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body is tiiick and rounded; the {kin Is deftitute ox 
fcales, but rugged, and full of tubercles fpotted 
and variegated with fhort ftreaks of a blackifh hue- 
the head is large and thick, and extremely full of 
excrefcences ; the nofe is large; the eyes are red; 
the tail is obtufe; and the fiefii is reckoned very 
delicious. When this fifh is firfc taken out of the 
water, it makes a very fmgular grunting noife ; and 
hence it receives it's name. 
GALLUS MARINUS. An appellation 
given by fome naturalills to the doree ; a fiPn more 
commonly icnown by it's claffical name, faber. 
Gallus Marinus, is alfo a name by which 
fome authors have diftinguiflied the orbis pif- 
cis. 
GALLY-WORM, the Julus of naturalifts. 
An infeft of the centipede kind, of vv'hich there are 
feveral fpecies. They are furnifned with more 
feet than any other infects ; and their bodies are 
compofed of a great number of rings. Some of 
them are fmooth, and others hairy; fome are of a 
yellow colour, others are black, and others again 
are brown. One Ipecies has a black head, a back 
of a golden yellow colour, a belly of a blueifh filver 
colour, and a vaft number of feet like hairs. A 
fecond fpecies is entirely black, e>:cept a white 
line running from the head to the tail along the 
middle of the back. A third kind has a reddifli 
head, and feet of the fiime colour; the body is a 
dull yellow; and the feelers, as well as the hairs near 
the tail, are livid. And a fourth fpecies is of a red- 
difli black hue, except tliat the feet and feelers are 
of a lighter colour. Some of thefe infedls lie hid 
in the mofs grov/ing on the barks of trees; and 
others under ftones, and among rubbifh. Moufet 
obferved two fpecies of the hairy kind; one of 
which was fomewhat above an inch long, and had 
a tapering body of a whitifli colour, but the hairs 
were black and very Ihort: the back and belly of 
the other fpecies were of a livid colour, fpotted 
with an unpleaflng yellow; the mouth was fome- 
what reddifli; the eyes were black; and the hairs 
were grey. 
All thefe animals, ymen touched, either con- 
trafl, or roll themfelves up into balls; but they do 
not appear to be venomous, as many have fup- 
pofed, having been frequently handled and irri- 
tated without any dangerous confequences. 
Gally-Worm, Shining. This infefl, which 
is frequently found on heaths, may beeafily diftin- 
guiflied by it's glow-worm-like luftre. It is a na- 
tive of Great Britain, and various other European 
countries, as well as of feme parts of America. 
Gally-Worm, Brown, This fpecies has a 
hundred legs on each fide, and grows to the length 
of two inches. The body is brovv'n; a double 
line or an iron-grey colour runs along the back; 
the back is roundifh ; the belly is fmooth; the fi-iin 
is Ibmewhat gloffy; and the feelers, which are 
fhort, confift of five joints. It generally refides a 
little belov/ the furface of the earth. 
Gally-Worm, Grey. This creature is about 
three-quarters of an inch in length, and is fur- 
niflied with a hundred and twenty feet on each 
fide; it's back is roundilli; it's belly is fiat; and 
it's colour is a pale grey, except that two iron- 
grey lines appear on it's back, and that every joint 
of it's body is longitudinally fcreaked. It confifts 
of fixty joints; and is furnifned with whitifii feet. 
Ray cails this infedl the Gally-Worm marked 
with livid and white circles, found under larse 
ftones, and on old trees. 
Gally-WorM; Red. Ray denominates this 
{]:)ecics the long Gally-Worm. It meafurcs one; 
inch and a half; the body is very flender, and of a 
reddifli colour; the back and belly are deprefied; 
and the feet are yellowifli, of which there are fe- 
venty on each fide. 
Linnsus mentions only three fpecies of thefe in- 
fers; namely, that with feventy, that with a hun- 
dred, and that with a hundred and twenty feet on 
each fide. 
GAMBET, OR GAMBETTA. A bird fome- 
what refembling the common red-fxiank. The 
head, neck, and breaft, are grey, and full of brown 
fpots, which are largeft on the back, and fmailefl 
on the head; the back is grey, a little inclining to 
a reddifli brown colour on it's lower part, and on 
the wings ; the belly is white; and the beak is 
black. This bird is common in Italy, and fome 
other countries. 
Pennant defcribes one of this fpecies, the tringa 
Gambetta of Linnteus, which v/as fliot on the 
coaft of Lincolnfliiie, and was about the fize of 
the green-fliank. The head, back, and breaft, 
were of an afli-brov/n colour, fpotted with dull 
yellow; the coverts of tne wings and fcapulars 
were cinereous edged with yellow; the primaries 
were dufl-cy; the fliaft of the fii ft feather was v/hite; 
the tail was duiky bordered with yellow ^ and die 
lea;s were yellovv^ 
"game, black. See Grouse. - 
GAME-CGCK. See Cock. 
GAME, RED. See Gor-Cock. 
GAME, WHITE. See Ptarmigan. 
GANG-EISIT. a name given by fome au- 
thors to a fmall fifl-i caught in the German lakes, 
and exported in pickle into many parts of the 
world ; but more generally known by the appella- 
tion of Lavaretus. The Gang-Fifli is a fpecies of 
the coregonus ; and, in the Artedian fyfcem, is dif- 
tinguiflied by the name of the coregonus v/ith the 
upper jaw longeft and flat, and v/ith fourteen rays 
in the back-fin. 
^ GANNET, the Pellcanus EaflTinus of Lm- 
na;us; called alfo the folandgoofe. This bird, v/hich 
is about the fize of the tame goofe, weighs nearly 
feven pounds; and is upwards of three feet in 
lengt h, and fix in breadth. The bill is fix inches 
long, and ftraiglit almoO; to the point, where it in- 
clines downwards; and the fides are irregularly 
jagged, that the creature may hold it's prey with 
greater fecurity. About an inch from the bafe of 
the upper mandible there is a fliarp procefs, which 
projefts forwards ; a long furrow, reaching almofl: 
to the end of the bill, occupies the place of the 
noftrils; and the whole bill is of a dirty v/hite hue 
tinged with afh-colour. The tongue is fmall, 
and placed low in the mouth ; and a naked (kin of 
a fine blue colour furrounds the eyes, which are a 
pale yellow, and full of vivacity, this bird being 
remarkable for the quicknefs of it's fight. From 
the angle of the miouth proceeds a narrow flip of 
black bare fl-:in, extending to the hind-part of the 
head; beneath this fldn there is another, v/hich, 
like the pouch of the pelican, is dilatable, and of a 
fuflicient fize to contain five or fix entire herrings, 
which, during the breeding feafon, it carries at 
once, to fupport it's mate and young. The neck 
is extremely long; the body is flat, and very full 
of feathers; the crown of the head, and a fmall 
fpace on the hind part of the neck, are bufi^-co- 
loured ; and the reft of the plumage is white, ex- 
cept the baftard-wing and the greater quill-fea- 
ther, Vv'hich are black. The legs and toes are 
black] but the fore-part of both are marked with 
a ftripe 
