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L A R L A U

French moralist, XI v. 317, 867; IX.

663. LA RoCHELLE, town, France, XX. 612;

siege of (1628), IX. 568; synod of

(1571), xix. 694. LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, town, France, XX.

615; xxiv. 138. LA ROTHIERE, France, Battle of (1814),

XVII. 221.

LARRA, Jose de, Spanish humorist,

xxn. 361.

LARUNDA, in Roman legend, xiv. 313. LARUS, genus of birds, XL 274. LARVA, of insects, xn. 574; xm. 147;

of bees, ill. 494; of beetles, vi. 127.

, embryo of Polyzoa, XIX. 433, 440.

LARVACEA, order of Tunicata, xxm.

614. LARY/E, in Roman mythology, xiv.

313- LARYNGISMUS STRIDULUS, disease,

xxm. 320.

LARYNGITIS, throat disease, xxm. 319. LARYNGOLOGY, department of medicine,

xv. 797. LARYNGOSCOPE, surgical instrument,

xxm. 319. LARYNX, of mammals, xv. 365; organ

of the voice, xxiv. 273. LA SALLE, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xiv.

318- LA SALLE, Antoine de, French writer,

IX. 649. LA SALLE, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de,

French explorer, Xiv. 318. LAS BuRGAS, mineral springs, Spain,

xvii. 827. LA SCALA, town, Patmos, ^Egean Sea,

XVIII. 408.

LA SCALA FAMILY, Scaliger s supposed

connexion with, xxi. 364. LASCAR, Oriental sailor, xiv. 319. LASCARIS, John IV., Greek emperor,

xm. 713; xvi. 227. , Constantino, Greek scholar, xiv.

319; XL 149.

, Joannes, Greek scholar, xiv. 319.

, Paul, grand-master of the Hospi tallers, xxi. 175. , Theodore, emperor of Nica;a, XL

119. LAS CASAS, Bartolomc de, Apostle of the

Indies, Xiv. 319. LAS CASAS DE TOLOSA, captain -general

of Cuba, vi. 678. LA SEYNE, town, France, xxi. 726;

xxm. 483. LASHBUNA, Moslem name of Lisbon,

xiv. 693.

LA SlLA, mountains, Italy, Xlll. 439. LASIONITE, mineral, xvi. 405. LASKI, Albert, Polish astrologer, vn.

22. LASKY, or Laski, John (Alasco), Polish

Reformer, I. 443; XIX. 679. LAS NAVAS, Spain, Battle of (1212),

XXII. 317.

LAS PALMAS, town, Canary Islands, IV.

799-

LASSA (Lhasa), town, Tibet, xiv. 496; xxm. 344.

LASSALLE, Ferdinand, German social ist, xiv. 320; x. 513; xxn. 210, 214; on co-operation, vi. 214.

LASSELL, W., English astronomer, II. 8 1 1, 812, 813; his observatory at Starfield, England, xvn. 711; his reflecting telescope, xxm. 152.

LASSEN, Christian, Norwegian Orien talist, xiv. 322.

LASSEN S PEAK, Sierra Nevada, U.S.A., xxm. 800.

LASSO, Orlando di, Flemish musician, xvn. 84.

LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET, Trol- lope s novel, xxni. 585.

LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, Lytton s novel, xv. 122.

LASTINGHAM, England, Crypt in church at, vi. 668.

LASTMAN, Pieter, Dutch painter, xx.

373- LAST OF THE BARONS, Lytton s novel,

xv. 123.

L ASTREE, French romance, xx. 659. LAST SUPPER, of Jesus Christ, xin.

668; Leonardo da Vinci s painting of,

Xiv. 458. LAS VEGAS, hot springs, New Mexico,

U.S.A., xvii. 400. LATAKIA, town, Syria, xiv. 323. TOBACCO, xxm. 425.

LATANIA, genus of palms, xvin. 190.

LATCH LOCK, xiv. 748.

LATEAU, Louise, of Hainault, Stigmata

of, xxii. 550. LATENT HEAT, XL 555. LATERAN COUNCIL, Decrees of the

second, XVII. 484; the fourth, Xlll.

84.

LATERAN PALACE, Rome, xx. 835. LATERITE, rock, India, xn. 737. LATHAM, John, on birds, xvm. 6. LATHE, machine for turning, xiv. 323;

xv. 153.

LATHING, for plaster work, iv. 505. LATHYRUS, genus of plants, xvm. 441. LATIARIS, epithet of Jupiter, Xlll. 780. LATICI FERGUS TISSUE, in plants, xix.

48. LATIMER, Hugh, English Reformer and

martyr, Xiv. 325. LATIN I, or Latins (q.v.), ancient people,

Italy, xiv. 343. -, Brunetto, Italian poet, Xlll. 501.

LATIN INSCRIPTIONS, xm. 124. LATIN LANGUAGE, xiv. 327; accent in,

I. 80; alphabetism in, I. 610; in

relation to Romance languages, XX.

661; dictionaries of, vn. 184; Varro s

treatise on, xxiv. 93. LATIN LEAGUE, of thirty cities, Italy,

xiv. 343. LATIN LITERATURE, xx. 715; rhetoric,

xx. 514; romances, xx. 633; in time of Virgil, xxiv. 248. LATINS, ancient Italian people, xm. 445; xiv. 343; xx. 669, 731, 739,

745-

LATIN WRITING, xvm. 151. LATITAT, English writ, xxiv. 695. LATITUDE, in astronomy, IL 771, 793;

geographical, X. 198; early methods

of finding, x. 187; in navigation, xvii.

251, 268, 272; of observatories, xvn.

710; as known, to Ptolemy, xx. 88;

calculation of, in surveying, x. 166,

169; xxn. 700, 712; highest latitudes

ever reached, x. 196; xix. 324, 326. LATIUM, ancient division, Italy, Xiv.

343; coins of, XVII. 637. LATONA, in Roman mythology (the

Greek Leto), xiv. 345; n. 185. LATOPOLIS (Esneh), ancient town,

Egypt, vn. 782; vin. 547. LA TRAPPE, Monastery of, France,

xxni. 523; xvi. 713. LATREILLE, Pierre Andre, French

naturalist, xiv. 345; on reptiles, XX.

436.

LATROBITE, mineral, xvi. 420. LATTER DAY SAINTS, or Mormons, xvi.

825. LATVIS, or Letts, tribe, Lithuania, Russia,

XIV. 702.

LAUBAN, town, Prussia, xiv. 346. LAUBE, Heinrich, German writer, x.

545-

LAUBER (Dypold), German transcriber, XXIII. 682.

LAUD, William, archbishop of Canter bury, XIV. 346; VIII. 346; his church measures, VIIL 377; XIX. 687; his in fluence on Scottish aiiairs, xxi. 511.

LAUDANUM, drug, xvn. 793.

LAUDER, town, Scotland, in. 613.

, Sir Thomas Dick, Scottish writer,

xiv. 347.

LAUDERDALE, district, Scotland, in. 612.

, Earl and duke of, Scottish states man, XV. 308; XXI. 515; his relations witli archbishop Sharp, XXI. 780. -, Eighth Earl of, on Smith s Wealth

of Nations, xix. 370. LAUDI, Italian dialogue poems, xin.

500. LAUDONNIERE, Rene Goulaine de,

French settler, Florida, xx. 531. LAUDS, canonical hour, iv. 263. LAUENBURG, duchy, Germany, xiv. 347;

xxi. 414. LAUGHING, xx. 480.

GAS, v. 512.

JACKASS, bird, xiv. 82.

LAUGIER, Meiffren, on birds, xvin. 12. LAUMONTITE, mineral, xvi. 422. LAUNCE, Sand, fish, xxi. 257. LAUNCESTON, town, England, xiv. 347. , town, Tasmania, xiv. 347; xxm.