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LABUAN, island, Indian Archipelago,

xiv. 178; coal of, VI. 59. LABUK, river, North Borneo, xxi. 123. LABURNUM, tree, xiv. 179; n. 318. LABYRINTH, in mythology, xiv. 179;

of Fayoum, Egypt, II. 387; vn. 774.

, in gardening, xiv. 180.

LABYRINTHODONTA, order of Amphibia,

1.751. LABYRINTHULIDEA, class of Protozoa,

xix. 843. LAC, resinous incrustation, xiv. 1 8 1 ;

Indian, XII. 752; dye, vn. 575. LA CAILLE, spa, France, xxi. 332. LACAILLE, Nicolas Louis de, French

astronomer, xiv. 182; II. 757; his

measurement of arc of meridian, vn.

598. LA CALLE, or La Gala, town, Algeria,

xiv. 182. LA CALPRENEDE, Gautier de Gostes de,

French romancist, xx. 659. LA CAVA, town, Italy, v. 259; library,

xiv. 530, 548. LACCADIVES, islands, Indian Ocean,

xiv. 182.

LACCO, spa, Ischia, Italy, xiu. 385. LACE, XIV. 183; gold and silver, x.

753; point d Alengon, 1.477; factories

in England, vin. 233 ; in France, IX.

521; Heathcoat s machines for making,

xi. 590. LACED^MON, state, Greece, xiv. 193;

xxii. 369. LACEPEDE, Bernard G. E. de la Ville,

Comte de, French naturalist, xiv.

191; on fishes, XII. 633; on reptiles,

XX. 434.

LACERDA, Francisco Jose, African ex plorer, x. 189; I. 246. LACERTILIA, order of reptiles, xiv.

732; classification of, xx. 439, 444. LA CHALOSSE, district, Landes, France,

xiv. 272. LA CHALOTAIS, Louis Rene de Cara-

deuc de, French politician, xiv. 191. LA CHAPELLE, artesian wells, in Paris,

n. 645.

LA CHARITE, town, France, xvn. 496. LACHES, dialogue of Plato, xix. 196. LACHINE CANAL, St Lawrence, Canada,

xxi. 181; rapids, xvi. 794; xx. 165;

xxi. 181.

LACHISH, town, Palestine, xiv. 192. LA CHIUSA, town, Italy, v. 676. LACHLAN, river, Australia, xvn. 62, 408. LACHMANN, Karl Konrad Friedrich

Wilhelm, German philologist, xiv.

192; on the Homeric poems, XII. 117;

on the Nibelungenlied, xvn. 467. LACHRYMA CHRISTI, wine, xxiv. 610. LACIBI (Loja), ancient town, Spain, xiv.

8 10. LACIDULERMIUM (Grazalema), ancient

town, Spain, xi. 78. LACKENBY IRON-WORKS, England,

Blowing engines at, in. 551.

LACKER, or Lacquer, varnish, xiv. 194;

xiii. 590, 592; xxiv. 92. LA COMBE, Francis de, Madame Guyon s

director, XI. 342. LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie do,

French geographer and mathematician,

XIV. 193; his explorations in South

America, X. 189. LACONIA, state, ancient Greece, xiv. 193;

xxii. 369. LACONIAN DIALECT, of Greek, xi.

133-

LACONICUM, ancient bath, in. 434. LACORDAIRE, Jean Baptiste Henri,

French orator, xiv. 193. LACQUER, varnish, xiv. 194; Japanese,

xin. 592; xxiv. 92.

- WARE, Japanese, xin. 590, 592. LACRETELLE, Charles de, French his torian and journalist, xiv. 194.

LACROSSE, game, xiv. 195.

LA CROSSE, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,

xiv. 195; population, xxiv. 617. LACRYMAL APPARATUS, of the human

eye, I. 891. LACRYMAL GLAND, Diseases of, xvn.

786. LACRYMATORY, ancient utensil, xiv.

195- LACTANTIUS FIRMIANUS, early Christian

writer, xiv. 195.

LACTATION, Diet during, vn. 205. LACTIC ACID, xiv. 196. LACTIC ORGANS, of Mammalia, xv. 368;

xvi. 301. LACTOMETER, dairy instrument, I. 168;

xn. 542; xvi. 305. LACTOSE, variety of sugar in milk, xvi.

33- LACTUCARIUM, narcotic substance, xvn.

231. LACY, Hugo de, his power in Ireland,

xin. 259. LADAK, district, Tibet, xiv. 197; xxni.

339-

LADAS, statue by Myron, xvn. 120.

LADDER HILL, St Helena, Atlantic, xxi. 171.

LADDERS, in mines, xvi. 461.

LADIK, or Ladikiyeh, town, Asia Minor, xiv. 293, 323; xv. 92.

LADIN (or LADING) LANGUAGE, Ro mance dialect, xiu. 492; xx. 668.

LADISLAUS, king of Naples, xx. 803.

- I., king of Poland, xix. 287. , czar of Russia, xxi. 95.

LA DIXMERIE, Nicolas Bricaire de,

French writer, xiv. 198. LADO, town, on Nile, Africa, xvn. 506. LADOGA, Lake, Russia, xiv. 199; xvn.

764.

, New, town, Russia, xiv. 199.

LADON, river, Greece, xvn. 765. LADRONE ISLANDS, North Pacific

Ocean, XIV. 199; XVI. 256; XVIII.

128. LADY, title, xxni. 417.

LADY-BIRD, beetle, vi. 134; xin. ,50;

destroyer of wheat-pests, xxiv. 535. LADY OF THE LAKE, Scott s poem, xxi.

548.

L^EMARGUS, genus of sharks, xxi. 777. LAENNEC, Rene Theodore Hyaeinthe,

inventor of stethoscope, xiv. 200; in.

100; xv. 816; xx. 181. LAER, Pieter van, Dutch painter, xiv.

200. L/ESTRYGONES, mythic race of giants,

xiv. 200; xix. 559. L/EVI, Ligurian tribe, Italy, xin. 446;

xiv. 639. L^VOGLUCOSE, or Lsevulose, constituent

of honey, ix. 96; xn. 136; xxn. 624. LA FARINA, Giuseppe, Italian writer

and politician, XIV. 201. LA FAYETTE, town, Indiana, U.S.A.,

xiv. 201. LA FAYETTE, Marie Jean Paul, Marquis

de, French general and statesman,

XIV. 201; IX. 594, 603; in America,

xxni. 743, 745. LAFAYETTE, Marie M. P., Comtcsse de,

French writer, IX. 659. COLLEGE, at Easton, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xxni. 857.

LAFITAU, Joseph Francois, Jesuit mis sionary, North America, xvn. 137. LA FLECHE, town, France, xiv. 203;

xxi. 314. LA FONTAINE, Jean de, French poet

and fabulist, xiv. 203; vin. 839; ix.

657; his relations Avith Racine, xx.

204. LAFOSSE, Charles de, French painter,

xiv. 207. LAFUENTE, Modesto, Spanish historian,

xxn. 362. LAGENIDEA, order of Protozoa, xix.

847. LAGHOUAT, town, Sahara, Africa, xxi.

149.

LAGOMORPHA, section of rodent mam mals, xv. 421. LAGOMYID^, family of rodent mammals,

xv. 421.

LAGOPUS, genus of birds, XL 222. LAGOS, town, Portugal, xiv. 207. , British settlement, West Africa,

xiv. 207; xxiv. 754.

LAGOTHRIX, genus of apes, n. 1 53.

LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis, mathema tician, xiv. 207; xix. 281; his con tributions to algebra, I. 515 ; vin. 500; 011 the infinitesimal calculus, xin. 12 ; on lunar and planetary perturbations, n. 761; on the lunar theory, XVI. 801; on the theory of parallels, XVIII. 255.

LAG REN EE, Louis Jean Frangois, French painter, xiv. 211.

LACUNA, town, Teneriffe, iv. 799.

LAHARPUR, town, India, xxn. 102.

LAHIRE, Laurent de, French painter,