brick, a market-house of the same materials, and a strong stone gaol. Here are six places of worship for as many different persuasions, viz. German Lutherans, German Calvinists, Calvinists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Moravians, and Roman Catholics. The German Lutheran church is a large brick building, having an organ, and a handsome spire; the others are of brick, and are neat and commodious buildings. The only manufactures here are carried on by individuals. There are three breweries, and two or three valuable tanneries. Franklin college is established here for the Germans. Its endowments are nearly the same as those of Dickinson college at Carlisle. Its trustees consist of Lutherans, Calvinists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, of each an equal number. The principal is a Lutheran, and the vice-president a Calvinist. It is 55 miles w. by n. of Philadelphia, and 26 from Reading. Lat. 40° 3' n. Long. 76° 20' w.]

[LANCASTER, a post-town of S. Carolina, 27 miles from Camden, and 35 from Charlotte, N. Carolina.]

[LANCASTER, a very pleasant post-town in Worcester county, Massachusetts, the oldest in the county, having been settled in 1645, and incorporated in 1653. It is situated on a branch of Nashua river, which empties into the Merrimack. It is 28 miles w. n. w. of Boston, four miles w. of Bolton, and 14 n. by e. of Worcester. The lands of the township of Lancaster, and those of Sterling on the s. w. are part of the tract called Nashawogg by the Indians. The pleasantness of this town has invited many persons of education and fortune to reside here. In the n. e. part of Lancaster there is a valuable, and perhaps inexhaustible slate-pit, furnishing slates for houses, and excellent stones for tombs and graves. No slates equal to these have yet been discovered in the United States. These are sent to Boston, and exported to New York, Virginia, &c. Two principal branches of Nashua river, over which are nine large bridges, water this town, and have on their banks excellent intervale land. Cumbery pond, in this town, is observed to rise as much as two feet, just before a storm; and Sandy pond rises in a dry season.]

[LANCASTER, a township in Grafton county, New Hampshire, on the e. bank of Connecticut river, about 41 miles above Hanover. It was incorporated in 1763. In 1775, it contained 61 inhabitants, and in 1790, 161.]

[LANCE Isles, on the n. w. coast of N. America, lie off cape Scott, which is the s. point at the mouth of Pintard's sound, opposite to point Disappointment. There is a narrow channel between

the largest isle and the cape. See PINTARD'S Sound."

LANCHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Caxatambo in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Andajes.

LANCON, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cercado in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Caraballo.

[LANDAFF, a township in Grafton county, New Hampshire. It was incorporated in 1774, and contains 292 inhabitants.]

[LAND'S HEIGHT, in N. America, is the high ground on the chain of lakes between lake La Plue and lake Superior, where there is a portage of seven miles. It is 80 miles e. of the grand portage from the w. end of lake Superior.]

LANE, a bay of the s. coast of the island of Newfoundland, in the middle of it; between the bays of Fortune and Plaisance.

[LANESBOROUGH, a township in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, n. by e. of Hancock, 12 miles n. by w. of Lenox, and 96 w. by n. of Boston. It affords a quarry of good marble, and contains 2142 inhabitants.]

LANG, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, near the n. coast.

LANGA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guarochiri in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Chorrillo.

[LANGDON, a township in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, incorporated in 1787, and contains 244 inhabitants.]

LANGUER, a river of the province and government of Honduras in the kingdom of Guatemala. It runs n. and enters the sea by the side of the cape which has the name of the province.

LANGUI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tinta, or Canes and Canches, in Peru.

[LANSINBURGH City, in the township of Troy, Renssalaer county, New York, is very pleasantly situated on the e. bank of Hudson's river, opposite the mouth of the Mohawk, and contains about 200 dwelling-houses, a brick church, the joint property of the Dutch and Presbyterian congregation, a court-house, gaol, and an academy, incorporated in 1796. Here is a library company which was incorporated in 1775. It is a very flourishing place, situated on a plain at the foot of a hill, from the top of which is a most delightful prospect. A few years ago there was but one stage between this town and Albany; and now more than 20 stages daily pass and repass between the neighbouring towns of Lansinburgh, Troy, Waterford, and Albany; and the average number of

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passengers is said to exceed 150. It is eight miles n. of Albany, three above Troy, 125 n. by e. of New York, and 185 n. n. e. of Philadelphia.] LAPISLAZULI, a shoal or isle of stone almost covered by the sea, near the coast of Nova Scotia; about three quarters of a league from the island of Monano, and forms the passage to the river S. John, to the n. part of the bay of Fundy and of Silver.

LAQUARIBE, a river of the province and captainship of Seara in Brazil. It runs between the rivers Scope and Varirin, abounds in excellent fish, and in its vicinity are some plantations of sugar-canes. It empties itself into the sea.

LAQUEIQUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Carabaya in Peru; annexed to the curacy of its capital.

LAQUIACA, or HUAMAHUACA, a river of the province and corregimiento of Chichas and Tarija in Peru. It rises from a lake near the settlement of Casavindo, runs n. and turning its course to e. enters the large river of Xuxuy.

LAQUIACA, a creek of the coast of Peru, in the province and corregimiento of Arica.

LARAHUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Colchagua in the kingdom of Chile; situate to the w. of the town of Triana.

LARAMARCA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Castro Virreyna in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Córdoba.

LARA MATE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Lucanas in Peru.

LARAO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guarochiri in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Carampoma.

LARAOS, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yauyos in the kingdom of Peru. In the most lofty part of it is a lake which empties itself below the church, and the furthest part of the settlement; and there tumbling down a rock, falls into the river which runs to the province of Cañete.

LARAQUITE, a river of the kingdom of Chile, which runs w. and enters the sea between the mouth of the Carampangue and the heights of Villagrán.

LARCA1, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Lucanas in Peru, where there are some hot medicinal baths.

LARECAJA, a province and corregimiento of Peru; bounded n. and n. e. by the mountains of the infidel Indians, nearly s. by the missions of Apolabamba, s. by the city of La Paz, w. by the province of Omasuyos, the cordillera running between, and n. by those of Paucarcolla, Asangaro,

and Carabaya. The whole of this province is full of chasms and ravines, and it extends from n. tos. as far as the mountainous countries of the infidels, where it becomes very wide. It has a quantity of streams, which form one large, river, the which passing through the mountains, runs to unite its waters with the Beni. It is 36 leagues long, and 10 wide. Its territory is very unequal; and although the mountains and ravines are generally covered with snow the whole year, the settlements are not only healthy, but the temperature mild. On the skirts of the mountains are cultivated all seeds and fruits, and towards the Andes is grown coca and other mountainous productions. In some parts are breeds of cattle of every species; and in the district of Quebaya, and in other places, are various gold mines, which were formerly very productive, but now scarcely worked, more from want of resolution and means of paying the expences of labour, than from any scarcity of metal; not but that considerable profit is, nevertheless, derived from these mines. In the part of the mountains of the Andes, are the missions which are vulgarly called Of Partiti of the Augustins, in which there are six settlements of converted Indians, who for some years past have paid a small_tribute to the king into the coffers of La Paz. This province was conquered and added to the empire by the Inca Maytacapac. Its inhabitants amount to 20,000, and it had a repartimiento of 114,635 dollars, the corregidor paying an alcavala of 4585 dollars every five years. The capital is Zorata, and the other settlements are,

Songo, Challana,

Chuchulaya, Copaique, Cusabuaya, Timuti,

Sococone,

Ambaná,

Chaclaya,

Atalaque,

Punamá,

Mocomoco,

Patazcachi,

Chuma, Ayata,

Yanabaya,

Huacapata,

Charazani,

Antarete,

Camatá,

Pelechuco,

Chiacani,

Carasani,

Chajaya, Chulina, Curba, Omobamba,

ment of La Sierra Gorda in the bay of Mexico, and Reyno de Nueva España; founded in 1748 by the Count of Sierra Gorda, D. Joseph de Escandón, colonel of militia of Queretaro.

LARES, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the province and corregimiento of Calca and Lares in Peru.

LARES, an island near the coast of the province and government of Yucatán, at the mouth of the gulf of Higueras.

LARES, another, near the coast of the kingdom of Granada, in the province and government of Cartagena, opposite the river Sinú.

LARES, a bay on the e. coast of the island of Jamaica, between another called Pequeña (Little) and the n. e. point.

LARES, an island, near the coast of the province and captainship of Ilheos in Brazil, opposite the town of Portoseguro.

LARGA. See LONG Island.

LARGAS, some islands of the N. sea, in the province and government of Guayana, belonging to the Dutch. They are three, and are at the mouth of the rivers Essquibo and Demerary.

LARGE River, of the province and government of Louisiana, which runs s. and enters the Missouri.

LARGE, another, in the province and colony of S. Carolina. It runs s. e. and enters the Congari. [LARGE Rock lies on the s. bank of Ohio river, in the tract called Indiana, and nearly opposite the mouth of Muskingum river.]

LARGOS CAYOs, some isles near the s. coast of the island of Cuba, opposite the port of Trinidad.

LARI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Collahuas in Peru.

[LARICAXAS. See LARECAJA.]

LARO, a river of the province and government of Nicaragua in the kingdom of Guatemala, which runs e. and enters the sea in the gulf of Nicuesa.

[LATACUNGA, Asiento of, the first jurisdic tion to the s. of that of Quito in Peru. The word asiento implies a place less than a town, but larger than a village. It stands on a wide plain, having on its e. side the e. cordillera of the Andes, from which projects a very high mountain; and at a small distance from its foot is situated Latacunga. On its w. side is a river, which is sometimes fordable, but generally passed over by a bridge. This asiento is large and regular, the streets broad and straight, the houses of stone, arched and well contrived, one story high. This precaution the inhabitants were taught to observe by a dreadful

destruction of all the buildings, on the 20th of June 1699. Out of 600 stone houses, which the asiento then contained, only a part of one, and the Jesuit's church, were left standing; the most of the inhabitants were buried in the ruins. The stone of which the houses and churches are built, is a kind of pumice, or spongy stone, ejected from volcanoes; which have formed inexhaustible quarries in the neighbourhood. It is so light, that it will swim in the water; and from its great porosity, the lime cements the different pieces very strongly together. This jurisdiction contains 17 principal villages. The air of the asiento is cold, from the place being only six leagues from the mountain of Cotopaxi; which as it is little less in height or extent than those of Chimborazo and Caymburo, so, like them, it is covered with ice and snow. The villages are populous; such as are seated in the valleys are hot, those in the plains temperate, whilst those which border on the mountains, like that of the asiento, are cold, and sometimes to an excessive degree. The inhabitants amount to about 12,000, chiefly Spaniards and Mustees. Great quantities of pork are salted here and sent to Quito, Guayaquil, and Riobamba, being highly valued for the peculiar flavour given it in the pickling. The manufactures are those of cloth, bays, and tucuyos. The inhabitants of Pugili and Saquisili are noted for making earthen ware, highly valued all over the province of Quito. The clay of which they are made is of a lively red, remarkably fine, emitting a kind of fragrancy, and the workmanship very neat and ingenious.]

LATANI, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España ; of a warm and moist temperature, and containing 331 families of Zapotecos Indians, including the wards of its district. Thirteen leagues n. of its capital.

LATANIERS, PUNTA DE LOS TRES, a point on the s. coast of the island of S. Domingo, in the French possessions, between the point of Diamante and cape Benet.

LATE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cercado in Peru.

LATELONGI, a river of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil, which runs e. and enters the lake of Mini.

LATIGIOCA, PUNTA DE, a point on the coast of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil; one of those which form the embouchure of the river Amazonas.

LATIGIOCA, Some shoals or rocks of the same province and kingdom as the former point; situate near to it, and taking from it their name.

LATIREQUIQUI, a river of the province and country of the Chiquitos Indians. It rises close to the road which leads to San Juan Baptista, runs e. and enters the Paraguay, in the part called

the Paso.

LAVANDERAS, PUNTA DE LAS, an extremity of the coast of the island of Trinidad.

LAVAPIE, PUNTA DE, a point on the coast of the kingdom of Chile, of the country of the Araucanos Indians; between the point of Rumena and the mouth of the river Tubúl.

LAVAQUERO, a river of the province and government of Popayán. It rises e. of the lake of Papay, and enters the Caquetá.

LAURA, MESA DE, a very lofty mountain of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, and jurisdiction of the city of La Grita, and s. w. of the same.

LAUREL, a small river of the province and colony of N. Carolina; which runs s. s. e. and enters the source of the Conhaway.

[LAUREL Mountain, a range of mountains w. of the Alleghany ridge, and a part of what is called the Alleghany mountains. It extends from Pennsylvania to N. Carolina, and gives rise to several branches of the Obio river. The Great Kanhaway breaks through the Laurel ridge in its way to the Ohio, in lat 37° 50' n. Long. 81° 32' w. In a spur of this mountain, about lat. 36°, is a spring of water, 50 feet deep, very cold, and, it is said, as blue as indigo. The lands within a small distance of the Laurel mountain, through which the Youghiogany runs, are in many places broken and stoney, but rich and well timbered; and in some places, and particularly on Laurel creek, they are rocky and mountainous. From the Laurel mountain to Monongahela, the first seven miles are good, level farming lands, with fine meadows; the timber, white oak, chesnut, hickory, &c.]

[LAURELÉS, a parish of the province and government of Paraguay; situate a little to the n. of the Parana, in Laguna Ubera, in lat. 27° 13′ 57′′ s. Long. 57° 20′ 34" w.]

[LAURENS, a county in Ninety-six district, S. Carolina, lying between Enoree and Saluda rivers. It is about 31 miles long and 22 broad, and contains 8217 free inhabitants, and 1120 slaves.]

[LAURENS Court-house, in the above county, is 20 miles from Bush river, 22 from Newbury court-house, and 17 from Grenville court-house.] [LAURENT OF THE MINE, ST. a settlement in the island of St. Domingo, near the Spanish capital, St. Domingo. It stands in the place where the capital was first founded, on the e. side of the

Ozama, and about a quarter of a league from its confluence with the Isabella. It can only be con sidered as a dependency on St. Domingo, and contains 300 inhabitants, all free Negroes, constituting a cure. It was formed in 1723 by 128 run-away French Negroes, who being sent down to the bay of Ocoa to be shipped off, the Spaniards attacked the escort, and gave arms to the fugitives, maintaining that they were free men.]

LAURENT S. See S. LORENZO.

LAURENT, a bay on the s. coast of the island of Newfoundland, between cape Rouge and that of Burins.

LAURENT, a point or extremity of the n. coast of Cape Britain.

LAURICOCHA, S. ANTONIO DE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Guanta in

Peru.

LAURICOCHA, a lake of the province and corre gimiento of Guanuco in that kingdom; celebrated for being the source of the renowned river Marañon, or of Las Amazonas, which commences its course thence to n. It is 10 leagues long and 34 wide. In lat. 9° 56' s.

LAURIER, COLINES DE, some small moun. tains of the province and colony of Pennsylvania, in N. America, near the w. arm of the river Sus quehannah.

LAWARE, a large river of the same province and colony as the former mountains.

LAWLESS, a small river of the province and colony of N. Carolina, which runs n. w. and enters the Hughes.

[LAWRENCE. Sce LORENZO.]

LAWRENCE River and Gulf, Sr. St. Law. rence is one of the largest rivers in N. Ame rica. It issues from lake Ontario, forming the outlet of the long chain of great lakes which separate Upper Canada from the United States. From lake Ontario to Montreal it has the name of Iroquois, and taking a n. e. course embosoms the island of Montreal; just above which it receives Ottawas from the w. and forms many fertile islands. From Montreal it assumes the name of St. Law rence, and continuing the same course passes by Quebec, and meets the tide upwards of 400 miles from the sea, and is so far navigable for large ves sels. Having received in its course, besides Ottawas, St. John's, Seguina, Desprairies, Trois Rivieres, and innumerable other smaller streams, it falls into the ocean at cape Rosieres, by a mouth about 90 miles broad. In its course it forms a great variety of bays, harbours, and islands, many of them fruitful and extremely pleasant. See QUEBEC, MONTREAL, &c. The main entrance into the gulf of

St. Lawrence from the Atlantic ocean is on the e. between cape Ray, the s. point of Newfoundland island, and the n. cape of Cape Breton; the gut of Canso leads into it from the s. e. between Nova Scotia and the s. end of Cape Breton; and the straits of Belleisle lead into it from the n. between Newfoundland island and the coast of Labrador. It contains a number of islands, viz. St. John's, at its s. extremity, on the coast of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ; Anticosti, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence; besides a number of small islands.] [LAWRENCE, Fort, is a little above the crossing place of Tuscarawas, a branch of Muskingum river.]

[LAWRENCE Town, a thinly settled agricultural township, a few miles to the e. of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.]

[LAWUNAK-HANNOCK, a Moravian settlement nearly opposite Goshgoshink, on Alleghany river, and 20 miles n. e. of fort Franklin.] LAXA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tamazunchale, and alcaldia mayor of Valles, in Nueva España. It is a settlement of Chichimecos Indians; annexed to the curacy of Tula, and belonging to the bishopric of Mechoacán. Its amount of population is not exactly ascertained, since they could never be brought together so as to be counted, as they continually desert the settlement. They are of a sluggish disposition, and difficult to be reduced to the faith. Thirty leagues from its head settlement.

LAXA, another settlement, with the dedicatory title of San Joseph; one of the missions and reduccions of Indians of the order of S. Francisco, in the district of the alcaldía mayor of Guadalax. ara; from the capital of which it is more than 60 leagues to the e.

LAXA, another, of the province and corregi miento of Omasuyos in Peru; on the shore of the river Coya.

LAXA, a river of the province and district of the island of this name, in the kingdom of Chile. It rises in the mountain and volcano of Chillan, runs in a large stream to the w. for many leagues, and enters the Biobio, turning its course somewhat to the n. w. It has different fording places, namely those of Salts and Pangál, and a great cascade, where the water precipitates from an height of 40 fathoms over rocks. Near its head is the fort of Tucapél, built by the Spaniards to check the incursions of the Araucanos Indians. Its shores are covered with many very fertile estates, called Tarpeyanca, Leon, Caripuclion, and Jesus; and it has an excellent stone quarry, called San Joseph. Its mouth is in lat. 37° 9' s.

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LAXA, a rocky shoal near the coast of the island of Cuba, between the cape of San Antonio and the coast of Florida.

LAXA, another, near the coast of the province and kingdom of Tierra Firme, at the mouth of the river Chagre.

LAXA, an island of the kingdom of Brazil, which is a territory surrounded by rivers of its name, and some others.

LAXAS, a settlement and real of silver mines of the government of Mariquita, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; of an hot temperature, and abounding in vegetable productions. It was formerly a rich town, owing to its mines, which are no longer worked, and is now reduced to a popu lation of 100 housekeepers. It is very near its capital.

LAXAS, another settlement, in the province and government of Popayán in the same kingdom; on the shore of the river Caquetá.

LAXAS, a river of the province and kingdom of Tierra Firme; which rises in the mountains of Pacora, runs s. and enters the sea in the bay and gulf of Panamá.

LAXAS, a river of the province and corregimiento of Pataz or Caxamarquilla in Peru, which rises in the territory of the Untucailis Indians, runs n. w. and enters the Guallaga.

LAZA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cicasica in Peru.

LAZAO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Juquila, and alcaldía mayor of Xicayán, in Nueva España. It contains 39 families of Indians, and is 30 leagues n. e. of its head settlement.

LAZARO, S. a settlement of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate on the shore of the river Matazán, to the w. of the city of Truxillo.

LAZARO, another settlement, in the province and government of Sonora, and kingdom of Nueva España; on the shore of a river, near the town of San Felipe de Guebavi.

[LAZARUS, ARCHIPELAGO OF Sг. See DE FONTE.]

[LEACOCK, a township in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.]

LEAN, a river of the province and government Honduras, and kingdom of Guatemala; running into the sea at the gulf of this name.

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LEAPI, S. PEDRO DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Nexapa in Nueva España; situate in the plain of a rugged territory, surrounded with mountains covered with trees. It is inhabited by 32 families 3 B