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Suke of Milan, was kept prifoner for ten years, and where 
alfo he died. In a large tower in it, are two cages, or 
moveable rooms, with very ffrong oak gates, covered 
with iron, in one of which cardinal Balve, bifliop of An¬ 
gers, was confined by Louis XII. It is twenty-one miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Tours, and thirty-fix north-welt of 
Chateauroux. Lat.4.7. 7. N. Ion. o. 34. E. 
LOCHFAL'LART, a village in the Ifle of Skye. 
LO'CHIA,yi [from Gr, a lying-in woman.] A 
difcharge of blood from the uterus of women, occurring 
after the expulfion of the placenta, and continuing four, 
five, or more, days. 
LO'CHIAL, adj. Pertaining to lying-in women. Ap¬ 
plied by medical writers to filch fevers as arife from fup- 
preflions or imminutions of the lochial difcharges, or from 
any other irregularities during the time of that difcharge. 
LO'CHIAS, in ancient geography, a promontory and 
citadel of Egypt, near Alexandria. 
LOCHMA'BEN, a town and royal borough, in the 
county of Dumfries, and diltrict of Annandale, Scotland. 
It is fuppofed to have derived its name from the number 
of fmall lochs in its vicinity. This borough, according 
to tradition, received its original charter from king Ro¬ 
bert Bruce, whofe paternal eftate was the lordfhip of An¬ 
nandale. It is certain at leaft, that this monarch bellowed 
upon it a confiderable portion of lands from his own pro¬ 
perty. The oldeft charter extant is a writ of novodamtis , 
by James VI. dated July 16, 1612; which afiigns as a rea- 
fon for the renewal, the deltruction of the town and its re¬ 
cords by the Englifli, during fonie of their inroads. Loch- 
maben has undoubtedly been formerly of more import¬ 
ance than at prefent. The government of the town is 
veiled in a provoft, three bailies, a dean of guild, a trea- 
furer, and nine common-council-men. Coarfe linen is 
the ftaple production of this place; 60,000 yards being 
annually manufactured here and in the neighbourhood 
for the Englifii market. The coal ufed for fuel is brought 
chiefly from Cumberland. Annan, Dumfries, Kirkcud¬ 
bright, Sanquhar, and this town, join in fending one mem¬ 
ber to parliament. 
The parifli of Lochmaben extends about ten miles along 
the banks of the Annan, which pofiefles a very valuable 
falmon-filliery, almolt contiguous to the town. Several 
fmaller Itreams flow into this river, all of which are abun¬ 
dantly fupplied with trout. In the large!!: of the lochs, 
which prefents a truly beautiful flieet of water, a great va¬ 
riety of fifii are caught. The filhermen aflert, that there 
are fifteen or lixteen different kinds fit for the table. 
Among thefe is one called the vendife, or vendace, fome fay 
from Vendois in France, as being brought thence by one 
of the Jamefes. This ltory, however, does not feem very 
probable, as it is found by experience, that this fifh dies 
the inftar.t it is touched; it has in vain been attempted 
to tranfport it to other lochs in the neighbourhood. The 
vendife is about the fize of a herring, and refembles it 
both in external appearance and anatomical ftrubture. In 
tafte and flavour it is extremely delicate, fo that it is rec¬ 
koned among the moft delicious fifii that fwims. It lies 
generally in the deeped parts of the loch, and is caught 
with the net. 
Upon a peninfula which ftretches out into this loch 
Hands a caflle, originally built by Robert de Bruce, the firft 
of that name who fwayed the Scottifii fceptre. It was a 
place of great (Length previous to the introduction of 
fire-arms; and could dill be made fo, if its fortifications 
were raifed anew according to the principles of modern 
warfare. The original buildings of the caflle feem to 
have occupied about an acre of ground. The walls were 
twelve feet in diameter. Three ditches furround the whole 
at different diftances. The area contained within theou- 
termofl wall may be about thirteen acres : the inner one 
pafles through a part of the caflle, within which there was 
a place for the fecurity of the boats, either from the-ef¬ 
fects of the weather or an enemy. While Scotland was a 
diitinft kingdom from England, this fort was the frontier 
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garrifon againft Carlifle. The marquis of Annandale, 
among his other titles, aflum.es that of conftable, or here¬ 
ditary keeper, of the caflle of Lochmaben. To this office 
was attached a falary of 300I. Scotch, along with the filh- 
ings of the lochs. For the maintenance of the troops 
compofing the garrifon, the government had likewife what 
was called a laird-a.-mart or lardiner-mart cow, which was 
one of the beft fat cows from every parifli in Annandale, 
Very little of the cattle now remains, it having been com¬ 
pletely pillaged of its materials for the conftruction and 
ornament of fome lioufes in the neighbourhood. 
Between this caflle and the Kirk-lochs, clofe to the 
town, are the veftiges of another fort of more ancient date. 
Tradition reports that the ftones were removed to afiift in 
building another caflle, probably that in the loch. The 
fltuation of this caflle is line, and commands a beautiful 
profpedt over an extenflve plain. It was originally the 
refidence of the Bruce family, before they afeended the 
throne of Scotland. It is faid that king Robert I. was 
born here. 
Contiguous to the caflle firft mentioned, on the banks 
of the Annan, lies a large trabt of fertile land, called the 
Four-towns, as comprehending four populous villages. 
Thefe lands were originally granted by one of the Scottifh 
monarchs to his houfehold fervants; and, the property of 
each being very fmall, bare pofleffion was declared a fuf- 
ficient title. When any part of this property is trans¬ 
ferred, it is only neceflary to mark the tranfadtion in the 
books of the lord of the barony. In meafuring the lands 
of this diftridt, an ell, called the barony-ell, is made ufe 
of, which contains 42 inches, whereas the common ell of 
the country is only 38 inches. Lochmaben and its vi¬ 
cinity derive no fmall degree of celebrity, as the feene of 
fome of the heroic adtions of the renowned fir William 
Wallace. It is ten miles north of Dumfries, and fixty- 
five fouth-ibuth-weft of Edinburgh. Lat. 55.11. N. Ion. 
3. 27. W. 
LOCHNEV 7 , a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Smaland : lixty miles north of Calniar. 
LOCHO'N (Stephen), a French pried, whofe religious 
and moral writings are held in efteem by devout catholics, 
was a native of Chartres; but in what year he was born 
is not known. He purfued his ffudies in the college of 
Navarre at Paris ; and, in the year 1674, had the degree of 
doctor conferred upon him by the faculty of divinity in 
that feminary. For feveral years he was incumbent of 
Bretonvilliers in the diocefe of Chartres ; but was obliged 
by the ill ftate of his health to reflgn that benefice, and to 
remove to Paris, where he chiefly fpent his time in ftudy 
and compofition. He died about the year 1720. Among 
other works, he was the author of, 1. A Picture of the 
truly devout Perfon, in all Kinds of Situations, according 
to the Sacred Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church, 
i2mo. 1679. 2. The Ulufionsof Falfe Zeal, a Moral Al¬ 
legory, &c. with Examples taken from the Scriptures and 
the Fathers, 1696, 121110. 3. An Abridgment of Church 
Difcipline, &c. for the Inltrudtion of the Clergy, 2 vols. 
8vo. 1702 and 1705. 4. The Death of Sinners in a State 
of Impenitence, 1709, nrao. 5. Dialogues between a 
Courtier and a Solitary, relative to the Conduct of the 
Great, 1713, 121110. 6. A Treatife on Confeffion, for the 
Ufe of Confeflors and Penitents, 1708, 12010. to which a 
Supplement was added in 1710. Moreri. 
LOCHRUS'BEG, a bay on the welt coaft of Ireland. 
Lat. 54. 46. N. Ion, 8. 23. W. 
LOCHRUS'MORE, a bay on the weft coaft of Ireland,, 
and county of Donegal, a little to the north of Loch- 
rulbeg. 
LOCH'STETT, a town of Prufiia, in the province of 
Smaland ; near it are the remains of a caflle, with a dread¬ 
ful dungeon, which formerly ferved as a piifon : four 
miles north of Pillau. 
LOCH'TY WA'TER, a river of Scotland, in the 
county of Fife, which runs into the river I.even about 
three miles from its mouth. 
LOCIIVIT'ZE 
