L O N 



L O N 



lV — Alfo, an iflaiid in Qiiccn Cliailottc's found, on tlie 

 coall of New Zi'alami, called Uy l\u: natives " Ilamotc," 

 aliout four miles long ; nine miles S. of Port Jackfon. — 

 Alfo, an idand in the South Pacific ocean, at the entrance 

 of Broad found, on the N. N. E. coaft of New Holland, 

 about 30 miles in length. S. lat. 22 ' 24'. W. long. 210'' 

 33'. — Alfo, an ifland difcovercd by captain Wallis in 1767, 

 and fo called bv liiai. N. lat. 10" 20'. W. long. 247 24'. 

 — Alfo, a fniall iHand near the W. coaft of Scotland. N. 

 lat. 56^ 15'. W. long. 5" ^y' — Alfo, a fmall ifland in the 

 Eaft Indian fea, near the coaft of Africa. S. lat. 10^. 25'.' 

 — Alfo, one of the iflands in the Mergui Archipelago. 

 N. lat. 1 2= .:?6'. E. long. 98" 12'. 



Long IJlan/l Sound, a kind of inland fea, from three to 

 25 miles broad, and about 140 miles long, extending the 

 whole length of Long ifland, in the ftate of New York, 

 and dividing it from Connedlicut. This found communi- 

 cates with the ocean at both ends of the ifland, and affords 

 a very fafe and convenient inland navigation. 



Long IJley or JJle River, Infiaiis, are Indians who inhabit 

 the territory, on Ifle, or White river, which runs W. into 

 the Wabafti river. The mouth of White river is in N. lat. 

 38^58'. W. long. 90' 7'. 



, Long Key, Middle, a fmall ifland in the bay of Hon- 

 duras, near the coalt of Mexico. N. lat. 17' 10'. W. 

 long. 88' 48'. 



Long Key, North, a fmall ifland in the fame bay. N. 

 lat. 17- 58'. Vv'. long. 88 40'. 



LoN'G Key, South, a fmall ifland in the fame bay. N. lat. 

 iG'jy'. W'. long. 88' 50'. 



Long Kunang, a town of Corea ; 125 miles S.S.E. of 

 King-ki-tao. N. lat. 35' 55'. W. long. 79' 20'. 



Long Lakes, The, a chain of fmall lakes in Upper Ca- 

 rada, extending wellerly from the grand portage of lake 

 Superior toward Rain lake. 



Long Legs, in Natural Hi/Jory. See TiPULA. 



Long Meadow, in Geography, a town of America, in 

 Haaipfliire county, ftiaflachufetts, on the E. bank of Con- 

 necticut river, about four miles S. of Springfield, and 2 ? 

 N. of Hartford; incorporated in 1783, and containing a 

 congregational church, and about 7ohoufes, forming a ftrect 

 parallel with the river. The townfliip contains 973 inha- 

 bitants. 



Long Mcafurc. See Measure. 



Long Mountain, in Geography, a mountain of Virginia ; 



N. lat. 



37 15' 



W. 



80 miles W. S. W. of Richmond, 

 long. 79' 20'. 



Long Nofe, a cape on the E. coaft of New Holland. 

 S. lat. 35 6'. E. long jjr 15'. 



Long Pohit, is a long beach or fand bank, on lake Erie, 

 in Upper Canada, now called the " North Foreland," 

 ftrctchi-ig into lake Erie from the lownfhip of Walfrngham, 

 and forming the deep bay of Long Point, upwards of 20 

 miles in length. 



Long Pond. See Bridge-town. 



Long Reach, a narrow part of the ftraits of Magellan, 

 between Cape Quod and Buckley Point. 



Long Reef, a flioal in the Spanifli Main, near the Mof- 

 quito fliore. N. lat. 12'' 22'. W. long. 82 Jo'. 



Long Saut, a fmall ifland of Upper Canada, in the river 

 St. Lawrence, in front of the townlbip of Ofna'uruck, con- 

 taining from 1000 to I joo acres, with good foil. N. lat. 

 55"^ 2'. \V. long. 7455. 



Long Shoal, a river of America, in North Carolina, 

 which runs into Pamlico found, at the mouth of which is a 

 capecallcd i,on^Wcfl/Pti«;. N. lat. 35-' 22'. W. long. 76 2'. 



The long is formed thus 



John de Muris 



Long TimSers, or Double Futlochs, in a Ship, thofe tim_ 

 bers afore and abaft the floors which extend from the dead- 

 wood to the run of the fecond futtock head. 



LONGA, in Geography, one of the fmaller Shetland 

 ifles. N. lat. 60 12'. W.long.i°37'._Alfo, a fmall ifland 

 near the W. coall of Scotland. N. lat. 56 12'. W. long. 

 50 40'. I 



LoNG.\, Ital. Longue, Fr. j^ ^ong, Engl, in Mufic, is a 

 charader for time in the lirft time-table, half the duration 

 of the maxima, or large, and twice the length of the breve. 



and his contemporaries had longs of three fevcral kinds ; the 



perfea, with a tail on the right fide, thus — ~|, or ^^ ^ 



equal to three pointed breves ; it is called pcrfeft, 'fays 

 de Muris, on account of its numerical ratio with the Tri- 

 nity. The imperfect long is of the fame figure as the perfect, 

 and is only diltinguiflicd by the mood or character for time 

 at the beginning of a movement. It was accounted inipcr- 

 feft, from its being incomplete without a breve to precede 

 or follow it. The double long contains two imperfeil breves \. 



it is like the long only of a much larger fize 



John dc Muris quotes Ariftotle to prove that this note is not 

 uffd in canto fcrmo. At prefcnt, the term long is only 

 correlative wiihjhort, in fcanning verfes. 



LONG.'\BOO, in Geography, om oi tht fmaller Friendly 

 iflands ; 12 miles E.S.E. of Naenava. 



LONGA R A, a town of Naples, in Calabria Ultra ;. 

 20 miles W.N.W. of Severina. 



LONGARES, a town of Spain, in Aragon ; 20 miles 

 S.S.W. of Aragofl'a. 



LONGAY, a fmall ifland near the E. coaft of Skye, N. 

 lat. 57 19'. W. long, 5 53'. 



LONGEAU, a town ot France, in the department of 

 the Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 

 tiicl of Langres ; fix miles S. of L-angres. The place 

 contains 438, and the canton 9485 inhabitants, on a terri- 

 tory of 295 kiliom.etres, in 29 comjuiines. 



LONGEPIERRE, Hilaire-Bernard de Roque- 

 I.EYNE, Lord of, in Biography, born of a noble family at 

 Dijon, in 1659, was fccretary of commands to the duke of 

 Berry. He diftinguilhed himfelf by an accurate knowledge 

 of the Greek language, and publiflled notes upon Anacreon,, 

 Sappho, Bion, Moichus, and the Idylls of Theocritus. 

 In 1690 he gave the public a cclledlion of " Idylls" of his 

 own invention : he was author oT the tragedies of " Medea," 

 and " Eleftra," written after the manner of the Greek tra- 

 gedians, which were brought on the ftage, and gave him a 

 reputation among dramatic poets. He wrote other tra- 

 gedies cf conllderable merit, and died at Paris in 1721. 

 Moveri. 



LoNGEPIERRE, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Saoiic and Loire, fituated near the river 

 Doubf ; 16 miles N.E. of Chalons fur Sao:ie. 



LONGERI, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Lo- 

 angOj where the kings are generally interred. 



LONGEVITY, a term exprcfiing length of life. 



From the different longevities of men i^i the beginning of 

 the world, after the flood, and in tliefe ages, Dr. Derhann 

 deducts a good argument for tlie interpoiition of a Divine 



Providence* 



