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-miles nearly E. by N. from Goali)iir;ili, Tiio houfes are 

 conllnidled of wood, and each of them lias a garden, or 

 fome cultivated ground in front, whicn gives the place a 

 great extent. It i;; fortilicd, and has four gales, encoinpnired 

 with a fence of bamboos, and incloring villages and tilled 

 fields ; it is conftriifted of Hone and earth. The rajah's 

 palace is furroundcd by caufeways, planted witii bamboos, 

 and the ditch on theoutlidc is full of water ; the palace con- 

 tains many lofty and fpncious apartments, particularly a 

 faloon 150 cubits long and forty broad, fupported by 66 

 pillars of wood at certain intervals. In the town there is a 

 fmall market, which, however, contains no Ihop-kccpcrs, 

 but the fellers of betel ; as the inhabitants lay up a Hock of 

 provilions fufficient to lall them a year, and have no occa- 

 fion to purchale any for daily ufe. N. lat. 35' 30'. I£. long. 

 93 ' 10. See AsA.Nr. 



. GHERIAH, a fca-port of Hindooftan, on the well of 

 Pirate colift, in the county of Concan ; late the capital 

 and principal port oi Angria. It was llrongly fortified by 

 the pirate Angria, from whom it was taken bv admiral Wat- 

 fon and colonel Chve, in the year 1756 ; 80 milts N.N.W. 

 of Goa. N. lat. 16' 37'. E. long. 73' 8'. 



GHERKINS. See Gukkkins. 



GHERMA, or Ge:!MA, in Geography. See GiiA- 



KA. 



GHERMANSIK, a town of Afialic Turkey, in Na- 

 tolia- ; 1 5 miles E. of Scala-Nova. 

 . GHERRI. See Geiuu. 



GPIERUA, a town of Arabia, in the province of 

 .I.achfa, or Hadsjar ; 43 miles W. N. Vv''. of El Ca- 

 tif. 



GHERZE', a town of Africa, in Tripoli ; 50 

 .miles S. of Mefiu-ada. N. lat. 31- 28'. E. long. 14° 



. GHESILPOUR, a town of Hindoollan, in the cir- 

 .car of Rantampour ; 28 miles S.S.W. of Suifopour. 



GHEUK SHA, i. e. Blue IVnUr, a lake of Perfian 

 Armenia, 60 m.iles long, and 6 broad ; 50 miles E.N.E. of 

 . Erivan. 



GHEUREL, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolla ; 

 28 miles W.N.W.of Angara. 



GHEUTSI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Caramania ; 

 I (5 miles E. of Cogni. ^ 



GHEYSSIOUAS, a tribe of Hottentots, inhabiting a 

 diflricl of South Africa, bordering on the country of Caf- 

 fraria. M. Vaillant, being at no great dillance from Orange 

 river, found fome of thefe people, who pointed out to him 

 a chain of mountains to the eall, which was occupied by 

 their principal tribes, and which feparated them from the 

 .CafFres, or at leaft from the Briquas and Bremas, conhder- 

 ed by tliein as tribes of Caifres. The chief difference be- 

 tween the Gheylhquas and the nations that furround them 

 confiils in the colour of their ornaments, to which they im- 

 part a dazzling whitenefs by proceifes peculiar to themfelves. 

 Tile women are well-made, lively, and prone to laugh or 

 dance ; but at the fame time modell and referved. The 

 people, in general, are faid to be very hofpitablc and gene- 

 rous. The prafticc of femi-cailration prevails in all their 

 hordes without exception, and they are the only tribe among 

 the Hottentots who adopt it. Different accounts are given 

 by travellers of the reafon of this fingular operation. Kol- 

 ben, ilating it to conhil in the extraction of the leftteHicle, 

 reprefents it as a religious ceremony, prevailing among all the 

 Hottentots, but this is not true in faft. Others afcribe it to 

 a defireon the part of the Gheyffiquas to remove every-im- 

 pcdiment in vunrjing, and others again aflign as its caufe a 

 wjih to prevent the too abii:idant propagatioa of the fpccies. 



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But neitlier of thefe caufcs produce.'! the effort afcritied t* 



tiiem. Vaillant fuppofcs tliat it is a mark of diltinction, 

 adopted by their anceilor.';, when at war with neighbouring- 

 nations, by which they might know one anolhtr ; but this 

 account is no Icfs fanciful and improbable than any other. 

 Whatever is the caufe from which this practice origiftati-s, 

 it is performed by tlie fatl^cr, comii'.only at tlie birth of the 

 child ; though it is fonietimcs deftrred till the child has com' 

 pletcd his third year. 



GHEZ, a town of Grand Buchsria ; 24 miles S.S.E. 

 of Balk. N. lat. 36 16. E. long, Gy 40'. ■ ' 



GHEZAN. See Gkxav. 



GHEZZI PlKii Lko.vk, called Cavalier Glrazi, in 

 B'logriijihy, a painter who was a pupil and imitator of Pic-tra 

 Cor'ona. He was felectcd with Luti Trevifani, and other 

 artills of the fame ityle, to paint the prophets in St. .John 

 Lateran ; and executed many other works of lefs conft- 

 quence ; but he obtained moll celebrity by his ikill in carica- 

 ture, which he freely indulged. 



GH I A BUNDER, in Geography, z town of Bengal; 2^ 

 mile.- S.S.W. of Goragot. 



GHIBELINS. See GruEi.ix.s. 



GHICKERS, an appellation given to thofc who inha* 

 bited the northern and largell divilioa of the hilly traA 

 iituated between the Behul, the Sindc, and Cuflimere, in 

 Plindoollan, by way of contrail to the .loudis^ wha oc- 

 cupied the fouthern and leall diviliou. 



GH I DO R E, in Ceognipbf, a province of Bengal, bounded 

 on the N. by Bahar, on the N.E. and E. by Qirruckpour, 

 on the S. by Birboom, and on the S.W. by Curruckdeah 

 and Moy. The chief place is Ghidore ; which is 70 miles 

 S.E. of'Patna. N. lat. 24 53'. E. long. 86' 23'. 



GHIEZ, a fortrefs of Perfia, in the province of Irak, 

 taken by the Afghans in 1723. 



GHILAN, or KiLAN, fvnonvmous with the ancient 

 Gela, a province of Wellern Perfia, boun<'.ed on the N. by 

 the provinces of Aderbijaii or Aiderbeitzan and Schirvan, 

 on the N.E. by the Cafpian fea, on the E. by the C;iipian 

 fea and the province of Ma/.anderan, on the S. by the 

 Perfian Irak, and on the W. by tlie provinces of Aderbijan 

 and Curdiflan ; about 2CO miles from E. to W., and 150 

 from N. to S. This is one of the moll beautiful and fer- 

 tile provinces of Perlia, producing filk, ohve.s rice, to- 

 bacco, and moil excellent fruits of all kinds, and in fuch 

 abundance, asno'to-dy to fupply the wants of its inhabitants^ 

 but fufficient to provide for a great part of Perfia and 

 Armenia. The manufaftures and iilk of Ghilan are cltcem- 

 ed the bed in Perfia, and have been in luch repute for many 

 years, that Raflid, its capital, is become one of the lirlk 

 commercial towns in this part of Afia. The finell lort is 

 ufually white, and chielly fent inti) the interior cities of Perfia,. 

 or fold to the Turks ;the inferior kind is yellow, and prin- 

 cipally difpofcdoftothe Ruflianp. Ralhd fupplies the bolder-- 

 ing provinces of Perfia, and the inde|)endeiit iwighbouring 

 Hates, as far as Georgia", with European merchandize, excej.t 

 the goods which are tranfported immediately frojn Atlrakan, 

 through Killar and Moftok, to the ncarell part of Georgia, 

 and of the neighbouring mountains ? and ihofe fent from 

 Shamakeeto the Lcfgue Tartars, aiidothcr independent tribes- 

 In this province are feen whole foix-lls of mulberry, box, 

 and walnut trees. Every peafant has a garden to bis .«()t- 

 tage, planted with orange-trees, citrons, iigs,. and vines. 

 For a further account ul' the trade and government of this 

 province, we refer to the articles Caspian Sta and Persi.\. 

 We fhall here only add, that in the year 1792 Akau, called 

 by Dr. Pallas Aga Mamet, colledcd an army, aud purfued. 

 his conquelts in the. vicinity, of -Gk'lan, till at lenqtli he luJ 



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