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root kept jn the Ibops,
pr.lli.:.:.
but OOIV monly out of ufe in GALILEi\NS, a feél of thcJews. Thrir foundtr I?ltt
GALANTHUS, the SNOW' DROP, in botany, a grnus
of the bexandna Plono~ynia claCa. It has three con·
cave pelols, a limpie lIigma, anrl a ne,'l"illOl eompoled
of ,hree Im. 1I pm ls. There is bUl one Cpeeies, a o.·
uve 'ni Gcrnldny.
GALA TA, a &rw fuburb belonging to Cooaaotinople,
oppolite 'o Ihe (erag¡'o, 00 Ihe o,her fide of the har·
bour. lt il here the Greeks, Armeniaos, Franks,
Chrillians, aod Jew~ inhabi" and are allowed the ex'.
ereil" of lhtir relpd tiv" worO,ips.
GAL.'\TIA, lhe aoeient n.Ole of Amafia, a provinee of
Lellú Afia.
GALAX, in bo,aoy, a genus or Ihe pentandria mooogy'
nia clars. The cal,x eonfills of teo bves; and Ihe
caplule has one eell and 'wo e1.aie valves. Thm is
but On" Cpeeies, a na,ire of Virginia.
GAL.'\XY, in aUronomy. See A S TRONO~tY, p. 487.
GALIlANUM, in pharmaey, a gum iffuing [rom lhe
Ilemof an \,mbelhrerous plant, growing in .Perfia and
many pans of Arnea.
¡, is (oOletimes mel Wilh in the Ibop' in loo(e grao
nules, ealled dl ops or tears; and (ometim(S in l..ge
mafres, forOled or anumber of the(e blended lOgelher ;
but in Ihe(e maffcs Come accidental roulnefs is ofteo
mixed. wilh the g~r.1 , The fingle drops urually ap'
proaen to a roundilb, oblong, pear.like formo Gal·
hanuOl is rOrt Iike wax, and, when f,elb drawn, while;
but il afltrwards beeomu yelJowilb or redd¡fb: il is of
a aroog (mell, o( ao aerid and bimrilb ufle: il is
infiammable in (he manner of a refio, and [oluble in
water like a gUID o
It atteouates aod diffolves lough phlegm, aod is
thmfore of [erviee io aflhmas and invmrate eoughs.
GALEGA, in botany, a genus of thediadelphia deean·
dria cla(s. The eal¡x eonliJls of equal 'fubulated teeth;
and the pod has oblique ari:!:, wilh a [eed betweeo
eaeh. There are eight (peeies, none of thero natives
of Brilain.
GALENISTS, in ehurch.hillory, a braneh o[ aoabap.
tias, wbo are (aid 10 Iwc adoplcJ (everal Ariao opio
oions eoneerning Ihe divioilY of our ~aviour.
G.1LEOBDOLON, in bOlany. See Lt~ N URUS.
GALERITA, iDichlhyology, a (peeies of blennius. See
BLENNIUS .
GALlCrA, Ihe. mo(l ·north·we(l provinee of Spain,
bouoded by Ihe omn on tbe norrh·well, by Ihe pro·
vioees of Aauri..., and Leoo on ¡he eall, and by Por·
lugal on Ihe routh .
GALl eJA, or GUADALAJhRA, a provinee of Mexico,
bounded by newl\lexico on the north, by the g~,lph
of MexieoooIhe e. a, by Mexico Propa on Ih~·rOUlh ,
aod by Ihe PdCiF.eOc<~n and Calirornia 00
the lVell.
CALILE, Or GALIL EE, once a provioee of Jud<a,
now uf Turky in Afia, IV~S bqur.ded by mounl Leba·
non on Ihe nOrlh, by Ihe liver Jordan and ,he (ta of
G,lilee on Ih- eall, by Ihe ri' er ChiCon on Ihe (oulh,
and by ,he Mediterranean on the IVea. lt was Ihe
fteoe of maoy of our Saviour's miracles.
Vo~ . Il. No. 53 .
One Judas, a n. tive of {jaldec, fronl whieh plae :
~hey d.~rived Iheir Their chief, elleeming il an'
IOdlgnlly ror IheJelVstu pay tri~ule 10arangers, rai(,d
uphis eounrrymen againll Ihe edia of Ihe emperor
Au~unu!, whien had ordered a laxalion or inrollment
of aJl lhe fubje[h of Ihe Roman empire.
They prelended Ihat GoJ alon~ OlOuld be olVneel a9
M ..Oer and Lord; and inolher refpetls wer<of rhe opio
nionof Ihe Pha, ilees ; bUI, as Ihey judged il uol.wrul
to pray for prinees, Ihey (cparalCd Ihemrel..,
from Ihe rea of Ihe Jews, and performed Iheir (aerili·
ces aparto
GALL, in the animal ~:onomy. See BILE.
GALL RL ADDER .. SeeAN.H O" Y, p. 269.
GALL . in nalUral hiflory, denoles any proluberanee or
tumnur produeed by Ihe punélure of iofeéls On planls
and trees of differenl kin,ls.
Thefe galls are of various rorms and fize!, and no
I~rs diflúenl wllh regu d 10 Iheir iOlernal aruélure.
SOllle have only one eavilY, and olhcrs a number of
(mall eells eómmuniea,ing wilh eaeh o'her. Some of
tnemare as hard as Ihe IVood'or Ihe tree Ihey grow
on, whiHl olhers are rorr and fpongy ; the being
mOled ·nurs, and Ihe Idllcr berry.galls, or apple.
galls.
The general hinory of gaJls is tl1il : an infeél of tbe
By kindis inarulledbynalure 10 take care for Ihe (afe.
Iy of her young. by lodging her eggs in a woody (ub·
llanee, \Vhere they \ViII be defended from all injuries :
Ibe for Ihis purpofe wounds Ihe leaves or teoder bran·
chesof a lI ee ; and Ihe Jaeerated veffJls, difcharging
their eOnlelll!, rooo forOJ tumoursabout Ihe holes thus
m,de. The hole in eaeh 'of Ihere lumours, Ihrough
whieh Ihe Ry h~s made il! IVay, may for lhe moa pan
be found ; and IVhenil is not,. the maggot inhabilant
or il' remains arerure to·be found wilhin, on breakiog
the gal!. HOlVever, it is \O be obrerved, Ih'l io Iho(e
galls whieh eonlain (~veral eells, there may be infeél,
found in (ome of Ihem, .Ihough lhere be a hole by
whieh Iheinh~bitant· of another eell has ereaped. .
Oak galls pUl. in a very finall quanlily, ioto a (olu·
tion of vitriol in waler, ,hough but a very weak one,
g:,'e il a purFle or viclet colour; whieh, as il gro,v,
fl ronger, beeo",e, ; and onIhispropmydepends
the art of ot.,king our wrilingink, as alfoa grw deal
01 tho(e Qf dying anJ dreOing lealher, aod olhcr Ola–
Duf.élures,
lo medicine, galls are fOllnd to be very aa, ingent,
and good, under proper managem,nl, in di.rrhceas,
dyrtntries, and h:tOlO.., hages of all kinds; they hare
al(1I a very eminenl virtue as a febrifuge.
GALLERY, in al ehiteélnre, a comed place in a houre,
Oluch 10llger Ihan broad, and uCually in Ihe wings of
a budd,ng ,: ilsn(e beingehieOy 10 lI'alk in.
GALL ERY, in rortir,e3Iion, a eovered walk aerors Ihe
dileh or a IOlVn, made of flrong beams, eovered over
head wilh pl. nks, alld loaued wilh earrh: (omelimes
il is tovere,1 wid, ralV hides 10 dtfend ir fromIh" arti·
(¡cial r.'es of ,he bcficged.
GALLERY o[ a /l/Í/u, is a narrowpa[lge, or braneh of
t 6 Y ~