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We ought to have a difpofing memory, fo as to be able to ifland are in cultivation ; of which joo are arable, and the 



make a difpoiition of his ellate, with underllandiiig and refl palture : wheat is the chief produce. The elevated 



reafon. fituation of the land, in fome places 800 feet above the 



For the marriage of lunatics, fee Mai{iiia»e. fca, and the violence of the N.E, winds, prevent any trees 



For lunatic afyhims, fee Mad-HOUsks. from growing, though a confiderable expence has been in- 



LUNATION, the period, or fpace of time, between currcdin planting. Rabbits and rock birds arc numerous ; 



one new moon and another ; alio cal!ed_/)'/W;Va/ man//;. Sye and in the fcafon, lobftcrs, crabs, and other fifh may be 



:>dooftj 



an, 



obtained in abundance. About 400 head of fheep, and 80 

 of cattle, arc fed here ; but the former do not thrive. The 

 iiiclofures are ilonc fences. Of the hiftory of the ifland 

 but little is known. Rifdon relates that one Morifco, who 

 had confpired to kill king Henry III., retired hither, and 

 turning pirate, committed great depredations ; on which 

 the king arrelted, and had him executed on an elevated part. 

 About the middle of the lall century, it was purchafed 

 of government by a nobleman, who entrufted it to the care 

 of a perfon named Benfon, a notorious fmugglcr, who car- 

 ried on a confiderable illicit traffic. The next proprietor 

 of the ifland was (ir John Borlafc Warren, who, about the 

 year 1781, fold it to John Cleveland, efq. ; but it appears 

 to have been recently re-pnrchaled by government. The 

 whole rent is but 70/. per annum ; no taxes are paid ; nor 

 can it maintain any revenue officer, the duties in feven years 

 fcarcely amounting to five pounds. The number of houfes" 

 is only feven ; the inhabitants, in the year 1794, were but 

 twenty-three. The population of the ifle was probably 

 greater at fonie diftant period, as many human bones have 

 been ploughed up ; and Camden fays, " the furrows (hovr 

 it to have been once cultivated." The chief antiquities 

 are, the ruins of St. .'\nne's chape', and what is termed 

 Morifco's caftle. The latter is near the fouth-eaft end, 

 and was ftrongly fortified with large out-works and a ditch ; 

 a few old difmounted cannon occupy the battlement, be- 

 neath which is a curious cavern. In the reig[i of Charles I. 

 lord Say and Scale held the caftle for the king ; and in 

 the time of William and Mary, the French furprifed it by 

 a ftratagem, plundered it, and kept pofTeffion for fome time. 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. i». 



LUNE,in Fortification. See DEMi-LUNEand Lunette. 



EuNE, or Lugne, in Geography, a river of England, which 



rifes in the county of York, and runs into the Irifh fea, 



a few miles below Lancafler. N. lat. 53 57'. W. long. 



z" 49'. 



LUNE, Lunula, in Geometry, is the fpace included be- 

 tween the arcs of two unequal circles, forming a fort of cref- 

 ccnt, or half-moon, the area of which may in many cafes be 

 as accurately determined as that of any reftilineal figure. 

 The lunc was the firll cnrvilineal fpace of which the quadra- 

 ture was afcertained, and this is faid to have been firll efleft- 

 ed by Hippocrates of Chios, thougli others fay it was dil- 

 covered by CEnopidas of Chios. However this may be, the 

 former geometer has generally had the honour of the difco- 

 very attributed to him, and the figure ftill bears his name, 

 being commonly denominated the lune of Hippocrates, 

 the co.Tflruftion of which is as follows. 



On the diameter of a femicircle {Plate X. Geometry, 

 Jig. 2.) defcribe a right-angled triangle, of which the angular 

 point will ncceflarily fall in the circumference. Then on each 

 of the fides A D, D B, defcribe a iemicircle, and the two 

 figures AGED, DHEB will be lunes, and the area of 

 beach admits a fecure approach, and is fhcltered by a de- them will be equal to the area of the right-angled triangle 

 tached portion of rock, called the Ifle of Rats, from the A D B. For circles, and confequently femicirc'es, being to 

 great number of thofe animals which burrow here. On each other as the fquares of their diameters ; and fince A B' 

 landing, vifitors are obliged to climb over various craggy = A D' -f- D B' ; therefore the femicircle A D B = A G D 

 maffes, before they can reach the lleep and winding traft -f D H B ; from thefe equal fpaces taking away the corn- 

 that leads to the fummit, which commands views of the mon fegments A F D and DEB, there remain the two 

 Englifh and Wellh coafts. About 400 acres only of this lunes equal to the triangle A D B ; aud therefore, if the 



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Cycle and El'act 



LUNA WAR A, in Geography, a town of H 

 in Guzerat ; 50 miles E.of Amcdabad. 



LUND, a town of Sweden, in Weil Gothland, on the 

 Wenner lake ; 36 miles N.N.E. of Uddevalla. 



Lund, or LunJen, the moll ancient town of Sweden, 

 the capital of Scania, Schonen, or Skonen, of which a 

 proverb is recorded, lit. that when our Saviour was born, 

 ' Lund was in its glory. Lund contains fcarcely more than 

 800 inhabitants, carries on but little trade, and is principally 

 fupported by the univerfity ellabiillicd by Charles XL, and 

 called, from the name of its founder, " Academia Carolina 

 Gothorum." When Mr. Coxe vifited Sweden, it had 21 

 profelTors and 300 ftudents. The library contains 20,000 

 volumes. The botanical garden was not in a flourilhing ftate, 

 the number of plants not exceeding 1 200. Linnreus was ma- 

 triculated at this univerfity. (See Linn.eus. ) At Lund 

 was inftitutcd, in 1776, a Royal Phyfiographical Society, 

 which was incorporated by the king in 1778. The fubjedts 

 treated of in its afts relate only to natural hiftory, che- 

 miftry, and agriculture. Lund is an archbifhopric. The 

 cathedral i.s an ancient irregular building, raifedat different 

 intervals; 21 miles E. of Copenhagen. N. lat. 55 ' 44'. 

 E. long. 13 . 



LUNDA, a town of Sweden, in Sudermanland ; 10 

 miles W. of Nykoping. 



LUNDBY, a town of Norway, in the province of A g- 

 gerhuus, on the Glomme ; 60 miles N.E. of Chriftiania, 



LUNDE, a town of Norway, on a lake of the fame 

 name; 28 miles W.N.W. of Chrillianfand. — Alfo, a town 

 of Norway ; 17 miles N.W. of Skeen. 



LUNDEN, a town of the duchy of Holftein ; 24 miles 

 W. of Rcndft)org. 



LUNDO, a town of Sweden, in the government of Abo ; 

 S miles N.E. of Abo. 



LUNDRESS, in our Old Writers, a fterling filver penny ; 

 which had its name from being coined only in LondoH, and 

 not at the country mints. 



LUNDSAY, in Geography, a town of Pegu, on the 

 W. fide of the river Ava ; 60 miles W.N.W. of Pegu. 

 N. lat. 18-30'. E. long. 95 43'. 



LUNDSJE, a town of Perfia, in the province of La- 

 riftan, on the Perfian gulf. N. lat. 26 38'. E. long. 



54' 36' 



LUNDSKORON, a town of Poland; 18 miles S. of 

 Cracow. 



LUNDY IsL,\ND, is fituated in the mouth of the 

 Briftol channel, nearly four leagues from the coafl of De- 

 vonfliire, England, It is rather more than three miles in 

 length, and about one in breadth ; contains about 2000 

 acres ; and is environed by high and ftesp rocks, which 

 render it iiiacceffible, except iu one or two places. The 

 only fafe landing place is on the eafl fide ; where a fmall 



