GNU  , the Hottentot name for the large See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white-tailed See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• ANTELOPE

antelope (q.v.), now nearly See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, know to the Boers as the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black wildebeest, and to naturalists as Connochaetes (or Catoblepas) gnu . A second and larger See also:

• SPECIES

species is the brindled gnu or See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue wildebeest (C. taurinus or Catoblepas See also:

• GORGON, GORGONS (Gr. Popyc'o, Fopyoves, the "terrible," or, according to some, the " loud-roaring ")

gorgon), also known by the See also:

• BECHUANA

Bechuana name kokon or kokoon; and there are several See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East African forms more or less closely related to the latter which have received distinct names . GO, or Go-See also:

• BANG, HERMANN JOACHIM (1858– )

BANG (See also:

• JAP

Jap . Go-See also:

• BAN

ban, See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board for playing Go), a popular table See also:

• GAME

game . It is of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, having been invented in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, according to tradition, by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Yao, 2350 B.C., but it is probably of See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese origin . According to Falkener the first See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical mention of it was made about the See also:

• YEAR

year 300 B.C., but there is abundant See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that it was a popular game See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese Go is played on a board divided into squares by 19 See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal and 19 See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical lines, making 361 intersections, upon which the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round men, 181 white and 181 black, are placed one by one as the game proceeds . The men are placed by the two players on any inter-sections (me) that may seem advantageous, the See also:

• OBJECT

object being to surround with one's men as many unoccupied intersections as possible, the player enclosing the greater number of vacant points being the winner . Completely surrounded men are captured and removed from the board . This game is played in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England upon a board divided into 361 squares, the men being placed upon these instead of upon the intersections . A much simpler variety of Go, mostly played by foreigners, has for its object to get five men into See also:

• LINE

line . This may have been the earliest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the game, as the word go means five .

Except in Japan it is often played on an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

draughts-board, and the winner is he who first gets five men into line, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally . See Go-Bang, by A . See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard Cady, in See also:

• SPALDING
• SPALDING, WILLIAM (1809-1859)

Spalding's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home Library (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1896) ; See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

Games See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental, by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Falkener (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1892) ; Das japan.-chinesische Spiel Go, by O . Korschelt (See also:

• YOKOHAMA

Yokohama, 1881); Das Nationalspiel der Japanesen, by G . Schurig (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1888) .