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LAUNCHING, of a ship, xxi. 820. LAUPEN, Switzerland, Battle of (1339),

xxii. 784. LAURA, in Eastern moriacliism, I. 10;

xvi. 700. , of Petrarch s Canzoniere, xvui.

707. LAUREIUM, Silver mines of, ancient

Greece, ill. 59. LAUREL, tree, xiv. 348; in California,

xxni. 810. LAURENCEKIRK, town, Scotland, xiv.

79- LAURENS, Henry, American statesman,

xiv. 349.

, John, American general, xiv. 349.

LAURENTI, Joseph N., on reptiles, xx.

434-

LAURENTIAN ROCKS, in geology, x. 327; their thickness, I. 679; in Can ada, xx. 1 66.

LAURENTIUS (Lawrence), St, martyr, xiv. 370.

JUSTINIANUS, St, X. 625.

LAURENTUM, ancient town, Italy, xiv.

344-

LAURIA, town, Italy, xiv. 349.

LAURIE ISLAND, Antarctic Ocean, xvn. 407.

LAURITE, mineral, xvi. 394.

LAURUS, genus of plants, xiv. 348.

LAURVIK, or Laurvig, town, Norway, xiv. 350.

LAUSANNE, town, Switzerland, xiv. 350; population, xxiv. 115.

, or Geneva (q,v.), Lake of, Switzer land, x. 151.

LAUSITZ (Lusatia), district, Germany, xv. 69.

LAUSONIUM (Lausanne), ancient town, Switzerland, xiv. 350.

LAUS POMPEIA (Lodi Vecchio), ancient town, Italy, xiv. 768.

LAUTITE, mineral, xvi. 392.

LAUZUN, Due de, husband of Louise d Orleans, xvi. 793.

LAVA, Volcanic, x. 242, 246.

LAVABO, in architecture, n. 467.

LAVADORES, town, Spain, xix. 455.

LAVAGNA, town, Italy, xiv. 350; river, XIIL 437.

, Count of (Fiesco), Genoese conspira tor, ix. 147.

LAVAL, town, France, xiv. 350.

LAVALETTE, Antoine de, Jesuit adminis trator, XIIL 654.

LA VALLETTE, John, grand-master of the Knights Hospitallers, XXI. 174.

LAVAL UNIVERSITY, Quebec, Canada, xx. 1 68.

LAVANDULA, genus of plants, xiv. 352.

LAV ANNA, town, Sierra Leone, xxn. 45.

LAVANT, river, England, xxn. 723.

LAVATER,Johann Kaspar, Swiss physio gnomist, xiv. 351; x. 540; Xix. 5; xxn. 798.

LAVAUR, town, France, xiv. 351.

LA VELA, town, Venezuela, xxiv. 140. LAVELEYE, Emile de, economist, xix.

395- LA VENDEE, France, Insurrection in,

ix. 605.

LAVENDER, plant, xiv. 352; xn. 289.

LAVENDULAN, mineral, xvi. 404.

LAVENHAM, England, Beet-sugar factory at, I. 382.

LAVENO, town, Italy, xv. 198.

LAVEY, spa, France, xvi. 435.

LAVINIUM, ancient town, Italy, xiv. 344.

LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent, French chemist, xiv. 352; v. 463; on fermen tation, IX. 93.

LAVRIENTSKI, Russian chronicle, xvn.

354-

LAVY, bird, xi. 262.

LAW, xiv. 354; origin of, vin. 624; Brahmanical, xn. 782 ; common, vi. 208; constitutional, VI. 309; ecclesias tical, vii. 627; early English, vm. 276; of equity, vm. 510; international, XIIL 190; Jewish sacred, ill. 634; martial, vi. 517; military, xvi. 295; Mohammedan, xvi. 591, 594; Roman, xx. 669; Salic and other barbarian laws, XXI. 212; statute, xxn. 468; ad ministration of, in England, vm. 261; codes of, vi. 104; Justinian s codifica tion of, XIIL 792; costs in, VI. 452; Roman schools of, Xiv. 164; Gentili on international, X. 161 ; Hooker s description of, xil. 152; Plato on, xix. 210; Vico s idea of, xxiv. 212; Zachariae on, xxiv. 762 ; legal socie ties, xxn. 226.

, St Paul s conception of the, in

theology, xvill. 424.

, Edward, Lord Ellenborough, vm.

146.

, John, promoter of the Mississippi scheme, xiv. 367; ix. 584; xv. 22; opposed by D Aguesseau, vi. 762. -, William, English mystic, xiv. 369.

LAWA (Laos), Indo-Chinese people, xiv.

294.

, state, India, xx. 260.

LAWEMAN (Layamon), Saxon chronicler,

xiv. 374; vm. 394, 408; xxi. 739. LAWES, Henry, English composer, Xiv.

370; friend of Milton, XVI. 326.

, Sir John, his system of cropping,

I. 342 ; his experiments with manures,

xv. 507.

LAWN, Formation of a, XII. 248. LAWN-TENNIS, game, xxm. 181. LAWRENCE, St, martyr, xiv. 370. , town, Kansas, U.S.A., xiv. 370.

, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xiv.

370.

, Lord, governor-general, India, xiv. 371; xn. 811.

, Sir Henry Montgomery, governor- general, India, xiv. 372.

, James, American naval officer, xxui. 760, 789.

LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas, English painter,

xiv. 373.

LAWS OF LABOUR, xiv. 165. LAWSONIA, genus of plants, xi. 654. LAWYERS, English, their training, xm.

88; costume, vi. 476; order of preced ence, xix. 667. LAY, H. N., administrator at Shanghai,

XXI. 772. LAYAMON, Saxon chronicler, xiv. 374;

vm. 394, 408; xxi. 739. LAYBACH (Laibach), town, Austria, xiv.

215; congress of (1821), XI II. 486;

xvi. 201.

LAYER MARNEY, Essex, England, Terra cotta decorations at, xxni. 195. LAY-FIGURE, Painter s, xvui. 137. LAYNEZ, Diego, general of the Jesuits,

xm. 653. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, Scott s

poem, xxi. 547. LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS,

by Aytoun, ill. 166. LAY TORPEDO, xxm. 451. LAXEY, Isle of Man, Mines at, xv. 451. LAXISTS, in casuistry, xiv. 636. LAZARETTO, quarantine establishment,

xx. 154, 157. LAZAR GREBLIANOVICH, king of

Servia, xxi. 689. LAZARILLO DE TORMES, Mendoza s

novel, xvi. 10. LAZARITES, Lazarists, or Lazarians,

order of priests, XIV.-374; xvi. 713. LAZARUS, St, Order of, xiv. 374.

- of Beth Kandasa, Syriac writer,

xxn. 841.

BAR SABHETHA, Syriac writer,

xxii. 846.

LAZHECHNIKOFF, Ivan Ivanovitch, Rus sian novelist, xxi. 107.

LAZULI-FINCH, bird, xvn. 534.

LAZULITE, mineral, xvi. 406.

LAZY-TONGS, Mechanism of, xv. 697.

LAZZARI, Bramante, Italian architect, iv. 213.

, Maria Dominica, Stigmata of, xxn.

5 SO LE, town, Tibet, XIV. 197. LEA, standard measure of flax yarn, xiv. 666. , river, England, XI. 771; xvi. 279.

, Matthew Carey, his contributions

to photography, xvui. 828. LEAD, metal, xiv. 374 ; xvi. 58, 382, 465; as chemical element, v. 531; cyanide of, xx. 23; as a poison, vi. 140 ; xix. 278 ; alloy in gold assay ing, n. 725; spectrum of, XXII. 376; strength of, XXII. 603; deposits or mines, in Ireland, XIIL 218; in Spain, I. 593; xiv. 653; XXII. 301; in Missouri, U.S.A., xvi. 525; production of, xvi. 467; production in England, VIII. 228; production in United States, xxm. 817.