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being made from tufaceoiis limestone, of which there was any 

 quantity in the stream-beds. This is the locality where all 

 the lime required for Herat is obtained ; as in addition to 

 the presence of the tufaceous limestone there is an abundance 

 of fuel for burning it. 



Limon — ^^j} — the Lime, Citrus Medica, var. 

 LiXEX — the fabric made from the fibre of LixuM 



USITATISSIMUM. 



Ling — li-^ — the lower limb, the leg from the thigh 

 downwards. 



Linum usitatissimum, Linn. Lixej::. 



Flax. The plant and seed, zagher ; the fibre and cloth linen, 

 katan, katdn, hatun; the oil of the seed, roghan-i-zagher. This 

 plant is not cultivated in any part of the country I traversed. 

 It is cultivated in Turldstan for its seed for oil. The seeds are 

 largely eaten in sweetmeats, and the oil employed both as a 

 burning oil and in diet. The fibre is not collected. Much 

 linen material is said to be imported from Eussian territory. 



Liquorice — the extract prepared from Glycyrrhiza 



GLABRA. 



Little — small, miuute ; khurd, clj, chaJca, and the 

 syllables ak and cha added to a word give the 

 diminutive. 



Lizard — sag-mar, kor-mdr. 



Lobla, lubla — Uj^ — the French kidney, or haricot- 

 bean, Phaseolus vulgaris ; under the name 

 luhia may be looked for the bean of Dolichos 

 Lubia, also a cultivated plant. 



Log — (^^ — (Hindustani) people, a race. 



Lolium temulentum, Linn. Gramine^. 



Darnel-grass. Scotch, Doits (imbecile) ; kidk, langash, 

 nmstaki, rnusung-dewdiw., tak, harhang, zlwdn. A very 

 common grass in wheat fields, the seed of which, when in 

 quantity amongst wheat, is well known, as seen by the mean- 

 ings to the above native names, to be productive of dizziness, 

 stupor, inebriety, and vomiting. The flour of the wheat grown 



