen kiliometres, in thi-ee 

 «o;runune8 This city was firft chofen for tlicir habitatioii 



by tha Nervii, and afterwards occupied by the Vandals, w{\« 

 gave it the name of " Wanda," \vhencc the prefent appella- 

 tion of Gaud, or Ghent, is fuppofed to be derived. If 

 was oncompafTed with walls by Odoaccr, gra'r.d forefler of 

 Flanders, and has iince been frequently enlarged, particular- 

 ly in the year 1397, by order of Philip the Bold, 25th 

 count of Flanders. The inhabitants were always warlilic, 

 and often engaged in mihtary contells with their own princes, 

 and with their ncighbcSins, which were conducted in many 

 intlanccs with favage cruelty, and terminated in extenfive and 

 fanguhiary flaughter. Ghent was the birth-place of Charles 

 v., of whofe nativity in their town the inhaliita-.jts h.^d little 

 reafon to boall, as he loaded them with frequent and heavy 

 impofitions, challil'ed ihera with rigour for their occafional 

 revolts, and fii'jjecled the magillrales and feveral of the 

 chief citi/,ens to the moll; humiliating treatment. This con- 

 diU^ on his part inflamed their difpolilion to revolt, and tlie 

 confequence was, that one of the . iinell cities in Europe 

 was reduced to a ftate of ])erfecl folitude. However, it af- 

 terwards regained fome fnmll portion of its ancient fplendour, 

 and became, atleafl jirevioufly to ijmes of itcent confulioii, 

 eonfiderable. In November 7676, was concluded in this 

 city the famous treaty called the" Treaty of Ghent,'' con- 

 fifting of 25 articles, and amongfL others fome of them fli- 

 pulating' that the Spanifliand foreign troops fliould leave the 

 country, that the provinces of Holland and Zealand fliould 

 remain united with the others, that tlie Catholic religion 

 fliould be maintained, and that the ancient privileges of the 

 country (huuldbe fecurc ; and this treaty was approved and 

 ratified by Philip II., king of Spain. In 1678 Ghent was 

 taken by Louis XIV., king of France, but reftored to 

 Spain at the treaty of Nimeguen in the fame year ; and it 

 remained in their poffefiioji till it was taken by the allies 

 in 1706, after the battle of Ramillies. It was feized by thff 

 French in 1 708, but recaptured by the allies under prince Eu- 

 gene and the duke of Marlborough, in the fame year. Ghent 

 was erefted into a bifliopric in 151; 9 by pope Paul IV., at ths 

 folleitation of Philip II., king of Spain, fiilijeft to the arelibir 

 fhop of IvTalines. It had, bcfules the cathedral, fix parifh 

 churches, and many religious houfes- : fome of the lireets 

 are broad aiul well-paved, and the market places fpacious, in, 

 the midH of one of which is a flatue of Charles V., ifi 

 his imperial habit. Ghent carries on a eonfiderable trade in 

 cloth, linen, lace, and filk manufactures, and is much 

 alliiled, in favourable times, by two navigable canals ; 

 one to Sas-de-Ghent, and auothw- t« Bruges, Ollend, 

 &c. The magiilracy " confifls of burgomalters, echevins, 

 pnd common-council. John, the third foil of Edv,~ird III., 

 king of England, was born in this city, and from this cir- 

 cumllance called Jolui of Gaunt. In November 1792, the 

 French took pofleflion of this city', but evacuated it on the- 

 retreat of Dumourier ; however, they afterwards regained 

 it in their progrefs through the country : 30 miles S. VV. of 

 Antwerp. N. lat. 51" 3' 15". E. long. 3 ' 43:20". 



GHER, a to\rn of Africa, in the county of SugulmcfTaj 

 or SijilnifTa, on the Ziz, near mount Atlas; 90 miles N.W. 

 of Sugulmcffa. 



GHERANGOL, a town of Africa, in the country of 

 the Foulalis, on the S. fide of the river Senegal. N. lat. 

 :6 40'. W. long. 14'. 



GHEREDE, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia ; 

 28 miles E. of Boli. 



GHERGISTEN Mountain-.'^, a chain of montains of 

 Aifia, fituated on the N. of the country of Candahar, 15 

 miles N. of Candahar. 



GHERGONG, or KliiKASt-, a town of Afam, and 

 capital of the country, on the Degoo, 160 geographical 



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