GRi 
when he fuppofes his two figures above cited reaily reprefent 
different plants, becaufe they exprefs -fome differences of 
- character. 
GRI EN HEAp, in Gesriphy; 
of the ifland of Bar rah one #4 
lat. 66° 59'. ong. 7 
GRIESB BACH, or aap a town of Bavaria; 
14 miles W. of Paflau 
GRIES KERRTE, one of the {maller Shetland iflands. 
N. lat. 60° 32’. W. long. o° 58° 
GRIEZ, a F town of Perfia, in ‘Segeftan ; 353 miles S.W. 
of Ghizni. 
GRIFALCO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Ult tra ; 
four miles W. of Squillace —Alfo, a town in the province of 
Otranto. 
a. cape on the W. coaft 
the Scots Hebrides. N. 
was born at Mou- 
aye ge to Brufiels, where he died in 1775. e publi 
i of “ Father Daniel’s- Hiftory of France,”’ 
18 volumes 4to.; to this he fubjoined learned and curious 
aiGeratione; and the life of Lewis XIIL., which occupies 
three of the volumes. He was author alfo of “ A Treatife 
on the different kinds of Proof ey in eftablifhing hif- 
torical Facts.”” This is efteemed a and very judicious 
fhed 
in 
performat e gave a new edition ‘at Avrigny’s ee 
of Profane Hiitory in five volumes, and publifhed ‘ Ser- 
mons,” and other works of practical piety. Gen. Biog. 
GRIFFIER, Jouy, a landfcape painter, born at Amiter- 
upil of Roland sree to whofe 
= the eemtiapal one : 
ith rather an artificial tone 
produced great mistaber of elabo 
he Rhine, &c. with many figures otis 
GRIFFON, Gavenvs, re < Net ural Hj 
paises at Pade an eagle, and 
to warch over geld -mines, h hidden treaf haa. &e. 
The animal w confecrated to the fun ; goons the ancient 
the chariot of ie ton on 
painters 
ond Nene M. Spat obferves the fame of thofe of rot hoiee 
The griffon » in Scripture js that fpecies of the eagle 
~ ¢alled in Latins efifragay the eer s ® i ‘D1 of the verb 
OR elfen i to break . 
fall borne i in aarti: 
Guillim blazons it rampant ; dliegiog, that ay 
be fo blazoned, as well as the lion, 
fierce “may 
—_ Morgan and Lae ol Se gen 
GRI 
This is alfo an ornament of architeéture in conftant ufe 
among the Greeks, and was copied from them, with the 
other elegancies e architectural enrichments, by the Ro- 
mans, See SPHY 
Garrros, in Ornithology. See Vuttur fulvu 
GRIG, in Jchthyology, a name frequently led for tlie 
fand eel, or ammodytes 
Thefe are common ‘4 the Thames, and are diftinguifhed. 
from the common fort by having a larger head, a blunter 
nofe, thicker fkin, asd lefs fat; and <i are not fo much 
e — , and feldom exceed three or four ounces in 
weight 
GRIGGIO, in Geography, a river of gh which 
runs into the Adriatic. N. lat. 42 12'. E. long. 14? 50 
RIGNAN,.a town of France, in the department of 
the Dréme, and chief place of a ee in the diftriet 
of Montelimart, ro miles S.S.E. 0 lace contains 
1669, and the canton rots ‘nhebitants, on a territory 0 
2074 kiliometres, in 13 co 
GRIGNOLS, a town rae Sane in the department of 
the Dordogne, and poe place of a a. in the diftriét 
of Perigueux ; 10 miles $.S.W. fro ce con- 
tains bey and the lie 10,559 fahskaeant, on a territory 
of 187; kiliometres, in 12 communes. ‘town of 
France, in the department of the Cironde, and chief 20 
a canton, in the diftri€t of Bazas; 9 miles S.E. of it 
The place contains 3160, and the canton etch maya ae on 
a aan of 135 kiliometres, in 10 com 
GRIGNON, a village of France, in the rpeighbotahond 
of Paris, is rendered interefting to the curious, and to the 
geologift in particular, for its quarries of gypfum and ftone; 
which contains fuch a multitude and Hang! of organic re- 
mains, that 600 different ieecins of foffil fhells have been 
there obferved 236 ee Magazine, vol. 339 
pas and vol. 3 
yer in Frnlology See Rampnastos Aracari. 
GRIGUET Bay, in ries cis “s bay at the N.E. ex- 
ndland. 
ecie ok ce o §t a, WN: Io ong. 
ra, 550 28 
ILIMON, a town of Afiatic Turkey, on the W. 
N. lat. 38° 35’. E. long. 26° 19’. 
sok pe Natolia.. 
GRILL » a town of South America, in the go- 
vernment of éhe Caraccas ; 59 miles 5.5.W. of Merida.. 
5 Serato 
E, in Cookery, inet broiled on 
thus called from the Fre ee vile ise gee 
The word is valfo ufed for the 
them with grated bread, tte 
fire, and. coy he them a iron. Shrimps are 
grilled a: manner. 
#"GRILLON, in Geography, a town of Ali i 
Eine ra oigen mg ges ° rica, in Sierra 
GRIMALDI, NicoLino, in Bigyaghy. See Nico- 
INO.. 
Grma.pr, Gio. Faancesco. See Bo.ocnese. 
GRIMANI, ores ai cardinal, was born at_ Ve. 
parte te in baie Hin fa 
