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a chapeT, built according to the model of the Santa Cafa at 

 Loretto in Italy ; from whence an image of the holy Virgin 

 has been fent to the converts here, fimilar to that in the 

 famous Italian fanctuary. Thefe converts are of the Huron 

 tribe. 



Loretto, Lady of, a place in the diftrift of St. Dennis, 

 on the ifthmus of California, called by the Indians " Ca- 

 neho ;" in which is a fmall fort, ereftcd by the mifiionaries, 

 conlilling of four baftions, and furrounded by a deep ditch. 

 In this jurifdldlion are fifteen parifhes, including 4000 pro- 

 fefling Indians, under the inilruftion of Dominican friars. 



LoKETTO, or Loreto, a town of the ifland of Corfica ; 



7 miles N E of Porta Alfo, a town of New Mexico, in 



the province of Mayo ; 105 miles E.N.E. of Santa Cruz. — - 

 ■ Alfo, a town of South America, in the province of Buenos 

 Ayres ; ^aoo miles E. of Corrientes. — Alfo, a town of 

 South America, in the government of Majos, on the Mar- 

 mora ; 50 miles S. of Trinidad. 



Loretto, Order of,^ in Heraldry, an order of knight- 

 hood, inllituted by pope Sixtus V. in 1587, confirmed by 

 pope Paul III., and abolished by pope Gregory XIII. 

 The knightsr wore, pendent to a ribbon at their button-hole, 

 a linall gold medallion, enamelled with the image of the 

 virgin of Loretto. 



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

 department of the Var, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrift of Dragiiignan ; 6 miles S.W. of Draguignan. The 

 place coniains 4923, and the canton 10 S20 inhabitants, on 

 a territory of 302; kiliometres, in 6 communes. 



, LORI, in Ornithology. See Psittacus Andioinenfts. 



LORICARIA, in Natural H'ljlory, a gems of fifhes o^ 

 the order abdominales. The generic charaiHer is, head 

 fmooth, depreffed ; mouth without teeth, retraftile ; gill- 

 men-ibrane U.\.-rayed ; body mailed, hence its name. Ac- 

 cording to Gmelin, there are but two fpecies ; but Dr. 

 Shaw defcribes feven, which we fliall enumerate in their 

 order. 



Species. 



GosTAT.\ ; Ribbed loricaria. Yellowifh-brown, mailed 

 by a finglc row of fhields on each fide, with ^forled tail. 

 This filli, in its general habit, refembles a fpecies of the 

 filurus, the mouth being furniflied with long cirri, and the 

 firft rays of tlie dorfal and peiSoral fins ierrated ; the head 

 is large, depreffed, covered with a rough bony fhield, pro- 

 jefting on each fide the thorax into an exceedingly (Irong 

 and obtufely pointed fpine of confiderable length ; the whole 

 body, from the thorax, is ftrongly mailed along each fide 

 by a continued feries of very broad bony plates or fcales, 

 each of which projefts in the middle into a fiiort hooked 

 fpine or curved procefs ; the upper and under parts of the 

 body> from the fmall dorfal fia to the tail, are mailed in the 

 fame maimer, but with fmaller plates than on the fides ; the 

 tail is large and Iharply forked. It is a narive of the Indian 

 and .\merican feas ; is a fifh of great boldnefs, and is dreaded 

 by filhermen ; the ftrenglh and Iharpnefs of its fpines en- 

 abling it to iEilift very painful, and even dangerous wounds. 



CATApHRACTA ; Armed loricaria. Brown, mailed by 

 a fingle row oF fhields on each fide, with a rounded tail. 

 This fpecies is nearly allied to the preceding, but differs in 

 having a rounded tail, and in fome other particulars. It is 

 about ten inches long, and is found in the .-American feas. 



Callichthvs ; Soldier loricaria. Brown, with de- 

 preffed, rounded head, double row of fcales on each fide, 

 and rounded tail. This remarkable fpecies grows to the 

 length of ten or twelve inchfiS; and is of a duiky brown 



colour throughout, with a tinge of reddi/h or yellowifh- 

 brown on the fins and under parts. It is highly efteemed zi 

 an article of food by the inhabitants of Surinam. It has 

 been afferted, and Dr. Shaw has given currency to the re- 

 port, probably wiihout attaching any credit to it, that this 

 fifh, when diftreffed for want of water, by the ilreams 

 which it inhabits being too (hallow for it, contrives to make 

 its way over land, in order to difcover fome deeper (Iream ; 

 and occafionally perforates the ground for the faiAe pur- 

 pofe. 



Punct'ata ; Speckled loricaria. Yellow, with brownifh 

 back ; do.ible row of fcales on each fide ; fins fpeckled with, 

 black, and forked tail. A fmall, but elegant fpecies. 

 Length five or fix inches ; fhape like the generality of 

 filhes. Native of the rivers of Surinam. 



AcciPENSEn ; Sturgeon loricaria. Yellowifh-brown, with 

 toothlefs mouth, rounded front, and fpotted fins. This, as 

 its name imports, is fomething like a llurgeon, and long and 

 flender. It is a native of the Indian feas, and grows to the 

 length of twelve or fifteen inches. This fpecies is defcribed 

 by Bloch as L. dentibus carens. 



Dentata ; Toothed loricaria. Yellowifh-brown, with 

 toothed, cirrated mouth, and (lightly pointed fnout. This 

 differs from the lalt, in having the mouth furnilhed with 

 teeth, and in having a fiightly pointed fnout. It is a native- 

 of the Indian feas. 



Flava ; Yellow loricaria. Yellow, fpotted with brown, 

 wkh two dorfal fins and tail marked by tranfverfe bands. 

 This is an elegant fpecies, in length about ten inches ; habit 

 much more flender than in the two preceding. Inhabits the 

 Indian feas. 



LORICATION, or Coating, in Chemi/lry, is the^co- 

 veringofa glafs or earthen veffel with a coat or cruft of a 

 matter able to refift the fire, to prevent its breaking in 

 the performing of an operation that requires great violenceof. 

 fire. 



When veffels are expofed to a fire too ftr«ng for theiV 

 firufture, or to the corrofive quauty contained in them, or 

 on the throwing on of frelh cold fuel into the fire where 

 they (land, it frequently happens that they crack and bunl ;. 

 for the preventing of which, the operator has recourfe to 

 this method of coating or loricating his veffels. It is per- 

 formed in the following manner : ta.ke a quantity of walhed 

 clay, with an admixture of pure fand, powder oT calcined 

 flints, or broken crucibles ; and inftead of pure water, 

 moiilen it with frelTi blood that has not yet been coagulated^ 

 diluted with twice or three times its quantity of water ; 

 make the clay vvith this into a thin paile, and work into it 

 fome cow's hair, or other hair not too long nor too ItifF, and 

 a little powdered and fifted glafs, if you have it at hand ;i 

 fmear over the veffel intended to be ufed with this palle, by- 

 means of a pencil, and fet it to dry ; when dry, befmear it 

 again, and repeat the operation till the veffel have a crull of 

 a third, or a quarter of an inch, at lead, thick of this matter,, 

 and let it be thoroughly dry before it is ufed. 



To keep blood in a proper ffate for this ufe, it mu(l,, 

 when juil let out from the animal, be well ftirred about witlL 

 a (tick for fome time, at lealt tilPit is quite cold ; and being 

 thus prepared, it will keep for fome days without coagu- 

 lating, and fit for ufe. , "' 



This compofition, with an admixture of bole, workei 

 into a pafle with the whites of eggs, diluted with water, 

 makes alfo the proper lute for clofing the junctures o£" 

 other chemical veffels, in the diftilling flrong fpirits. See- 



LUTE. 



LORIMERS, one of the companies of London, that 

 make bits fcr bridles, fpurs, and fuch like fmall iron ware. 



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