GOG 



^d to Ills own Jwelling, where lie was (hortly after found 

 hnrnt to death, the confequeiice, probably, of an apopleflic 

 Ht. His works are, " Legatio magni Indorum Imjieratoris 

 ad Emanuolcm Luiitaniae Regcm." " Fides, Rehgio, Mo- 

 rcfque jEtliinpuni." " Hifpaiiia^ Laudatio."' " Urbis 

 Lovanienlis Obfidio.'' " Comment Reriim Geftarum in 

 ludin a Lufitanis.'' " Urbis Ulyfliponeiifis Defcrlptiu." 

 " Hifloria del rev Dom. Manuel." " Chronica de Principe 

 D. .Tviao II.'' Morcri. 



GOEZE, John AucrsTUs Epiihaim, was born at Af- 

 chcrlen in the year 1 73 1, where he received the elements of a 

 learned education. He was afterwards fcnt to Helle to pnrfue 

 jiis ihidies pre[»ratory to the excrcife of the profeflion of 

 preacher. In I 75 1 he fettled in that capacity at Quedling- 

 burg, which he retained till the period of hi.s death. It was not 

 till he was about forty years of age that he turned his attention 

 to the niicrofcope and natural liillory, for his (Icill in which he 

 afterwards became fo famous. At hrll he made ufe of his 

 ■ microicope only for amufement, but in a fliort time he pof- 

 felTcd himfelf of the very bell inllruments of the kind that 

 bad Heen raanufaclured, and his refearches led him to the 

 ftudy of the natural hillory of infects. Baker's defcription 

 of certain water infefts induced him to explore the 

 ditches, livulets, and ponds. He wrote down his obferva- 

 tions for his own private nfe, and caufed many of the ob- 

 jects which he favv to be delineated. The fafts thus col- 

 lected he publilhed in the Hanoverian magazine, which at- 

 trafted the notice of the learned, from whom he received 

 many flattering and highly complimentary letters on the 

 fubjeft. He tranflated Bonnet's treatife on infeftology, 

 which met with a very favourable reception from naturalilts. 

 He fet out without regard to fyilera or order, but foon found 

 LJiat. fyllematic knowledge was nccelTary in his pur- 

 fuits ; and completely acquainted himfelf with the 

 Linnxan arrangement ; and his " Entomological Col- 

 lections'' were intended as a fupplement to the works 

 of the Swedifli naturalift. The next conllderable work of 

 Goeze was on the natural hiftory of intel^inal worms, 

 which he publifhed in quarto in 17S2. This work contri- 

 buted greatlv to encreafe his reputation as a naturalift, and 

 entitles him to an honourable place among the dilcoverers of 

 modern times. The intcri-i); v.hich he took in the educa- 

 tion and improvement of his own children led him to pub- 

 lilh fome works on natural hillory, intended particularly for 

 young perfons in general, and being a very agreeable as well 

 as learned writer, his productions were all well received, and 

 to his honour it muft be fpoken that he never forgot to in- 

 culcate the duties of religion and morality while he was 

 defcanting on the wonders of the natural world. After he 

 liad communicated to the public the rcfult of his obferva- 

 tions on inteftinal worms, he fent his collection to Pavia, 

 v.here it was fold for a thoufand dollars. His fame, 

 however, had extended much beyond his own country, and 

 «illiin a very few weeks after he had parted or at leall 

 agreed to part with his curious collection for the above 

 named price, he received a letter from Dr. Hunter, offering 

 liim nearly double the fum for it. He died in June 17S6. 

 Gen. Biog. 



GOFAB.AD, in Geography, a town of Per.la, in the pro- 

 vince of Irak : 55 miles E. of Ifpahan. 



GOFFE. See Geoff. 



GOFFSTOWN, a town of America, in HilKhorougU 

 rounty. New Hampfliire, fituatcd on the weftern bank of 

 Merrimack river, 3 miles from Amuflccag falls, or 60 miles 

 W. of Portfmouth. It was incorporated in 1761, and con- 

 tains 16 1 2 inhabitants. 



GOG and M.AGOG, in Senpture Hiforv, are ham.cs genc- 

 VoL. XVI. 



GOG 



rally connc£led in the facrod writings. (See Ezek. xxxviii. 

 2, 3, £fc. xxxix. I, 2, Rev. xx. iiA Mofej (Gen. x. 1 )' 

 fpeaks of Magog, the fon of Japlietli, but fays notlii.i^ of 



igog as the lathor ot the Scytlu'aiij or Tartars ; and 

 traces have been found of the name in the provincck of Gnat 

 Tartary. Others fay that the Perfians are defccndaiits of 

 Magog ; and to this purpofc people have been found ihtre 

 called Magufians, and j.hilofophers called Magoi or Magi. 

 Some have imagined tinit the Goths were defccr.dLd from 

 Gog and Magog : and that the v.ars defcribcd by Eztkitl, 

 and undertaken by Gog againfl; tlie faints, are thofe which 

 th.c Goths carried on, in l!ie 5th century, againfl the Roman 

 empire. Bochart has placed Gog in the vicinity of Cauca- 

 fus ; and he derives the name of this celebrated mountain 

 from the Hebrew jQn Jl^. gog-c^.afan, the fortrefs of 

 Gog. He alfo fays, that Prometheus, faid to be chained 

 to Caucafus, is Gog ; and it may be obfcrvcd, that there 

 is a province in Iberia S. of Caucafus, called the Go<rarcne. 

 Molt perfons are of opinion, that Gog and Mago-r, in 

 Ezekiel and the Revelations, arc taken, allegoricall)^ for 

 fuch princes as were enemies to the cliurch. Accordingly- 

 many, by Gog in Ezekiel, underfland Antiochus Epiphanes, 

 the perfecutur of the Jews ; and Gog in Revelations, they 

 fuppofe to reprefent Antichrift. Calmct apprehends that 

 the Gog of Ezekiel and Cambyfes, king of Pcrfia, were th.- 

 fanie perfons. The Arabians are of opinion that the defcen- 

 dants of Gog and Magog inhabit the northern parts of Alia, 

 beyond the Tartars and Sciavonians : and hence it is pro- 

 bable that Gog and Magog, according to the notions of the 

 Arabians, formerly inhabited the mountains of the Hyper- 

 boreans, and tl-.at they were known to the ancients by tliis 

 name. This nation is unqueftionably fameus in antiquity, and 

 there is reafon for imagining, that they were fome of the 

 Scythians, and confounded among the Great and Lillie 

 Tartars, and perhaps among the Mufcovites, and otlier 

 northern people. Calmet. 



Gog-Mac;og Hills, in Geography, hills fo callid, about 

 three miles from Cambridge, remarkable for tlic intrenc!i- 

 ments and other works found there, and fuppofed bv 

 fome to be a Roman camp, and by others, a work of tlie 

 Danes. 



GOGA, a town of AbylTmia ; 30 miles S. of Gondar 



Alfo, a fmall town of India, on tile wellern fide of the gulf 

 of Cambaya, about 28 or 30 leagues fi-oiu CaIllba^J, 

 abounding with banians and fea-men. 



GOGARD, a town of Sweden, in Eail Golkland, 

 23 miles N.N.W. of Linkioping. 



GOGA REN A, in yincieni Geography, a counlrr of 

 Alia, in Armenia. Strabo. 



GOGARY, in Gecgr.ip/.y, a town of Bengal; 24 m:li-i^ 

 N.W. of Buglipour. N. ht. 25' 26'. E. long. S6' 36* — 

 Alfo, ^ town of Hindooftan, in B-ihar ; 10 miles N. E, of 

 Ivlonghir. 



GOGA'VINUS, A.vTO\n:.s GnAviEN.^sOr Antiioni 

 GoG.vvix DF. Gkavi*, in Blrgraphy, a I.tborious writer, 

 who, according to the infinuatigns of the famous Zarlino, 

 ]iubli!lied in corpo all the ancient authors ou lUuGc, at 

 Venice, 1562, 410. 



His compilation contains the books of Ariflo^>ent!s and 

 Ptolerav, and the fragment of Ariilotlc. witli the Com- 

 mentary of Porphyry, the wliole enriched with notes by 

 T3ottrigari. See Meiromivs, and BerTUiCAni. 



GOGET, in Ichthydogy- ^•^^ Gobius Kiger. 



GOGGLES, in Rural Economy, a motbid sffcftion in 

 3 G (hcep. 



