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principal is tlie d^urch of St. Margaret, which, with a the water is conveyed by fmall canals, to the conduiis in 



priory, was founded by Herbert, billiop of Norwich, in the 'the town. 



time of William Rufiis. It was a very fuacioiis Urufture, 

 and thoupfh now curtailed of its orisrinal dimenlion is Hill a 

 large and nobis pile. It conf;lh of a nave with aides, a 

 chancel or choir with aides, a tranfept, and two towers at 

 the well end ; the roof is fnpported by twenty-two columns, 

 which feparat? the bidy from the aides. At the eallern 

 extremity of the to An is an ancient edifice, called the Lady's 

 or the Red Mount chapel ; which confifls of an oi^agonal 

 wall of red brick, and is conilrucled on a very fingiilar plan. 

 Within this is a handfome crnoiform chapel, feventccn feet 

 in length, fourteen in breadth, and thirteen in height ; tiie 

 roof is formed of (lone, with numerous groins, &c. exadtly 

 refembling the ceiling of Ki:ig's college chapel, Cambridge. 

 This curious (Irufture is vergincj to decay. St. Nicii.ilas's 

 chapel, built abgut tlie time of Edward III., is 200 feet in 

 length, 78 in breadth, and 170 feet from the foundation to 

 the top of the tower. The body confills of a nave feparated 

 from the aides bv ten fleuder columns on each lide, fupport- 

 ing an equal number of acutely pointed arches : tlie roof is 

 groined, and the entrance doors are finely carved. A large 

 monument of white marble commemorates fir Benjamin 

 Keene, K.B. a native of this town, and many years am- 

 badador to the court of Madrid, in which city he died, 

 Dec. 15, 17)7; hi^remains were brought here for inter- 

 ment. The ealt and weft windows of this chapel are large, 

 and are both adorned with numerous muliions and tracery. 

 The fouthern porch is profufely ornamented with tracery, 

 niches, &c. A view and plan of this porch, with plan, 

 views, feftion, ckc. of the Red Mount chapel, alfo hiftorical 

 and defcriptive accounts of the two buildings, are pubhrtied 

 in Britten's Architeftural Antiquities of Great Britain, 

 vol. iii. 



Lynn harbour is deep, but the anchorage is bad, from 

 the oozy bed of the river. It is capable of receiving three 

 hundred fail of (hipping. At what time it was firft ufed 

 as a haven is not afcertaincd : but fubfeqiunt to the reign 

 of Henry III. Lynn afpired to commercial confequtnce, 

 gradually rofe from its primitive obfcurity, :tr.d progreffively 

 became a confiderablc port. Its fit'.iation, f > mar the North 

 fea, and the inland navigation connc(ftcd with it, gives the 

 town great commercial advantages. It is open to a com- 

 munication with all tlie north of Europe ; and, by means of 

 tlie Oufe and its collateral rivers, can extend its navigation 

 into eight counties, exclufive of other conveyances by land 

 carriage and canals. It imports annually about ioo,coo 

 chaldrons of coals, and above 20:0 pipes of wine ; in 

 which two articles it exceeds all other ports in England, 

 except London, Biiftol, and Newcaftle. In return forthcfe, 

 and other heavy artic'es, with which it fiipplies the interior. 

 It receives back for exportation corn and various manufac- 

 tured articles. Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xi. 

 Richards's Hiftory, S:c. of King's Lynn, 8vo. j3l I. Par- 

 kin's Hiilory of I.ynn, folio. 



LYNX, in Ajlronomy, is a conftellation of the northern 

 hcmifphere, made by Hevelius out of unfonned ftars : the 

 number of liars in Heveiius's catalogue is nineteen, and in 

 the Britannic is forty-four. See Constellation. 



Lynx, in Mythology, was a fabulous animal confecrated 

 to Bacchus. See Felis Lynx. 



Lynx, Ih Zoology. See Felis Lynx. 

 Ly'Nx, Perfian. See Felis Caracul. 

 LYOE, in Geography, a fmall idand of Denmark, near 

 the S. coaft of Funen. N. lat. 55 3'. E. long. lo*^ to'. ' 

 LYOENA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Algiers, 



The chapel of St. .Tames, after the didolution, being where the independent Arabs lodge their riches as in a place 

 in a ruinous condition, was rebuilt in 1682, and converted of fafety ; as it is defended by a v^-arlike tribe, who have 



into an hofpital for fifty poor people. Great additions have 

 fince been made to the building, and it is now' the general 

 workhoufe for the town. The Exchange, or Cuftom houfe, 

 which was erected in 16S3 by fir John Turner, knt. is a 

 neat frceftone building, with two tiers of pilafters, the lower 

 in the Doric, and the upper in the Ionic order ; it occupies 

 the fcice of an old religions lio;ife, which was appropriated 

 to the Trinity guild. Several other religious ellabhfhnients 

 were founded here, of which few veftiges remain, except 

 an hexagonal Reeple, belonging to the monaftery of the 

 Grey friars, which ferves as a good land-mark to veffels 

 entering the harbour. Two markets are held on Tnefdays 

 and Saturdays, in different places : the Tuefday market- 

 place comprifes an area of three acres, furrounded by fome 

 good houfes ; near the centre, on an afcent of four Heps, 

 ftands a building, called the Market-crofs,of freeftone, erefted 

 IT the year 1710; the lower part is encompaded by a peri- 

 llyle formed by fixteen Ionic columns ; the upper part is 

 finidied with a cupola, and the whole is feventy feet in height. 

 The Saturday market is kept in a convenient area recently 

 opened near St. Margaret's church-yard. The Guildhall 

 is an ancient flruclure of ftone and flint ; it contains a large 

 llbne hall, courts for the adminiilratiou of juilice, and tliree 



withftood the power of the Turks ; 106 miles S. of Conftan- 

 tira. 



LY'ON, a river of Scotland, which rifes in Loch Lyon» 

 on the S.W. part of the county of Perth, and runs into the 

 Tay ; 2 miles E.N.E. of Kenmore. 



LYONNET, Peter, in Biography, an eminent naturalift, 

 was born at Maellricht in 1 707. He acquired a good 

 knowledge of modern and ancient languages, underltood 

 mufic, and was a good engraver and fculptor. He had 

 been originally bred to the law, and became fecretarj- to the 

 Hates of Holland. In the latter years of his life he applied 

 the whole force of his mind to the ilndy of natural hillorv, 

 particularly to the fcience of entomologv, on which he 

 wrote feveral books. He died at the Hague in 1 789 : he 

 had been eletf ed a member of the Royal Society of London,. 

 and of feveral foreign academies. 



LY'ONNOI.S, in Geography, Pagus Lugdunenf.s, was,, 

 tefore the revolution, a province of Francr;, bounded on the 

 N. by Bourgogne and Alaconnois, on the E. by tlie Saone- 

 and the Rhone, on the S. by L.^nguedoc, and on the W. by 

 Auvergne ; lying between 45- 15' and a/y 15' N. lat. and 

 between 3- 4,' and 4 50' E. long ; being 24 leagues from 

 N. to S. and 16 from W. to E. This province is watered 



fpacious affembly rooms. On the firlt Monday in every by the Rhone, the Saone, and the Loire, and is moderately 



month, the mayor, aldermen, magiftratcs and clergymen 

 meet, to hear and determine all controverlles between the 

 inhabitants, in an a^nicable manner, for the prevention of 

 liw-fuits. This laudable praftice originated in the year 1 558, 

 andiscalled the Feafl of Reconciliation. This town, not having 

 any fredi fprings, 'was formerly much dillrefled tor water ; 



fertile, producing grain, wine, and fruits. It was annexed, 

 to the crown of France in 1563 ; and confiftcd of three 

 fmall provinces, i;;'z I^yonnois Proper, Forez, and Beaujo- 

 laii. The former, being thirteen leagues m length, and 

 eight in breadth, is diverfified with hills, gentle eminences, 

 and plains. It yields Httle grain ; but fome diltricls fumidi 



but it is now fupplied from a river near Gaywood, vvlience good wine, and excellent pallurage. 



It has a copper mine,, 

 and 



