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V Orient, a fortified modern sea-port of France,
department of Morbihan. It is built with consid-
erable regularity ; the streets are wide, the public
squares spacious and handsome, and the harbour
large, secure, and easy of access. Formerly it
was a very flourishing town, the French East In-
dia Company making it the exclusive entrepot of
their imported goods. It has still some trade, and
is a place of importance on account of its maga-
zines for the navy. The chief manufacture is of
salt. The British made an unsuccessful attempt
upon it in 1746. It is seated on the bay of Port
Louis, at the influx of the Scorf, 340 m. W. by S.
of Paris. Long. 3. 20. W., lat. 49. 44. N.
Lorroek, a town of Germany, in Baden, 6 m.
N. E. of Bale.
Lorraine, an extensive district of'the N. E. of
France, between Champagne and Alsace, and now
forming the departments of Meurthe, Moselle,
and Vosges. It abounds in all sorts of corn, wine,
hemp, flax, and rape-seed.
Lorraine, ph. Jefferson Co. N. Y. 20 m. S. E
Sackett’s Harbour. Pop. 1,727.
Lossiemouth, a village of Scotland, in Murray
shire, at the mouth of the river Lossie, 7 m. N
E. of Elgin, of which it is the port.
Lost Creek, a township of Miami Co. Ohio.
Lot, a river of France, which rises in the de-
partment of Lozere, begins to be navigable at Ca-
hors, and enters the Garonne near Aiguillon.
Lot, a department of France, consisting of the
former district ofQuercv, in Gnienne. It takes
its name from the river Lot, which crosses it from
E. to W. It is bounded on the N. hy Correze, E.
by Cantal and Aveyron, S. by Tam-et Garonne,
and W. by Lot-et-Garonne and Dordogne.
Its pastures feed numerous flocks, which consti-
tute a great part of the commerce. The climate
is mild and healthy ; and the soil, consisting of
fat rich earth, is cultivated with horses, and yields
more than sufficient for its population, estimated
at 275,296. Cahors is the capital.
Lot-et-Garonne, a department of France, inclu-
ding part of the former province of Guienne,
bounded on the N. by Dordogne, E. hy Tarn-et-
Garonne, S. by Gers, and W. by Landes and the
Gironde. It has its name from the rivers Lot and
Garonne. Its pastures are but indifferent, and
artificial meadows are little known. The land,
being much covered with heath, is cultivated with
oxen ; and a large proportion of the department
is incapable of cultivation, consisting of rugged
hills or sandy deserts. Agen is the capital.
Lotinbiert, a seignitory of Buckingham Co. L.
C. on the S. side of the St. Lawrence, 40 m.
above Quebec.
Lothian. See Haddingtonshire, Edinburghshire,
and LinJitkgotcskirt.
Loudtac. a towin of France, department of Cotes
du Nord, 23 m. S. of St Brieux.
Loudon, a county ofthe E. district of Virginia,
on the Potomac, adjoining Fairfax, Berkley,
and Fauquier counties. It is about 50 m.in length
and 20 in breadth. Pop. 21.933. Leesburg is the
chief town.
Loudon, a town of France, department of Vien-
ne, 30 m. N. W. of Pohiers.
Loudon, p.t. Merrimack Co. N. H. on the E.
side of the Merrimack. 4o m. N. W. Portsmouth.
* Pop. 1,642; also a p.v. Franklin Co. Pa. 63 m. S.
W. Harrisburg.
Loudonville, p.t. Richland Co. Ohio.
Loughhorough a township in Frontenac Co.
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Loughborough, a town in Leicestershire, Eng.
It has a large church, with a handsome tower,
seven meeting-houses for dissenters; also a free
grammar school, and a charity school. The chief
manufactures are those of cotton spinning, lace,
and hosiery. By means of the Loughborough
canal, the river, and rail-roads, it carries on a
brisk trade particularly in coals. Many of the
houses have an old and irregular appearance, but
great improvement have lately taken place. It
is seated near the Soar, 11 m. N. of Leicester
and 109 N. N. W. London.
Loughrea, a town of Ireland, in the county of
Galway, near a lake of the same name, 15 m. S.
W. of Galway.
Louhans, a town of France, department of Up-
per Saone, situate on a kind of island between
the rivers Seilles. Vaillere,and Solman, 18 m. S.
E. of Chalons.
Louisa, a county of the E. district of Virginia.
Pop. 16,151; also a p.v. Lawrence Co. Ken. 180
m. E. Frankfort.
Louis, Fort, an important barrier fortress of
France, in Alsace, on the Rhine, 12 m. E. of
Haguenau.
Louis, St. an island of Africa, at the mouth of
the river Senegal, with a fort, built by the French.
It was taken in 1758 by the English, and ceded
to them in 1763. In the American war, it was
taken bv the French, and kept by them after the
peace of 1783. It is flat, sandy and barren. Long.
16. 15. W., lat. 16. 0. N.
Louis, St. a sea-port and fortress of St. Domingo,
on the S. W. coast, at the head of a bay of its
name. The exports are coffee, cotton, and indigo,
70 m. W. S. W. of Port au Prince. Long. 73. 32.
W., lat. 18. 16. X.
Louis, Fort, an important harrier fortress in
the N. E. of France, constructed by Vauban in
1686; on an island in the Rhine. 12. m. E.
Haguenau.
Louis de Ramsay, seiginory, Richelieu Co. Low
er Canada.
Louisiade, an archipelago in the eastern seas
lying S. E. of New Guinea, and extending
about 400 m. in length, hy about 160 in breadth.
The centre lies nearly under 10. S. lat. and
152. 25. E. long.
Louis, St. a lake of N. America, formed by the
junction of the Ottawa with the St. Lawrence.
It is 12 m. long and 6 broad.
Louis, St. a river N. America, which has its
source near the eastern head waters of the Mis-
sissippi, and falls into lake Superior, on the west
shore. It is navigable 150 m. Long. 91. 52. W.,
lat. 46. 44. N.
Louis de Maranliam, St., a sea-port of Brazil
capital ofthe island of Maranham, and a bishop’s
see, with a strong castle. It is the residence of
a captain general, and contains a custom-house
and treasury. The churches and convents are
numerous, and the houses, though only one sto-
ry high, are.many of them neat. The harbour is
tolerably large, but the entrance is difficult. It
stands on the E. side of the river Mearim, near
the Atlantic Ocean. Lon*. 43. 37. AV., lat. 2
30. S._
Louisa, a town of European Russia, on a bay
ofthe gulf of Finland, 30 m. E. N. E. of Hel-
singfors.
Louislmrg, the capital* of the island of Cape
Breton, with a citadel, and an excellent harbour,
nearly four leagues in circumference. It was ta-
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