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Tuagcs and the philofophy of tlip times, he fet out on hi4 

 travels with a view of making obi'crvatioiis in natural hif- 

 torv and antiquities. On his return lie was introduced to 

 the notice of George d'Armagnac, bifiiop of Rhodes, who 

 engaged h.ini to compofe his bou'.i " De Vi ct Natura Anima- 

 lium." This work, which conlilled of extrafts from AL\hn 

 and others, with obfervations of his own, he dedicated to 

 Francis I , who fent him to travel in the Levant, but with- 

 out furnilhing him with proper fupplijs, fo that he was re- 

 duced to great diftrcfs. and was obliged to enlill in the troops 

 of the fultan Solinuin II. for fubiillencc. He left Conllan- 

 tinople in 1550 and went to Rome, where he died 1555. 

 He was author of two geographical works, " De Bofphoro 

 Thracio," and "De Topographia ConlHntinopoleos,'' wliich 

 are elleemed for their learning ; and alio of lome tranllations 

 from the Greek. Moreri. 



GILLESAY, or Gillsay, in Gc-o^iaphy, one of the 

 fmaller Hebridei', between Lewis and North Uill. N. lat. 

 57 4J'. W. long. 6 59'. 



GiLLE.fw Point, a cape on the S.W. coaft of the hland 

 of Celebes. S. lat. 5" 15'. E rang. 119 48'. 



GILLESKAAL, a town of Norway, in the diocefc of 

 Drontheim ; 240 miles N. of Dronthelm. 



GILLETTE, a town of France, in the departnirnt of 

 the Maritime Alps, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 

 trift of Pnget-Theniers, The place contains 646, and the 

 canton 1712 inhabitants, on a territory of 105 kiliometres, 

 in foiu- communes. 



GILLIAN, GuLSLAlK, or Ghl/lr.ln, St, a town of 

 France, in the department of Jemmappe, fituated on the 

 river Haifne and furrounded by marlhes, and deriving its 

 name from a celebrated abbey founded in the year 651 

 by GuiOain, the friend of St. Amand. Having been fuc- 

 ceffively in the pofrefiion of the Dutch, the French, and the 

 Spaniard;, and of the allies, it was taken by the French in 

 1793. St. Gillian was called the key of Mons, and is 

 diltaiit three miles W. of it. 



GILLIFREE. See Jid.ifree. 



GILI>1NGHAM, a parifh in the hundred of Chatham 

 and Gilllngham, Kent, England ; is fcatcd on the river 

 MedvN'ay at the diilancc of two miles from the town of 

 Chatham, and ■52 from London. It contains 715 houfes 

 and 4133 inliabitants, the greater part of whom are imme- 

 diately or indiredtly employed in the bufniefs connefted with 

 the neighbouring doek-yardi. This vil!a:re, tl'.ough now 

 deprived of its confequence by the iiicreaie of Chatham, 

 was formerly of much note. In the time of queen Eliza- 

 beth here v.-ere four quav.-:, and twenty-feven Ihips and 

 boats ; the largefl of thefe, however, was only twenty tons. 

 The archbifhops of Canterbury f^irmerly had a jjalace here ; 

 one of whom, .John Strafiord, in the tenth year of Ed- 

 ward Illd's reign, obtained a charter for a weekly market, 

 and an annual fair to continue eight days ; but thefe have 

 been long difcontinned. Wiiliam of Gilhnghara was a na- 

 tive of this place. He was a monk of Canterbury, in the 

 time of king Richard II , and wrote a hillory of Britain ; 

 alfo one of his ov.-n monadery. Haited's Hillory of Kent, 

 vol. iv. 8vo. 



GILLORI, aniHand on the coafl of Weft Florida, di- 

 vided from Dauphin idand by a very narrow channel, 

 through which a boat c.innot pafs without fome difficulty ; 

 and between GiUori and the main land, on the weft fide of 

 Mobile bay, there is a chain of fmall illands and oyfler 

 fliells, through which is a paftage of four feet, called 

 "Palfe au Heron." 



GILLS, BriANCm,?:, in Lkhjalogy. Sec Fisii, Organs 

 ef R:jy>ratloa. 



Oii.L.s l.cafof iht. See Foliim li\i!.ch'mrum. 



GILLY-FLOWER, in Canlctun^, the coran-.on name 

 of a line fragrant flowery plant, tominon in gardens, &c 

 See DiANTiiL's. 



Gii-LV-iLowEii, Quern's. See HwpEias. 



GiLi,Y-j-r.owER, S.'Oii. See Ciikikantiiu.s. 



Gu.l.\-Loiiq/j, in Geography, a lake of Ireland, in the 

 co'.nuy cf Sligo ; and on the river by whicli its waters are 

 difcharged into the fea ftands the town of Sligo. Tins 

 lake exliibits that variety of charming profpc6ls which bold 

 hills, wooded lawns, and large iilands clothed with verdure 

 and crowned with tree.;, united with a great extent of water, 

 cannot f^il to produce. Beaufort. 



GILMANTOWN, a poft-town of America, in 

 Strafford county, New Hampfliire, S.W. of lake Winni- 

 pifcogec, and 52 miles N.W. of Portfmouth i incorpo- 

 rated in 1727, and containing 3752 inhabitants. 



GILMARQUEY, a t .wn of Hiudooftan, in Dowla- 

 tabad ; 13 miles N.E. of Nander. 



GILOH, or Gklo, in Scripture Geography, a town of 

 Palelline, fituated in the mountains of the tribe of Judali. 

 Jofli. XV. 51. 



GILOLO, in Geography, one of the Molucca idandi!, 

 in ihe.Eaft-Indlan ocean, of confiderable extent, and in its 

 irregular form refcmbling Cihbej, which fee. Its length is 

 about 230 Britifh miles , and the breadth of each limb fcl- 

 dom above 40. Tiie fliores are low ; but the interior rifes tcr 

 high peaks, perhaps of granite. This ifiand is faid to have 

 been once governed by one fovercign, a flieref from Mecca ; 

 but the fiiltans of Ternate and Tidore now feeni to (hare it 

 between them, the former poifeinng the northern part with 

 Mortay, Bakian, Motir, and fome Cekbef.an iflands, and 

 psrt of Papua ; while the fnllan of Tidore hclos the 

 fouthern part with Myfol, and fome other ifles. One of thf 

 chief towns is Tatanay, fituated on a point or promontory of 

 the eaftern limb, faced with precipices, fo as to be accefTiblc 

 only by ladders. Gihlo abounds with oxen, buffaloes, 

 goats, deer, and wild hogs ; but the fhecp are few. The 

 bread-fruit and fago-trce arc common ; and, in fpile of the 

 Dutch extermination, there are probably cloves and nutmegs. 

 The natives are indullrious, particularly in weaving; bi;t 

 their exertions are fupprefl'd by Batavian jealoufy. The 

 cquino£lial runs throiigh the fouthern part of the ifiand. 

 E.long. 128^ 



GILP Locii, in Argylefliire, Scotland, is a kind of 

 gulf branching from Loch Fine on its. W. fide, which is 

 navigable for veffels to the entrance of the Crinan canal, 

 through which they pafs to Loch Crinan, and the Irillv 

 f;.a. See Canal. 



GILPIN, BEU\.\nn, in Biography, was born at Kent- 

 mire, in Weftniorcland, in the ye..r 1517. He was del'ined 

 by his parents for the church, and educated with that view. 

 At fixteen years of age he was entered at Queen's coUcg?, 

 Oxford, where he became di(lingui(hed for the diligence with 

 whicli he applied to his academical ftudics. He was led to 

 think for himfelf, and freely, by the writings of Erafmus ;and 

 as he determined to apply himltlf to the Ihidy of theolog)-,- 

 he let about acquiring a thorougii knowledge of the Greek 

 and Hebrew languages, in order that he might invclugate 

 tlie fcriptures in their original tongues. In IJ39 i.e look. 

 his degree of B.A., and in 1541 that of M..\., and about 

 the litme time he was eleifled fellow of his college, and ad- 

 mitted into holy orders. Shortly after he was invited to K'- 

 come a member of cardinal Wolfey's new foundation at 

 Chrift-church, which he accepted. Here he continued his. 

 former lludice, but it does not appear that his courfc of 

 reading had produced any doubts in his' mind refpcCing 



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