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de la Hache : they occupy the coafl for more than 30 

 leagues, and extend equally far into the interior part of the 

 tountry. They have at all times been coiifidered as the 

 moft ferocious of the maritime Indians. The Spaniards 

 never even attempted to conquer theiu. Some miflionaries 

 have made efforts for indrucling and profelyting them to 

 the Cluilllan faith, but without any permanent eifedl. 

 Their number amounts to 30,000. They are governed by 

 a cazique, for whom they have erec\ed a citadel upon a 

 fmall eminence, called " La Tela," the Pap ; at the 

 dillance of fome leagues from the fea. They breed horfcs 

 upon which they ride with incredible rapidity. Their 

 troops are all mounted, each foldier carryinj^ a carabine, 

 cartridge-box, bow and quiver. They experience much 

 • frienddiip from the Engliih of Jamaica. They alTift tliem 

 ^vith advice, and fupply them with arms. Thtfe marauders 

 have rarely any communication with Maracaibo, becaufe, 

 as its jurifdicl;ion is the principal fcene of their robberies , 

 and atrocities, the inhabitants are obliged to be continually 

 on their guard, fo as to be always ready to repel the aggref- 

 iions of fuch troublefome neighbours. The Spanilli city 

 to which they chiefly refort is Rio-de-la-Hache, depending 

 upon the vice-royalty of Santa Fe, where they barter their 

 commodities. They fet out in bands, moft commonly pre- 

 ceded by their wives, who carry their children upon their 

 backs, befides other loads, too heavy even for beafts of 

 burden. Dreading impofition, they have never adopted 

 the ufe of fpecie, but barter their horfes and oxen chiefly 

 for fpirituous liquors, to the ufe of which they are much 

 addicted. Urged by their neccdities they recur to arms, 

 and threaten the ncareft city or village. After fome hofti- 

 lities, the Spaniards fue for peace, and obtain it in confide- 

 ration of fome pipes of brandy and other fmaller articles. 

 Although thefe Indians arc well received in the Spanifli 

 cities, they will not admit any Spaniard into their country ; 

 and yet fome Spanifli fmugglers contrive, for pecuniary con- 

 fiderations, to obtain a paflport and efcort for traverling 

 the country of the Goahiros, and they have thus acquired 

 many partizans among the Spaniards themfelves ; but their 

 principal and moft ufeful connection is formed with theEnglifli 

 of Jamaica. By them they are fupplied, not only with arms 

 and ammunition, but with the ftuffs that clothe them. 

 Their drefs is ornamented by a great variety of feathers, 

 fragments of fliining metals, and gold ridiculoufly fixed to 

 their ears, nofe, and arms. The articles with which they 

 furnifli the Engllfli in exchange for the merchandize they 

 receive are pearls, which they fifli in their own ports, 

 and horfes, mules, and oxen. Their ferocity is fuch, that 

 even the EnghlTi will feldom fo far confide in them as to ven- 

 ture on fliore, but the bufinefs of bartering is tranfacled on 

 board, and the fliips haften to depart. The ftiips that are 

 accidentally caft upon the coaft, imir.ediately become the 

 prey of thefe cannibals, who maftacre t'r.e crew and devour 

 their flefli ; dividing the cargo among thole who are prefent 

 on the occafion. The Goahiros arc faid to be a formidable 

 nation, well mounted, armed, and difciplined; and able to 

 bring into the field 40,000 efiective men. 



On the eaftern part of the territory of the Goahiros arc 

 the " Cocinas'' Indians, who live like favages, but are fo 

 cowardly and pufillanimous as to allow the Goahiros tu 

 e-tercife an authority, which the bold always acquire over 

 ■t!ie timid. Thefe favages are, in fafl, merely the ilaves of 

 other favages. Depor.s's travels, vol. i. 



GOAL. See G.A.OL. 



GOAL-PARAH, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Bengal, fituated on the Burhampooter, and on the bor- 

 A;rs of A (Tarn ; where the Europeans have faftors, who carry 



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on a confiderablc trade with Aflam, Bootan, Tliibct, Stc. ; 

 32 miles E. of Rangamatty. 



GOAN, the name of a Perfian tree, of the aflies of which 

 they make a fort of antifpodpn, or nicdicinal powder, for 

 difeafes of the eyes. 



GO ANAGOODY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftaa, 

 iii Marawar ; 8 miles E. of Tripalore. 



GOANDA, a naked, favage and ferocious race, who in- 

 habited the extenfive and unexplored wildernefs, E. of Nag- 

 pour, in Hindooftan, which is pervaded by the great river 

 Bam, or Baun Gonga, and terminates in the mountains 

 boundi:;g the EngUfii circars. 



GOAR, St. a town of France, in the department of the 

 Rhine and Mofeile, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 

 tricl of Simmern, lituated on the weft fide of the Rhine, in 

 whicii there is, near this place, a water-fall ; 16 mile* S. of 

 Coblentz. N. lat. 50' 8'. E. long. 7' 43'. 



GoAR-Fetch, a name fomctiracs applied to the furoiccr 

 vetch. See T \re and Vetch. 



GOARING, on Ship-boarJ. The feamen fay a fail is 

 cut goar}ng, wlien it is cut Hoping by degrees, and is broader 

 at the clew than at the ear-ring, as all top-fails and top- 

 gallant-fails are. 



GO AS, in Geography, a town of Bengal; ii miles E. of 

 Moorfliedabad. 



GOAT, m Zoology. See C.\pba. 



Goat, in Rural Economy, is an animal, that in particular 

 fituations may be kept with advantage by the farmer, as 

 where the country is rocky and barren, and there is bat 

 little keep for any other fort of aniniid. The goat is ca- 

 pable of climbing the lleepeft rocks, and of browfing upon 

 the briers, heath, and fhrubs of feveral different kinds, which 

 are rejefted by other forts of animals. When turned into paf- 

 ture grounds they fhould confequcntlybe prevented from nip- 

 ping the young fhoots of trees and other woods, as they 

 prefer them to the grafs. 



They are beneficial in feveral different points of view, as 

 in their milk, which they afford plentifully, and which is of 

 a very excellent quality. In fome cafes, this and cow's 

 milk are mixed together, and a highly valuable cheefe pre- 

 pared from them. 



The young kids are likewife very excellent food, and two 

 or three are frequently brought forth at a time, often twice 

 in the courfe of the year. 



The hair of the goat is alfo very valuable for diflFerent 

 purpofes, as the making of ropes to be ufed in the water, 

 which are extremely durable. A fort of fluff is alfo formed 

 from it in fome places. It may be fhearcd in the fame 

 maimer as wool from the fheep. 



The fuet of the goat is excellent, the animals being in 

 fome places, as in Caernarvonlhire, killed merely for the 

 objecl of their fuet ; which is capable of being made into 

 candles of a fuperior quality to thole of the common 

 kind. 



Th.eir horns conftitute valuable handles for tucks and 

 pen-knives. The Ikin of the young kid is well fuitcd to 

 ihe glove manufaftory, from its taking on a dye better than 

 any other fort of Ikin. The old ikin is hijrhiy ufe- 

 ful alfo, being in many cafes pi-efcrred to that of llie fheep ; 

 befides, tlie fielh affords a cheap and abund.int food for the 

 winter months, efpecially when the kids have been fcnt 

 early to market. The haunches of the goat aJ-e often fail- 

 ed and dried, and fupply all the ufes of bacon; and are 

 known by the Welch under the name each yr •xden, or hung 

 venifon. 



In chooiing goats for keeping, the following direftions 



Ihould 



