ng a part of their contents. It is
generally spelled _lie_, or _lye_.

_Linnaeus_, (Charles,) a native of Sweden, and the most celebrated
naturalist of his age. He was born May 13, 1707, and died January 11,
1778. His life was devoted to the study of natural history. The science
of botany, in particular, is greatly indebted to his labors. His
'_Amoenitates Academicae_' (Academical Recreations) is a collection of
the dissertations of his pupils, edited by himself; a work rich in
matters relating to the history and habits of plants. He was the first
who arranged Natural History into a regular system, which has been
generally called by his name. His proper name was Linne.

_Lobe_, a division, a distinct part; generally applied to the two
divisions of the lungs.

_Log Cabin_, a cabin or house built of logs, as is generally the case in
newly-settled countries.

_Loire_, the largest river of France, being about five hundred and fifty
miles in length. It rises in the mountains of Cevennes, and empties into
the Atlantic Ocean, about forty miles below the city of Nantes. It
divides France into two almost equal parts.

_London Medical Society_, a distinguished association, formed in 1773.
It has published some valuable volumes of its Transactions. It has a
library, of about 40,000 volumes, which is kept in a house presented to
the Society, in 1788, by the celebrated Dr. Lettsom, who was one of its
first members.

_Louis XIV._, a celebrated King of France and Navarre, who was born
Sept. 5, 1638, and died Sept. 1, 1715. His mother having before had no
children, though she had been married twenty-two years, his birth was
considered as a particular favor from heaven, and he was called the
'Gift of God.' He is sometimes styled 'Louis the Great,' and his reign
is celebrated as an era of magnificence and learning, and is notorious
as a period of licentiousness. He left behind him monuments of
unprecedented splendor and expense, consisting of palaces, gardens, and
other like works.

_Lumbar_, (from the Latin _lumbus_, the loin,) relating or pertaining to
the loins.

_Lunacy, writ of_, a judicial proceeding, to ascertain whether a person
be a lunatic.

_Mademoiselle_, the French word for Miss, a young girl.

_Magnesia_, a light and white alkaline earth, which enters into the
composition of many rocks, communicating to them a greasy or soapy
feeling, and a striped texture, with sometimes a greenish color.

_Malaria_, (Italia