Goonass Pass
a pass in Bussahir, across the S. range of the Himalaya, 16,000 feet above the sea.
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These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Goonass Pass, Goorkhas, Gooseberry.
Goorkhas
or GURKHAS, the dominant race in Nepal, descended from Hindu immigrants and claiming a Rajput origin. They overran the Khatmandu valley, and extended their power over Nepal in 1767-1768. Their advance S. led to the Nepal or Goorkha War of 1814-1815, and General Ochterlony's spirited campaign brought about the treaty of Segauli, which still defines English relations with Nepal, and which ceded various tracts in the Himalayas, The Goorkhas, who are a short, thick-set race, are brave and faithful soldiers, and lent valuable aid to the British in the suppression of the mutiny and subsequently. They also fought in the World War. Goorkha , or Gurkha, is about 53 miles from Khat Khatmandu , the present capital of Nepal al. It . was formerly the chief town. See NEPAL.
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Gooseberry
a fruit-bearing shrub closely related to the currant, from which it differs in having a spiny stem and frequently spiny berries. The name is an English corruption of gorse berry. Our cultivated varieties are chiefly from England, though they are supposed to be native to North Asia. An effort is now being made to tame our native gooseberries. Were it not for its spines, the gooseberry would be more popular. Several of our wild gooseberries are smooth, but it must be acknowledged that our prickly fruit has a superior taste.
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Gopher
gofer, a burrowing ground squirrel, native in the prairie regions of North America . The latter name is much to be preferred. There are several species, bearing a general resemblance to the chipmunk, but exceeding it in size. The striped ground squirrel has about thirteen lines of color running the length of its back, dirty white stripes alternating with rows of dark spots on a yellowish ground. A western species is much like it only larger. A gray species is found from Illinois northwestward. This squirrel excavates long burrows, extending beneath the reach of frost, and stores considerable quantites of prairie seeds. It is troublesome to farmers in a newly settled country. It sleeps away the winter in a snug nest well lined with grasses. The little animal has a fashion of sitting upon its haunches to see what is going on. When on a trip from burrow to field it scampers along for a few yards, then sits up to look about and resumes its journey. When a bit of prairie is freshly burned, well worn gopher paths may be discovered running here and there. On bright spring days the gopher delights to sit up near its burrow and whistle defiance to the world of care. The name gopher is French, and may be given to any burrowing animal; hence its application to the Louisiana gopher, which is a tortoise that takes shelter by burrowing in the sand. See Prairie Dog ; Chipmunk ; Squirrel
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Gopher
a name given by the early French settlers in the United States to various animals which honeycomb the ground by burrowing in it. In Canada and Illinois it was given to a gray burrowing squirrel , Spermophilus Franklini, W. of the Mississippi to S. Richardsonii, in Wisconsin to a striped squirrel, and in Missouri to a burrowing pouched rat, Geomys bursarius . All these are GOPHER mammals; but in Georgia the term was applied to a snake, Coluber coupen, and in Florida to a turtle, Testudo polyphemus. GÖPPINGEN, a town in berg, Germany, situated on the Fils, 26 Württemmiles by rail from Stuttgart. It is noted for its production of textile goods, toys, agricultural machinery , and enameled ware. Pop. about 25,000.
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Gordium
The ancient capital of Phrygia, situated on the Sangarius, the royal residence of the kings of the dynasty of Gordius , and the scene of Alexander 's celebrated exploit of " cutting the Gordian knot."
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Gordius
A Phrygian who, from the position of a peasant, was raised to the throne consequent to a prediction of the oracle. Gordius consecrated his chariot in the temple of Jupiter . The knot which tied the yoke to the draught-tree of his chariot was made so cunningly that the ends of the cord could not be seen, and a report arose that the empire of Asia was promised by the oracle to him who should untie the Gordian knot. Alexander cut the knot with his sword.
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Gordon
CHARLES GEORGE, called "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon Pasha," an English soldier; born in Woolwich, England, Jan. 28, 1833. He entered the Royal Engineers in 1852, and served in the Crimea (1854-1856). The Taeping rebellion in China he completely crushed by means of a specially trained corps of Chinese. On his return to England with the rank of colonel, he was appointed chief engineer officer at Gravesend. From 1874 to 1879 he was governor of the Sudan under the khedive. For a few months in 1882 he held an appointment at the Cape, and had just accepted a mission to the Kongo from the King of the Belgians when he was sent to withdraw the garrisons in the Sudan, which were at the mercy of the insurgent ne mahdi. He was shut up in Khartum by the rebels, and gallantly held that town for a whole year. A British expeditionary force under Lord Wolseley was dispatched for his relief; an advance corps of which sighted Khartum, Jan. 24, 1885, to find that the town had been treacherously delivered into the hands of the mahdi two days before, and Gordon murdered. His character was marked by strong religious feelings, which made him somewhat of a fatalist.
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Gordon (II)
CHARLES WILLIAM, a Canadian author, writing under the name "Ralph Connor"; born in Indian Lands, Glengarry, Ont., Canada, in 1860. He was graduated at Toronto University in 1883 and at Knox College in 1887; was a missionary to Banff, etc., Rocky Mountains, 1890-1894. He wrote "Beyond the Marshes"; "Black Rock"; "Given's Cañon"; "The Sky Pilot"; "Ould Michael"; and "The Man from Glengarry" (1901); "The Foreigner" (1909); "Corporal Cameron of the Northwest Mounted Police" (1912).
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