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LANDSCAPE, \.pemih. r. wliercin. Col. 2, 1. 6 from 



bottom, r. aims. 

 LANESBOROUGH, 1.3, r. 1302. 

 L ANGARA, a genus of ferpents, the charadters ot 

 which are, that it has abdominal plates, caudal rings, and 

 terminal fcales. Of this genus there is only one fpecies, 

 differing from all the reR of the ferpent tribe in havmg the 

 upper part or beginning of the tail marked mto complete 

 rings, or circular divifions, rcfembling thofe on the body of 

 the amphis bina, while the extreme or terminal part is 

 covered with fmall fcnlcs, as in the genus anguis. This 

 fpecies is called Langaya nafuta, or large-fnouted Langaya, 

 has 184 abdominal fcales, and 42 caudal rings : it is a native 

 of Madagafcar, and was firft defcribed by M. Bruguiere of 

 the Royal Society of Montpcllier. The natives of Mada- 

 gafcar are much afraid of this ferpent, as they conceive it 

 to be very poifonous. 



LANGDON, 1.3, r. 632. 



LANGHOLM, 1. 5, r. 181 1, 2636 perfons, occupy- 

 ing 522 houf'S. 



LANGPORT, col. 2, 1. 3, r. 181 1— 1 12 5 1. 4, r. 861 . 

 LANTWIT, Majok, a parifh of Cowbridge hundred, 

 in the county of Glamorgan, containing, in 181 1, 179 

 houfes, and 786 perfons ; v'fz. 357 males, and 429 females. 

 Lantwit, Lower, a parifti near Neath, which, in 181 1, 

 contained 116 houfes, and 564 perfops ; t/«. 265 males, 

 and 299 females. 



LAR,1.6,add — It llill contains about 12,000 inhabitants, 

 celebrated for the manufaftnre of muflcets and cotton cloth. 

 It has very handfome buildings, and particularly a bazaar, 

 that is reckoned the noblefl ftruflure in Perfia. N. lat. 

 37° 30'. E. long. 52° 45'. See Tarem. 



LARISTAN, 1. I, after Perfia, add — extending along 

 the Northern fhore of the gulf from E. long. ^^^ to 58°. 

 LARUS, col. 3, r. RlDIBUNDUS. 



LASCAR, a term in India, denoting a camp-follower, 

 but applied to native failors and artillerymen. 



LASCO, John. Add — A brief account has already been 

 given of this famous reformer under Ala&co. 

 LASSUS. See Orlando. 



LATIMORE, in Geography, a townfhip of Adams' 

 county, in Pennfylvania, having 666 inhabitants. 

 LAUD, 1. 10 from bottom, r. Stanford. 

 LAVENHAM, at the clofe, r. i8li — 308, and 1711. 

 LAUGHTER, 1. 15, add— See Lungs. 

 LAVINGTON, Eajl, 1. 1 1, /•. i8u ; 1. 12, r. 899— 

 184; 1. 16, for Whorlfdon r. Pottern and Cannings ; 1. 17, 

 r. i8ii — 127 ; 1. 18, r. 582. 



LAUNCESTON, col. 2, 1. 4 and 3 from the end, 

 r. i8ll — 1758, and 262. 



LAUREAT, Poet, 1. 5, add — In anciently conferring 

 degrees in grammar, which included rhetoric and verfifi- 

 cation, at our univerfities, particularly at Oxford, a wreath 

 of laurel was prefented to the new graduate, who was 

 afterwards ufually ftyled " Poeta Laureatus." Thefe 

 fcholaftic laureations feem to have given rife to the appel- 

 lation : — 1. 19, after Edw. IV. infert — who appointed John 

 Kay poet laureat, and who, according to Warton, was the 

 king's firll poet under this appellation. The only compo- 

 fition he has tranfmitted to pofterity is a profe Englifh 

 trandation of a Latin hiftory of the fiege of Rhodes. In the 

 dedication, addrefled to king Edward, or rather in the title, 

 he ftyles himfelf /jj^j humble poete laureate. The fame appellation 

 occurs under, &c. At the clofe, add— Warton's Hift. of 

 Englifh Poetry, vol. i. p. ia8. 



LAUROPHYLLUS, in Botany, an exceptionable 

 compound name — Thunb. Pfodr. yr^f. n. J 6. Willd. 

 7 



LEE 



Sp. PI. V. 4. 1 1 15. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 48 1 .— Clafs 

 and order, Tetrandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord 



Eff. Ch. Calyx four-cleft, inferior. Corolla none. Some 

 male flowers. 



1. L. capenfts. Thunb. Prodr. 31. Willd. n. i. Ait. 



n. I. Found at the Cape of Good Hope. A tree, with 



round, brown, lliining branches ; alternate, oblong, fer- 

 rated, fmooth, coriaceous leaves ; and minute Jlotuers, in 

 terminal panicles. 



LAUSANNE, in Geography, a townfliip of Northampton 

 county, in Pennfylvania, having 157 inhabitants. 



LAWSVILLE, a townlhip of Luzerne county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 169 inhabitants. 



LEAD, in Chemiflry. According to the moft recent 

 determinations, mafftcot, or the protoxyel of lead, is a com- 

 pound of 100 lead -1- 7.692 oxygen; and the hroiun or 

 peroxyd, of I GO lead -|- 15.384 oxygen. Hence the 

 weight of the atom of lead will be 130, oxygen being 10. 

 From thefe data, the compofition of all the other compounds 

 of lead can be eafily eftimated. See Atomic Theory. 



What is ufually called minium, or red-lead, is a combination 

 of thefe two oxyds, or of 2 atoms lead + 3 atoms oxygen. 

 Red-lead does not appear capable of combining with acids, 

 at leaft no fait of which it forms a conftituent is at 

 prefent known. 



Lead, page 10, c. 2, 1. 3, after gallic, read acid. 



LEAD-ORES. See Lead, and Mineralogy, Addenda. 



LEATHERHEAD. In 1811 the pariih contained 

 312 houfes, and 1209 perfons ; viz. 580 males, and 629 

 females : 75 famihes being employed in agriculture, and 

 103 in trade, manufaftures, and handicraft. 



LEBANON, in America, 1. 3, ;-. 1810 ; 1. 4, r. 1938 ; 

 1. 8, r. 2580; 1. II, 1810; 1. 12, r. 1808. Col. 2, 1. 3, 

 add — containing 1434 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip in the 

 fame county, containing 2473 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town 

 of Hunterdon county, in New Jerfey, containing 2409 

 inhabitants. 



LEBECKIA, in Botany, Thunb. Prodr. prxf. n. 47, 

 Willd. Sp. PI. V. 3. 946. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 4. 261.— 

 Clafs and order, Diadelphia Decandria. Nat. Ord. Papi- 

 lionareit, Linn. Leguminofie, Juff. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx in five deep acute fegments, with 

 rounded finufes. Stamens all connefted. Legume cylin- 

 drical, with many feeds. 



Thunberg and Willdenow defcribe three fpecies with 

 fimple, and five with ternate, leaiies, all fhrubs, found at 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Three are in Hort. Kew. L. 

 contaminata, Jericea, and cytifoides, all previoully referred to 

 Spartium ; fee that article. 



LECANORA, Ach. Syn. 146. " Lichenogr. 77. t. 7. 

 f. 3 — 7 ;" a new genus, confifting of 139 fpecies, of the 

 Lichen tnhc, being the cruftaceous fpecies of Parmelia-; 

 fee that article. 



LECHLADE, 1. 16 from bottom, r. 1811 ; 1. 15, r. 

 993 ; 1. ull. r. 195. 



LECIDEA, in Botany, Ach. Syn. 11. "Lichenogr. 

 32. t. 2. f. 1 — 7." A genus of Lichenes, chiefly the tuber- 

 culati of Linnsus, whofe fliields have no border from the 

 fiibflance of the frond or crujl, 153 fpecies are now defcribed, 

 \whok fronds are various. 



LEDBURY, col. 2,1. 17, r. 1811-313651. 18, r. 604. 

 LEDYARD, col. 2.1. 39, r. Ochotofk. 

 LEE, in Virginia, 1. 6, r. 4694 inhabitans, of whom 

 336 were flaves in 1810; 1. 10, r. 1329; 1. 12, r. 1305. 

 Lee, a long meafure in China, rather more than one- 

 third of a mile. 



LEEDS, col. 2, 1. 25, r. 1811, the town and liberty 



contained 



