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Lad’s Town; and I.udgate from his being buried near it; 
but this is only one among many other derivations of the 
name of London, which are at lead equally probable. 
See the article London, p. 4.9, 50, of this volume. 
LUDA'IA, a town and diftridft of the illand of Java, 
near the fourh coaft. 
LUDAMA'R, a country of Africa, bounded on the 
north by the Defert, on theead by Bambarra, on the fouth 
by Kaarta, and on the welt by Jafnoo ; it is governed by 
a Mahometan prince. The country is not fertile; the 
principal article of trade is fait, which they exchange for 
(laves, to be difpofed of to the Europeans. Benowrn is 
the capital, which lies in iat. 1 5. o. N. Ion. 6. 50. W. but 
tiie whole kingdom extends from lat. 15. to 16. Ion. 5. to 8. 
The Moors of this, and the other Itates adjoining the 
country of the negroes, refemble in their perfons the Mu- 
Jattoes of the Welt Indies to lb great a degree as not 
ealily to be diltinguillied from them; and in reality, the 
prefent generation feems to be a mixed race between the 
Moors (properly fo called) of the north, and the Africans 
of the fouth; poflefiing many of the word qualities of 
both nations. By thele Moors, Mr. Park was taken cap¬ 
tive, and confined for fome weeks at Benowm. He Itates 
the barrennsfs of the country to be fuch, that it furniihes 
hardly any materials for manufacture; but the inhabi¬ 
tants contrive to weave a ftrong cloth, with which their 
tents are covered; the thread is fpun by the women from 
goats’ hair, and with the hides of their cattle they furnilh 
laddies, bridles, pouches, and other articles of leather. 
They can alio convert the native iron procured from the 
negroes into fpurs, knives, and pots for boiling their food ; 
but they purchafe their fire-arms and other weapons of a 
fimilar nature from the Europeans, in exchange for (laves. 
Their ideas of female perfeftion are truly lingular; fincea 
woman, to have the fmallelt pretenfions to beauty, mult 
be one who requires a Have under each arm to fupport her 
as Ihe walks ; and a perfect beauty, according to Mr. Park, 
is a load for a camel. The wealth of the Moors chiefly 
confilts in their numerous herds of cattle; yet the majo¬ 
rity of the people fpend their days in a date of idlenefs. 
The tent of the king is the common place of rendezvous 
for the indolent, where they appear to enjoy an unlimited 
liberty of fpeech ; yet in the praife of their fovereign they 
are wholly unanimous, finging fongs to his honour, which 
never fail to be filled with the groffed adulations. The 
king fometimes eats out of the fame bafon with the driver 
of his camels, and during the heat of the day repofes him- 
feIf upon the fame bed. Cavalry conditute the chief mi¬ 
litary drength of Ludamar ; thefe are well mounted, and 
are very expert in attacking by furprife. The horfe of 
every foldier is furnifhed by himfelf, as alfo his military 
implements, confiding of a large fabre, a double-barrel¬ 
led gun, a red leather bag for holding his balls, and a 
powder-bag (lung over his (houlder. He has no pay ; and 
his only compenfation arifes from plunder. They have 
no intercourfe with civilized nations ; yet they boad an 
advantage over the negroes, as they pofi’efs, though in a 
very limited degree, the knowledge of letters. They are 
edeemed the vained, prouded, and mod bigoted,-fero¬ 
cious, and intolerant, of all the nations of the earth, 
blending in their character the blind fuperdition of the 
negro with the favage cruelty and treachery of the Arab. 
It was with the utmod difficulty that Mr. Park made his 
efcape from this cruel and inhofpitable people. 
LUD'BROOK, a village of Devonlbire, in the pariflies 
of Ermington and Modbury. 
LUD'BURGH, a village in Lincolnfliire; wed of Salt- 
fleet, and near Wyham. 
LUD'COMB CHI'NE, rocks on the ead coad of the 
Hie of Wight, in the Englilh Channel, a little to the 
north of Dunnofe. Lat. 50. 38. N. Ion. 1. 12. W. 
LUD'DENHAM, a village in Kent, two miles from 
Feverlham. 
LUD'DERTQN, a village in the welt riding of York- 
(hire, north-wed of Sherborn. 
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LUD'DESDON, a village in Kent, fouth-ead of Hal* 
dead. 
LUD'DINGHAUSEN, a town of Germany, in the bi- 
diopric of Munder, on the Stever: twelve miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Munder. Lat. 51.43. N. Ion. 7. 36. E. 
LUD'DINGTON, a village in Huntingdonfhire, north- 
wed of the Giddings.'—A village in Lincolnfliire, in Ax- 
holm Hie, near Burton on Trent.—A village in North- 
amptorifliire, north-ead of Thrapdon.—A village iti War- 
wickfhire, fouth-wed of Stratford upon Avon.—A village 
in Wilts, fouth of Highworth.—A village in the wed 
riding of Yorkfiiire, north-welt of Halifax. 
LUD'DITES, f. The name aOumed by a fet of rioters 
in Nottinghamlhire in the year 1811. See the article 
London, p. 272, 3, of this volume. 
LlLDE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Sarte : two and a half pods ead of La Fleche, and thirty- 
two fouth-wed of Paris. 
LU'DENSCHEID, or Lud'eschedh, a town of Ger¬ 
many, in the county of Mark, erefted into a town in the 
thirteenth century ; the principal trade of the inhabitants 
is in manufactures of iron. In the year 1723, it was al- 
moit wholly dedroyed by fire, iince which time it has been 
rebuilt with (tone. It is twenty-eight miles north-ead of 
Cologne. Lat. 51.8. N. Ion. 7. 42 E. 
LU'DER, a town of Germany, in the bifbopric of 
Fulda, the feat of a jurifdiftion ; (ix miles wed-north-wed 
of Fulda. 
LU'DERBACH, a town of Germany, in the county of 
Henneberg : five miles north of Smalkalden. 
LU'DERSBURG, a town of Germany, in the duchy 
of Lauenburg, on the fouth fide of the Elbe : five miles 
ead of Lauenburg. 
LUDES'CENT, adj. \ludo, Lat. to play.] Playful; be¬ 
ginning to play. 
LUD'FORD, a village near Ludlow in Ilerefordfliire.— 
A village it) Lincolnfliire, near Market-Railin, where 
Roman coins have often been dug up. 
LUD GERSHALL. See Luggershall. 
LUP'GRAVES, a village in Middlefex, near Hadley 
and Enfield Chace. 
LUD'HAM, a village in Norfolk, between Acle and 
Hickling. 
LUDHA'NA, a town of Hindooflan, in the circar of 
Sirhind, on the Selledge : fifty miles fouth-ead of Sultan- 
pour, and eighteen aorth-wed of Sirhind. Lat. 30. 2. N. 
Ion. 74. 57. E. 
LUDHO'A, a town of Sweden, In Ead Bothnia: thirty- 
fix miles fouth-ead of Brahedad. 
LU'DI, /. in Roman antiquity ; public games ; plays. 
LU'DIA, f. [from ludo, Lat. to (port. The name was 
given by Commerfon, as Judieu informs us, becaule na¬ 
ture, to ufa a common expreflion, fports remarkably in 
the (hapeof the leaves; which in the young (hrub are mi¬ 
nute, with fpinous teeth, but in the adult one much larger, 
and entire.] In botany, a genus of the clafs polyandria, 
order monogynia, natural order rofacere, Juff. The ge¬ 
neric characters are—Calyx : perianth inferior, of one leaf, 
in from four to leven deep, nearly-equal, roundifli, fpread. 
ing, fringed, fegments, permanent. Corolla : none. Sta¬ 
mina filaments numerous, thread-flinped, inferted into the 
receptacle, twice or thrice the length of the calyx ; an¬ 
thers roundifli, of two lobes. Pidillum : germen fuperior, 
feflile, ovate; dyle columnar, (carcely fo long as the da- 
mens ; digma obtufe, three or four cleft, more or lefs 
deeply. Pericarpium : berry dry, globofe, tipped with 
the permanent dyle, and Itanding on the reflexed, de¬ 
formed, permanent calyx, of one cell. jSeeds numerous, 
fomewhat angular .—EJfentiai CkaraEler. Calyx in feveral 
deep fegments; corolla none; ltigma three or four cleft? 
berry dry, fuperior, of one cell, with many feeds. 
1. Ludia lieterophylla : leaves of the adult (hrub ob- 
ovate, coriaceous, fhining; of the young one (harply 
toothed ; digma (lightly notched. Gathered by Com- 
nierfon in the ifland of Mauritius, where it is called boi$ 
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