LUG 



Mendris Liigaru?, Billinzona, and the diiehy of Milnti *, it 

 is i'ortili; and populou?, about eiffht leaj^ues long and five 

 broad, lying in N. lat-. 4.6 \ and is divided into quarters, 

 containing Ic6 market towns and villages, and 53,000 inha- 

 bitants. This territory prodiicea palturc, corn, fruit, and 

 lillc ; olives are in great abundance. It is now ceded to 

 Italy- — Alfo, the capi'al of the fore-mentioned bailinic or 

 diitrif^, vvliich is a fmall, tok-rably built, trading town, 

 tlelightfnUy fituated round tlie curve of a bay, and backed 

 by a fucceinon of hills, rifing in gentle fwells to a conlider- 

 able height ; in front a bold mountain clothed with forefl: 

 prcjefta into the lake, of which a noble branch extends to 

 jts right and left. To that fpot boats of various fi/.es are 

 continually palling and repading, its bafe being perforated 

 with canlhic, or taverns, to which the inhabitants lend their 

 meat, and all forts of provifion, where it is kept untainted 

 for fcven or eight days, and the wine preferved with deli- 

 cious coolnefs. The heats are moderated by the furround- 

 ing hiils, and the cool breezes from the lake. It is no Icfs 

 flu-ltercd from the Alpine blails, which, chilled by the 

 neighbouring fnows, would otherwite dedroy the tempera- 

 ture of this equal climate. OHve, almond, and all the 

 loitthern fruits ripen here to perfeftion. Lugano 15 the empo- 

 rium of the greater part of the merchandifc which pades from 

 Italy over the St. Gothard, or the Bernardin. At the end 

 of autumn, the Swifs mountaineers bring down numeroui 

 herds of cattle for fa!e, and return with lefs bulky com- 

 modities. The town contains about 8000 inhabitants ; moll 

 of the houfes are built of tuf-!loiic ; the refidence of the 

 capitano, or governor, is a low buiMing; and on the. walls 

 are the arms of the twelve regent cantons. On an eminence 

 above the town Hands the principal church, remarkable only 

 for the beautiful carvings in ftone round the doors and rofe- 

 windaw, and for the dehcious profpett from its towers!. 

 In the c'.oiller of the Recollets is a capital pifture attributed 

 to Luvipo ; their church is handfo ne, and the Ikrecn is or- 

 namented with the paintings of the Paflion by the fame 

 mafter. The pahce of the Marquis de Riva contains a few 

 good piflnres J 16 miles N.W. of Como. N. lat. 45" 50'. 

 E. long. 8 53'. Coxe's Switzerland, vol. iii. 



Lt.'(;.\NO, Lale rif, a lake adjoining to tlie toiyn above 

 defcribed, aboht 25 miles in length, and from two to four 

 in breadth ; its form is irregular, and bending into continued 

 finuofities- From Porto, a fmall village, fituated at its 

 fouthern extremity, an arm of the lake bends northward, 

 and difcharges iifelf into the Lago Maggiore, by means of 

 the river Tnfa. It is fcarccly poffible, fays Mr. Coxe, to 

 imagine a more perfeft or greater variety of beauties than 

 this noble piece of water affords. The vaft- overhanging 

 woods, the bold precipices, the tranfparency of the wa'er, 

 unite to form a f.enery in the highell degree luxuriant. This 

 lake is about 190 feet perpendicular higher than the lake of 

 Como and Lago Maggiore. The two lall mentioned lakes 

 are of the fame level, and about 240 feet higher chan the 

 city of Milan Coxe. See Lake. 



LUGARBEN, a town of rrnffia, in Natangen ; 36 

 jniles S.E. of Ko;iigfberg. 



LLG R-NUEv'O, a town of Spain, in Valencia, on 

 the coa i ; eight miles S. of Alicant. 



LUGDE, or LuDE, a town of Weftpkalia, in the 

 biihopric of Paderborn, osi theEmmer; 24 miles N.N. E. 

 cf PjdcrL'crn. N. lat. 51 ^ 55 - E. lo-g 9" iW. 



LUGDUNUM, iu Ancient Geography. See Lyoxs. 



L.UGDUNUM Batavorum. See Levden. 



LUGGS, the E'lgl.fli nam ■ for apeculiar fpecies'of infeft, 

 found in great plentv on the lliores of Cornwall. It is of 

 the nature of X^eJ'celo^endra, anilis called by Mr. Ray vfimis 



LUG 



fnloptnJrolJes. It grows to twelve inches long, and has in- 

 Itcad ol legs nineteen pair of itifl' brillles, all which (land. 

 toward the head part of the creature. The tail is at lead live 

 inches long when full grown, and has no mark of them. 

 Its body is rounded, and much rtiembles the body of the 

 common earthworm, and is of a llsfh-colour, or pale red. 

 It has no forceps. 



LUGMON, in Natural Hijlory, a name given by the 

 people of the Philippine illanus to a fpecics of turtle, the 

 female of which has a tuft of red feathers, of a pale blood 

 colour, on her breaft, which have greaUy tjie appearance 

 of a wound, fo much that any body would really be deceived, 



LUGN.-^QUILL A, in Geography, mountains of Ire- 

 land, in the county of Wicklow. 



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

 Saane and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the dillritl 

 of Macon; 10 miles N. of Macon. The place contains 

 1 133, and the canton 12,776 inhabitants, oil a territory of 

 173^ kiliometres, in i() communes. 



LUGO, Jons' DE, in Biography, a learned Spanifh Jefuit 

 and cardinal, was born at Madrid in 15S3. He give early 

 proofs of his attachment to the introduftory parts of karn- 

 in.:, and was fent to iludy the law at Salamanca, where 

 he entered the lociety of Jefuits, thereby following the ex- 

 ample of his brother, though contrary entirely to the 

 wiih of his father. Upon the death of the father, the two 

 fous divided a very large eftate that had fallen to them 

 among the Jefuits of Seville and Salamanca. He became 

 profeffcr of philofophy at Medina del C.inipo, then profeffor 

 of divinity at Valladolid, and afterwards he filled the divinity 

 chair at Rome. In 1643 he was raifed to the dignity yf 

 cardinal by pope Urban VIII. without his knowledge, und 

 he died at the age of fevcnty-feven, in the year 1660. He 

 was the author of ievcn folio volumes, chiefly in theology 1 

 and morals, of which a few tracts only have any degree of 

 merit, Inch as " De Virtute et Sacramento Penitentias," and 

 " De Jultitia et Jure." He is, however, particularly ce- 

 lebrated as being the perfon who brought the virtues of bark 

 into notice, wliich he introduced into France in the year 

 1650, and which, under the name of " Cardinal Lugo's 

 powder,'' he adminilfeied gratis to the poor, but obliged 

 the rich to purchafe with its w eight in gold. Bayle. 



Lugo, hucus Augujli, in Geography, a very ancient town 

 of Spain, in the province of Galicia, which, in tlK* time of 

 the Romans, was the centre of one of thofe jurifdictiMiS that 

 were named " Conventus." At prefent it is the fee of a 

 biihop, fuffragan to St. Jago, and worth 1550/. fterlmg. 

 It is fituated on an eminence near the banks of the Minho^ 

 I J leagues from its fource. Here feveral councils liave been 

 held ; and among others, one in 564 to regulate the limits of 

 the billioprics of Galicia and Portugal. It is at motl three 

 miles in circumference : and the ftreets are tolerably haitd- 

 fome and well paved. It has 12 fquares, three fountains, 

 and five gates. The walls are ancient, but in good repair. 

 The city contains a cathedral, feveral churches and convents, 

 the bifhop's palace, a col rge, a hofpital, and an afylum. 

 The civil admimllratlon is compofed of an alcalde major, a 

 regidor, and feveral diUritt alcaldes. The cathedral is a very 

 ancient budding of Gothic architecture, with a modern portal. 

 Lugo is fuppofed to contain more than 4600 inhabitants, 

 'i'fiey work up wools in this town, but not enough to fend 

 any out of the country. In its terntory is a number of 

 thermal fprings, temperate and boiling. Wheat, barley, 

 rye, and maize, are produced in the environs ; and many 

 large flocks of fheep are to be feen, The Minho fupplies 1 



truut, lalmon, and lampries. Lugo is diitant from St. Jago 

 13 leagues. N. lat. 43° 2'." Y/. long. 7° 32'.— Alfo, a 



town 



