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common here. ArounJ tliefe walls is a range of beds made 

 of ftraw, affurding convenience for fittinq; or lying. Thefe 

 houfes are not large enough to admit of l)eing divided into 

 feparate apartments j they have feldom any windows, and 

 the door is only a ftraw-niiit. When an Arab has a family 

 and cattle, lie builds for their accommodation feveral fuch 

 huts, and inclofes the whole with a ftroiig wooden fence. 

 Lime is prepared in the neighbourhood of the town, by the 

 calcination of coral from the fea in the open air, and with- 

 out a furnace. The water at Loheia is very bad, and 

 therefore they are fupplied from the dillance of 2^ leagues, 

 which is brought to them in earthen jars upon camels or 

 afles. Within two leagues of the town is a fmall hill which 

 affords confiderable quantities of mineral fait. The inha- 

 bitants are curious, intelligent, and polilhed in their man- 

 ners. The women wear large veils in the Itreets , and yet 

 they have no objection to throw them afide before llrangers. 

 One of thefe females, who prefented herfelf to view, had 

 her brow, cheeks, and chin, ornamented with black fpots, 

 imprefled into the (kin, and her eyes were alfo artificially 

 blackened. In this town they have all the inftruments ne- 

 ceifary for diftilling brandy ; they have alfo a fort of wine, 

 prepai'ed from an infufion of dry grapes in water, in a pot 

 which is buried in the ground in order to make the liquor 

 ferment. They have alfo a thick, white liquor, called 

 •' Bufa," prepared from meal mixed with water, and 

 brought into a tlate of fermentation. Niebuhr. 



LOHMEN, a town of Saxony, in the margravate of 

 Meiflen ; lo miles E.S.E. of Drefden. 



LOHNIN, a town of Brandenburg ; lo miles S.E. of 

 Brandenburg. 

 LOHOCK. See Loch. 



LOHORPOUR, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 m Oude ; 20 miles S. of Mahomdy. 



LOHR, a town of Germany, in the connty of Rieneck, 

 on the Maine; 21 miles N.W. of Wurzburg. 



LoHR Hampton, a town of Germany, in the county of 

 Hanau-jMunzenburg J 22 miles E. of Hanau. 



LOHRY, a town of Hindooftan, in Behker, on the 

 •Sinde ; I J miles S. of Behker. 



LOHTO, a town of Sweden, in the government of 

 Wafa; 18 miles N.E. of Gamla Karleby. 



LOHURDEGA, a town of Bengal, in the circar of 

 Nagpour ; 22 miles N.N. W. of Doeia. N. lat. 2T 20'. 

 E. long. 84'^ 51'. 



LOHURSEY, a town of Bengal, at which is a pafs 

 acrofs the monntain; ; 18 miles N.N.E. of Pelamow. 



LOIBERSTORFF, a town of Auftria ; 14 miles S. of 

 Vienna. —Alfo, a town of Auftria ; 10 miles S.W. of St. 

 Polten. 



LOIHL, a range of mountains between Carinthia and 

 Carniola. 



LOIMAJOKI, a town of Sweden, in tlie government 

 of Abo ; 32 miles N.N.E. of Abo. 



LOINS, in Anatomy., the lower and pofteriorpart of tlie 

 trunk of the body, or the fpace fituated between the upper 

 edge of the pelvis, and the la(t ribs. The inferior end of 

 the vertebral column occupies the middle of this region ; it 

 is called the lumbar portion of the fpine, and the vertebrae 

 compofing it are the lumbar vertebrs. (See Spine ) The 

 loweft of thefe rells on the upper furface of the facrum, 

 and thus joins the chell to the pelvis. This part of the 

 fpine is the centre of the reciprocal motions of the chelt and 

 pelvis ; it is covered on each fide, towards the back, by a 

 thick mafs of mufcle, forming two convex prominences, 

 ■with a hollow between them, correfponding to the fpinous 

 groceffes, Thefe mufcles are the great powers concerned 



in extending the fpine, and maintaining it creft. (See Donsj 

 longijjimus, and SACKOi,UMiiAi.i.s ) They are afftdftd in 

 ilraiiis of the trunk, and in lumbajL;o, in which cafes all 

 motions of the loins arc performed with great difficulty and 

 pain. The fides of the lumbar region of the (pine arp 

 covered by the pfoa mufcK s, which belong to the hip-joint. 

 The collections of matter forming fcrous abfceflcs are 

 found in the cellular fubHance about thefe mufcles. Clofe 

 to the (ide of the fpine, the interval between the criita of the 

 OS .innominatum and the lall rib is occupied by the quadra- 

 tus lumbornm mufcle. (See Lu.mborlm.) In front of this 

 mufcle, and of the pfoas, th'- kidney lies, furrounded by 

 loofe cellular fubftance, which feparates it from the perito- 

 neum, (oee Kidney.) 'i"he loins in front form a part of 

 the poflerior furface of the abdomen ; and this is called the 

 lumbar region. 



LOJO, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the province 

 of Nyland ; 30 miles W. of HelCngfors. 



LOJOBI, a town of Servia ; 16 miles S. S.E. of Faffa- 

 rovitz. 



LOIR and CiiER, one of the nine departments of the 

 central region of France, fo called from the names of the 

 rivers which traverfe it, the former in the fouthem part, 

 the other in the north, and compofed of Blefois and So- 

 logne, diftrifts of Orleanais, is fituated in 47- 40' N. lat., 

 S.E. of Sarthe, and bounded on the N. by the department 

 of tlie Eure and Loire, on the N.E by the Loiret, on the 

 E. and S.E. by the Cher, on the S. by the Indre, and on 

 the W. by the Indre and Loire, and Sarthe. It is 34 

 French leagues in length, and 23 broad, and contains 

 6717^ kiliomctres, or about 339 fquare leagues, and 

 211,152 inhabitants. It is divided into three diftrifts or 

 circles, 24 cantons, and 309 communes ; the circles are 

 Vendome, containing 68,330, Blois, including 103,268, and 

 Romorantin, comprehending 39,5,4 inhabitants. Its con- 

 tributions amount to 2,433,733 francs, and its expences to 

 210,286 fr. and 19 cents. Its capital is Blois. The foil of 

 this department is partly fandy and partly fertile ; yielding 

 grain, wine, fruits, and paftures. It abounds in lakes, 

 marlhes, and heaths, with confiderable forefts, iron-mines, 

 &c. 



Loire, one of the 1 1 departments of the eaftern region 

 of France, formerly Forez, fituated in 45 30' N. lat., well 

 of tiie Rhone, 24 French leagues long and 12 broad, con- 

 tains 5135 kiliometres, or 259 fquare leagues, and 292,588 

 inhabitants. It is divided into three circles, 48 canton.s, 

 and 327 communes. The circles are Roanne, containing 

 9J,663, Montbrifon, 97,659, and St. Etienne, 99,261 inha- 

 bitants. The contributions amount to 2,745,417 fr. and its 

 expences to 244,800 fr. and 66 cents. Its capital is Mont- 

 brifon. This department is diverfiiicd with plains, hills, 

 and mountains. Both banks of the river Loire, from, which 

 it derives its appellation, are level, yielding grain, hemp, 

 and paftures. The gentle eminences near Roanne are 

 covered with vines. Mont-Pilat, a ridge of high mountains, 

 is fituated at the S.E. extremity of the department, near 

 the confines of Ardeche. . Here. are forefts and mines of 

 iron, lead, and coal, 



Loire, Upper, one of the 12 departments of the fouth- 

 eaft region of France, compofed of Vevay and Cevennes, 

 fituated in 45' N. lat., fouth of Loire and Puy de D6me, 

 26 Fr. leagues long and 17 broad, contains 52824 kihome- 

 tres, or 264 fquare leagues, and 237,901 inhabitants. It 

 is divided into three circles, 28 cantons, and 272 com- 

 munes. The circles are Brioude, containing 70.596, Le 

 Puy 103,068, and Yflengeaux, 64,237 inhabitants. The 

 capital is Le Puy. The contributions amount to 1,509,642 



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