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ifland in tlie Eall Indian fea, near the S. coad of Malacca, 

 about loo iiiik's in circumference, and jo miles from the N.E. 

 coalt of tlie iflaiid of Sumatra. S. lat. o' lo'. E. long. 

 •104° 40'. 



LINGENDES, Claude de, in Biography, a French 

 Jefuit, and one of the molt celebrated preachers of the pe- 

 riod in which he flouridied, was born at Mouhns in the 

 year 1591. He entered the order when he was fixteen 

 years ot apje, and'after completing his (Indies to the fatisfac- 

 tion of his fuperiors, became eminent as an inllruclor in rhe- 

 toric and polite literature. His chief talent was foon difco- 

 vered by the eloquence of his pulpit difeourfes, and for fix 

 and thirty years he attracted crowded audiences by the ex- 

 cellence of Ins compofitions, and by his fine elocution. Be- 

 fides the labours of the pulpit, he prefided eleven years over 

 ■thecjllege of his native place, and afterwards filled the polt 

 of provincial of the order in France. He died in 1660, 

 fit the age of lixty-nine, while he was fupenor of the .Te- 

 fuits' feminary at Paris. He vvas author of a popular work, 



LING-QUAN-Y, ill Geography, a tow» of China, ia 

 the province of Clien-fi ; 50 miles S.W. of Si-ngan. 



LING-TAO, a town of China, of the firil rank, in 

 Chcn-fi, fituated on the Tie-tfan river, which falls into the 

 Hoang-ho, or Yellow river. Gold is found in great quanti- 

 ties in the fand of the neighbouring rivers and brooks. 

 The country is very mountainous, and abounds with wild 

 bulls, and an animal refembling a tyger, whofe fliinsare very 

 valuable. The vallies are fertile in corn, and the pailures 

 near the rivers fupply food for cattle. Upon this city de- 

 pend two cities of the fecond clafs, and three of the third. 

 N. lat. 25° 22'. E. long. 106 34'. 



LING-TCHEOU, a town of Corea ; 28 miles S.S.V,'. 

 of Koang-tcheou. 



LINGUA Gko.ssa, a town of Sicily, in the valley of 

 Demona ; 9 miles W. of Taormina. 



Li.NGUA, Tongue, in Anaiomy. See Deglutition" and 

 Tongue. 



LiNGU.v Ams, Bird's-tongue, in the Materia Mcdica, the 



entitled " Monitu qusdam ad Vitam bene Ordinandam," feed of the alli-tree, or afnen-keys. 



which has been frequently reprinted : " Volivum Monu- 

 inentuni ab Urbe Molinenli, Delphino oblatum ;" and of 

 Latin iermons, entitled ," Concionum quadragefimahum 

 Argumenta," which have been publifhed in 410. and 8vo. and 

 ■vviiich have been tranflated into the French language, and 

 much read m the original and trar.flation. Gen. Bios'. 



Lingua Cervhia, in Botany, Hart's Tongue, a fpecies, 

 or with Plumier, Tournefort, and others, a genus of tlie 

 fern tribe. See Asplenium and Scolope.vdiuu.m. 



Lingua Medietas, in Law. See Medietas. 



LINGU/E Fk/enuiM, in Anatomy and Surgery. See 

 Fr.knum. 



LINGHOLM, in- Geography, a fmail idaiid among the * LINGUADO, in Ichthyology, the name of a Well In 



Orkneys, near the W. coall of Stronfa. N. lat. jo'' 59' 

 E. long, o" 27V 



I>ING!, a left of Hindoos, worfliippers of the Linga, 

 a Pliallic emblem of Siva, the dellruftive and regenerative 

 power of the Indian triad.- See Linga, Sects of Hindo'js, 

 and Siva. 



LINGICOTTA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in 

 Kullo. N. lat. 12° 30. W, long. 9- ro'. 



LINGLEBACH, Joiiv, in Biography, a painter of 

 groiefque lubjecfs, fairs, mountebanks, landfcapes, &c.; 

 born at Frankfort on the Maine in 1625 ; who having 



dian lllh, in Ihapc rcfemblmg a loal. 



LINGUALIS, in Anatomy, an epithet applied to feme 

 parts about tae tongue. The lingual ar:ery is a large branch 

 of the external carotid. (See Akteuy.) For the lingual 

 glands, fee Deglutition ; for the lingnalis mufc e, fee 

 Deglutition ; and for the lingual nerve, fee Nerve. 



LINGUATULA, in Ichthyology, a fpecies oi pleuro- 

 nePies ; which fee. 



Linguatula, in Natural Hifiory, a genus of the 

 vermes niollufca clafs and order : body deprcfi'ed, oblong ; 

 month placed before, furrcunded with four pafiages. Of 



early acqu.red fome knowledge of the art of painting, went this genus there is but a lingle fpecies ; w'n. the Serrata, 



to Rome for his improvement, but returned to his na- 

 tive country at the age of 25, to practife in his own native 

 llyle. He did indeed acquire m Italy a flight tafte for the 

 clalTic, which he exhibited by introducing fplendid ruins 

 fometimes in his landfcapes ; but in general his talle is Dutch, 

 and his llyle alio, particularly in colouring and effeft. His 

 pictures are in general pleafnig, having very much the tone 

 of tliofe of Adrian Vandeveh, though not finiflied fo mi- 

 nutely, and indeed differing in choice of fubjeft. He was 

 frequently employed by eminent artills to inlert figures and 

 animals m their landfcapes ; and his ingenuity in the manage- 

 ment of his pencil, enabled himfo to afTimilate his touch to that 

 of the painter who employed him, that it is not cafy to dif- 

 coier hishand. He died in 16S7, at the age of 62. 



LING-NGAN, ill Orography, a city of China, of the 

 firit rank, in Yun-nan. N. lat. 2^ 38. E, long. 102' 42'. 



LINGNLANY, a town of Lithuania ; 32 miles E. of 

 Wiikomierz. 



L INCOMES, in Aiidetit Geography, a people of Gallia 

 Cilalpina, near the Po, and north of the Boii, in the 

 ijorthern part of Bolognefe and in Ferrara. They formed 

 Ija^ues of anjity with the Boii, and, like them, they were 

 Gauls in their origin ; and their defcent has been traced by 

 fome authors from the Lingones of Gallia Tranfalpina, where 

 they inhabited a territory near t!ie prefcnt Langres. Their 

 -towriiin Italy were Forum Cornelii, Claterna, Favcntia, So- 

 lona;, and J5utrium. Traces of the fuir.c people have been 

 alio difcovcredin Upper Germany. 



wliich inhabits the lungs of a hare. 



LINGULA, in Ichthyology, the name of an extremely 

 fmall hih of the foal-kind. It is known from tlie relt of this 

 genus not only by its fmallnefs, but by a ridge of fmall 

 fcales, which run along the line over the fpine, and are much 

 more elevated and dillinguifhable, both to the eye and touch, 

 than tliofe of tlie rell of the body. It is a well-tailed hlh, 

 and much firmer in its flefli than the foal, but is very fcarce, 

 and is of little value, becaufe of itsthinnefs. It is caught in 

 the Mediterranean. 



LINGULACA, a name by which fevcial authors, parti- 

 cularly fonie of the older natarah!ls, have called the Jial 



LINGULATUM Folium, in Botany. See Leaf. 



LINGUMPILLY, in Geography, a town of Hindoo- 

 flan, m Mylore ; 30 miles S.W. of Tademeri. 



LINHARES, a town of Portug:d, in the province of 



Trns los Monies ; 19 miles S. of Mirandela Alfo, a town 



of Portugal, in the province of Beira ; 5 miles S.W. of. 

 Calorico. 



LINHAY, in Rural Economy, a provincial word applied 

 in Devonlhire to lignify an open (hed. 



LINIE'RES, La, in Geogmphy, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Charente ; 15 miles S.W. of An- 

 goitlefnic, 



LINIMliNT, LlMMENTUil, from the Latin Unire, to 



anoint geiitiy, in Phaririaey, a torm of external medicine, 



O 2 made 



