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which runs Into the Snfquehanna in lat. 41. 20. FT. Ion. 
75. 58. W. 
LAK-D'ACR, or Leh, a town of Thibet, capital of a 
diftricV: ; 3 omileS north of Delhi. Lat. 35. N. Ion.78.14.E. 
L/VHEL, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
LAHFGI AN, or La-NIGIEN, a town of Perfia, In -the 
province of Ghilan, on the Ifperud, and at one time the 
metropolis of the province, fituated on an eminence : 
thirty-five miles north-well: of Amol, and eight eaft of 
Refhd. 
LAKIS'ZIN, a town of Ruffian Poland, in the palati¬ 
nate of Brzefc : twelve miles north-eaft ot Pinik. 
LA 1 IM, a town of Germany, in the principality of 
Culmbach : nine miles weft of Bayreuth. 
‘ LAH'.MAN, [Hebrew.] The name of a place. [Saxon.] 
An old word for a lawyer. 
LAHMEDIE', a town of Egypt, on the eaft branch of 
the Nile : fourteen miles fouth-fouth-weft of Damietta. 
LAH'MI, [Hebrew.] A man’? name. 
LAHN, or Lohn, a town of Silefia, in the principality 
of Jauer, on the Bober : feven miles fouth-fouth-eaft of 
Lowenburg, and twenty-two weft of Jauer. Lat. 50. 58. N. 
Ion. 15. 44. E. 
LAPIN, or Lohn, a river of Germany, which rifes 
about ten miles eaft-north-eaft from the town of Siegen, 
pafles by Laafphe, Marburg, Gieften, Wetzlar, Vilmer, 
Runckel, Limburg, Dietz, Nafiau, Sec. and runs into the 
Rhine near Lahriltein. 
LA'KNBURG, a town of Germany, in tl\e comte of 
Nafiau Weilburg,- on the right bank of the Lahn : two 
miles north of Weilburg. 
LAHN'STEIN, or Lohnstein, a town of Germany, at 
the conflux of the Lahn and the Rhine: four miles eaft 
of Coblentz, and ten miles weft of Nafiau. 
LA'HO, a town of Africa, on the Ivory Coaft, which 
has been .reprefented as a large and populous place, ex¬ 
tending a league along the coaft ; the fhore being com- 
pofed of a beautiful yellow fand, againlt which the lea 
beats with great violence. The natives, who are well 
fupplied with all kinds of provifions, are of a mild, tract¬ 
able, and gentle, difpofition ; but ready to feize any op¬ 
portunity for raifing the price of their ivory, according 
to the demand, and the number of fhips they obferve on. 
the coaft. They are vifited by interlopers of all nations ; 
the free fhips of England, Holland, Denmark, and for¬ 
merly the Hanfe-towns; whence the occafions of raifing 
their price frequently occur. Laho is planted like Axim, 
with a great number of cocoa-trees ; and thus the neigh¬ 
bouring countries of both diftriCts very much refemble 
one another. Cape Laho is fituated in lat. 5 10. N. equally 
diftant from Cape Palmas and Cape Tres Puntas, and the 
weftern frontier'of that diftrift, called the country of the 
““Good People.” Beyond Cape Laho the coaft falls in 
directly north-eaft, forming a fine bay, at the head of which 
opens the mouth of the little river, called Jaque Lahu, 
or Das Baibas, running direftly north and fouth, but not 
navigable. Farther eaftward is Korbi Laho, the little pool, 
called the Bottomlefs Pit, both by the Englith and Dutch, 
becaufe feveral unfuccefsful attempts had been made to 
found it; but at laft it was found to be no more than 
fixty fathoms; the difficulty of founding itrefulting from 
a tide at the bottom which carried away the lead fatter 
than they could furnifh line. Excepting this pool, there 
is no anchorage for feveral leagues along the coaft. The 
produce of the adjacent country confifts of cloths and 
fluffs of Quaquas, ivory, and provifions. 
LA'HO, or Laos, a diftrict in Afia. See Laos. 
LAHO'LM, or Lageholm, a feaport town of Sweden, 
in the province of Halland, at the mouth of the I.aga, 
near the fea, with a good falmon-fifliery ; this town was 
fortified by the Danes, and ceded to Sweden by the peace 
of Bromfebro: twelve miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Halrnftad, 
and thirty north of Helfingborg. Lat. 56. 40, N. Ion, 12. 
45- E. 
LAHOO'R, a town of Thibet, on the Setledge ; twenty- 
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four miles north-weft of Gangotri. Lat. 23.20. N. Ion. 
76. 25. E. 
LAIiO'RE, or Panjab, a country i® the north-weft 
part of Hindooftan, bounded on the north by Cachemire, 
on the.eaft by the mountains of Thibet, on the fouth-eaft 
by Delhi, on the fouth by Moultan, and on the weft by 
the Indus, which feparates it from Cabul and Candahar ; 
near 300.miles in length from eaft to weft, and about too 
miles from north to fouth. It is one of the rich eft arid 
moft coniiderable of the empire, abounding in rice, corn, 
and fruit of every kind. It is watered by the Indus, 
which bounds it on the weft ; by the Behat, Chunanb, 
Rauvec, Setledge, &c. which laft bounds it on the eaft, 
and partly on the fouth. Between the Behat and the In¬ 
dus are forne fait fprings, where they manufacture an ex¬ 
cellent kind of fait. This country is now in the poiief- 
fion of the flreiks. 
LAIIO'RE, a city of Hindcoftan, and capital of the 
above country, fituated on the Rauvee. It is ancient and 
of great extent, forming with its fauxbourgs a circum¬ 
ference of feven miles: furrounded with wails of brick, 
and adorned with beautiful edifices and gardens. It has 
twelve gates. Lahore was once the residence of the Mo¬ 
gul kings; but at prefent, fince the flieiks have eftabiifhed 
themfelves in the country, and made it their capital, it 
has loft much of its former fplendour, and, many of the 
inhabitants having retired front the place, the fauxbourgs 
are almoft totally ruined. The Jefuits at one time enjoyed 
a free exercife of their religion: here are manufactures of 
cotton, carpets, See. It is 420 miles eaft of Candahar, and 
280 north-weft of Delhi. Lat. 31. i.N. Ion. 72.48.E. 
See the article Hindoostan. 
LAHO'REY, a town of Hindooftan, in Baglana: twenty 
miles fouth of Bahbelgortg. 
LAHORPO'RUM, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude ; 
twenty-five miles weft-north-weft of Kairabad. 
LAHOU'E, a town of Africa, on the Ivory Coaft. Lat. 
5. 20. N. Ion. 5. 5. W. 
LAHR, a town of Germany, in the bifhopric of Mun- 
fter : twelve miles north-weft of Munfter. 
LAHR, or Lohr., a town of the principality of Naflati 
Saarbruck Ufingen, the capital of a lordihip, on the river 
Schutter. In the year 1676, this town was laid wafte by 
the French. In 1802, the lordihip was given to the elec¬ 
tor of Baden. It is eighteen miles fouth-fouth-eaft of 
Stralburg, and nineteen north of Friburg. Lat. 48. 21.N 
Ion. 7. 57. E. 
LAH'SA. SeeLACKSA. 
LA'J-KIANG', a river of China, which runs into the 
Heng near Heng-tcheou. 
LA'I-NGAN', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Kiang-nan: ten miles north-eaft of Kin. 
LA'I-PING', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Quang-fi : forty-two miles weft-north-weft of Sin-tcheou. 
LA'I-TCHEOU', or Tai-tcheou, a city of China, of 
the fir ft rank, in Chan-tong, built on a promontory ; 
bounded on one fide by the fea, and on the other by 
mountains: 255 miles fouth-eaft of Pekin. Lat. 37. 9. N. 
Ion. 119. 46. E. 
LA'I-VOU', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Chan-tong: twenty-feven mile's eaft of Tai-ngan. 
LA'I-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Hou-quang, on the river Lai-kiang : twenty-feven miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Heng-tcheou. 
LA'I-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank,. 211 
Chan-tong : forty-two miles fouth-weft of Ngin-hai. 
LA'JA, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of La Paz : ibur» 
teen miles north-weft of La Pazv 
LAJAPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat: ten 
miles fouth of Surat. 
LAIBEE'DY, a town of Africa, in the country of Tu- 
nis : eighteen miles fouth-eaft of El Jemma. 
LA'IC, /. One w'ho is not in holy orders ; one not en¬ 
gaged in the miniftry of religion. 
LA'IC, or La'ical, adj, \Jaiqv.eg Fr. laicus, Lat. from 
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