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“and the a 
GAZ 
ing it with New Gaza, or Majuma ; ; and others place it at 
a great diftance from the fea. Calmet: has erroneoufly made 
this diftance 20 miles; whereas Arrian ftates it at 20 fur- 
longs or 24 ‘miles, 
ew Gaza, or Majuma, was the ancient fea-port to the 
former, and on that account a place of fome note ; Lape much 
more {fo in the reign of Cane the Great, ed it 
Conftantia from the name of his fon Coulandias al ee wed 
it with many fngular privileges, of which it was 
by Julian the Apo ate. Mai 
 Razza,”" is compofed 
of three villages, one a es under the name of the “ Caf- 
tle,’’ is fituated betw e two others, on an inconfider- 
able eminence. This c e is now a mere heap of rubbifh. 
The Serai of the Aga, which cota a oa of it, is in 
a ruinous flate 3_ but it has the advantage of a moft extenfive 
profpect. _ From its Sie may be feen ie fea, from which 
it is feparated by a fandy beach, a quarter of a league wide; 
d adjacent comme refembles Egyp means of its 
date trees, and flat afpect; and in this latitude, the foil and 
climate both appear to be a uly Arabian. The heats, the 
drought, the winds, and the dews, are the fame as thofe of 
the banks of the Nile; and the inhabitants have the com- 
~_ 
plex ature, man eau _ accent of the Egyptians, ra- 
ther Ga thofe of the Syr The fituation of Gaza 
its convenience for c ae ha rendered it at all times a 
urrounding country is ex- 
tremely Fertile, and the nes bani by limpid ftreams, © 
fill produce, without art, pomegranates, oranges, exquifite 
requelt, even at Con- 
0 t-has, however, fhar ed i in the general deftruc- 
on; and notwithftanding its proud title of the capital of 
Paleitine, it is no than eee nn Ae de peopled by 
atmott only 2000 inhabitants. The manufacture of cottons 
is their tel de, fupport ; and as they reer the exclufive 
fupply of the serge and Bedouins of the neighbourhood, 
they Aare ut ee ooms. Here are li e two or 
three foap cequeeer 
a t 
they are no longer anxious to colleg it; and i inhabitan ce 
conftrained to purchafe at his pleafure, negleé the manufac- 
ture of foap. Another branch of commerce, more advan- 
tageous to the people of Gaza, is furnifhed by the theo 
ich pafs and si between Egypt and Syria. 
vifions which the obliged to take for their an ce 
journey in the pee ein a een demand for their 
flour, oil, dates, and other neceffaries. Sometimes they 
correfpond with Suez; they hkewife fit out every year a 
journey to the S.S.E. of Gaza, and one 
the N. o aba, on the road to Damafcus. 
chafe the plund er of the mites ae which is occafionally an 
article of great value. “Beyon a there are only deferts, 
with fome culated {pots and sige: s along the fea-coaft. 
Gaza, however, fuffers, in common with other fee by 
GAZ 
the fands which daily accumulate; infomuch ja -many 
places which were anciently fea-ports, are now four or five 
hundred paces within land ; a this i is the cafe a ie 
t 
In 1799 
. Hift. vol. nu. 
vo 
AZA, Gan » Lebriz UIs, a a of Afia, 
which held. the frit “rank i in Media peeine It was the 
loxy; = name of a {mall fpe- 
A Giovane, in Ornitho. 
of a fine _ colour, the Ardea Garzeita. 
Gaz 
cies OF tae 
See Ganzerra and Hero 
GAZAL, in Biography, furnamed Abou Hamed Moham- 
i : ‘ 
the year 450 of the Hegira, or 1072 
He was appointed profeffor of the ee founded at Bag 
dat, but foon relinquifhed the duties of the fituation for a 
fake of semen: a life of retir Pa an 
having made a pilgrimage to Mecea, he returned to 
native ata, where he died in ae. mee or 
obtained a high reputation for learning and vir a: w heh Oc 
cafioned him to be diftinguifhed in the oriental manner by 
many magnificent titles. Being alked what means he had 
ed, he replied, “that he had never been afhamed to afk for 
information on tees concerning which he had been igno- 
rant,’ as author of many works, but his principal 
production was ae “The different Claffes of the {ci- 
ences which relate to Religion.” Gen. Biog. 
GAZE-Houxp. See Hou 
GAZEEDEEN, in Cupatly , a town of Hindooftan ; 
14 miles E. of Delhi. 
GAZELLA, or’ Gazeiir, a {pecies of Antelope, 
which fee. 
GAZER, or Gazara, in Ancient Geograph hy, atown of 
paras aaa to the oe : Ephraim, fituated on the 
of of | t was given to the 
Levites of noe nay of Kohath. (Joth. x 21.) Inthe 
me of Solomon, Pharaoh, king of Egypt eek and burnt 
; but it was rebuilt by Solomon. At a future period, it 
was taken n by Judas penaiecy a eee by his Bede 
Jonathan. Jofeph. Ant. lx 
Gazer, in Geography, a town f Africa, 3 in the country 
of Afben; so miles N. of Afouda. 
GAZETTE, a news-paper, or printed account of the 
oo of divers countries, in a loofe fheet or half-. 
o 
"The word is formed from gazetta, a kind of coin, for- 
merly current at Venice, which 
the firft news-paper Sacaeg there : ho 
by corr ae rom ebrew izgad, which fignifies 
nuntius, enger, por this etymology is too much 
forced. 
Gazettes, which moft people look on as trifles, are by 
fome held the moft difficult kind of compofitions that have 
appeared, hey require a ne exten i 
with the lan i and a 
facility and command of wr Hone. 
perfpicuity, andin a few words 
To write a gazette, a man fhould be able-to fpeak of war 
alee by land a = ; be gence acquainted yeaa every 
ing relating graphy, the hiltory of the time, and 
ca of the none ae ey chy the feveral Saterefive! princes, 
the 
» and a grea 
and of relating ith 
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