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fr. and the expences to 219,83s fi-. 25 cent?. This teni- 

 torv, though mountainous and covered with fnow fix 

 months in the year, yields grain, fruits, &c. fufficient for 

 the inhabitants, with good pallures, mines of antimony, 

 &c. 



LoiRK, Lower, one of the nine departments of die 

 ■wcftern region of France, formerly Upper Bretagne, a 

 maritime territory on either hand of the Loire, is fituatcd 

 in 47' 15' K. lat., is 30 Fr. leagues long and 27 broad, and 

 contains 7660 kiliometres, or 3S2 fquarc leagues, ?,nd 

 368,506 inhabitants. It is divided into five circles, 4.5 

 cantons, and 209 communes. The circles are Savenay, 

 comprehending 91,132, Chatean-Briant, 50,244, Ancenis, 

 36,949, Nantes, 157,940, and Paimboeuf, 32,241 inhabit- 

 ants. Its capital is Nantes. Its contributions amount to 

 2,900,662 fr. and its expences to 345,171 fr. This de- 

 partment produces wheat, rye, flax, wine, and excellent 

 j)aitures, with mnies of iron, coal, quarries of marble, &c. 

 Savenay yields cyder and wine of 'an inferior quality. The 

 fecond circle is ^Imoft one continued fn-cIL Nantes is 

 agreeably diverfificd and fertile. From tlie marfiies of 

 Paimboeuf much fait is extracted. 



LOIRET, one of the nine departments of the central re- 

 gion of France, a portion of Orleanais, E. of Loir and 

 Cher, is lituated in 47- 50' N. lat., is 30 Fr. leagues long, 

 and 24 broad ; and contauis 70475 kiliometres, or 356 fquare 

 leagues, and 289,728 inhabitants. It is divided into four 

 circles, 31 cantons, and 363 communes. The circles are 

 Pilhivier.', containing 55,061, Montargis, 61,912, G'en, 

 37,395, and Orleans, 135,360 inhabitants. Its capital is 

 Orleans. Its contributions amount to 3,778,705 fr. and its 

 expence,"; to 337,821 fr. 52 cents. The foil of the fecond 

 circle is fandy, yielding little grain. The produdts ot the 

 other diftritts are grain, wine, hemp, falTron, fruits, and 

 pallures. 



LOIRON, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Mavenne, and chief place of a canton, in the dillricl of 

 Laval; fix miles W. of Laval. The place contains 1559, 

 and the canton 13,810 inhabitants, 011 a territory of 280 

 kiliometres, in 15 communes. 



LOiTSCH, orLoG.VTEZ, a town of L^pper Carniola ; 

 1 5 miles W. of Lay bach. 



LOiTZ, a town of Anterior Pon:ierania ; 24 miles S. of 

 Siralfiind. N. lat. 53 ' 56'. E. long. 13 5'. 



LOKACZ, a town of Poland, in Volhynia ; 30 miles 

 W S.W. of Lucko. 



LOKAL.-^X, a tovrn of Sweden, in the government of 

 Abo ; 27 miles N.W. of .Abo. 



LORE, in Myihoh^v, the name of one of the deities of 

 the northern nations, aniwcring to the Arinianes among the 

 Perfians, whom they reprefent as at enmity both with gods 

 and meni and the author of all the evils whicii delolate the 

 iiniverfe. L. ke is deicribed in tlie Edda as producing the 

 orreat ferpent which incirclcs the world ; which feems to 

 have been intended as an emblem of corruption or fm : he 

 alfo gives birtii to Hela or death, the queen of the infernal 

 regions ; and alfo to the wolf Fenris, that monfter who is 

 to encounter the gods and deilroy the world. North. Ant. 

 vol. ii. p. 85, &c. 



LoKK, in Rural Economy, a provincial word ufed in Nor- 

 folk for a dole narrow lane. 



LOKMAN, in Biography, fin'named Jll-Hcikim, .ov the 

 Wife, a philofopher in c'lnliderabie elUmation among the 

 eatlern nations, to whom is attributed a collection of maxims 

 and fables, which are calculated to difplay the moral doctrines 

 of the ancient Arabians. There have been many hypothefes 

 (Concerning the country in vvhicli he lived, and the period at 



which he fiouriflied, but the greater part of the Muffalman 

 doftor.! make him contemporary with David and Solomon, 

 It has been fuppofed that he was a native cf Ethiopia or 

 Nubia, and in rather a fervile condition ; that he iiad been 

 a flavc in different countries, and that he was at length f j!d 

 among the Ifraelites. His wiidom has been afcribed to 

 divine infpiration, whicl) iie received in the following manner ; 

 while afieep at noon-day, angels came to the pliice where he 

 was repofing, fainted him, without rendering themfeUes 

 vilible, and declaring that God would make him a monarch 

 and his lieutenant on earth. He fignilied his fubmifTion to 

 the will of his maker, but would rather have preferred to 

 remain in a low condition. On account of this anfwcr, God 

 bellowed upon him wifdori* in fo eminent a degree that he 

 was enabled toinilruct mankind by a great variety of maxims, 

 fentences, and parablts, amounting to ten thoufand in num- 

 ber. The anecdotes which are recorded concerning the life 

 of Lokman are found fcattered in the writings of feveral of 

 the orientals ; of thefe we fnall notice only a few. As he 

 was once feated in the midll of a circle of auditors, a man 

 of high rank allied if he was not that black Have whom he 

 had before feeii attending upon the flocks in the field ; he 

 replied, he was ; how then, faid the other, have you at- 

 tained to fuch wifdom and fo high a reputation ; " By fol- 

 lowing exaftly," faid Lokman, " thefe three precepts ; 

 always to fpeak the trutii ; to keep inviolably the promifes 

 made ; and never to meddle with what does not concern me." 

 It was Lokman who faid that " the tongue and the heart, 

 were both the bed and the worft parts of men." Mahomet 

 frequently refers t J the authority of Lokman in fupport of 

 his own opinions a id doftrincs, and he is ilill regarded by 

 the followers of the Mahometan religion as a faint and a pro- 

 phet. They reprefent him to have been as virtuous and pious 

 as he was wife, and on that account was peculiarly bleffed 

 of God. Some writers aOert that he embraced the Jewifh 

 religion, and entered into the fervice of king David, who 

 entertained a highelleem for him, and that he died at a very 

 advanced age. The fcanty relics of the fables of Lokman 

 were publllhed by Erpenius, in Arabic and Latin, and 

 Tannaquil Faber gave an edition of them in elegant Latin 

 verfe. Gen. Biog. 



LoKM.\K, in Geography, a town of the Arabian Irak, on 

 the Tigris ; 16 miles N. ot Bagdad. 



LOK.O, a fmall illand on the E. fide of the gulf of 

 Bothnia. N. lat. 60'" 51'. E. long. 20'^ 59'. 



LOKOHAR, a town of Hindooltan, in Bahar ; 36 

 miles N.E. of Durbunga. 



LOKTEVA, a town of Ruflia, in the government of 

 Kolivan ; 36 miles 6.W. of Ku'/.netzk. 



LOLBAZAR, a town of Bengal ; 37 miles S.'W. of 

 Beyliar. 



LOLBINIERE, a town of Canada, on the river St, 

 Lawrence; 25 miles S.W. of Quebec. 



LOLDONG, atovMi and fortrcls of Almora ; 85 miles 

 N.N.E. of Delhi. N. lat. 29' 47'. E. long. 78" ^d'. 



LOLGUNGE, a town of Hindoollan, in Oude ; 16 

 miles N. of Maiiickpour.— Alio, a town of Hnidooilan, in 

 Benares; 22 miles S.W. of Mit/apour. — Alio, a town of 

 Hindoollan, in Oude ; 20 miles S. of Azemgnr. 



LOLICHMIUM, in Greek Miijic, according to Pau- 

 fanias, was the name given to the gymnafiura at Oivmpia, 

 which was always open for thofe who whhed to contend in 

 literature, poeiry.or mufic ; and ^lian tells us, that in the 

 9ilt olympiad, Euripides and Xenocles diiputed the prize in 

 dramatic poefy at the Olympic games ; at which time they 

 were accompanied by inllruments. 



LOLIUM, \\\ Agriculture, the name of a kind of gralTcs, 



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