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352 LEOBEN LEON his own name. From this time he resided chiefly at Eome, and having mastered the Ital- ian language was made professor of Arabic. Here he wrote his famous description of Afri- ca, composed in Arabic, and after his death published in Italian. Ramusio, who issued this version in his Raccolta, asserts that he died at Rome ; but Widmanstadt, a German orien- talist of the 16th century, states that after the death of his patron he returned to Tunis, where he again embraced the Mohammedan faith. The merit of his great work on Africa has been universally acknowledged, and Ramu- sio remarks that no previous writer has given so accurate a description of that part of the world. The best Latin version is that of the Elzevirs (1632). LEOBEN, a town of Austria, in the province of Styria, on the Mur, and on the Vienna and Trieste railway, 10m. W. S. W. of Bruck ; pop- in 1870, 5,091. The inhabitants are most- ly engaged in mining and forging iron, and it is the seat of a famous school of mines. The preliminary treaty between the French repub- lic and Austria, which terminated Napoleon's second Italian campaign, and was followed by the peace of Campo Formio, was concluded here, ApriMS, 1797. LEOBSCHUTZ, a town of Prussia, in the prov- ince of Silesia, capital of the mediatized princi- pality of Jagerndorf, which belongs to the prince of Liechtenstein, 34 m. S. of Oppeln; pop. in 1871, 10,689. It has a castle, four churches, and a gymnasium. There is an ac- tive trade in grain and flax, and 2,000 persons are employed in woollen knitting. LEOCHARES, an Athenian sculptor, who flourished about the middle of the 4th cen- tury B. C. He was one of the artists em- ployed by Artemisia of Oaria on the tomb of her husband Mausolus. He was also one of those engaged by Philip of Macedon to exe- cute memorials of his victory at Chseronea; but his masterpiece was his bronze statue of the " Abduction of Ganymede by the Bird of Jove," of which the best extant copy is at Rome. His statue of " Zeus Ceraunius " was also very celebrated. LEOMINSTER, a borough of England, in Here- fordshire, on the Lugg, 13 m. N. N. W. of Hereford, on the railway to Shrewsbury ; pop. in 1871, 5,865. Here the Leominster canal, which is 10 m. long and issues from the Sev- ern at Stourport, enters the Lugg. It has a grammar school, an ancient church, and a house of industry. Among the principal manufactures are leather, gloves, and hats. LEOMINSTER, a town of Worcester co., Mas- sachusetts, on the Nashua river, and on the Fitchburg and the Boston, Clinton, and Fitch- burg railroads, 38 m. W. N. W. of Boston ; pop. in 1870, 3,984. It is the chief seat of the comb manufacture of the state, and contains also paper and piano factories, two large cabinet shops, an extensive manufactory of children's carriages, a national bank, 17 public schools, including a high school, a weekly newspaper, and five churches. LEON. I. A. N. county of Florida, border- ing on Georgia, and bounded W. by Ocklo- conee river ; area, 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 15,236, of whom 12,341 were colored. It has an undulating surface and productive soil. It is traversed by the Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroad and its branch to St. Marks. The chief productions in 1870 were 258,432 bushels of Indian corn. 34,035 of sweet pota- toes, 6,518 bales of cotton, 43 hogsheads of sugar, and 27,099 gallons of molasses. There were 427 horses, 1,296 mules and asses, 1,625 milch cows, 3,919 other cattle, and 6,299 swine ; 3 saw mills, and 1 railroad repair shop. Capital, Tallahassee, which is also the capital of the state. II. An E. central county of Texas, bounded E. by Trinity river, and W. by the Navasoto; area, 1,100 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 6,523, of whom 2,708 were colored. The soil on the uplands is a sandy loam, and in the bottoms a rich black loam. The chief productions in 1870 were 160,906 bushels of Indian corn, 24,505 of sweet potatoes, 44,998 Ibs. of butter, and 4,897 bales of cotton. There were 2,405 horses, 5,263 milch cows, 1,414 working oxen, 18,041 other cattle, 1,116 sheep, and 19,512 swine. Capital Leona. LEON. I. A former kingdom of Spain, now mainly divided into the provinces of Leon, Zamora, and Salamanca (area, 15,240 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 881,940), bounded N. by Asturias, E. by Old Castile, S. by Estremadura, and W. by Portugal and Galicia. The principal rivers are the Douro and its tributaries, but a small portion of the N. W. part is drained by afflu- ents of the' Minho. The climate is mild in spring, hot in summer, and excessively cold in winter. Leon was anciently a part of the Ro- man province of Hispania Tarraconensis. Af- ter the destruction of the Gothic monarchy by the Arabs in the beginning of the 8th century the foundations of the kingdom of Leon were laid by Pelayo and Alfonso I. of Asturias, but Ordofio II. (913-'23) was the first to assume the title of king. In the llth century it was united to Old Castile, and after a short separa- tion reunited in the 13th. (See SPAIS-.) II. A province of Spain, comprising the N. part of the ancient kingdom, bordering on the provinces of Oviedo, Palencia, Valladolid, Zamora, Orense, and Lugo; area, 6,166 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 350,092. The N. and W. parts are rugged and mountainous, but in the E. are wide undula- ting plains, well adapted for agriculture, where wheat, maize, hemp, and flax are produced abundantly, and the vine is successfully culti- vated. Iron, lead, antimony, coal, and marble are found in the mountains, but iron only is mined to any extent. There are few manufac- tures and little trade. The principal towns are Leon, the capital, Astorga, and Almansa. III. A city, capital of the province, at the junction of the Torio with the Bernesga, 180 m. N. N. W. of Madrid ; pop. about 10,000. It is built