The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . ng stems; the flowersare white, the berries red and spicy, with aflavor (also characterizing the leaves) resem-bling sweet birch. The leaves of G. prociim-hciis and G. hispidiila contain an aromatic oilwhich has a greater density than any otheressential oil. It contains about 10 per cent ofa terpene called gaultlicrilene and about 90 percent of methyl salicylate. Oil of wintergreen iscolorless when fresh, but later becomes yellow-ish, and is
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . ng stems; the flowersare white, the berries red and spicy, with aflavor (also characterizing the leaves) resem-bling sweet birch. The leaves of G. prociim-hciis and G. hispidiila contain an aromatic oilwhich has a greater density than any otheressential oil. It contains about 10 per cent ofa terpene called gaultlicrilene and about 90 percent of methyl salicylate. Oil of wintergreen iscolorless when fresh, but later becomes yellow-ish, and is used for flavoring candy and fordisguising the taste of unpleasant oil may be extracted from a few otherplants, particularly sweet birch (Betiila lenta).See Wintergreen. Gaur, gowr, a very large, fierce, and un-tamable ox (Bos gaums) found in the forestsof India and Burma, called bison by Anglo-Indian sportsmen, and distinguished by. theMalays into two varieties called sladang andsapio.* Old bulls arc sometimes six feet highat the shoulders, making thein the largest ofwild oxen. The horns spread laterally and curve GAUR, GENET, 1. Gopher (Geomys bursarius). 2. Genet (Viverra genetta). 3. Gayal (Bos frontalis). 4. Galago (Otolicnus galago). 5. Gaur (Bos gaurus). 6. White-tailed Gnu (Connochaetes gnu). GAUSS —GAUZE upward to the length ordinarily of 20 to 30inches, and are large and flattened, while theridge of the forehead between them leans for-ward decidedly and is covered with a mop ofgray hair. The genera! color is smooth, shin-ing, blackish brown, with the feet white. Thismagnificent animal, which is serai-domesticatedto some extent in northern India and never inthe south, wanders about the jungles in smallshy herds under the leadership of a powerfulbull, as is the habit of forest oxen is one of the foremost objects of rifle sportin India, and the best accounts of its habits areto be found in the books of sportsmen-writers,such as Baker,
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