Gobbe
or VOANDZOU (Voandzeia subterranea), a leguminous annual of tropical Africa, sub-order Cæsalpineæ, of which the young pod is thrust into the ground in the same manner as that of Arachis hypogæa (the ground bean), thus at once protecting and planting the seeds. The rich, oily seeds (Angola wholesome and agreeable when boiled. The young pods also are used like French beans.
They were GOBELIN (gob-lan'), a family of French tapestry-makers and dyers who became famous for the exquisite tapestries they manufactured tries they manufactured. They were descended from Jean Gobelin, who founded the establishment in Paris and died in 1476. About 1667 the manufactory was turned into a royal establishment under Louis XIV. The factory still produces the finest tapestry in the world.
GOBI (gō'bē), DESERT OF, the Shamo or "sand-sea" of the Chinese, an immense tract of desert country, occupying nearly the center of the high tableland of eastern Asia, between lat. 35° and 45° N., and lon. 90° and 110° E., and extending over a large portion of Mon- Turkestan. Its length is probably about 1,800 miles; mean 350 and 400 miles; area, 300,000 square miles. Its general elevation is over 4,000 feet above sealevel. The level. The East Gobi is occupied by difof the Mongolian race, who have numerous herds of camels, horses, and sheep. In the West Gobi are some nomadic tribes of the Tartar race.
This tract is supposed at one time to have been a great inland sea. In 1917, motor car service was inaugurated to carry freight across the desert between and Urgi.
GOBIIDE (gō'bi-i-dē), or GOBIOIDE (-oi'dē), in ichthyology, gobies, a family of Acanthopteri veri. The edges of the operculum are unarmed, and its aperture small; the ventral fins, whether united or separated, constitute a funnel, and GOD are situated on the breast; the skin is either naked or armed with large finely Most of them are small fishes, found among rocks or in tidal rivers.