LOS 



LOT 



Los Charcot, a province in ihe foiithrrn divifion of Pcni, 

 the chief citit-s of which are Pot, fi and I'orco. 



hOSARI, a town of ihu- liland of Coilica ; ij miles N. 

 of Calvi. 



L0S1»0R1', a town <if Bohemia, in the circle of Lcit- 

 moritz ; fix miles W.S.W. of Kamniti;. 



LOSENI rZ A, a town of European Turkey, in Servia ; 

 20 mi'es S S.W. of Sabac/,. 



LOSER, a town of the electorate of Salzburg, on the 

 Stampach ; 21 milei S.W. of Salzburg. 



LOSrrZ, a town of Naples, in the province of Bari ; 

 fis miles E. of Bittctto. 



LOSORG.A, St., a town «>f the idand of Sardinia ; 1 1 

 miles S. of Bofa. 



LOSQUET, a fmall iflar.d in the Enoliih channel, near 

 the coa!t of France. N. lat. 43° 49'. \V. long. 531'. 



LOSS, IJlands of, a duller of fmall iflands in the At- 

 lantic, near the coail of Africa. N. lat. 9= 16. W. 



long- »3':^- 



LOSSA, a town of Silefia, in the principality of Brieg ; 

 five niiks S.E of Brieg. 



LOSSAIT, a town of Germany, in the principality of 

 Bayreuth ; nine miles S.E. of Bayreuth. 



LOSSIEMOUTH, a feaport town of Scotland, in the 

 county of Murray, at the mouth of the river I..offie, fa- 

 mous for its trout. A few fifhing veflels belong to the place ; 

 but its harbour is convenient for vcffels of 50 tons ; fix, 

 nulcs N. of Elgin. 



LOSSIN, or La.ssin, Great, a town in the S. part of 

 the ifland of Cherfo, containing about i8co inhabitants. 



Lossin, Lilllc, a town of the fameifland, containing about 

 J 600 inhabitants ; one mile S. of Great Loffm. 



LOSSIUS, Lucas, in Biography, of Lunenburg, a 

 Lutheran divine and fchool-mafter, well fl<illed in mufic, who 

 publifhed at Nwcmburg, in 1553, "Erotomata JVIufics prac- 

 tica;,'' and Lutheran pfalmodia. At the time of the Re- 

 formation the,Lutheraiis preferved more mullc in their li- 

 turgy than the Calvinilts, or the church of England. 



LOSSNiTZ, in Geography, a town of Saxony, in the 

 lordlhip ot Scho.iburg ; 50 miles E. of Drefden. N. lat. 

 50 32'. E. long. 12 57'. 



LOSTORFF, a town of Auftria ; nine miles W. of St. 

 Poltcn. 



LOSTWITHIEL, a borough, market-town, and parifh 

 in the hundred of Powder, and county of Cornwall, England, 

 is Qtuated in a narrow valley on the wcllern fide of the river 

 Fawy, 25 miles diilant irom Launcelton, and 234 from 

 London. The houfes are principally difpofed in two llrects, 

 running parallel from the river to the bottom of a ileep lull, 

 ■which rifcs to a great height on the weft. The buildings 

 are chiefly of ftone, and covered with flate, which is ob- 

 lained in gnat abundance in the vicinity (jf the town. The 

 church coiilills of one large and two fmall aiiles, with a tower 

 at theweflend, terminating in a fingular open fpire. The 

 font is conltrudled of a large octangular block of free- (lone, 

 fupported by five cluftered columns, charged with rude and 

 ill-executed fculptures. In the fouth aiile is an ancient mo- 

 nument of the tmie of Elizabeth, with eight fmall figures, 

 in baffo-relievo, kneeling, ereftedin memory of Temperance, 

 wife of Wiliiain Kendall, efq. who died in I5'79. At a 

 firiall diftaiice to the fouth of the church are the exterr.;;I 

 walls of an old building called the palace, which was 

 anciently a refidence of the dukes of Cornwall, but is 

 now converted into the ftannary prifon. This fabric was 

 once very extenfive ; but great part of its fcite is occupied 

 by timber yards. Tlie walls sic extremely thick, and, like 



many ancient cadles, fecin to have bicn coiiftruifted with 

 iii'.all Itones, fixed by a liquid cement, now become harder 

 than the ftone itfelf. Loitwitlucl was incorporated at a very 

 early period ; numerous privileges were conferred on it by 

 Richard, kin.j ot the Romans, who, by charter, m..de it a 

 free burgl;, and granted to its burgell'es the liberty of a 

 ■ guild mercat'ory. They alfo poffeU the anchorage dues of 

 Fawy harbour, and various duties on coal, fait, corn, malt, 

 and other commodities brought into that port. The cor- 

 poration confills of a mayor, fix burgeilcs, and feventccn 

 alTiilants, or common councilmen, who are cliofen annually 

 by the mayor and burgel'es. The borough has returned 

 two members to parliament ever fmcethe ajdof Edward I. : 

 the right <if eleclion is confined to the corpora'ion. This 

 was anciently the fiiire town ; and the county members are 

 fti;l ekiled here, and the county weights and ineafures kept 

 here. According to the enumeration made in the year iBoi, 

 this town contained 125 houfis, and 743 inhabitants. A 

 market is held on Friday, and three fairs annually. 



About one mile north of LolUvithiel, on the fummit of 

 a very high hill, are the mouldering remains of Rellormcl 

 calUe, a fortrefs magnificent in ruin, and proudly exaliing 

 its ivy-clad walls above the contiguous narrow winding 

 valHes. This was one of the principal refideuces of the 

 earls of Cornwall : Richad, king of the Romans, kept 

 his court here ; his fon Edmund alio made this caIHe his 

 abode ; and though now in decay, yec the grandeur of its 

 ruins, and the importance they communicate to the furrouiid- 

 ing fcentry, render it peculiarly iiiterefting. Thecallleand 

 its honour were part of the inheritance of the dukes and earls of 

 Cornwall ; and were aiinexcd by Edward III. to the duciiy : 

 but the manfion formerly connecled with the ellate, and 

 named the Trinity-houfe, is now the property of the earl 

 of Mount Edgecumbe, and called Rellorme!. Beauties of 

 Ena;land and Wales, vol. ii. 



LOSZLAU, or Wodislav, a tov.m of Silefia, and 

 chief place of a lordHiip, in the principality of Ratibor ; 

 1 1 miles S.Fl of Ratibor. N. lat. 49' 57'. E. long. 

 18^ iS'. 



LOT, fo called from the river, which rifes in the depart- 

 ment of the Lozere, and joins the Garonne, near Aiguil- 

 lon, formerly Ouercy, one of the nine departments ot the 

 fouthern region of France, lying in 44- 30' N. lat , N.N. W. 

 of Tarn, and equidiltant from both feas ; bounded on the 

 N. bv the depar'.ment of the Correze, on the E. by the 

 Cantal, on the SE. by the Aveiron, on the S. by the Tarn 

 aid the Upper Garonne, on the W. by the Lot and Ga- 

 ronne, and on the N.W. b ■ the Dordogne ; 34 I'rencli 

 Ieagu^:s in length and 30 in breadth, containing 7432; kilio- 

 metres, or 362 fquare leagues, and 383,683 inhabilants. It 

 is divided into four circles or diftriCls, 41 can.ons, and 440 

 communes. The circles arc Montauban, inckuling 1 15; 95.1., 

 Figeac, 80,372, Gourdon, 75',86l, and Cahors, 111,496 

 inhabitants. The capital of the department is Cahors. 

 Its contributions amount to 3,235,544 fr. and its expences 

 to 272,533 fr. 33 cents. 1'liis d'.-partment is, in general, 

 hilly, but contains fome fruitful plains and vailies. Its 

 products are grain, wine of an excellent quality, fruits, filk, 

 hemp, fiax, tobacco, and pallures. It has iron mines, coal, 

 and mineral fprings. 



Lot and Garonne, formerly jigcnois, one of the nine 

 departments of the fouth-we!t, or Garonne region of France, 

 lying in 44 30' N. lat. and bounded on the N. by the de- 

 pariuient of the Dordogne, on the E. by the Lot, ou the 

 S. by the Gers, and on the W. by the Landes and Gironde, 

 23 French leagues in lengtli. and 18 in breadth, coct.'vining 



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