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his's dcfcription is applicable to the tourmalin, the electrical 

 phenomena of which are however of a peculiar nature ; not 

 to mention other objections that may be urged againft the 

 identity of the two fubllanccs. 



Of other opinions on this fubjcft none deferve to be men- 

 tioned, except, perhaps, on account of its fmgularity, that 

 of Woodward, and fome writers before and after him, who 

 fuppofed the lyncurium to be the calcareous petrifaftion 

 known by the name of bekmnhes. Indeed it is difficult to 

 guefs what can have given origin to this Itrange fiippofition, 

 unlefs it be tie circumllance that thefe belemnites, when 

 burnt, are faid to give out an unpieafant urinous odour. 



In the Vulgate, mention is made of the ligurius, as one of 

 the twelve precious ftoncs in the breail plate of the high 

 pried. In the verfion of the Stpiiiagiiit, it is called 

 Avyy-tu^io'i. St Epiphanius, enumeratin;;; the fame twelve 

 gems, gives the follo'.ving account of the (lone in qnelHon : 

 " I.,igurius vel lynrurius gemma ; de hvijus inveiitione vel 

 apud naturae: indagiitores, vel apud alios vcteres qui harura 

 rerum memincrunt, nihil cognovimus. Invcnimus tamen lan- 

 guriamgemmam vocatam, quam vulgari lingua iajurium ap- 

 pellant. Et forte puto hunc effe lygnriiim." (St Epiph. 

 Opp. latine.) The fame writer and Hieroiiymus fufpedl 

 the lyncurium to be the hyacinth ; but how uiifettled the 

 ideas of St. Epiphanius were refpedling the latter gem, ap- 

 pears from the following account he gives of it : " Hyacin- 

 thus igitur diverfas hahet formas ; quo enim reperitur colors 

 profundior, eo cseteris prallantior eft. ' Similis ell lans 

 qua; fiibpurpurafcit a'.iquatcnus." (1. c. pag. i lo.) 



LYNDEBOROUGH, in Geography, a townfhip of 

 America, in HilHborough county, New Hampfhire, about 

 70 miles from Portfinouth ; incorporated in 1764, and con- 

 taining 976 inhabitants. 



LYNDHURST, a village in the parifh of Minfted, 

 in the New Forell of Hampllure, England, is fituated pine 

 miles from Southampton and ^ 6 from London, nearly in 

 the centre of the New Forell, of which it has been, from 

 the formation of the forell, confidered as a fort of capital : 

 and here was exercifed the jurifdidtion of the chief juflice 

 in eyre for this forell, fo long as he continued to exercife 

 it, of which there are no traces fubfequent to the reign of 

 •dharles II. All the Foreft courts under the verderors are 

 ftill held here ; as well as thofe of attachment, &c. 

 as the fwaniT.ote : the former are held on fuch days as the 

 prefiding judges appoint, three times in a year ; the latter 

 on the 14th of September annually. The king's houle, 

 in this village, though but an indifferent refidence, is oc- 

 cupied by the lord warden whenever he vifits the Forell. 

 An ancient ftirrup is preferved here, faid to have been worn 

 by William Rufus at the time he was fhot by fir Walter 

 Tyrrell. The king's ftabies are very large, and were pro- 

 bably confidered as magnificent when tiril erefted, which 

 anoears to have been about the time of Charles II. From 

 the hotel at Lyndhurll, which is entirely new built, and 

 fitted up with every convenience, is a fine view of the fea, 

 and of the Needle rocks at the weft end of the Ifle of 

 Wight. Under the population atl of 1800, Lyndhurll 

 v/as returned as containing 181 houfes, inhabited by 882 

 perfons. 



About one mile weft of Lvndhurft is Cuffnells, the feat 

 of the right honourable George Rofe, who has been here 

 honoured willi two vifils from their majcllies and the royal 

 family in the years iSoi and 1804. Beauties of England 

 and Wales, vol. vi. Gilpin's Obfervations on the New 

 Foreft, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 



LYNDON, a towuHup in Caledonia county, Vermont, 



N. of St. Jolmfliurg, and S. of Burke and Billymcad ; con- 

 taining 632 inhabitants. 



Lynn, Sagi;s oF the Indians, a maritime poft-tovvn 

 of America, in Effex county, Mallachufetts, on a bay, 

 N.E. of I'ofton bay, and about nine miles N. by E. from 

 the town of Bollon. The towulhip was incorporated in 

 j6j;7, and contains 2^'}~ inhabitants. In this towulhip 

 are two paridies, bcfides a fociety of Methodifts, and a 

 large number of Friends. The principal manufaclure is 

 that of women's filk and cloth fliocs, which are fold for 

 home ufe, and ihipped to the fouthern ftates and to the 

 Wed Indies. Lynn beach, which is a mile in lergth, 

 connefls the peninfula, called " Nahant" with the main 

 land. In the lummer feafon it is a place of great refort 

 from neighbouring towns, and ufed as a race-ground. 



Lynn River, a river of Norfolk county, in Upper Ca- 

 nada, which nfes in Windham townfliip, and dilcharges 

 itfelf into lake Eric, BlTording a good harbour for bat- 

 tea ux. 



Lynn Canal, an inlet on the W. coaft of North America, 

 and upper arm of Crof^ found ; extending about 60 miles 

 N. from the N. extremity of Chatham Sound ; fo named 

 by Capt. Vancouver, from Lynn, the place of his nativity. 

 The entrance to the S. is in N. lat. 5b ^ 12'. E. long. 

 225' 12'. 



LYNNFIELD, a townftiip of America, in Eftex 

 county, Mallachufetts, N.E. of Salem, and 15 miles N. 

 by E. from Bollon; incorporated in 1782, and containing 

 46S inhabitants 



LYNNHAVEN L.\ke, a bay at the S. end of Chefa- 

 peak bay, into which Lynnhaven river difcharges its 

 waters ; lying between the mouth of James's river and cape 

 Henry. 



LYNN-REGIS, or King's Lvnn, a large refpedlable 

 fea-port, borough, and market town, in the hundred of 

 Freebridge Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, England, is 

 fituated ten miles from the Britifti ocean, on the eallcrn 

 bank of the Great Oufe river, which at this place is nearly 

 the breadth of the Thames above London bridge. Lynn 

 is diftant from Norwich 44 miles, and from London 96. 

 It is written Lun and Lena in Domcfday book ; a;;d ap- 

 pears to have been, at the time of that furvey, a place of 

 fome confequence and trade. Previous to the reign of 

 Henry VIII. it was called Bilhop's Lynn, but falling into 

 th? poffeflion of that monarch he changed its name to Lynn 

 Regis. The town is nearly one mile and a quarter in 

 length ; its greatcll breadth being half a mile. Four fmall 

 rivers, called Fleets, divide it into feveral parts, which are 

 connedlcd by eleven bridges. The whole is encompaffed on 

 the land fide by a deep wet fofs, flanked by a wail, which 

 was formerly defended by nine baftions, but is now in a 

 dilapidated date. .-\t the north end is a platform battery, ' 

 called St Anne's port, mounted with ten eighteen pounders, 

 which were planted here in 1627. Great improvements 

 have been recently made in the Itrects and avenues of the 

 town. 



Lynn has had fifteen charters granted to it by various 

 fovereigns of England. It was firll incorporated by king 

 John ; and has fent two burgelTeS to parliament ever fin^e 

 the tA-enty-fixth year of Edward 1. The right of election 

 is veiled in the freemen and free burgelTes, in number about 

 330. The corporation conlifts of a mayor, recorder, twelv* 

 aldermen, and eighteen common council-men. By the po- 

 pulation furvey, made in the year iSco, the number of 

 houfes was 2012, < coupled by 10,096 perfons. 



The town contains feveral public buildings, fome of which 

 exhibit curious fpccimens of architectural antiquity. The 



principal 



