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ground at the weft extremity of the park, leads to an ex- 
tenfive inclofure, called the Black Park, entirely covered 
by firs, except where fome roads are cut. In the centre 
is a fine lake. There is fomething of alpine fcenery in 
this fequeflered fpot, the idea of which is the more forci¬ 
bly imprefled by the furrounding fombre woods of deep- 
tinted firs. 
LANG'LEY ISLAND, a fmall ifland near the fouth 
coaft of Newfoundland, about three miles fouth from the 
ifland of Miquelon. Lat.46.42.N. Ion. 56. 5. W. 
LANG'LEY POINT, a cape on the fouth coaft of 
England : five miles north-eaft of Beechey head. Lat. 
50. 16. N. Ion.0.20. E. 
LANGNAU', a village of Swiflerland, in the canton of 
'Soleure ; an important poll, taken by the French in 1799 : 
five miles weft of Soleure. 
LANGOBAR'DI, a warlike nation of Germany, along 
the Spree, called improperly Lombards by fome. Tacilus. 
LAN'GOE, a fmall ifland of Denmark, near the north 
coaft of the ifland of Funen. Lat. 55. 35. N. Ion. 10. n.E. 
LAN'GOE, an ifland in the North Sea, about eighty 
miles in circumference, and forty from the coaft of Nor¬ 
way, celebrated for its marble quarries, Lat. 68. 16. N. 
LANGO'GNE, a town of France, and principal place 
of a diftrift, in the department of the Lozere : twenty- 
one miles north-eaft of Mende, and thirty-three weft of 
Privas. Lat. 44. 44. N. Ion. 3. 54. E. 
LANGOI'RAN, a town of France in the department 
of the Gironde, on the Garonne : nine miles north of Ba¬ 
zas, and eight fouth-eaft of Cadillac. 
LANGOL'LEN. See Llangollen. 
LAN'GON, a town of France, in the department of 
the Gironde : nine miles north of Bazas, and nine weft 
of La Reolle. 
LAN'GON (Le), a town of France, in the department 
of the Vendee : fix miles weft of Fontenay le Comte. 
LAN'GON, a fmall ifland in the north part of the gulf 
of Bothnia. Lat. 65. 32. N. Ion. 22. 26. E. 
LANGON'NET, a town of France, in the department 
of the Morbihan : four miles north of La P'ouet, and ten 
weft of Guemene. 
LANGOR'AN, a fmall ifland on the eaft fide of the 
gulf of Bothnia. Lat. 63. 32. N. Ion. 22. 18. E. 
LANGOUR'LA, a town of France, in the department 
of the North Coafts: feven miles weft-fouth-weft of 
Broons, and fourteen north-eaft of Loudeac. 
LANG'PORT, a town of England, in the county of 
Somerfet, fituated on the river Parret, which is here navi¬ 
gable for barges. In the time of William the Conqueror, 
it was a royal borough, and once fent members to parlia¬ 
ment. It has a weekly market on Saturday; and fairs on 
the fecond Monday in Lent, June 29, Sept. 24, and Nov. 
11 ; and 754 inhabitants. In the year 1645, a brigade of 
the royal army, under lord Goring, ftationed here to guard 
a pafs, were overpowered by the parliament-forces, with 
the lofs of three hundred men killed and prifoners : fir 
John Digby was dangeroufly umunded, and died foon af¬ 
ter. It is twelve miles eaft of Taunton, and 128 weft of 
Louden. Lat. 51.1. N. lon.o. 3. W. 
LAN'GRES, a city of France, and principal place of a 
-diftrift in the department of the Upper Marne. This 
•town is very ancient; and, in the time of Julius Ctefar, 
was the capital of the Lingones. In the irruption of At- 
tila, it was taken and burned ; and, after being rebuilt, 
underwent the fame fate from the Vandals. It was very 
early erefted into a bifhopric ; and, from the reign of Phi¬ 
lip Auguftus to the revolution, the prelates were dukes 
and peers of France. It afterwards belonged to the king¬ 
dom of Burgundy, and fell, with the reft of the country, 
to France. The (ituation is on a mountain. Cutlery 
forms the principal trade of the place : twelve ports north- 
weft of Belangon, and thirty-four fouth-eaft of Paris. Lat. 
47. 52. N. Ion. 4. 25. E. 
LANGRA'VA, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
J 3 eira. Here is a medicinal fpring : twelve miles north- 
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weft of Pinhel, and eighteen fouth-fouth-eaft of St. Joao 
da Pafqueira. 
LANG'RTSH (Brown), a phyfician of the laft century, 
who diftinguifhed himfelf as an advocate for the mecha¬ 
nical theories of phyfiology and medicine, and by the nu¬ 
merous experiments with which he fupported thofe doc¬ 
trines. A more accurate inveftigation of the nature of 
the animal economy has exploded them; but Dr. Lang- 
rifti had the merit of afcertaining feveral interefting fafts 
in refpeft to the nature of the circulating powers. He 
died in London on the 29th of November, 1759; and left 
the following works : 1. A new Eflay on Mufcular Mo¬ 
tion, founded on Experiments, &c. 1733, 8vo. 2. Modern 
Theory of Phyfic, 1738, 8vo. 3. Phyfical Experiments 
upon Brutes, 1745, 8vo. 4. Croonian Leftures on Muf¬ 
cular Motion, 1747. Eloy. DiEl. Hifi. 
LANG'SDORF, a town of Germany, in the principa¬ 
lity of Solms Braunfels: five miles weft-fouth-weft of 
Laubach, and three north-weft of Muntzenberg. 
LANGSE'LE, a town of Sweden, in Angermannland, 
on a river of the fame name : forty-five miles north-north- 
weft of Hernofand. Lat. 63. 14. N. Ion. 16.49. E. 
LANGSE'LE, a river of Sweden, which runs into the 
Angermann two miles fouth of Ed. 
LANGS'KAR, a fmall ifland on the eaft fide of the 
gulf of Bothnia. Lat. 63. N. Ion. 21. 9. E. 
LANGSI'DE, a village of Scotland, in the county of 
Renfrew. In 1568, a battle was fought here between 
queen Mary and the regent Murray, in which Mary was 
defeated. It is flx miles fouth-eaft of Paifley. 
LANG'STONE HAR'BOUR, like that of Portfmouth, 
from which place it is diltant three miles, is capacious 
enough to contain the whole navy of England ; but a 
bar, or bank of fand, which ftretches it (elf acrofs the 
mouth of the harbour, renders the entrance fomething 
difficult for large fliips, there not being a fulficient depth 
of water for them to enter at low water. Nor is its fitu- 
ation equal to that of Portfmouth ; it is only defended 
from the fea in fouth-weft and vrefterly winds by the Ifle 
of Wight; but the foutherly winds blow right into the 
harbour, without any other flielter nearer than the coaft 
of France. This harbour has, however, one advantage 
over mod others that are barred ; namely, its bar never 
fliifts; it is always the fame: whereas the bars of moft 
others are fo changed and fhifted by every gale of wind, 
that there is no entering the harbour without a pilot. 
There is generally about two fathoms and a half water 
upon the bar at low water; but, as foon as you are within 
the haven, it deepens to four, five, and fix, fathoms. Vef- 
fels of confiderable burden go up to the mills at Bed- 
hampton, which is near fix miles from the harbour’s 
mouth. One of the branches runs to Portfea-bridge, 
where it meets a branch of Portfmouth-harbour; and boats 
are continually palling this way, from one harbour to the 
other, at high water. This paffage is very convenient for 
carrying timber to the dock at Portfmouth, from the fo- 
refts on the borders of Hampfhire and Suffex; and ac¬ 
cordingly large quantities pafs that way. Another branch 
of Langftone-Harbour extends from the channel at Bed- 
hampton to the village of Langftone, where it is joined 
by an arm of Chichefter-haven ; fo that there is a com¬ 
munication by water between Deal-quay, near Chichefter, 
and Portfmouth, without parting through the mouth of 
either harbour. 
LANG'TON (Stephen), archbifhop of Canterbury in 
the thirteenth century, was a native of England; but we 
have no information concerning either the place or date 
of his birth. He received his academical education at the 
univerfity of Paris, where, for a confiderable time, be 
taught divinity, and explained the fcriptures with no fmall 
reputation. So highly was his charafter refpefted, that 
he was chofen chancellor of that univerfity, made canon 
of Paris, and afterwards dean of Rheims. The fame of 
his abilities and learning induced pope Innocent III. to 
fend for him to Rome, where he created him a cardinal. 
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