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Edward I. of England carried it away, in 1297, after he 
had in a manner fubdued the whole kingdom of Scotland ; 
it is now in Weltminfter-abbey, and is ufed as the coro¬ 
nation-chair for our kings ; but fome of the ancient re¬ 
galia were preferved here till the prefent century, when 
the keeper’s lervants, during'his infirm years, embezzled 
them for the filver ornaments ; and left only a battle-axe, 
liine feet long, of beautiful workmanlhip, and ornamented 
with filver. 
The caltle is fquare ; partly ruinous, partly habitable. 
At three of the corners are round towers. The entrance 
is towards the fea at prelent by a fiaircafe, in old times 
probably by a drawbridge, which fell from a little gate¬ 
way. The malonry appears very ancient ; the tops bat- 
tlemented. This pile is feated on a rock at the mouth of 
Loch Etive, wbofe waters expand within to a beautiful 
bay, where (hips may fafely ride in all weathers. Of this 
building, the founder of which is unknown, nothing re¬ 
mains except the outer walls, which, though rooflefs, are 
itill in good order ; and within which tome buildings have 
been erected, which ferve as the refidence of the laird. 
The duke of Argyll is hereditary keeper under the crown. 
■—At a fmall dittance from the cattle is a ruined chapel, 
Once an elegant building; and at one end an enclofure, a 
family cemetery. Oppofite to tliefe is a high precipice, 
ending abrupt, and turning fuddenly toward the fouth- 
eatf. A perlon concealed in the recefs of the rock, a lit¬ 
tle beyond the angle, furprifes friends ftationed at fome 
dittance beneath the precipice with a very remarkable echo 
of any word, or even fentence, he pronounces ; which 
reaches the iatt diltintt and unbroken. The repetition is 
tingle, but remarkably clear. 
In 1307, this cattle was potfetfed by Alexander Mac- 
iiougal lord of Argyll, a friend to the Englitli ; but was 
that year reduced by Robert Bruce, when Macdougal 
■lut'd for peace with that prince, and was received into fa¬ 
vour. We find, about the year 1455, this to have been 
A refidence of the Lords of the Itles ; for here James latt 
jSarl of Douglas, after his defeat in Annandale, fled to 
Donald, the Regulus of the time, and prevailed on him 
to take arms, and carry on a plundering war againft his 
monarch James II. 
The fituation of this regal feat was calculated for plea- 
fure as well as Itrength. The views of mountains, valleys, 
waters, and iflands, are delightful. On the north fide of 
Loch Etive flood the town of Beregonium, fuppofed to 
have been the capital of the Welt Highlands. It feems, 
from certain moulds, excavations, and other appearances, 
to have been a ftrong fortrefs, to prevent invafion, or to 
fecure a retreat, as occafion might require. On the bank 
of the fame loch is the fite of Ardchattan, a priory of 
monks of Vallifcaulliuin in Burgundy, founded in 1230 
by Donald Maccoul, anceltor of the IViacdougals of Lome 
Here Robert Bruce, who remained mailer of this country 
before he got entire polleffion of Scotland, held a parlia- 
jment or council. The country abounds in Druidical, 
Danilh, and other, monuments. 
LOR'OMIE’s STO'NE, a place of America, in the 
Hate of Ohio, wefterly from Fort Lawrence, and near 
a branch of the Great Miami River, which falls into the 
■ Ohio. At this fpot, bounded well by the Indian line, 
the Indians ceded a trait of land to the United States, 
fix miles fquare, by a treaty figned Augult 3, J795. 
Here the portage commences between the Miami of the 
Ohio and St. Mary’s River, which runs into Lake Erie. 
LO'ROUS, a town of Tunis, anciently called haribus : 
fixty miles fouth-well of Tunis. 
LORGU'X BECONNOI'S, a town of France, in tie 
department of the Maine and L ire : thirteen miles welt- 
north-wtft of Angers, and tvency-leven north of Collet. 
LOROU'X BOTTEJREAU', a town of France, in the 
department of the Lower Loire ; ten miles north of Clifibn 
and nine ealt of Angers. 
LOR'QUl, a town of Spain, in Murcia: twelve miles 
north-weft of Mure a. 
LOR 
LOR'QUIN, a town of France, in the department 0 S 
the Meurte : four miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Sarrebourg, 
and nineteen ealt of Luneville. 
LOR'RACH, or Larach, a town of the duchy of 
Baden : fix miles^ north-weft of Rheinfelden, and fix 
north-eaft of Bale.'* 
LORRA'IN (Claude le), an eminent painter. See 
Claude, vol. iv. 
LORRARN (Robert le), an eminent fculptor, was boot 
in 1666 at Paris, of a family from Champagne. He was 
a pupil of Girardon, who confided to him, at the age of 
eighteen, the inltruHion of his own children, and the cor¬ 
rection of the defigns of the other pupils. After having 
diftinguilhed himfeif by feveral works, and gained the firlt 
prize at the academy, he went to Rome, where he purfued 
his improvement with fo much alfiduity as to injure Ins 
conllitution. He returned to France in 1693, when the 
misfortunes of the times had fufpended all the public 
works, fo that he found very little employment, and had 
full leifure to meditate his art in retirement. In 1701 lie 
was admitted into the Academy of Painting and Sculp¬ 
ture, having executed a fine figure of Galatea for his proof- 
piece. He made a fawn for the cafcade at Marly, which 
obtained the royal applaufe; and continually advanced 
his reputation by other excellent performances. The aca¬ 
demy fhowed its fenfe of his merits by nominating him to 
the poll of adjunct profeffor in 1710, and of profeffor in- 
1717. He fulfilled the duties of thefe offices with great 
attention, and couid boaft of LeMoine and Pigalle among 
his pupils. When the cardinal de Rohan formed the de* 
fign ot decorating his palace of Saverne near Strafburg, he 
fixed upon Lorrain, with other artills; and mueffof the 
exterior fculpture was executed by him. In the mid ft of 
his labours, he was attacked with a llroke of apoplexy in 
1738, which obliged him to return to Paris. After re* 
peated feizures, he was carried off in 1743, at the age of fe- 
venty-feyen. Le Lorrain was thoroughly acquainted with 
the principles of his art, and worked with great facility, 
frequently from a llight defign, or even from the idea in 
his imagination : he particularly diftinguilhed himfeif by 
his charafter-heads, of which thofe of women and young 
perfons are dften exquifitely beautiful, with airs of lingu¬ 
lar grace and elegance. Le Moine laid of him, that his 
chilel was guided by Corregio and Parmegiano. D'Ar * 
genville Vies des Sculpt.. 
LORRAFN (Duchy of), united to France; and, with 
the duchy of Bar, now divided into the departments of 
the Meule, the Meurte, the Mofelle, and the Volges. 
This country forms only fmall part of a kingdom, which 
bore that name, and which extended from Vienne, on 
the Rhone, to Cologne. It owes its nameto Lothaire II, 
grandfon of Louis le Debonnaire ; and after many re vol 114 
tions it was annexed to France, in the year 1766, at the 
death of Staniftaus, the laft duke. Separated from Bar, it 
is about 90 miles in length, and 69 in breadth. The air 
is thick and cold, but healthy; the plains, watered by 
divers livers, are fertile in coni and fruit; the mountains 
and valleys are covered with wood, which harbour great 
quantities of game. The country has fait fprings, toge¬ 
ther with fome mines of iron, copper, tin, and filver. Its 
lakes abound in filh, and in the mountains of the Vofges 
are found agates, granates, chalcedonies,and other gems; 
as alfo a particular fubftance for making cups and other 
velfels. The principal rivers are the Meuie, the Mofelle, 
tile Meurte, and the Saar. 
LOR'RES, a town of France, in the department of the 
Seine and Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Fontainebleau. The place contains 610, and the 
canton 9193, inhabitants, in 18 communes. 
LOR'RIS, a town of France, in the department of the 
Loiret: 12 miles fotith-weft of Montargis, and 24 eall of 
Orleans. 
LOR'RIS (William de), a French poet of the thirteenth 
century, was a ftudent ot j.urifprudence, and died about 
1260. He is known as the author of the Roman de la 
1 Rofe, 
