sun is bidden from the inhabitants of this town,
by the mountains, during two months in the year.
It is 20 m. N. N. W. of Susa.

Lassa, or Lahassa, a city of Asia, capital of
Great Thibet. It is not large, but the houses are
spacious and built of stone. About 7 m. to the E.
of the city, is the mountain of Putala, on the sum-
mit of which is the palace of the grand Lama,
the high priest of Thibet, whose authority is as
great oyer almost all the regions of Tartary and
Thibet as that of the pope was formerly over Eu-
rope. Lassa is seated on a spacious plain, on a
river that flows S. into the Sanpoo, 680 m. N.
N. E. of Calcutta. Long. 91. 25. E., lat. 29.
30. N.

Lassahr, a town of Prussia, in Pomerania, on a
lake of the same name, 38 m. S. S. E. of Stral-
sund.

Lassam, a town of Java, on the N. coast,
through which flows a fine navigable river. It
has a considerable trade. 419 m. E. of Bata-
via.

Lassay, a town of France, in the department
of Mayenne, 12 m. E. N. E. of Mayenne.

Lasselsville, p.v. Montgomery Co. N. Y.

Lustres, a town of Spain, in Asturias, near a
cape of the same name, on the bay of Biscay.
3o m. E. N. E. of Oviedo.

Laswaree, a town of Hindoostan, in the prov-
ince of Dehli, where a desperate battle was fought
in 1803, between the British under long Lake,
and the Mahrattas under Dowlat Row Scindia,
in which the latter were totally defeated.

Labacunna, a town of Pera, capital of a district
of the same name. The streets are broad and
straight; the houses only one story high, xc2xabmd
arched, on account of the frequency of earth-
quakes, one of which overturned the whole place
in 1698. It contains manufactures of cloth and
baize, &c., and exports great quantities of salt
pork: the vicinity is noted for making fine red
earthenware. 50 m. S. of Quito. Long. 18. 16.
W., lat. 0. 56. S.

Latakia, the ancient Laodicea, a seaport of
Syria, and a bishop’s see. It has beautiful re-
mains of antiquity, and a considerable trade, es-
pecially in tobacco though the harbour is become
too shallow for large vessels. It stands on the S.
side of a small peninsula, 75 m. S. W. of Aleppo.
Long. 24. 30.* E., lat. 35. 40. N.

Laiimore, a township of Adams Co. Pa.

LaUnkoo, Old and .Veic, two towns in Caffaria
about 90<l m. X. E. of Cape Town. They are
about 50 m. apart, and are inhabited by a sav-
age race called Bootshuanas, or Motchappees. See
Leetnkoo.

Latty Ashuny. a barren district of Hindoostan
between die provinces of Agimere and Moultan,
inhabited by a tribe of Hindoos, supposed to be
the aborigines of the country.

I Laubcdt, a town of Germany, in Hesse-Darm-
{ stadt. with a castles. 10 m. E. by S. of.Giessen.

Lauback. one of the two governments of Aus-
trian Illyria, containing nearly 640,000 inhabi-
tants. ft is divided into the circle of Laubach,
Newstadtl, Adelsbrrg, Clagenfurt, and Vil-
lach.

Lauback, or layhmci. a strong town of Austrian
Illyria, capital of the preceding government. The
castle, called the Old Fort, stands on a mountain,
and is now used only far a prison. It has manu-
factures of silk, leather, and excellent cloth. In
1821 a congress was held here for deliberating
pn the affairs of Italy, and attended by the em-
perors of Russia and Austria. It is seated on d
river of the same name, 38 m. S. E. of Clagen-
furt. Long. 14. 35. E., lat. 46. 11. N.

Lauban, a walled town of Upper Lusatia, on
the frontiers of Silesia. It has a good trade in
cloth, yarn, and linen, and is seated on the
Queiss, 14 m. E. S. E. of Gorlitz.

Lauda, a town and castle of Germany, in Baden,
on the river Tauber, 18. m. S. W. of Wurtr-
burg.

Lauder, an ancient royal burgh of Scotland, in
Berwickshire. The castle, originally built by
Edward I. as a fortress, is now the seat of the earl
of Lauderdale. It is seated on a river of the
same name, 21 m. S. E. of Edinburgh.

Lauderdale, a county of Alabama. Pop. 11,782
Florence is the capital.

Lauenburg, a duchy in the N. of Germany, on
the right bank of the Elbe, adjacent to Hamburgh
and included since 1815 in the Danish dominions,
of which it forms the southern extremity.

Lauenburg, the capital of the foregoing duchy.
There is only one wing of the ancient castle,
where the dukes resided, now remaining. Great
quantities of merchandise are sent hence to Lubec,
by means of the Steckenitz. It stands on the
Elbe and Steckenitz, 35 m. E. S. E. of Hamburgh.
Long. 10. 50. E., lat. 53. 22. N.

Lauenburg, a town of Prussia, in Pomerania,
on the Leba, 37 m. W. by N. of Dantzic. Long.
17. 48. E., lat. 54. 27. N.

Louffen a town of Austria, in the duchy of
Salzburg, with a fine castle, seated on the Salza,
12 m. N. N. W. of Salzburg.

Louffen, a town of Switzerland, in the canton
of Zurich, with a castle. Here is a celebrated
cataract of the Rhine, the perpendicular height
of which is about 60 feet, in the breadth 300. It
is 3 m. S. by W. of Schaffhausen.

Lauffenburg, a strong town in the S. W. ex-
tremity of Germany, with a cattle. It is seated
on a rock, on the Rhine, which divides it in two
parts. Here is a small cataract, noted for the
beauty of the scenery. 26 m. W. Schaffhausen.
Long. 8. 2. E., lat. 47. 35. N.

Laughlinton, a village of Westmoreland Co. Pa.
23 m. E. Greenhurg.

Laughton, a village in W. Yorkshire, Eng. on
a high” hill, 6 m. E. S. E. of Rotherham. It is
noted for its church, whose curious tower and
spire are seen at the distance of 60 m.

Lauingen, a town of Bavaria, in the principali-
ty of Neuberg, seated on the Danube, 3 m. W. of
Dillingen.

Launceston, a borough and the capital of Cora
wall, Eng. It is seated on the side of a hill, on
the Attery, which falls into the Tamar, 3 m. be
low the town, ^ m. N. of Plymouth, and 214
W. by S. of London. Long *4. 12. W., lat. 50.

38. N.

Launceston, a town of Van Diemen’s Land
capital of Port Dalrymple, seated at the junction
of the Esk and Tamar, and containing 400 inhab-
itants.

Lawny, a town of Bohemia, near the river Eper,
10 m. E. N. E. of Saaz.

Laupen, a town of Switzerland, in the canton
of Bern, at the conflux of the Sanden and Sense,
5 m. S. W. of Bern.

Laurel, p.v. Sussex Co. Del.

Laurel Mountains, one of the western A pa
lachian ranges in Pennsylvania. They are of a
moderate height and covered on the eastern side
with laurel trees.

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