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the seventh son of Jacob by subsequent tours. In 1909 he married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Clemens. founder of an Israelitish tribe numbering at the exodus from Egypt over 40,- 000 fighting men.
Nomadic by by nature, and possessing large herds of cattle, they preferred to remain on the E. side of Jordan. Their territory lay to the N. of that of Reuben, and comprised the mountainous district known as Gilead, and possessing large herds of cattle, they preferred to remain on the E. side of Jordan. Their territory lay to the N. touching the Sea of Galilee at its N. extremity, and reaching as far E. as Rabbath-Ammon. mountainous district known as Gilead, through which flowed the brook Jabbock, touching the Sea of Galilee at its N. name of an oasis and town of Africa, situated on the N. border of the Sahara, in lat. 30° 9' N. and lon. 9° 17′ E. The mes) (the Cydamus of the Romans), the desert. The gardens of Gadames, which grow dates, figs, and apricots, owe their entire oasis is surrounded by a wall, which protects it from the sands of the terior to Tripoli. Pop. about 7,500. grow dates, figs, and apricots, owe their fertility to a hot spring (89° F.), from which the town had its origin. The town is a center for ivory, beeswax, hides, flourishing town of Syria, in the Dec- apolis, a few miles S. E. of the Sea of Galilee, but now a group of ruins. It terior to Tripoli. Pop. about 7,500. a GADARA (gad'a-rä), formerly flourishing town of Syria, in the Decwas the capital of Peræa. It endured apolis, a few miles S. E. of the Sea of Galilee, but now a group of ruins. It sieges by Alexander Jannæus and Vespasian, but fell into decay after the Mohammedan conquest. or group Subbrachiata, with ventral fins cods; a family of fishes, sub-order Anacanthina (spineless fishes), tribe and covered with small, soft scales; the body is rather long, a little compressed, attached to the breast or throat. The teeth are in several rows. and covered with small, soft scales; the They are voracious fishes. They are found chiefly largely used for the food of man. Species in the seas of temperate climates, and are described by Yarrel, 21. See COD.
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