< 1758 . LOP 
fins are reprefented on the plate in the Phil. Tratif. as end- 
Tng in a nail; hut this is a miftake. The colour is dark 
brown, (haded with black. 
11. Lophius ftriatus, the (freaked angler: this and the 
three following are added by Turton from the Naturalifl’s 
■Mifcellany. The body of the prefent fpecies is comprefl’ed, 
and of a brown colour, marked all over, chiefly in. a tranf- 
verfe direction, with very numerous and clofely-placed 
narrow black (freaks of unequal lengths, with fine black 
lines interpofed; the (freaks round the eyes are placed in a 
radiated direction. Fins as in the hiltrio, and marked with 
black (pots : mouth wide ; tongue broad, and paved above 
- with flattened teeth. From the top of the mouth a long 
filament, (lightly dilated into an oval fhape at the tip: at 
fome diftance beyond this, two (trong and thick precedes, 
as in the former fpecies, but without filaments at their tip. 
,F.ays of the dorfal fin each terminating in a fine cirrus. 
Native of the South Seas; obferved about the coafts of 
. Otaheite during the firft voyage of Capt. Cook. Length 
of the fpecinten deferibed about five inches. 
12. Lophitis piflus, the painted angler: body com- 
preffed, brown, with yellowifh blotches margined with 
red. Allied in fome degree to the Lophius hiltrio: 
length of the fpecimen described about four inches; co¬ 
lour dull brown, with a few very large irregular patches 
of pale yellow, (trongly clouded on the edges with deep 
crimfon; between thefe blotches are interpofed a few ra- 
tjier fmall ronndifii black fpots ; over the mouth a long 
filament, dividing, into three at the top; beyond this a 
pair of thick procefles, as in the two preceding fpecies; 
pectoral and ventral fins (trongly radiated at the ends by 
the fibres: Native of the Pacific Ocean; obfc-rvtd about 
. Otaheite, New-Holland, &c. See the Plate, fig. 6. 
13. Lophius marmoratus, the marbled angler: body 
. fub-comprefied, livid, with whitifli and ferruginous varie¬ 
gations, and (ingle dorfal fin. Length of the fpecimen de- 
Icribed about five inches ; fliape oval, or nearly refembling 
• that of the generality of fifties ; body (lightly comprtfied ; 
back arched, and furniftted with a (ingle and rather (hallow 
fin, commencing at fome diftance beyond the head, and 
extending to within a fmall diftance from the tail, where 
it is fome what broader than at its origin. Ptftoral fins 
much refembling thofe of the generality of fifties, the 
bafes or arms being fcarce apparent; ventrals ftiort, arm- 
fliaped, and terminated by thick and (lightly-marked lobes, 
fo as to referable the paws of a quadruped ; anal fin long- 
ifti, and fit rated near the tail, which is (lightly rounded. 
Colour 011 the upper parts black-brown with a few bluifh 
clouds and fpots ; on the lower parts whitifli; both co¬ 
lours breaking into each other on the fidesof the fifli, and 
-the white parts being edged with dull red ; eyes white, ra¬ 
diated witli black : mouth wdde ; above the upper lip a 
long filament, forking into two at the tip. Obferved about 
the coaft of Otaheite, Sec. See the Plate, fig. 7. 
14. Lophius monopterygius, the one-finned angler: 
body deprelled, blackifts, beneath whitifli; fin above the 
tail Cub erect, ramofe. This very Angular fifli. Dr. Shaw 
is doubtful w here to place ; it has no fin except the iobate 
one juft above the tail; the eyes are vertical, approximate, 
and far behind the front; the body roundifh, a littie ta¬ 
pering to both ends, and the tail or lobe at the end of the 
body rounded. It inhabits the feas of Auftralafia. 
LO'PO, a lake of Thibet, about eighteen miles long, 
and nine broad. Lat. 42. 20. N. Ion. 89. 52. E. 
LOP'PEN, a fmall illand in the North Sea, near the 
coaft of Lapland. Lat. 69. 43. N. 
LOP'PER, f. One that curs trees. 
LOPTERED, adj. Coagulated: as, loppered milk. Thus 
it is (till called in Scotland. 
LOP'PING, f. The operation of cutting off the lateral 
or other branches of trees. Molt old trees are found hol¬ 
low within, which frequently proceeds from tile fault of 
thofe who have the management of them, by fuffering the 
tops to grow too large before they are lopped ; this is com¬ 
mon in the alh, elm, hornbeam, Sc c. It is dong in or- 
L O Q 
der to have more great wood ; but the cutting off grest 
tops often endangers vhe life of the trees, or wounds them, 
fo that they yearly decay more in their bodies than the an¬ 
nual value of the tops; hence it is to the lofs of the owner 
to have them fo managed; and, though the hornbeam and 
elm will bear great tops when the body is little more 
than a (hell, the a(h, when it conies to take wet at the 
head, and decays, rarely bears any more at top. When 
timber-trees of this kind^begin to decay, they (hould be 
cut down as foon as pollible. When trees are at full 
growth, the figns of their decay are the withering or dy¬ 
ing of many of their top branches, and the wet entering 
at fome knots, or their being otherwife hollow or difco° 
loured ; alfo by their making but poor (hoots, and the 
woodpeckers making holes in them. But the loppin^ 0 f 
trees at ten or twelve years old, in gepcral, preferves them 
much longer, and occafions the (hoots to grow more into 
wood in one year than they do in old tops in two or three. 
As great boughs, ill taken off, fpoil trees, they fticuld al¬ 
ways be taken off dole and linooth, and not in a (kilting 
manner, as is a common practice. The wood (houki be 
covered with loam and horfe-dung mixed, or fome of Mr. 
Forfyth’s compofition, to prevent the wet from entering 
the bodies of the trees, and deltroying them by bringing 
(jn the rot. 
The above method of lopping of trees is only, however, 
proper (or pollard-trees; nothing being more injurious to 
the growth of timber-trees than lopping or cutting off 
great branches from them. Miller obier-ves, that whoever 
will be at the trouble of trying the experiment upon two 
trees of equal age and lize, growing near each other, bv 
lopping or cutting off the fide branches from one of them, 
and (uffering all the branches to grow upon the other, 
will in a few years find the latter to exceed the former in 
growth every way, and not decay nearly fo foon. It is 
generally recommended not to prune timber-trees at all ; 
and, where they naturally grow (traight and regular, they 
are much better let alone. But all common faults in 
Chape may be regulated by lopping them while young, 
without any ill confequences to the timber. Tiie very- 
large forett-trees (houid not be lopped at all, except in 
cafes of great neceflity; and then only the iide-branches 
(hould be removed, which muff be done as clofe to the 
trunk as pollible. The mod proper feafons for the per¬ 
formance of this fort of bufinefs are thofe of the very early 
autumn and lpring months, in molt inftances. It may 
be obferved, that moft forts of refinous trees, or fuch as 
abound with a milky jhice, (hould be lopped very (paring- 
ly, as they are ihbje.ct to decay when often lopped, or cut 
over in their branches. The belt feafon for lopping thole 
kind of trees is the latter end of fummer or beginning of 
autumn ; they then leldom bleed much, and the wounds 
are commonly healed over before the weather lets in to 
be bad and fevere. But very few forts of ornamental trees 
(hould be much lopped, as it greatly injures their beauty 
and appearance. The only thing neceflary is to take oil’ 
fuch (haggling branches as may grow out in an awkward 
or improper direction, and render them ids ornamental. 
See Martin's edit, of Miller's Gardener's Didl. 
LOPPI 3 , a town of Sweden, in the province ofNyland : 
thirty-fix miles north-north-weft of Helling,‘ors. 
LOPSCHEN'SKOI, a town of JRullia, in the govern¬ 
ment of Archangel, on the coaft of the White Sea : fixty 
miles weft of Archangel. 
LOQUA'BYIl. See Lochaber, vol. xii. p. 866 . 
LOQUACIOUS, adj. \loquax, Lat.] Full of talk; full 
of tongue : 
In council (lie gives licence to her tongue ; 
Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrojjg. Dryden. 
Speaking : 
Blind Brififti bards, with volant touch 
Traver te loquacious firings, whofe fplemn notes 
Provoke to harmlefs revels, Philips. 
Apt to blab 5 not fccret, 
LOQUACIOUSNESS. 
