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get rice, &c., in return; and also to Mascat, in
large boats, which bring back dates and coffee.
Calpeny, one of the largest, is 170 m. W. of Co-
chin. Long. 73, 32. E., lat. 10. 0. N.
Lacedogna. See Cedogna.
Laeepedes Islands, a group of islands on the N.
W. coast of New Holland : the largest is about 9
m. long. A long chain of rocky reefs and great
sand-banks proceed from their termination.
Many whales, sea serpents, and fishes of different
kinds, are seen in the surrounding sea. Long.
117. 8. E., lat. 16. 43. S.
Lacfodery, mountains of Ireland, on the E.
side of the country of Kerry, 12 m. E. of Tralee.
Laehen, a town of Switzerland, in the canton of
Schweitz, near which are some mineral springs,
and petrifactions: it is seated on the lake of
Zurich.
Laehen, a large village of the Bavarian circle
of the Rhine, district of Spire, 3 m. S. E. of Neu-
stadt.
Lacksa, or Lascha, a division of Arabia, occu-
pying nearly the whole of the southwestern coast
of the Persian Gulf, and extending to a consid-
erable distance inland. Great part of the interior
consists of sandy plains; but the coast is fertile,
and well peopled. The chief productions are
dates, rice, and cotton. The asses aad camels
are esteemed to be of an excellent breed, and
some thousands of the latter are annually exported
to Syria. The extensive piracies committed by
the inhabitants of this country were so intolerable
that in 1809 the British fitted out an expedition
for the purpose of chastising them. They sailed
to Ras-el-Khiina, the principal port on this coast,
which they took by assault, burned 70 vessels,
and made considerable plunder. Lacsha was
formerly subject to Turkey, but the inhabitants
have now shaken off the yoke, and their sheik is
one of the most powerful princes of Arabia.
Lachsa, a city of Arabia, capital of the above
* province, and the residence of the sheik. It is
well built, and-seated on the Astan, which flows
into a considerable bay of the gulf of Persia, op-
posite the isle of Bahrein. Long. 48. 40. E., lat.
26. 20. N.
Lack, a town in Mifflin Co. Pa.
Lackawanna, or Lackawantwck, a small stream
in Pennsylvania flowing into the Susquehanna.
In this neighborhood are large coal mines, for a
description of which see Pennsylvania.
Laekaicaktn. a small stream of Pennsylvania
flowing iat 'the Delaware 174 m. above Phila-
delphia. Also the name of a township in Pike
Co. Pa. on tne above stream.
LacoiV'i. p.v. Harrison Co. Indiana.
Lad-min r. a town of Germany, in Baden,
seated on inc Neckar. 8 m. N. W. of Heidelberg.
Lodi”i.-j . a lake of Russia, between the gulf of
Finland ani me lake Onega. It is 140 m. long
and So br>.c. Tnr shares of the lake are flat,
but tiie nav.gation is very dangerous on account
of quicksants. Tins induced Peter I. to cause a
canal to oe cat fr:m the S. AV. extremity of this
lake to the river Neva, by which it has a commu-
nication with the gulf of Finland. It was begun
in 1718, and finished in 1732 ; and is 67 m. long,
and 70 feet broad.
Ladona, New, a town of Russia, in the govern-
ment of Petersburg, seated on the Volkhof, be-
tween the lake and canal of Ladoga. Old Ladoga,
an inconsiderable place, is higher up the Volkhof.
New Ladoga is 56 m. E. of Petersburg. Long.
31. 42. E., lat. 60. 0. N.
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Ladrones, or Marian Islands, islands of the Pa- j
cific Ocean, lying between 145. and 148. E. Ion.
and between 13. and 22. N. lat. They were dis- I
covered by Magellan in 1521. He touched first
at the island of Guam, where the natives stole
some of his goods, which caused him to name
these islands the Ladrones, or Islands of Thieves.
Besides the other fruits natural to the soil and
climate, nere is the bread-fruit tree in abundance.
The names of the principal islands are Saypan,
Tinian, Guam, and Rota.
Ladrones, is also the name of a cluster of small
islands in the gulf of Sa, at the southern extremi-
ty of China. They are the resort of pirates, who
have long set the naval power of China at defiance.
In 1805 they had acquired possession of the whole
island of Hainan and the southern part of For-
mosa.
La Fargeville, p.v. Jefferson Co. N. Y.
Lafayette, a parish of Louisiana Pop. 5,606
Vermilionville is the capital.
Lafourche, a bay on, or river of Louisiana, one
ofthe mouths of the Mississippi.
Lafourche Interior, a Parish of Louisiana, lying
upon the Gulf of Mexico. Pop. 5,500. Tiiiba-
deauville is the capital.
Lannasco, a town of the Sardinian states, in
Piedmont, 24 m. S. of Turin.
Lagny, a town of France, in the department of
Seine-et-Marne, with a late famous Benedictine
abbey ; seated on the Marne, 15 m. E. of Paris. xe2x80xa2
Lugos, a seaport of Portugal, in Algarva, with
a castle. Here the English fleet bound to the
Mediterranean usually take in fresh water. Off
the cape near this town, in 1759, admiral Bosea-
wen defeated a French fleet. It is 130 m. S. S.
E. of Lisbon.
Laguna. See Christophe de Laguna, St.
Lagunes of Venice, the marshes or lakes in Italy
on which Venice is seated. They communicate
with the sea, and are the security of the city.
There are ahout 60 islands in these Lagunes,
which together make a bishop’s see. Eurano is
the most considerable, next to those on which
Venice stands.
Lahn, a river of Germany, which rises in Hes-
se-Cassel, and flowing by Marburg, Wetzlar, and
Nassau, falls into the Rhine above Coblentz.
Lahn, a town of the Prussian states, in Silesia,
near which is the castle of Lahnhaus. It is seat-
ed on the Bober, 10 m. N. N. W. of Ilirschberg.
Laliolm, a seaport of Sweden, in Holland, with
a castle ; seated on the Laga, near its entrance
into the Categat, 12 m. S. S. E. of Halmstadt.
Long. 12. 56. E., lat. 56. 31. N.
Lahore, a province of Hindoostan, bounded ou
the AV. by Candahar, N. by Cashmere, E. by
Sirinagur and Dehli, and S. by Moultan. It is
often called Panjab, or the country of Five Rivers.
It is extensive and fertile ; affording, in addition
to all the necessaries of life, wine, sugar, and cot-
ton wool. In the tract between the Indus and
the Chelurn are salt mines, which afford pieces of
rock salt, hard enough to be formed into vessels,
&c. See Panjab.
Lahore, a city of Hindoostan, capital of the
above province, and of the country of the Seiks.
It was the residence of the Mahomedan conquer-
ors of Hindoostan, before they had established
themselves in the central parts of the country;
and owes its chief improvements to Humaioon,
the father of Acar, who made it his residence
during a part of his troublesome reign. The city
and its suburbs form a circumference of 7 m It |
