Gaddis, or Gadis. See Cadiz.

GADOR, a royal town of Spain, in the province of Granada and bishopric of Almeria. It contains about 2000 inhabitants, and is situated on the bank of the river Almeria. The surrounding country produces of excellent quality all the cereals, as well as wine, silk, and oil, in abundance. The Sierra de Gador abounds with mines of various metals, especially of lead, in the working of which there are constantly employed above 10,000 hands. This Sierra is a lofty and enormous piece of marble, from which the finest species of lime is made. The marble of Gador dissolves completely in acids, without leaving the slightest residuum of sand or any other substance. It thus differs essentially from all the other limestones of Spain, but especially from that of Valencia; hence the ancient Spanish proverb is easily understood—"Donde hay yeso y cal, no hay mineral," "where there is gypsum and lime there is no mineral," which is the fact in reference to the marble and limestone of Valencia. Hence also the immense difference between the ancient buildings of the city and the modern, the former being made with mortar formed of the pure water from the Rambla, while the moderns employ sea-sand.