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LANGWITH, tnshp. England, par. Wheldrake, wapentake Ouse and Derwent, liberty St. Peter, York, co. York, E. riding. Acres, 870. Real prop. £450. Pop. 44. York (P. T. 196). LANHYDROCK, par. England, hund. Pyder, co. Cornwall. Acres, 1680. Real prop. £1213. Pop. 239. Bodmin (P. T. 235). Liv. a cur. in dioc. Exeter.

LANIVET, par. England, hund. Pyder, co. of Cornwall. Acres, 5540. Real prop. £4086. Pop. 922. Bodmin (P. T. 235). Here are almshouses with a charity school annexed, supported by lands formerly belonging to the Benedictine monastery of St. Benet. Liv. a rect. dioc. Exeter. LANJANG, or LANTCHANG, City, E. Asia, cap. of kingd. Laos. Lat. 18. 28. N. Long. 101. 40. E. On the Menam Kong, or Mekon riv. It is an extensive and splendid city, with a magnificent royal palace.

LANKAYT, island, S. Pacific ocean, off the coast of island Celebes. Lat. 5. 1. s. Long.

119. 10. E.

LANKIHIEN, tn. China, prov. Tchekiang; 42 m. E. from Kunchoofoo. Lat. 29. 15. N. Long. 119. 30. E. Of the third rank. LANLIVERY, par. England, hund. Powder, E. div. co. Cornwall. Acres, 6670. Real prop. £5232. Pop. 1687. Lostwithiel (P. T. 234). Liv. a vic. dioc. Exeter. LANMEUR, tn. France, depart. Finisterre, prov. Brittany; 7 m. NE. from Morlaix. Pop. (with par. same name), 2525. Lat. 48. 40. N. Long. 3. 42. w.

LÄNNEMEZAN, tn. France, depart. Upper Pyrenees, prov. Guienne; 19 m. SB. from Tarbes, Pop. 850. Lat. 43. 8. N. Long. 9. 21. E. On the Baize.

LANNILIS, vil. France, depart. Finisterre, prov. Brittany. Pop. 2920. Lesneven (P. T.). Manufacture, pottery.

LANNION, vil. France, depart. Cotes du Nord, prov. Brittany; 40 m. NW. from St. Brieux. Pop. 3820. Lat. 48. 44. N. Long. 3. 27. w. On the Guer. Near the coast, with a good trade in butter and hemp. In the adjoining country are mines of silver and iron.

LANNOI, tn. France, depart. the North, prov. of Flanders; 9 m. NE. from Lille. Pop. 1010. LANO, tn. S. America, intendancy Maule, repub.Chili: on the Mataquita, at its debouchure. The pop. are chiefly Promaucian Indians.

LANRETH, par. England, hund. West, co. Cornwall. Acres, 4750. Real prop. £3110. Pop. 651. West Looe (P. T. 234). Liv. a rect. in the

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LANSALLAS, or LANSALLOES, par. England, hund. West, co. Cornwall. Acres, 2930. Real prop. £3218. Pop. 884. West Looe (P. T. 234). Liv. a rect. in the dioc, of Exeter.

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LANSARGUES, tn. France, depart. Herault, prov. Languedoc; 10 m. w. from Montpellier. Pop. 1120.

LANSERD, vil. Central Asia, prov. Mazanderan, Persia; 11 m. w. from Fehrabad: on the coast of the Caspian sea.

LANSING, tn. N. America, U. S., co. Tomkins, New York. Pop. 4020.

LANSINBURG, tn. N. America, U. S., co. Reusselaer, New York; 4 m. above York, and 9 m. above Albany. Pop. 2663. On the E. side of Hudson riv., near its confluence with the Mohawk river.

LANTA, or LENTA, tn. France, depart. Upper Garonne, prov. Languedoc; 10 m. E. from Toulouse. Pop. 1535.

LANTAGHUR, tn. Hindostan, dist. Lamjungh, prov. Nepaul. Lat. 29. 7. N. Long 84. 21. E. Subject to the rajah of Nepaul.

LANTEGLOS, par. England, hund. Lesnewth, co. Cornwall. Acres (with Camelford), 3750. Real prop. £4141. Pop. 1359. Camelford (P. T. 228.) Here is a copper mine. Liv. a rect. in the dioc. of Exeter.

LANTEGLOS, par. England, hund. West, cc. Cornwall. Acres, 3280. Real prop. £4146. Pop. 1208. Fowey (P. T. 243). Liv. a vic. in the dioc. of Exeter.

LANTON, tnshp. England, par. Kirk Newton, ward Glendale, w. div., co. Northumberland. Wooler (P. T. 320). On the N. side of Glen river.

LANTOOR. See BANDA.

LANTOSCA, tn. N. Italy, state Piedmont, kingd. Sardinia; 15 m. N. from Nice. Pop. 1920. On the Vesubia.

LAN-TSAN. See MECON.

LANTWIT-FAYRDRE, or LLANTWIT-VAIRDRE, par. Great Britain, hund. Miskin, co. Glamorgan, S. Wales. Real prop. £3838. Pop. 811. Llantrissant (P. T. 171.) Intersected by the high road, from Cowbridge to Merthyr-Tydvil. Liv, a cur. in dioc. of Llandaff. Ann. val. £32.

LANTWIT, LOWER, par. Great Britain, hund. Neath, co. Glamorgan, S. Wales. Neath (P. T. 197). On the Neath river, and adjoining the Neath canal. In the neighbourhood are extensive mines. Here are a chapel and a meetinghouse. Liv. a chap. in the dioc. of Llandaff.

LANTWIT MAJOR, anc. tu. Great Britain, par. Lantwit-Major, or Llan Illtyd, hund. Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan, S. Wales. Acres, 4516. Real prop. £6325. Pop. 1076. Cowbridge (P. T. 173). Situated in the great vale of Glamorgan, within one mile and a half of the Bristol Channel. One fair is annually held here. Liv. a vic. in the dioc. Llandaff. Here are the ruins of a monastery and hall built by St. Iltatus, in the year 508. In the latter it is said there

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were 400 houses and seven halls for the accommodation of the students, and here Gildus, the historian Paulinus, bishop of Leon; Sampson, archbishop of Dol, in Brittany; Talheim, the bard; and the famous Talicon received their education.

LANVOLLON, tn. France, depart. Cotes du Nord, prov. Brittany; 5 m. from Chatelaudren (P. T.). Pop. 1000.

LANZA, riv. N. Italy, Piedmont, kingd. Sar dinia, has its source in the Alps, runs s. and discharges itself into Lake Maggiore.

LANZO, tn. N. Italy, Piedmont, kingd. Sardinia; 12 m. NW. from Turin. Pop. 2225. On the riv. Stura, over which is a handsome bridge. There is here a considerable trade in cattle and butter, and manufactures of silk.

LAO, or LEAO, city, China, prov. of Shensee. Lat. 37. 5. N. Long. 113. 2. E. Of the second rank.

LAO, tn. W. Indies, island Cuba; 27 m. w. from Havannah.

LAON, tn. France, cap. depart. Aisne, prov. Isle of France; 22 m. NE. from Soissons, and 80 m. NE. from Paris. Lat. 49. 34. N. Long. 3. 38. E. It contains two hospitals and a theatre. Manufactures, linen, stockings, hats, leather, and nails, but not extensively. A severe battle was fought here between the Prussians and French, in March, 1814.

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LAOS, kingd. E. Asia, bounded on the N. by Tunquin and Laktho, E. by Tunquin and CochinChina, s. by Cambodia, and w, by Siam. It lies between Lat. 12. and 18. N. Mean Long. 100. 3. E. is enclosed by mountains, covered with forests, is generally flat and fertile, and watered by numerous mountain streams and canals from the Mecon river, which traverses the whole country from N. It produces in abundance rice, fruit, honey,wax, and cotton; also, amongst other drugs, lac and benzoin. Gold and silver are found in various parts of the river. There are in some places mines of lead, iron, and tin. It is thinly inhabited, chiefly by migratory tribes, who wage almost a continued internal warfare, but acknow ledge subjection to Cochin-China. The religion, language, and manners are similar to those of the Siamese. Lanjan is the capital.

LAOUR, tn. Hindostan, dist. Silhet, prov. of Bengal; 110 m. NE. from Dacca. Lat. 25. 5. N. Long. 91. 15. E. On a small tributary to the Ganges.

LAPA, island, S. Pacific ocean, Sooloo archipelago, due s. from island Sooloo. Lat. 5. 40. N. Long. 120. 50. E.

LAPFORD, par. England, hund. North Tawton, co. Devon. Acres, 2260. Real prop. £2557. Pop. 700. Chumleigh (P. T. 182). Liv. a rect. in the dioc. of Exeter.

LAPLAND, country, Northern Europe, hounded on the N. by the Arctic ocean, E. by the White Sea, s. by Sweden, and w. by Norway and the Atlantic ocean. It belongs to Russia and Sweden. Mean Lat. 68. 0. N. Long. 33. 0. E. It is divided first into the modern Russian gov. Kola, which includes the three ancient dists. Bellamoreskoi, Maremanskoi, and Terskoi, with the tract E. from the Torneo, called Kemi Lapmark, which last was ceded by Sweden, in 1809; second, the Swedish gov. Umea, which comprises Lapland, Swedish or proper, and is subdivided into six provs.; and third, Norwegian Lapland, or Finmark, the most northern of all, which

now also belongs to Sweden. The population is estimated at about 65,000: Swedish Lapland containing 19,000 inhabitants; Norwegian, 5000; and Russian, 8800; besides which there are several colonies of Swedes, Norwegians, and Finns. The general character of the country is mountainous. The principal rivers, the Yana and the Alten, both which fall into the Frozen Ocean, and the Torneo, which issues from a lake of the same name, and after a course of 300 m., discharges itself into the Gulf of Bothnia. The lakes are numerous, many of them very extensive; the largest is called Enare, or Indiager, situated in Russian Lapland. The maritime districts are of uniform and rather mild temperature, but in the interior the winter is intensely cold. In the most northern parts the sun remains below the horizon from about November the 20th, to the 10th of January, and the whole country is covered with snow and ice from the beginning of September to the middle of March. In summer the sun continues two months above the horizon; in the valleys and plains the heat is at this season excessive, and the air infested with numerous insects, particularly musquitoes. Barley is the grain most commonly cultivated, but rye, oats, and a few culinary vegetables are also raised in some places. There are vast, but no thick forests of fir, birch, larch, and small beach trees. Metals and minerals are found in abundance. Gold has been discovered at Suappavara; copper, iron, lead, zinc, and plumbago, in various places. Several mines are wrought in the southern parts of Swedish Lapland. Limestone, marble, gypsum, rock crystal, jasper, amethysts, and garnets, are also found. The animals of this country are identical with those of Norway, but the reindeer may more properly be said to belong to Lapland. This animal is of singular utility, and in a great measure compensates for the privation of many other comforts of life. The reindeer in summer lives upon leaves and grass, and in winter, with its feet peculiarly adapted for the purpose, digs up moss from the snow, and feeds upon it. Yet upon this scanty food they will draw the natives, on a sledge, almost incredible distances, with astonishing speed. Their milk and cheese are nutritive and agreeable, and their flesh well tasted and wholesome. Their skins form excellent clothing and bedding, and their tendons supply thread and cordage. The poorer inhabitants have generally from 50 to 100 of these animals, and some of the richer 1000. The natives call themselves Same Laplander, or Lappe, being only a soubriquet. They are of lower stature than the more southern Europeans, the men are of a swarthy complexion, with hair black and short, mouth wide, cheeks hollow, and a longish pointed chin. The women are in general well made, complaisant, chaste, but extremely nervous. The Laplanders are, with respect to their manner of life, divided into fishers and mountaineers. The former, in summer, fix their resi dence in the neighbourhood of some lake, whence they deive their subsistence, and in winter live in the woods. The latter seek their support on the mountains, and possess herds of rein-deer, more or less numerous. They are active and expert in the chase, and excellent marksmen with the gun, which has now almost entirely superseded the bow and arrow. The men are employed in tending the rein-deer, fishing, hunting, and in making canoes, sledges, harness, cups, bowls, &c.,