Ladybank

Ladybank, a police-burgh of Fife, 5 1/2 miles SW. of Cupar. Pop. 1350.

Ladysmith

Ladysmith (see also Ladismith), a town of 6000 in Natal, 140 miles NW. of Durban. Here in 1S99-1900 the British forces under Sir George White were invested by the Boers for 120 days, till relieved by Sir Redvers Buller.

Laeken

Laeken (La'ken), a northern suburb of Brussels, containing the royal palace (1782), with valuable works of art and historical documents. Pop. (1902)31,350.

Lafayette

Lafayette, in Indiana, on the Wabash River, is 63 miles NW. of Indianapolis. It contains the Purdue state university, and manufactures farming-implements, machinery, cars and wagons, etc. Pop. 20,000.

Lagan

Lagan, a river of Ulster, flowing 35 miles to Belfast Lough at Belfast.

Laggan

Laggan, a hamlet and parish of Inverness-shire, 11 miles WSW. of Kingussie, on the Spey. Loch Laggan, 7 miles farther to the SW., is 7 miles long, and discharges by the Spean to the Lochy. Between Laggan and Kingussie is Cluny Castle, seat of the chief of the Macphersons.

Lago Maggiore

Lago Maggiore. See Maggiore.

Lagos

Lagos, a seaport on the south coast of Portugal, 30 miles ENE. from Cape St Vincent. Pop. 7900. In the Bay of Lagos Boscawen defeated the French Toulon fleet in 1759.

Lagos

Lagos, a British colony and protectorate on the Guinea coast of Africa. The colony comprises the islands of Lagos and Iddo (annexed in 1861), and about 140 miles of coast between Dahomey and Southern Nigeria. Area, 3460 sq. m. - The protectorate (arranged 1901) extends to the French possessions on the Middle Niger, and has an area of 25,240 sq. m. The total population is about 1,500,000. Lagos island is 3|sq. m. in area; at its W. end stands Lagos town (pop. 40,000), the only safe harbour for 1000 miles.

La Guaira

La Guaira. See Guaira.

La Hague

La Hague, the north-west extremity of the peninsula ofCotentin (q. v.) over against Aklerney. It is crowned by a lighthouse, 158 feet high.

Lahn

Lahn, an important affluent of the Rhine in its middle course.

La Hogue

La Hogue, a roadstead on the east side of the peninsula of Cotentin (q.v.). On May 19, 1692, the French fleet under Tourville, which Louis XIV. had collected to invade England for James II., was defeated here by the English and Dutch fleets under the Jacobite Admiral Russell.

Lahr

Lahr, a town of Baden, on an affluent of the Rhine, 20 miles SSE. of Strasburg. Pop. 15,000.

Laibach

Laibach (Li-bahh), capital of the Austrian province of Carniola, on the Laibach, 92 miles NE. of Trieste. Pop. 36,691.

Laings Nek

Laing's Nek, a defile in the Drakenberge Mountains, Natal, 16 miles from the N. point of its frontier. Here the Boers defeated the British forces under Colley, January 28, 1881.

Lairg

Lairg, a Sutherland village, on the Shin, 67 miles by rail N. by W. of Inverness.

Lake of the Thousand Islands

Lake of the Thousand Islands, an expansion of the St Lawrence (q.v.) extending about 40 miles below Lake Ontario. It contains some 1500 rocky islets, the largest, Wolfe Island (48 sq. m. ; pop. 2383), measuring 21 miles by 7.