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Tlif y are harnefled when only two or three yearj old, which 

 pradlice will no doubt affift in (hortening the period of their 

 exifteiice. Neither foxes, hares nor rats can be found in the 

 idand ; otters and mice however are abundant. It contains 

 three fmall lakes, two of which are famed for excellent trout, 

 and the third for eels. 



Lifmore was formerly the feat of the bifhop of Argyle, 

 who was thence ilyled Epifcopus Lifmorenfis. Mr. Pen- 

 nant fays there are no remains either of the cathedral or the 

 bilhop's palace. In the Beauties of Scotland, however, it 

 is alTerted, that velliges of both arc ftill to be fcen. The 

 chancel of the former is there ftated to be ufed as the parilh 

 church, and the walls of the latter arc faid to be pretty en- 

 tire, and dillant about four miles from the cathedral. Several 

 fortified camps can yet be difcovered in ditFerent parts of the 

 idand. A Danifh fort, furroundcd by a deep fofle, is like- 

 wife in tolerable condition. The walls are noiv 1 7 feet high, 

 having a gallery within, and round the area a Itone feat, which 

 Mr. Pennant fuppofes might have been intended as a general 

 retting place for the chieftains and their loldiers. The 

 church, fays tl^e fame author, in conformity with his alTer- 

 tion that there are no remains of the cathedral, " is a mean 

 modern building." In the church-yard feveral old monu- 

 ments are Hill Handing, one of which is very remarkable, as 

 confilling of nothing more than a thick log of wood. Its 

 antiquity muft be very great, as there is no word in the 

 Erfe language to denote this kind of monument. On a rock 

 are cut the radii of a dial, but the index is deftroyed. A 

 fmall bafin is excavated in another rock, which was probably 

 ufed by the Druids in fome part of their religious cere- 

 Bionies. 



There is no fpecial return of the number of inhabitants 

 in this ifland, but they are reckoned to exceed 1 100 fouls. 

 Pennant's Tour in Scotland. Beauties of Scotland. 



LiSMOiiE, a poll-town of Ireland, on the river Black- 

 vater, and in the county of Waterford. The bridge over 

 the river is a tine erection of the duke of Devonlhire's. 

 The fpan of the principal arch is 190 feet. There are ex- 

 cellent falmon weirs at this place, which return a confiderable 

 profit. The appearance of Lifmore from the bridge is aw- 

 fully fubhme and interefting. The catlle is feated upon a 

 rock, which rifes in perpendicular (helves from the river to a 

 tremendous height. The rude rocks are richly crowned 

 with trees, whofe verdant boughs in fome parts embrace the 

 placid ftreams, and in others afcend to Ihelter the ruined 

 towers, and {hade the antique windows of the fort. This 

 venerable and extesfive caltle, the property of the duke of 

 Devonfhire, was built by king John, in 1 iSj, on the ruins of 

 the abbey of St. Carthagh. It afterwards became the 

 epifcopal refidence, till Myler Megrette, bifiiop of the fee, 

 conveyed it to fir W. Raleigh. From fir Walter it was 

 purchafed, with the retl of his property in Ireland, by 

 Richard Boyle, afterwards the firtl earl of Cork, and his 

 youngell fon, the celebrated and defervedly efteemed phitofo- 

 pher Robert Boyle, was born in it. It has iince become the 

 property of the duke of Devonfhire, who is defcended by 

 tke female line from the eldeft branch of the Boyle family. 

 In the town of Lifmore are a neat court-houfe, in which 

 the feffions are held, a fmall prifon, and a very refpeclable 

 inn. The church, which ferves both as a parilh church and 

 as the cathedral of the bilhopric, is old, and was lately in 

 indifferent repair ; it is however, according to Dr. Beaufort, 

 ipacious and handfome, and will probably be thoroughly re- 

 paired. The dean of Lifmore has z peculiar junfdic^ion 

 over this, and two adjoining parilhes. It has been already 

 mentioiii'd that St. Carthagh founded an abbey here. This 

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a bifhopric in ^33. A number of monks repairing hither, 

 feveral churches and cells were built, and thefe being ufually 

 the feat of any learning that exilled during the middle ages, 

 a fchool was foon inititutcd, which, for a long period, be- 

 came the great refort both of natives and foreigners. In 

 1536, this fee was united to that of Waterford, under which 

 an account of it will be given. Before the union, Lifmore 

 returned two members to the houfe of commons, but this 

 privilege has ceafed. It is loi Irifli miles S.W. by S. from 

 Dublin, and 26 N.E. from Cork. Beaufort, Robertfon, 

 &c. 



LISNAKEA, apoft-townof Ireland, in the county of 

 Fermanagh ; 70 miles N.E. from Dublin. 



LISS, a town of Holland ; eight miles N. of Leyden. 



LISS.\, a town of Sileiia, in the principality of Brellaw, 

 on the Weiftritz ; feven miles W.N.W. of Breflaw. N. lat. 

 51" 7'. E. long. 16' 50'. 



Li-i-S-A, anciently /fa, (which fee,) an idand of the 

 Adriatic, near the coall of Dalmatia, once famous for the 

 commerce, wealth, and power of its inhabitants, is a moun- 

 tainous and thinlv inhabited ifland, 30 miles in circuit. In 

 many parts the foil is good, but not fufficiently cultivated. 

 In its aiKient ilate it was in alliance with Rome, and carried 

 on war againft the kings of Illyrium ; but with the decline 

 of the Roman empire, it funk into a fucceffive dependence 

 on Narenta, Lelina, and Venice. Its mountains contain 

 marble, and are interfected by fertile valiies. It produces 

 wine, fruits, and excellent honey. But its principal fource 

 of wealth is its fidiery, particularly that of fardines. The 

 ruins of its capital of the fame name appear above the har- 

 bour, near a village of the fame name. It has alfo a well- 

 built populous town, called " Comifa," near the fea, on 

 the E. fide of the illand, where are the ruins of the ancient 

 cityof Meo. N. lat. 43 ' 25'. E. long. 16^ 1 8'. 



Lis>A, or Lecino, a town of the duchy of Warfaw ; 

 raifed from the condition of a village to that of a town, by 

 the influx of Proteftants driven by perfecution from Silefia^ 

 Bohemia, Moravia, and Aullria. The inhabitants carry on 

 a good trade. In this town are a Lutheran and alfo a Cal- 

 vinitl church, and a feminary ; 44 miles S.S.W. of Pofen. 

 N. lat. 51° jy'. E. long. 16 35'. 



L1S.SA, or Thymus Lv/fa, in Ichthyology, a name by which 

 fome authors have called the fidi more ulually called ^i^;, ft 

 large fea-fidi of the tunny kind. 



LISSABATTA, in Geography, a town on the N. coaft 

 of the ifland of Ccram, inhabited by an ad'emblage of dif- 

 ferent people, which have been troublefome to the Dutch. 

 S. lat. 1 55'. E. long. 128 44'. 



LISSANTHE, in Botany, fo named by Mr. R. Brown, 

 from \iu7'j-, Jmooth, and x-.hr, aJ{o'j.>cr, bccaule of the naked 

 and beardlefs limb of the corolla ; that part being denfely 

 coTered with hairs in Leucopogon, and more or lefs fringed 

 or tufted in feveral other genera, of the fame natural order, 

 found^n New Holland. Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 540. 

 Clafs and order, PentiinJria Menogjnia. Nat. Ord. Efa- 

 crideit. Brown. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of five equal, concave, 

 permanent leaves, fometimes accompanied by two rather 

 fmaller ones at the bafc. Ccr. of o-ne petal, funnel-diaped ; 

 tube nearly cylindrical, generally hairy within ; hmb in five 

 lanceolate, equal, fpreading, beardlcis fegments. Neftary 

 a iive-lobed gland, at the bafe of the germen. Siaw. Fila- 

 ments five, Ihort, within the tube ; anthers roundith, of two 

 cells, burfting lengthwife. Pi//. Germen fuperior, globular, 

 with five dight angles ; llyW pentagonal, rigid, (horter than 

 the tu',e ; lUgma obtufe. Pcrie. i)rupa fucculetit. A'ui 

 hardj of five cells. 



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