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US, in ichll. yology. See ARDEA .
GRYLLUS, in zoology, Ihe name of Ihe c"iekel and
l~clIlI
kind, whieh, logclher wilh Ihe graf!hoppers,
make on ly one genus of in(dls, belonging
10
Iheorder
of
h~miplcra:
Ihe chmétcrs of which are the(e, rhe
anlenOa! are (elaeeous and "Iiform
i
rhe eXlerior winns
are membranael'ulIs, narrOw, and have much of the
appearanee of rhé wings
uf
(ome uf Ihe Oy kind
i
Ihe
rhorax is comprelfed and angulmd
i
aod rhe legs are
formed (or leapiog. There are
00
le(s Ihao
64
Ipecies.
See' Plare LXXXVI. fig.
3' 4'
5·
GRYPH[TES. io Datural hillory, an Eoglifh
c~ow's
$TON E,
ao ob'oog folli[e fhdl, very narrOWar ,he
hcad, aod becomiog gradually wider to the eXlremity,
where il ends in a mcular [imb
i
the head or beak of
thi! is very hooked or benl ioward.
GUAD.iLAJARA•.a cityofMexico, in Norrh Ame·
rin, anu the capital of Glladalajara, or New Galicia:
W. loog
108°,
and N. lat.
~oo
45'.
CUADALWIAR, a river o( Spaio, which rifes io the
province of Arragon. anel runs (outh·eall through Ihe
frovin:e of
Valenr.ia, falling inlO the Mediterranean a
Hule below Ihe eily o( Valencia.
GU ADAL
~XARA,
a ci.lyof Spain, in the provinee of
N~w
Callile, twenly eighl miles north.wefl o(Madrid:
W long.
~o
50',
and N. lat.
40° 40"
GUADALUPE, one of the Iargefl of Ihe Caribbee·
iflands, eighty miles north o( Marúnico, (ubjcét
10
. Fraoce: W.long.
61°,
and N. I. t.
16? 30'.
GUADIANA, a river o( Spain, which rifes in Ihe mido
¿le of New Caflile, and runniog through Eflremadllra.,
cnrers Portugal
i
where, palling Ihrough Ihe provioees
of Alentejo and Algan a, it di(charges it(e1f iOlo.the
AtI.,olic ocean.
GUADILBARBAR, a riw of Africa, which rifes in
the moun\ains of Atlas, runs through rhe kingdomof
T unis. and f.11s inlo Ihe Mcdilerraneanfea oear Bona.
GUADILQY[VIR, a river of Spain. which rifes in the
mouol.io3of Segura in New Callile, runs the who[e
Itoglh of Aod,lufia. aod p¡lIing by Cordova and Se·
•,lIe falls iOlo the Adanlic ocean al St Lucar.
GUADIX, a city of Spaio, in Ihe provioce of Granada:
W loog
3°,
aod N. lat.
37°
15'·
GU:\jACUM. in bOlany, a genus of rhe decfodria·
mooogynia c1a(s. Thc eal,x. coofitls of 6ve uncqual
frgmt
MS
i
Ihe petals are 6ve, aod infClled into th.
ealix
i.
and tbe " pfu le is aogular, and has from time.
ro five cells. There are three (pecics, all natives of
Ihe lodies.
The wood is very ponderous,. of a clo(e cotnpaét
leXlu,e
i
Ihe ouler pm is of a ydlolV colour. Ihe
h~att
of a dccp blackifh greco, or variegmd wilh b[ack,
~reeo, p~le,
and brolVo colours: Ihe bnrk. is th,o,
(lnoolh, eKrern,lIy of a dark grcyifu
bu~:
bo,h have
a lightly aroma\ic, billWfh, pungent t.!le lhe buk
is fomewhar the weakell. Tite refin (which ex(udes
from'ioeiftons made in Ihe truok o( ,hc trCe) is brought
to
U\
in
Irrc~ular
malf" , u(ual:y fn.ble, of a duOt;>
¡;reeniOI. aoo (omC\inles of a reddifh can. IVllh picccs
of the wllod among them: ils lall. is mOle acud and
'puoó~nl
than \b.t of \he wootl
O[
bal k.
Their general .irlucs are rho(e of a warm, flimtl'·
Jaling medicioe: Ihey flreng\henthe
~omdCh ~od
olher
vifcera
i
aod remark.bly promOle Ihe urioary aod cu·
licular ddcharge: heoce in cutaneous dcf.d, tions. alld
olher Morders proeecdiog from.obflruétipns o( the ex.
crelory glaods, aod where Buggilh ferous humours a.
bouod,,,they are emioeotly u(eful:
rh~umatie
aod o.
Ih.r pallls have
0;:<0
beeo relievcd by Ihem. The
refio is Ihe OIofl aétive of the(e deugs
i
aod Ihe efficacy
of thc o\hers
dep~nds
upoo the quaolily of this par!
coolained in Ihcm: Ihe refin is eXlraéted froOl tbe
wood in par! by wmry liquors, but mueh more pe••
{eétly by (pilÍlOus ooes
i
the IValery exm/) of lhis
~ood,
kepl io the lhops, proves nOI ooly Ie(s inquan.
t~ly, b~t.coor.derably ~eahr
Ihao ooe made Wilh fp:.
ni.
l h,s
I~fl
extr.,ét
IS
of \he fame quali\y with Ihe
~ativ~
rer.o, and difFers from Ihat broughl to
u~
ooly
In be,og purcr. The gum, or eXlraéts, are givrn froo.
a fcwgldins
10
a (cruple or
h.dfa dram
i
which larr
dofe !,rovcs for Ihe 01011 par! coofiderably purgative.
GUALEOR, a city of Ihe Hilher Iodia, and Ihe
eapil~1
of Ihe provioee of Gualeor, (¡tualed forry milesfoulh
of Agra: E. loog.
79°,
aod N. lat.
~6
0.
GUAM, Ihe.chicfof Ibe Ladrooe·iaaods. illll:e Pacific
oceao: E [oog,.
140·'
and N. lar.
14°.
GUANlHANI. or St SALVADOR, OOtV caUed Call.
¡lIaod, ooe of Ihe Bahama iflands io rhe Atlantie oma
io Norrb America: W. loog. 76•• N. [al.
240.
'
GVA VCO, a tOIVn of Peru. in Soulh America, one
bundred a'od eighty Oliles north·ea(! of. Lima: W. Jon.
75° 15',
aod S. [ato
10·.
GUARA
.TY,
io mallers of polilYI Ihe eogagemeol
nf
med,alonal or neutral flms, whereby .líey pltght Ihei r
failh, thal cerraio trearies Olall be iO"iolably obferved ,
or Ihat Iheywill make war againll rhe aggrelfor.
GUARD, in ageoeral (eofe, figoities Ihe deCeoce or pre·
fervatioo of aoy· Ihiog
i
Ihe a.!l of ob(erviog whal palf.
es. io order tOpreveol furprizc
i
or Ihe care, precau·
tioo, and a\leOIlOO, we make ufe of, tO preveO! any
Ihiog happeniog conlrary tOour iOlcolioo or inclioa.
tioos.
Gu
o\R
D,
in Ihe military art, is a dUly puformcd by a
bouy of Oleo, lo fecure an a'my or pla.:c from beio'g
furpr,ced by ao elleOly.
¡
{dval.coGUARO. is a pmy of eilher horfe or foot,
Iholt m.llche! be ore a more cooGderable budy,
10
give
oOlice
01
aoy approachiog daoger.
¡{rli.'I,,}
GU.HD.is a detarhment from Ihe army,
10
f~cure
Ihe arldlery: their corps de g"de is io Ihe
froot, and Iheil' c/olries round Ihe ·p.,k This is a
fony.eigh, hou!'s guaro: and upoo a march, they gp
io Ihe front aod re" of ,he artillcry.
~od
mufl b. (ure
to
I~ave
oo\hiog belt,od
¡
if a gun or waggoo
bre¡~
40wo. Ihe captain is lO
[~a\'e
a pan of his guatd to
allill rbe glloom aod rn.rrLIf,·s io eeniog ir up
ac~io.
c,"l'J
d,
GUDE, are foldicrs eouuned IVith \he gUdldof
a poli . uoder \h/ cammdnd of one o, ml'rc offieers.
F4"og<.GUARD,
d
d/laehmlot (COI OUt lO (\.Cure Ihe
forragcrs, which
ar~
poned
il
all pl",s, \\here e lher
ti"
locmy's parly OIay come
tri
diflurb Ihe forldsers.
or \Ih
r~
ll"y 013)' be
ri'r~Ju
\CO OC3r ,he en my, (o
as