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THE

EDINBURGH GAZETTEER,

ов

GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY:

CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE

VARIOUS COUNTRIES, KINGDOMS, STATES, CITIES, TOWNS, MOUNTAINS, &c.

OF THE

WORLD;

AN ACCOUNT OF THE

GOVERNMENT, CUSTOMS, AND RELIGION, OF THE INHABITANTS; THE BOUNDARIES AND
NATURAL PRODUCTIONS OF EACH COUNTRY, &c. &c.

FORMING A COMPLETE BODY OF

GEOGRAPHY,

PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, STATISTICAL, AND COMMERCIAL.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

Accompanied by an Ailas, constructed by A. Arrowsmith,

VOLUME THIRD.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
HURST, ROBINSON, & CO. LONDON;

AND THOMAS WARDLE, PHILADELPHIA.

1822.

CALEDONIAN MERCURY PRESS,

EDINBURGH,

THE

EDINBURGH GAZETTEER,

OR

GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

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GAWELGHUR, a strong fortress of Hindostan, province of Berar, belonging to the Nagpore Mahrattas. It stands upon a mountain situated between the Poornah and Taptee rivers, and consists of a citadel and a fort, both of which are very strongly fortified, and the ascent by the road very steep and well defended. It was notwithstanding taken by the army under general Wellesley (now duke of Wellington), on the 14th day of December 1803, after a siege of only two days, and was restored to the rajah on the conclusion of the peace, which took place a very short time afterwards. Long. 77. 52. E. Lat. 21. 46. N. GAWSWORTH, a parish of England, in Cheshire, 34 miles S. W. from Macclesfield. Population 757.

GAYA, a town of Portugal, or more properly a suburb of Oporto, at the mouth of the Douro: it is large and well built.

VOL. III. PART 1.

GAY

GAYA, a small town of Moravia, in the circle of Hradisch, with 1600 inhabitants, many of them Jews.

GAYA, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the east coast of Borneo. Long. 118. 48. E. Lat. 4. 46. N.

GAYAH, also called BоODH GAYAH, & town of Hindostan, province of Bahar. It is one of the most celebrated places of Hindoo pilgrimage, having been the birthplace of Boodh, or Budha, one of the supposed incarnations of the Deity. It would be a tedious task to enumerate all the ceremonies observed here; but one of the most extraordinary is, that many of the female pilgrims, especially widows, shave their hair, and devote themselves from that time to a life of sanctity. The revenue collected from the pilgrims on account of government, amounts to above L.16,000 per annum. The business is managed entirely by the Bramins, who are much more liberal than those of Jagernaub, and not only permit any person to enter the temple, but to approach the image, which is that of a man sitting cross-legged, but so very rudely carved, as gives reason to suppose that it is of great antiquity. The high estimation in which this temple is held, is evinced by the following extracts from an inscription on one of the stones: This place is renowned, and it is celebrated by the name of Bhood Gaya. The forefathers of him who shall perform the ceremony of the Sradha at this place shall obtain salvation. A crime of an hundred fold shall undoubtedly be expiated from a sight thereof, of a thousand fold from a touck,

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thereof, and of a hundred thousand fold from worshipping thereof.' The sect of Boodhists is not so numerous in Hindostan as the followers of the Bramins, but all the natives of Ceylon and of the eastern peninsula are of that religion, an account of which will be found in the description of Ava. Gayah is also the residence of the .civil establishment of the district of Bahar Proper, and has a cantonment for a battalion of native infantry. An attempt was made some years ago by an English gentleman to establish a manufacture here of porcelain, but it failed of success. Long. 85. 5. E. Lat. 24. 49. N.

GAYWOOD, a parish of England, in the county of Norfolk, 5 miles from Lynn, and 96 from London.

GAZCOTTA, a town of Bengal, district of Rungpore. It formerly possessed a small fort. Long. 89. 15. E. Lat. 25. 50. N.

GAZER, a town of Asben, in Central Africa, 50 miles S. of Asonda.

GAZOLO, a small town of Austrian Italy, in the duchy of Mantua, 13 miles W.N.W. of Mantua.

GAZYPOOR, a district of Hindostan, province of Allahabad, in the collectorship of Benares. It is bounded on the north and east by the river Goggrah, on the south by the Ganges, and on the west by the district of Joanpore. It is remarkably well supplied with water, and one of the most fertile districts of India; besides grain of all kinds, cotton and sugar, it produces opium and very fine indigo, and has been long celebrated for its otto of roses and rose water. It also supplies an investment of calicoes, both on account of the East India Company and of individuals.

GAZYPOOR, the capital of the above mentioned district, and a place of considerable traffic. It is situated on the bank of the Ganges, and contains a palace and a handsome mosque; and in its vicinity there are extensive cantonments for three regiments of cavalry. Long. 83. 33. E. Lat. 25. 35. N.

GAZYPORE, a district of the peninsula of India, situated on the southern bank of the river Toombuddra.

Gnow, a small town of Russia, in the government of St Petersburgh, and the chief place of a circle. 126 miles S. of St Petersburgh.

Goow, a small town of Austrian Poland, in Galicia, in the circle of Bochnia, on the Rawa.

GEARON. See Jaron.

GEAUNE, OF GENNE, a small town of the south of France, in the department of the Landes, with 800 inhabitants. 14 miles >S. E. of St Sever.

GEBA, a country of Western Africa, with

a town of the same name, situated on a river called also Geba, which falls into the river Cacheo, or St Domingo. It issues from a lake, upon the banks of which the residence of the king is situated. 180 miles S. of Kacundy.

GEBAL HUSSEM, a range of mountains on the left bank of the Tigris, near Mosul.

GEBBAR, a town of Armenia," in the province of Diarbekir, 10 miles S. E. of Jadida.

GEBBEL EZZEIL, a mountain of Egypt, near the coast of the Red sca.

GEBEL NAKLON, a mountain of Fayoum, in Egypt, 8 miles S. W. of Fayoum.

GEBEL EL SILSILI, or the CHAINED MOUNTAIN, a mountain of Egypt, on the east side of the Nile, 42 miles N. of Syene.

GEBEL SINAN, a mountain of Irak Arabi, 25 miles N. W. of Bassora.

GEBEL TEIR, or MOUNTAIN OF BIRDS, a mountain of Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile, 24 miles N. of Enseneh.

GEBEL ZEGNIR, an island in the Red sea. Long. 60. 28. E. Lat. 14. N.

GEBELDEHAUSEN, a small town of the Prussian states, in the Eichsfeld, 14 miles N. E. of Gottingen.

GEBESEE, a small town of the Prussian part of Saxony, near the conflux of the Gera and the Unstrut, with 1360 inhabitants. It was almost entirely burned down in 1750. 8 miles N. N. W. of Erfurt. Long. 10. 59. E. Lat. 51. 10. N.

GEBI ZEH, OF GEBSA, a small and dirty town of Asia Minor, the ancient Lybissa, where is a mount reported as the tomb of Hannibal, who is said to have swallowed poison at this place. 25 miles E. S. E. of Scutare.

GEBUL, a small town of Syria, 20 miles S. E. of Aleppo.

GEBWEILER, a small town of France, in Upper Alsace, on the canal which passes by New Brisac. It contains 2550 inhabitants, and on the hill of Sering, below the town, is produced an excellent but expensive species of wine. 14 miles S. by W. of Colmar.

GEBY, an island in the Eastern seas, between Waygoo and Gilolo, about 15 miles long and three broad, on the equinoctial line. Long. 129. 25. E.

GECHINGEN, a village of Wirtemberg, in the bailiwic of Merklingen, with 1000 inhabitants.

GEDAN, OF ZIDEN, a town of Arabia, 30 miles S. S. E. of Jidda.

GEDAN, a small island in the Red sea. Lat. 16. 20 N.

GEDDINGTON, a parish of England, in

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