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or happL-r, or more uli'fid to mankm J." Mr. Gi'.pin's la- 

 bours extended beyond Ins oivn piirilh ; he every vear 

 vi;lted divers ncglerted pariflies in Northumberland, York- 

 fhire, Chcfliire, Wcllmoreland, and Cumbt-rlaiid ; aiij tiiat 

 his own flock, might not fuiTer, he was at the ex pence of a 

 conSant afri;l;a:il. In all his journijs he did not fail to vlfit 

 the gaols and places of confinement ; and by his labours 

 and affeiflijnate manner of behaviour, he is faid to have re- 

 formed many abandoned pcrfons in thofe abodes of human 

 mifery. He had let places and times for preaching in the 

 different parts of the country, v/hich were as regularly at- 

 tended as the affize toivns of a circuit. If he came to a 

 place in which there was a church, he made ufe of it ; if 

 not, of barns, or any other large building, v.-aere great 

 crowds of perfons were fure to attend him, fome for l)i« 

 inftructions, more, perhaps, to partake of his bounty ; but 

 in his difcourfes he had a iort of entliuliaftic warmth, which 

 roufed many to a fenfe of religion who had never thouglit 

 of any thing ferious before The dangers and fatigues at- 

 tending this employment were, in his eilimation, abundantly 

 compenfated by the advantages which he hoped would ac- 

 crue from them to his uninllrucled fellow-creature-. He 

 did not fpare the rich ; anJin a difcourfe before the bifhop 

 of Duiham, who had already conceived a prejudice againll 

 him, he fpoke v.-ilh fo much freedom, that his bell friends 

 dreaded the refult ; they rebuked him for giving the prelate 

 a handle againfl him, to which he replied, " If the difcourfe 

 fhould do the good lie intended by it, he was regardlefs of 

 the confequences to himfelf." He then waited on the 

 prelate, who faid, " Sir, I propofe to wait upon you home 

 myfelf." When they arrived at the reftory, and entered 

 the houfe, the bifliop turned fuddenly round, and grafped 

 him eagerly by the hand, faying, " Father Gilpin, I know 

 you are fitter to be bifhop of Durham, than I am to be 

 parfon of this church of yours. I alk forgivenefs for pall 

 injuries. Forgive me, father, I know yoa have enemies, 

 but wliile I live bifliop of Durham, none of them (liall caufe 

 you any further trouble." Upon queen EUzabeth's recom- 

 mending the eftabliflimentof free-fehools, Mr. Gilpin under- 

 took to build and endow one, a defign which he immediately 

 put in execution. This fchool was no looner opened than 

 it began to flourilh ; and there was fo great a refort of young 

 people to it, that in a little time the town was fcarcely able 

 to accommodate them. He procured able mailers from 

 Oxford, and took every method to encourage thofe of his 

 pupils who were moll diligent in their ftudies. In the 

 latter part of his life Mr. Gilpin went through his various 

 duties with much difficulty : his health was impaired, and 

 his conftilution broken down by the great fatigues which he 

 had undergone for many years. In addition to his infirmi- 

 ties, he met with an accident which had nearly proved fatal 

 to him, and from the effefts of which he never perfcAly reco- 

 vered. As he was crofling the market-place at Durham, lie 

 was thrown down, and almoil trampled to death by an ox. 

 After a long and tedious cc nfinement, he was able to get 

 put, but continued lame as long as he hved. He died in 

 1583, in t!ie 66th year of his age. Such were the life and 

 labours of Bernard Gilpin, who, for his exemplary piety, 

 laborious virtue, and unbounded benevolence, deferves to 

 have his name tranfmittcd to poilerity with refpecl and 

 reverence, and who obtained, and moll defervedly among 

 his contemporaries, the title of the Northern Apoille. By 

 his unwearied application he had amaflfed a great ftock of 

 knowledge, and was indeed ignorant of no part uf learning 

 . at tliat time in cilecm. He had given moi-e than common 

 attention to the lludy of the dead languages, to hiftory and 

 .divinity ; he is faid to have excelled ia poetry, but he ex- 



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p;iided little lime in the purfuit of any thing tliat wak 

 f.)re;gn to his profeffion. His temper was naturally warm, 

 but, by degrees, he fuccecded in obtaining an entire command 

 of hnnfelf. His difpofition was ferious, yet, among hii 

 particular friends, he was cheerful -ind even facetious. Hit 

 fcyerity had no other objedl but himftif : to others he wai 

 mild, candid, and indulgent. Biog. Brit. 



Gji.pix, S.vw.iey, who lately praclifed horfc j)ainting with 

 fo n-.uch fuceefs, was born at Carlitle in 1733, from whence, 

 after having acquired fome relidi for the art irom his father, 

 who was a captain in the army, he came to London, and 

 was articled to a fliip-painter. His firil interelling works 

 were compofed of fome market groups which llruck his eye 

 from his v.indow. Soon after he went to Newmarket, being 

 encouraged by the late William, duke of Cumberland, where 

 he executed many compofitions which might have vied 

 with Hogarth in point of charafter. In the duke's flud 

 he acquired that knowledge of the horfe, whicii he has 

 difplayed with fuch fuperior fpirit ard beauty, and when 

 we fee with what felicity he applied it to the liigher depart- 

 ments of the art, zo hilloric compofitions in the triumph of 

 Camillus, the eleftion of Darius, the ftory of PhaetO!;, we 

 mult lament that fucli tdents (hould have been drawn allde 

 to the meaner employment of horfe-portrait-painting, which 

 occupied too much of his valuable life. 



His drawings of animals, in pencil and water-colour<;, 

 dilplay a degree of tafte and (kill feldom att?ined. As a 

 man he was equally efteemed for probity of charafter and 

 fimplicity of manner, and, as a member of the Royal Aca- 

 demy, he added honour to the inllitution. Fufeli's Pil- 

 kington. 



GILSON, in Geogrnphy, a towndiip of America, in 

 Cliefhire county. New Hampfhire, containing 484 inhabit- 

 ants ; fituated on the E. fide of Afhuelot river, and joining 

 Keene on the fouth. 



GILT, in Rural Economy, a term fignifving a'youna- 

 female pig, whether in an open or fpaycd llate. 



Qu.T-Head, in Ichthyology. See AuR.\TA and Sparvs. 

 GIMAR, in Geography, a town of the ifland of Cuba ; 

 6 miles E. of Havannah. 



GIMBLET, in Carpsntry, a fmall boring tool, which 

 enters the wood with a fcrew ; the part above is cylindrical, 

 both infide and out : its ufe is to make a way for nails, in 

 order to drive more eafily, or to prevent the wood from 

 fplitting. 



GIMBLETING, in Sea Language, is applied to the 

 anchor, to denote the aftion of turning it round by the 

 Hock, fo that the motion of the llock appears llmilar to that 

 of the handle of a gimblet, when it is employed to turn the 

 wire. 



GIMBOLS, denote the brafs-rings by which the fea-- 

 compais is fufpended in its box that ufuallv ftands in the 

 binacle. 



GIMESCH, in Geography, a town and caflle of Him- 

 garv ; 10 miles W. of Bukans. 



GIMIGLIANO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Ultra ; .. 

 10 miles E. of Nicaftro. 



GIMMER, a town of Africa, in Dar-fur; 40 mile* 

 N.N.W. of Cobbc. 



Gi.MMER Hog, in Rural Economy, a name applied to a 

 female fheep of the lirft year. 



GiMMER l.amb, a term applied to a female lamb. 

 GIMONT, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Gers, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrift of Auch; 12 miles E. of Auch. I'he place con- 

 tains 230c, and the canton 8413 inhabitants, on a territory 

 of 230 kjliermctrcs, in 13 communes. 



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