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fpedting medals and matters of antiquity in other col- 
leGtion Psi reri 
,» AUG apeee a confiderable lawyer and hifto- 
rian of ae few cern century, was a native of France, and 
rofe to the dignity 
fellor of ftate. 
e principal was ile whic 
rights pretended by 
added th 
fort. He died about os year 
publifhed as a pofthumou 
of Navarre aa Flanders rs. 
cerning the origin, progrefs, &c. of the cit 
ublifhed without a name in 1628 aid 1629 was generally a 
aicribed toM. Galland. Some years fince many genealogies of 
noble families drawn up by this author were to be foundin the 
libraries of France. Moreri. 
NT, or Garant, a French term, fignifying 
civil, seu e; welded ora perfon of wit and addrefs, who 
does every thing with a "rood grace: in fine, a civil perfon, 
fomevwat = gayer, and more sara than ordi- 
ALLANT, Cape, in Geography, a cap 
Magellan, diftant about eight leagues from cape Holland : 
this cape is high and fteep, and between this and ca) 
Re 
ifland, called ‘* Charles’s Ifland;’’ and a little to the eaf 
ward of cape Holland is a fine fandy bay, called «« Wood’s 
Bay,’’ in which there is good anchoring. In cape Gallant 
bay, which may be pare ir great ae cite is a fine 
ee 
a se Seat me miles due 3. of Ci olu mbo, in ae “tat 
6°r'. E ong: 80° 19'20". The fort is dtrong,and the garrifoa 
peneray conlilts of two or three compan nies of ah Se 
bs Ors ©: 
pacious, particularly the outer road. 
fecure during a great part of the year, 
in aS. W. wind; but it has a Aaapesabe that winds from 
a particular quarter are nec carry ¥ ¢ 
the entrance, which is rao, es » a lar: ge rock 
afmall work. The furr —_ fhore i 
T he whole 
and port, are Haier to thofe of Trincomalee. 
-town is populous, and with refpeét to trade ranks next to 
olumbo. 'The coaft and country about Galle is very moun- 
tainous. From the neighbouring heights, Adam’s Peak is 
very plainly feen, and feveral of the hills in the interior. 
ifheries to a very confiderable extent are on here ¢ 
and.indeed form the chief branch of its t . A great 
curing: O prepare it ae exportation te 
different parts of the seca of India. Arrack, oil, pep- 
per, cotton, and ms alfo = a ga its exports, 
Cinnamon is alfo rown here, but no es Fama’ Se as 
ualit 
Brafil. S. lat. 27° 50! 
large lageon, where ips may moor in perfe ae SADDLE. | See oe 
fecuritys thedepth ae pene where fo orfathom, with a foft Alay D, in Sea Language, is mel is to a maft, yard, ca 
uddyte#ound, and on the eait. fide from fix to ten fathom, ble, ee ce h is chafe cee ped eee hey ar 
where is the beft anchoring. There is a of ‘good water- ofall covered with c. in thofe nats 
ro rivers, and plenty of wood. lagoon w are the: ‘molt expofed be the’ eae of the veffel, as 
abounds with w wl, and wild celery; mufcles, and lim- a pre sar ae ve from this injury. 
pets are ae The cana is good. e latitude ss Gatiep Crops, in dria a fuch as have nume- 
GALLA NEES among the Romans, a furname given 
to the priefts of Cybele; whence the modern terms of gallant, 
and eee have been formed. See Mem, Acad. Infcript. 
vol. 
CALLAG, in aa tg a town of Afvca, in Bam- 
dparra ; ce miles Sego. — 
eae APAGOS. See Gan 
Os Rucki, pare tisk Tie on on the E. coat of- the 
aad of nee N. lat W. lon 
GALLARATO, a on of aly, i in. the department of 
the Olona; 20 miles W. N.W. of Milan 
GALLARDON, a town of Trane in the department 
of the Eure and Loire; nine miles N.E. of Chartres. 
TIN, a county of America, in Kentucky, 
containing 1078 inhabitants, of whom 276 are flaves—Alfo, 
a pott-town of oe aad county, Teneflee, 114 miles W. by 
5. from -Wafhington. 
- -GALLATON, or Gatiowrown, a town of ee 
jn the county of Fife; 15 miles N.E. of Edinburgh. 
-GALLBRUN, a-town of Aufizia; leven tniles Now 
Bragg. 
rous thin {pots in different parts of t 
GAL O,-in Geography, -a town of. Spainy in he 
province of Leon; eighteen ‘miles S.S.E. of Salamanca. 
—Alfo,ariver of - Spain, which runs into the Ebio, oppofite 
to Saragoffa. 
GA LEGOS, atown of Spain, in Old Caftile ; thirty. 
five. miles N.W. of Avila. 
GALLEMB ey pats a town of ie duchy of Carniola; 
thirty miles E. of Lau 
EN, Sr. a tr ritor ry of Switzerland, bounded N. 
by the lake of Co nftance, and onthe S. th 
Appenzel. The w i é 
does not éxceed.a mile and a half in circumference ; 
cluding the town mas near 8000 inhabitants. ‘The abbat 
and town of St. Gallen are both allies of the Swifs cantons, 
ae et enjoys the privilege of fending deputies to the gene 
. The abbot of St. Gallen i is titular prince o of the 
m: w Oo 
nan this rare ‘He former rly poileffed the fovereignty 
af th he town; but gg ee fhoo “his capirah ke 
and became independ ; However, the “dilp utes of the 
et parties -have- ae ‘eompromifed the interpofition 
the Swifs cantons, The town is entirely proteftant, 
aad 
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