fMCar de Guadiana, St., a strong town of Spain,
in Andalusia, on the river Guadiana, 76 m. W.
N. W. of Seville. Long. 7. 13. W., lat. 37. 28.
N.

Lucayo Islands. See Bahama.

Lucca, a duchy of Italy, lying on the E. coast
of the gulf of Genoa. It is bounded by Tuscany,
Modena, and the Mediterranean, and contains
about 430 square m. Much of it is mountainous,
but it is well cultivated, and produces plenty of
wine, oil, silk, wool, and chestnuts; the oil, in
particular, is in high esteem. It was formerly a
republic, was constituted a principality by Napo-
leon in 1805, and in 1815 erected into a duchy by
the congress of Vienna, and given to the infanta
of Spain.

Lucca, a city of Italy, capital of the above
Juchv, and an archbishop’s see. It is nearly
three m. in circumference, regularly fortified, and
contains 18,000 inhabitants. The state palace,
and the cathedral and other churches, are worthy
of notice. Here are considerable manufactures
of silk, and gold and silver stuffs. Lucca was
entered by the French in 1796, evacuated in 1799,
and re-entered in 1800 It is seated in a fruitful
plain, near the river Serchio. 10 m. N. E. of Pisa,
and 37 W. of Florence. Long. 10. 35. E., lat. 43.
50. N.

Luec, a spacious bay on the S. coast of Scot-
land, in Wigtonshire, lying E. of the promontory
called the Mull of Galloway. The river Luce
enters its N. E. extremity, at the town of Glen-
luce.

Luceinsteig, St., a narrow pass from the country
of the Grisons into Germany, defended by a fort,
3 m. N. of Mayenfield; which was taken by gen-
eral Massena in March 1799.

Luccna, a town of Spain, in Cordova, 32 m. S.
S. E. of Cordova, and 42 W. N. W. of Granada.

Lucera, a city of Naples, capital of Capitanata,
and a bishop’s see The town is small, but popu-
lous, and-has a manufacture of cloth. It is 75 m.
N. E. of Naples. Long. 15. 34. E., 41. 28. N.

Lucerna, a town of Piedmont, in a valley of its
name, 15 m. S. W. of Turin.

Lucerne, a canton of Switzerland, containing a
superficial extent of 740 sq. m.; and bounded by
the cantons of Underwalden, Schweitz, and Zu-
rich. The air is mild, and the soil uncommonly
fertile. Freedom and openness of manners char-
acterize the inhabitants, who are Roman Catho-
lics, and computed at 87,000.

Lucerne, the capital of the above canton, is di-
vided into two parts by a branch of the Reuss,
which here enters the lake of Lucerne. It has
no manufactures of consequence, and little com-
merce, the merchants being principally engaged
in the commission business, upon goods passing
between Italy, and Germany, over Mount St.
Gothard and the Lucerne Lake. 30 m. S. W. of
Zurich, and 43 E. of Berne. Long. 8. 14. E., lat.
47. 0. N.

Lucerne, or Waldstadte, a lake of Switzerland,
between the cantons of Underwalden, Lucerne,
Schweitz, and Uri. It consists of a number of
detached parts, forming in a manner separate
lakes. It is the largest, as well as the most ro-
mantic lake in the interior of Switzerland, being
25 m. long and from 2 to 4 broad.

Luchow, a town of Hanover, in the duchy of
Luneburg, seated on the Jeetze, 36 m. S. of Lu-
neburg.

Luciu, St., one of the Canibee islands, 27 m.
long and 12 broad. It consists of plains well wa-
tered with rivulets, and hills, furnished with tim
ber ; and has several good bays and commodious
harbours. By the peace of 1763, this island was
allotted to France. In 1803 it was taken by the
English, and confirmed to them by the treaty of
Paris in 1814. There are two high mountains, by
which this island may be known at a cousiderable
distance. Its N. end is 21 m. S. of Martinique.
Long. 60. 51. W., lat. 14. 0. N.

Lucia, St., one of the Cape de Verd islands, to
the W. of that of St. Nicholas. Long. 24. 32.
W., lat. 16. 45. N.

Lucia, St., a town of Sicily, in Val di Demona,

15 m. W. of Messina.

Lucia, St., a town of Buenos Ayres, on a river
of the same name, 30 m. N. of Monte Video, and
340 N. by W. of Buenos Ayres. It is also the
name of several settlements in S. America, none
of which require particular notice.

Lueiana, a town of Spain, in Andalusia, 8 m.
W. N. W. of Ecija.

Lueito, a town of Naples, in the Molise, 11 m
N. E. of Molise.

Luckau, a town of the Prussian states, in Lowei
Lusatia. It is seated in a swampy country, on
the Berste, 55 m. N. of Dresden.

Luckenwald, a town of Prussian Saxony, seated
on the Nute, 32 m. S. of Berlin.

Luckford. a town in Dorsetshire, Eng. W. of
Holme,on the Luckford,which falls into the Frome
and forms the W. boundaries of Purbeck Isle.

Lucknow, an ancient city of Hindoostan, and
capital of Oude. It is large, but poorly built, and
the streets are narrow and crooked. The palace
of the nabob is situated on a high bank near the
Goomty, and commands an extensive view both
of that river and the country on the eastern side.
Adjoining the palace is a cantonment of one of
the East India Company’s regiments of native
infantry ; and in the vicinity is the dwelling of
the British resident.

Luco, a town of Naples, on the W. bank ofthe
lake Celano, 9 m. S. S. W. of Celano.

Lucon, a town of France, department of Ven
dee; seated in a morass, on the canal of Fontenay
20 m. W. of Fontenay, and 50 S. of Nantes.

Lvcomu, or Manilla, the chief ofthe Philippine
islands, 400 m. in length, and 100 in breadth. It
is not so hot as might be expected, being well
watered by large lakes and rivers, and the period-
ical rains, which inundate the plains. There are
several volcanoes in the mountains, which occa-
sion earthquakes. The produce is wax, cotton,
indigo, tobacco, sugar, coffee, wild cinnamon,
sulphur, cocoa-nuts, rice, &c. Gold is found in
various parts of the island ; and horses, buffaloes,
and a variety of game abound. The inhabitants
are for the most part a well disposed peopie, and
before their subjugation were distributed into mud
villages. Under the tyranny of the Spanish gov-
ernment they have become indolent, and destitute
of energy. The interior, however, is occupied
by a savage race, whom the Spaniards have not
been able to subdue. They carry on a small
traffic in gold, wax, and tobacco, in exchange for
cattle. Long.,122. 0. E., lat. 15. 0. N.

Lucrino. See Licola.

Lucy, a town of the Sardinian states, in Savoy,

16 m. N. of Chamberry.

Ludamar, a country of Central Africa, bounded
on the S. by Kaarta and Bambarra, and N. by the
Sahara or Great Desert. It is inhabited by a race
of Moors, who are almost sti angers to agriculture
and depend for subsistence on the rearing of cat