GYM 



days' iourney N.W. of Noofhlcy, probably the bed of a 

 river, half a mile wide, between two high banks, tertile in 

 jrrain, and being watered by the Heermund river, needs little 

 cultivation. The inhabitants are notorions robbers, com- 

 pofed of the outcafts of the furrounding country. 



GYMNADENIA, in BcUwy, Br. in Alt. Hort. Kew. 

 V. C. 191, [Orchis ompfca of Linnoeus, &c.), is feparated 

 from Orchis, (fee that article,) merely becaufe t\x<t glands 

 fupporting \h<ibolhn, are, as the name exprefles, naked, or 

 not enclofcd in any hood; a charader which appears to us 



not effential. r , rrn 



GYMNETRUS, in Ichthyology, a genus ot the 1 horacici 

 order of fifhcs ; the charafters of which are, body very long, 

 compreffed ; teeth numerous, fubulate ; gill-membrane four 

 or five rayed ; and dellitute of anal-fin. The fpecies are, 

 G. Afcanii, or filvery G. fpeckled longitudinally with 

 brown points. A native of the northern feas, and probably 

 firfl defcribed by Afcanius, in his " Icones rerum natura- 

 lium," and length ten feet, diameter about fix inches ; head 



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fiiort, mouth fmall, and eyes rather large. This fifli is faid 

 to be generally feen either preceding or accompanying the 

 {hoal of herrings in the northern feas, and therefore is popu- 

 larly known by the appellation of " king of the herrings." 

 Of this there is a variety, as Dr. Shaw fuggefts, called the 

 Ruffelian Gymnetrus. 



G. argcnteo-civrukocus, or a blueifli-filvery G. with 

 oblique, linear, brown bands, and rounded fpots, red fins, 

 and four central procefics. A native of the Indian feas, 

 and occafionally feen in thofe of Europe. 



G. cepedian is a doubtful fpecies, of a gold colour, (haded 

 with brown. See Shaw's Zoology, vol. iv. pt. ii. 



GYMNIAS. Add — The fcite of Gymnias, according 

 to Rennell's " Illuftrations of the Hiftory of the Expedi- 

 tion of Cyrus, &c." was a town and village, named by 

 others Camufour, and by others Coumbas and Kumakia, 

 which Hands on the northern bank of the river iEraflt, 

 about 3 1 miles below its fource, and on the eaflern border 

 of Perfia, in the country of the Phafiani. 



H. 



H AC KENS AC K, in Geography, a town of Bergen 

 county, in New Jerfey, having 191 8 inhabitants. 



HACKNEY, 1. 3 from the bottom, /•. given by Mr. 

 Decuyer. By the returns of 181 1, the parifli of St. John, 

 Hackney, contains 2699 houfes, and 16,771 inhabitants: 

 but this, like the other villages in the neighbourhood of 

 London, is daily increafing. 



HADDAM, 1. 3, r. 2205 ; 1. 5, r. 2537. 



HADDINGTON, 1. 7, r. 1811— 1671, and 4370. 



HADDINGTONSHIRE, col. 2, 1. 36, r. 181 1— 

 5882, and 31,164. 



HADLEY, 1.4, r. 509 — 2592 — 181 1. 



Hadi.ey, 1. 5, r. 1247. 



HAIGH, 1. u//. »•. 1811— 213— 1118. 



HAIR, Chemical Properties of. See Integuments, and 

 Wool. 



HALES-OWEN, in Geography. In 181 1, the parifh 

 contained 1360 houfes, and 6888 perfons ; 3451 being 

 males, and 3437 females: 127 families employed in agri- 

 culture, and 1 261 in trade, manufaftures, and handicraft. 



HALESWORTH, 1. 4, for townfhip r. parifh ; r. 342, 

 and 18 10. 



HALIFAX, col. 2, 1. 5 and 6, r. 1811— 2151, and 

 9159 ; 1. 3 from the bottom, r. 703 ; 1. ult. r. 1758 ; after 

 inhabitants, add — Alfo, a townfhip of Dauphin county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 1365 inhabitants. Col. 2, 1. 5 and 6, 

 </(•/(? the numbers ; 1. 8 and 9, r. 15,620 — 6624; 1. ult. r. 

 22,133 inhabitants, of whom 9663 were flaves in 1810 



HALLATON, 1. 3, r. 147, and 598. 



HALLOWELL, 1. ult. r. 2068. 



HALSTEAD, 1. 5 and 4 from the clofe, r. 181 1 722 



—3279 



H ALTON. In 181 1, this townftiip contained iji 



houfes, and 894 perfons ; 463 being males, and 431 

 females. 



HALTWHISTLE. In 181 1, this townfhip contained 

 142 houfes, and 751 perfons; 368 being males, and 383 

 females. 



HAM, 1. 6, r. 1811 — 182, and 1267; 1. ult. after 

 mardi, add — The number of houfes, in 181 1, was 1344, 

 and of inhabitants 8136. 



HAMBATO, 1. 3, after Quito, add— See Riobamba. 



HAMDEN, 1.4, after Wincaffet, add — Sec Hampden ; 

 1. 6, r. 17 16. 



HAMILTON, in Scotland. This town and parifh, in 

 l8ll, contained 768 houfes, and 6453 perfons ; 2928 being 

 males, and 3525 females : 243 famihes employed in agricul- 

 ture, and 1 131 in trade, &c. 



Hamilton, 1. 3, r. 780 ; 1. 6, after Northampton, add — 

 the latter having 1044, the fecond having 1263 inhabitants; 

 I. 8, add — and others, r. 15,258. Add — Alfo, a townfhip 



of Ohio, in Trumbull county, having 326 perfons Alfo, 



a townfhip of Ohio, in Warren county, having 1238 inha- 

 bitants. 



HAMILTONIA, mBotany, Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 480. 

 See Pyrularia. 



HAMLETS, Tower, a particular diflrift in the county 

 of Middlefex, commanded by the conffable of the Tower, 

 or lieutenant of the Tower-hamlets, for the fervicc and pre- 

 fervation of that royal fort. 



The Royal Toiver-Hamlets comprehend the militia raifed 

 in the diftrifl of the Tower, which is divided into two bat- 

 talions, ■01%. lil and 2d, officered like other corps belong- 

 ing to that eflablifhment, and fubjeft to the fame regulations. 



HAMMERSMITH, 1. 3, r. 1811—978— 7391. 



HAMPDEN. Add — containing 1279 inhabitants. 



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