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LEBANXW, or LIBANUB, is a celebrated mountain 

 of Asia, on the borders of Palestine and Syria. It is 

 of a group in the form of a horse-shoe, which 

 iisilKS a little above Smyrna, about three or four 

 league* from the Mediterranean, and extending south- 

 ward* towards Sidon, takes an easterly direction to. 

 ward* Dssassnil, and thence winds northward. The 

 name of Lebanon i* given to the western ridge, and 

 Antilebanon to the eastern, comprehending Ccelosyria 

 between them. 



Mount Lebanon i said to be composed of a hard cal- 

 earroo* stone of a whitish colour, sonorous like freestone, 

 I arranged in strata of various inclinations. The ce- 

 traveller, M. Burckhardt, whose recent death 



is to deeply deplored, ascended this mountain in 1811, 

 and has stated in a letter to Dr. E. D. Clarke, that it is 

 Composed of primitive limestone. 



From a very vague calculation, Volney has estimated 

 the height of Lebanon at 1500 or 1600 fathoms. It is 

 about 100 leagues in compass, and consists of four 

 ridges rising one abeve another. The first ridge pro- 

 duces grain and fruiti) in great abundance ; the second, 

 i it rocky aad barren, produces nothing but thorns; 

 the third is covered with fruitful gardens and orchards ; 

 and the bst, which i uninhabitable from the extreme 

 cold, is covered with deep sn*ws, which remain almost 

 all the year. 



The rivers which flow from this mountain, are the 

 Jordan, Rochant, Nahar-Rossian, and Nahar-Cadicha, 

 and several smaller streams. 



The wines of l-ebanon have long been celebrated. 

 The principal of these is the Vino d'Oro, or golden 

 coloured wine, which n not boiled, but purifies itself 

 ping. The vintage commences about the end of 



fount Lebanon is chiefly inhabited by the Maronite*, 

 and by the wild Arabs, of the sect of Kali. The con- 

 vent occupied by the Maronite patriarch, consists of va- 

 rious grottos, of which the church is the largest, cut out 

 of the rock. It lies in a deep bottom, to which there 

 b a narrow and steep descent. See Volney's 'I ravels in 

 Syria, and Clarke's TrartU, vol. ii. p. 156. 



LEDBL'KY, is an ancient borough and market town 

 of England, in the county of Hereford. It stands 

 about one mile went of the river Leddon, on a declivity 

 within a small valley, formed by the well-wooded emi- 

 nenoe, called Dog Hill, and other eminences. It con- 

 ists of two streets, crossing one another at right angles. 

 The principal street extends north and south, and has a 

 middle row near the old market-house, which is sup- 

 ported oa strong oak pillars, and consists of timber and 

 lath covered with plaster, the beams being painted 

 Made. Many of the old homes are built in this way 

 with projecting stories ; but the modern ones are of red 

 brick, and look well. The church is a large building 

 of Saxon architecture. 1 1 connsta of a nave, side aisles, 

 and chancel ; a chapel dedicated to St Catherine ; and 

 a detached tower, whkh rises to the height of sixty 

 frrt, terminating in a fine spire. Cher* is a curious Sax- 

 on door-way on the wert front ; and the church con- 

 tains many ancient and interesting sepulchral memo- 

 rials. Ledbury has also an hospital, fnumlfd by Bishop 

 Foiiot in 1-23-2 ; a free school, supported by grant* i*- 

 ntng from dissolved charity lands ; a charity school, and 

 everal aim* houses. 



The principal article* manufactured here, are ropes, 



, and sacks for meal; the clothing trade, which 



was once ery nourishing, having now declined. Oreat 



quantities of cyder are manufactured in Ui* iicighbour- 



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In 1811, the parish contained, 



. Inhabited houses 604 



Families 554, 



Do. employed in trade and manufactures . . 242 



Population 3135 



See the Beauties of England and Waks. vol. vi. pace 

 59S 597. 



LEDYARD. See AFHICA, Vol. I. p. 198. 

 LEECH. See VERMES and SVKGERY. 

 LEEDS, a large manufacturing town of England, 

 in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is situated on the 

 north bank of the Aire, on an eminence, which rises 

 gently from the river to the upper end of the town, 

 and slopes to the east, west, and south. The suburbs 

 on the south side of the river, are connected with the 

 town by a freestone bridge, which forms an excellent 

 entrance to the town. Leeds is about half a mile broad 

 from north to south, and nearly a mile and a half long 

 from east to west Briggate, the principal street, it. 

 about 500 yards long and 30 brond, and divides the 

 town nearly into two parts. Fn the middle of the town, 

 Ixith to the east and west of Briggate, are several good 

 streets, and roany_large and elegant houses. The western 

 part is however the most elegant, and is adorned with 

 very handsome houses. In the old parts of the town 

 the streets are narrow and crooked, and in some places 

 not very clean ; but in general the town is cleanly 

 kept, and ever}' street has a flagged pavement on each 

 side. 



The principal public buildings in Leeds, are the five- 

 churches, St. Peter's, St John's, St. James', Trinity 

 Church, and St Paul's, the dissenting chapels, the ge- 

 neral infirmary, the house of recovery, the free gram- 

 mar school, the mixed cloth hall, the white cloth hall, 

 the gaol and court-house, the king's mills, the water 

 works, the charity school, the Leeds national school, 

 and the circulating library. The church of St Peter 

 is a large and ancient building, 165 feet long and 

 9" broad. It is built in the form of a cross, with a 

 tower or steeple 96 feet high, and underwent a tho- 

 rough repair in 1811. This church contains many in- 

 teresting monuments, one of which, designed and exe- 

 cuted in marble by Flaxman, is peculiarly elegant, and 

 was erected by the town of Leeds to the memory of 

 Captains Samuel Walker and Richard Becket, who fell 

 in 1809 at the battle of Falavera. St. John's church, 

 begun in 16'3I, and consecrated in 1634, was founded 

 and finished by John Harrison, Esq. It consists of 

 two aisles only, with a single row of columns up the 

 middle ; and the tower is placed almost at one angle of 

 the west end. St James' church is built of stone, in 

 the form of an octagon. It was first occupied by the 

 Countess of Huntingdon's preachers; but was after, 

 wards bought for the establishment. Trinity church 

 is a handsome building in the Greek style, with a tower 

 surmounted by a spire. It is ornamented externally 

 with eight Doric pillars on each side ; and the roof is 

 sustained by a double row of Composite columns. The 

 entire expence of the building was 4.563. St. Paul's 

 church is an elegant stone building, which was erected 

 through the exertions of the Rev. Miles Atkinson, at an 

 expence of 10,000. It was consecrated in 1793. The 

 architecture is Roman ; and the end front consists of a 

 pediment, supported by four Ionic pilasters. The spire 

 is very handsome. The dissenting meeting-houses, 

 which are eight in number, are one Presbyterian, one 

 Unitarian, three of Independents, one of Scotch Pres- 

 byterians, one of Baptists, and one of Quakers, besides 

 two Methodist meeting-houses, and a Roman Catholic 

 chapel. 



