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fsrofeffion of his father and uncle; and have yet to obferve, 
that his maternal grandfather was a great cock-fighter. 
33orn and bred among horfes, dogs, and cocks, and all 
the other appendages of {'porting, it cannot be a matter 
of wonder that he fliould be fond of thofe exercifes and 
amufements which are comprehended under the dominion 
of field-fports. About the year 1793, when Mr. L. 
weighed 32 ffone, he had occafion to visit Woolwich, in 
company with the keeper of the county-gaol of Leicefter. 
As the tide did not ferve to bring them up to London, he 
walked from Woolwich to the metropolis, with much lefs 
apparent fatigue than feveral middle-fized men who were 
of the party. Such were the feelings of Mr. Lambert, 
that no longer than four years previous to his deceafe he 
abhorred the very idea of exhibiting himfelf. Though he 
lived exceedingly retired at Leicefter, the fame of his un¬ 
common corpulence had fpread over the adjacent country 
to fuch a degree, that he frequently found himfelf not a 
little incommoded by the curiofity of the people, which 
it was impoflible to reprefs, and which they were conti¬ 
nually deviling the means of gratifying, in fpite of his 
reluctance. Finding, at length, that he mult either fub- 
mit to be a clofe prifoner in his own houfe, or endure all 
the inconvenience, without receiving the profits, of an 
exhibition, Mr. Lambert determined to vifit the metro¬ 
polis for that purpofe. As it was impoffible to procure a 
carriage large enough to admit him, he had a vehicle con- 
ftrufted exprefsly to carry him to London, where he ar¬ 
rived in the fpring of 1806, and fixed his refidence in Pic¬ 
cadilly. His apartments there had more the air of a place 
of faffiionable refort than an exhibition; and, as long as 
the town continued full, he was vifited by a great deal of 
the belt company. The dread he felt on coming to Lon¬ 
don, left hefhould beexpofed to indignity and infult frrm 
the curiofity of fome of his vilitors, was foon removed by 
the politenefs and attention which he univerfally experi¬ 
enced. From that period to his death, he had been chiefly 
engaged in travelling to the'principal provincial towns, 
where many thoufands have beheld with admiration his- 
sftonilhing bulk. He was a cheerful companion ; poflefl- 
ed a generous heart; and was as fond of rural fports as 
any man in England. His game-chickens and his dogs, 
when he was at home, were his chief amufement, and the 
.Racing Calendar his ftudy. He died in July 1809, at 
Stamford in Lincolnfhire, to which place he had travelled 
the day preceding his death from Huntingdon ; and on 
his arrival in the evening he fent a meffage to the office 
of the Stamford News, requefting that, as “the mountain 
could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the 
mountainor, in other words, that the printer would 
call upon him, and receive an order for executing fome 
hand-bills, announcing Mr. Lambert’s arrival, and his 
defire to fee company. The orders he gave upon that oc¬ 
cafion were delivered without any prefentiment that they 
were to be his laft, and with his ufual cheerfulnefs. He 
was in bed, fatigued with his journey; but anxious that 
the bills might be quickly printed, in order to his feeing 
company next morning. Before nine o’clock, on that morn¬ 
ing, however, he was a corpfe. He was in his 40th year; 
and, upon being weighed a few days before his death, by 
the famous Caledonian balance (in the pofieffion of Mr. 
Ring, of Ipfwich), was found to be 52 ftone nibs, in 
weight (i4lbs. to the ftone), which is 10 ftone nbs. more 
than the celebrated Bright, of Effex, ever weighed. He 
had apartments at the Waggon and Horfes Inn, St. Mar¬ 
tin’s, on the ground-floor; for he had been long incapa¬ 
ble of walking up flairs. His coffin, in which there was 
great difficulty to place him, was 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 
feet 4 inches wide, and 2 feet 4 inches deep: the immenfe 
fubftance of his legs made it neceflarily a fquare cafe. 
This coffin, wdiich Confifted of 112 fuperficial feet of elm, 
was built upon two axle-trees and four cog-wheels; and 
ispon thefe his remains were rolled into his grave, which 
was in the new burial-ground at the back of St. Martin’s 
<$kursh» A regular decent was made, by Hoping it for 
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fome diftance. It was found neceflary to take down ther 
window and wall of the room in which he lay to allow 
his exit. Monthly Mag. Aug. 1809. 
LAM'BERT, a town of Canada, on the river St. Lau¬ 
rence. Lat. 45. 34. N. Ion. 73.14. W. 
LAM'BERT BAY, a bay on the north-eaft coaft oF 
the ifland of St. Chriftopher: two miles fouth-weft of 
Muddy Point. 
LAMTERT-CASTLE and HILL, a village in the 
county of Dorfet, eaft of Axminfter; has fairs on Wed- 
nefday before June 24, and Wednefday 9 weeks after. 
The caftle which is on the top of the hill, is in the form 
of a Roman D, fortified with three trenches and ramparts, 
and has three entrances: its area twelve acres. 
LAM'BERT’s POINT, a cape of the ifland of Barba- 
does, on the weft-fouth-weft coaft: two miles weft-fouth- 
weft of High Point. 
LAMBER'TIA, f. [fo named by Dr. Smith in the 
Linn.Tranf. in honour of Alymer Bourke Lambert, F. R. 
and A.S. one of the mod ardent and experienced botanifts 
of the prefent age.] In botany, a genus of the clafs te- 
trandria, order monogynia, natural order aggregatae, 
Linn, (proteae, JuJfl) The generic characters are—Calyx s. 
involucrumof many oblong, imbricated, coloured, leaves, 
the inner ones gradually the largeft, containing from one; 
to feven flowers, deciduous. Perianth none. Corolla; 
petals four, cohering at the bafe, linear-lanceolate, equal, 
revolute from above their point of union, bearing the fta- 
mens. NeCtary of four glandular fcales at the bafe of the 
germen, fometimes united. Stamina: filaments none; 
anthers four, feffile at the inner fide of the revolute part 
of each petal, linear, at length recurved. Piftillum: ger¬ 
men fuperior, turbinate, fringed at the top ; ftyle thread- 
ffiaped ; ftigma rather thicker, prominent, awl-fhaped, 
furrowed. Pericarpium: follicle roundifh-wedge-ftiaped, 
fomewhat woody, more or lefs horned or tubercular, of one 
cell. Seeds two, orbicular, comprefled, each encompafled 
with a rounded wing ; common receptacle flat, without 
fcales.— EJfential CharaB.tr. Petals four, cohering, fpirally 
revolute, bearing the ftamens; neftary of four fcales; ftigma 
awl-fhaped ; follicle woody; feeds two, bordered; invo- 
lucrum of many leaves, imbricated, coloured, deciduous. 
Receptacle flat. 
Species. 1. Lambertia uniflora: flowers folitary in each, 
involucrum. Leaves obovate, with a point, fmooth, re¬ 
ticulated. Follicle pointed at one fide, without horns. 
Gathered by Mr. Brown in Lewin’s Land, on the fouth 
coaft of New Holland ; growing about rocky inlets, near 
the fliore. 
2. Lambertia inermis: flowers feven in each involu¬ 
crum: twice as long as its inner leaves; ftyle fmooth; 
follicles pointed at one fide, without horns; leaves oblan- 
ceolate or obovate, pointlefs. Native of the ftony fides 
of hills in Lewin’s Land. 
3. Lambertia formofa: flowers feven in each involu¬ 
crum; the length of its inner leaves; ftyle hairy; follicle 
pointed at one fide, two-horned at the other; leaves-li¬ 
near-lanceolate, fnarp-pointed, recurved at the edges. 
Native of ftony heaths near Port Jackfon, New South. 
Wales, from whence fpecimens were fent to Europe by 
Dr. John White. The leaves are green and fmooth above; 
white, and reticulated with veins, beneath. Involucrum 
and flowers of a fine rofe-colour or crimfon. This was the 
only fpecies originally defcrlbed by Div Smith ■; the reft 
were added by Mr. Brown: 
4. Lambertia echinata : leaves linear, fmooth, reticu¬ 
lated: dilated, lobed and pointed at their extremities; 
follicles two-horned, thorny all over. Native of the ftony 
fides of hills in Lewin’s Land, where Mr. Brown gathered 
it in fruit, but never faw the flowers. Hence its genus 
remains doubtful, efpecially, as that' intelligent writer 
obferves, on account of the leaves being lobed, which is 
contrary to the nature of the other fpecies. Linn. Tranf\ 
vol. iv. x. 
LAMBE'SA, or LaaIbese, in ancient geography, &v 
