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Gothic, X. 852; Greek, XI. 126; Hebrew, XI. 594; Hindustani, XI. 840; Hottentot, XII. 312; Icelandic, xii. 627; Iranian, xvni. 653; Italian, xill. 491; Japanese, xm. 585; Java nese, Xlll. 606; Lapp, xiv. 306; Latin, xiv. 327; Magyar, xii. 374; Malagasy, xv. 171, 175; Malayan, xv. 325; Manx, xv. 453; Mongol, xvi. 749; Nepalese, xvn. 341 ; Palilavi, xvni. 134; Pali, xvin. 183; Papuan, xvni. 231; Persian, XVIII. 653; Phoenician, xvni. 802 ; Polynesian, xix. 423 ; Provenal, XIX. 867; Romance, XX. 661; Roniani, X. 613; Sabaean, xxiv. 740; Sanskrit, XXI. 269; Scandina vian, xxi. 366; Semitic, xxi. 641; Siamese, xxi. 855; Slavonic, xxn. 147; Spanish, XXII. 346; Tamil, xxm. 42; Tibetan, xxm. 346; Turkish, xxm. 661 ; Urdu, XI. 840 ; Zulu, xxiv. 827; Plato on, xix. 202; list of dictionaries, VII. 183.

LANGUEDOC, province, France, Xiv. 287; Reformation in, iv. 743. CANAL, iv. 783.

LANGUE D Oc, xix. 868; poems in, ix. 646.

LANGUE D OiL, or Langue d Oui, xix. 868; AVallon, a dialect of, xxiv. 332; .satirical poems in, IX. 646.

LANGUET, Hubert, French diplomatist, xiv. 288.

LANGY, bird, XL 262.

LANIERE, Nicholas, English musician, xvn. 87.

LANIID/E, family of birds, xiv. Si.

LANIUS, genus of birds, XXI. 845.

LANKESTER, E. Ray, on Mollusca, xvi. 632, 639, 645, 672; on Protozoa, xix. 839, 852, 855, 856; his zoological classification, xxiv. 812.

LANNEMEZAN, plateau, France, xx. 127.

LANNER, bird, ix. 3.

LANNES, Jean, French marshal, xiv. 289.

LANNOY, Baroness de, Dutch writer, xn. 96.

LA NOUE, Frangois de, Huguenot cap tain, XIV. 289.

LANSDELL, H., on Siberian penal insti tutions, xix. 762.

LANSDOWNE, First Marquis of, English statesman, xiv. 289. , Third Marquis of, xix. 148.

LANSING, town, Michigan, U.S.A., xiv. 290.

LANSINGBURGH, town, New York, U.S.A., xiv. 290.

LANTARA, Simon Mathurin, French painter, XIV. 290.

LANTERLOO, card game, xv. i .

LANTERN, in architecture, n. 467. , Lighthouse, Xiv. 618, 629.

, Magic, xv. 211.

LANTERN-FLY, insect, xiv. 290; xm. 153; xvni. 814.

LANTHANITE, mineral, xvi. 399. LANTHANUM, chemical element, xiv.

291; v. 542; spectrum of, XXII. 376. LANTSANG-KlANG (Mekong), river,

Asia, xv. 832; xxm. 339. LANUVIUM, ancient town, Italy, xiv.

344- LANVAUX, Landes of, district, France,

xvi. 813.

LANYARDS, of ships, xxi. 596. LANZAROTE, island, Canaries, iv. 800. LANZI, Luigi, Italian antiquary, xiv.

292. LAOCOON, in Greek legend, xiv. 292;

sculptured group of, n. 365.

, Lessing s work, x. 536; xiv. 480. LAODICE, princess of Cappadocia, v.

76. LAODICEA, Greek towns, Asia Minor,

xiv. 293.

, The Epistle from, VIII. 461. AD LYCUM, town, Asia Minor,

xiv. 293; council of (363), on the

canon, v. 10.

AD MARE, town, Asia Minor, xiv.

COMBUSTA, town, Asia Minor, xiv. 293; xv. 92.

LAODICEANS, Epistle to the, xvin.

423- LAODONIA (Lothian), ancient district,

Scotland, xv. 9. LAOMEDON, of Greek legend, xxm.

583-

LAON, town, France, xiv. 293; capital of an early kingdom, xvn. 541.

GLOBE, x. 680.

LAOS, Indo-Chinese people, XIV. 294; their relations with Siam, XXI. 854; their language, xxi. 774.

LAo-TSZE, or Laou-tze, Chinese author and founder of Taoism, xiv. 295; V. 664.

LAPAROTOMV, in surgery, xxn. 691.

LA PAZ, town, Bolivia, xiv. 298.

LA PAZ, town, Mexico, xvi. 214.

LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois, French navigator, xiv. 298; x. 190.

LAPIDARY, gem worker, xiv. 298.

LAPIDE, John a, Paris realist, xx. 489.

LAPIS JUDAICUS, stone, xi. 49.

LAPIS LACED^EMONIUS, stone, xix. 521.

LAPIS LAZULI, mineral, xiv. 300; xvi. 412; xxm. 721.

LAPITH^E, or Lapiths, in Greek mytho logy, xiv. 300; xxm. 295.

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de, French mathematician and astrono mer, xiv. 301; his contributions to astronomical science, II. 761 ; on the use of balloons, I. 194; on capillary action, v. 57; on the lunar theory, xvi. 801; on probability, XIX. 769; on tides, xxiil. 355; on the undulatory theory of light, Xiv. 605; his relations with Lagrange, xiv. 210.

LAPLAND, country, Northern Europe,

xiv. 304; xxii. 736. LA PLATA, mountain, Colorado, U.S.A.,

vi. 161. LA PLATA, river, South America, n.

489; xix. 187.

LAPONG, town, Siam, xxi. 853. LAPORTE, Camisard leader, iv. 744. LA PORTE, town, Indiana, U.S.A., xiv.

308. LAPPENBERG, Johann Martin, German

historian, xiv. 308.

LAPP LANGUAGE, xiv. 306; diction aries of, vii. 1 88. LAPPS, race of people, Northern Europe,

xiv. 305; ix. 219; xix. 329. LA PUEBLA, town, Mexico, XX. 98. LAPWING, bird, xiv. 308; xix. 228. LAR, Roman household god, xiv. 313;

xvin. 489.

, town, Persia, xiv. 309.

LARA, state, Venezuela, xxiv. 140. LARAMIE CITY, Wyoming, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 713. LARANDA (Karaman), town, Asia Minor,

xv. 92. LARASH, or El-Araish, town, Morocco,

vii. 796; xvi. 831.

LAR AT, island, Timor Laut, Indian Archi pelago, xxm. 398. LARCENY, or Theft, xxm. 232. LARCH, tree, xiv. 309; in United States,

xxiil. 809; culture of, II. 315. LARD, hog- fat, xiv. 312; xvn. 744;

adulteration of, I. 171. LARDNER, Dionysius, scientific writer,

xiv. 313.

, Nathaniel, English theologift.il

writer, xiv. 313. LAREDO, town, Spain, xxi. 297. LA RENAUDIE, Godefroi de Barri,

Seigneur de, French conspirator, ix.

560.

LARENTALIA, Roman festival, xiv. 313. LARES, Roman household gods, XIV.

313; xvin. 489. LARGILLIERE, Nicolas, French painter,

xiv. 314. LARGS, Scotland, Battle of (1261), xvn.

588; xxi. 485. LARICHUS, brother of Sappho, xxi.

303-

LARISSA, town, Greece, xiv. 314. LARISTAN, province, Persia, xiv. 314. LARIVEY, Pierre, French dramatist, ix.

652. LARIVIERE, Mercier, French physiocrat,

xix. 361.

LARIX, genus of trees, xiv. 309. LARK, bird, xiv. 314; Mongolian, xv.

467.

LARKHANA, town, India, xxi. 803. LARKSPUR, garden annual, xn. 249. LARNACA, town, Cyprus, vi. 748. LA ROCHE BERNARD, town, France,

xvi. 813.