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486 LIMOGES LINAGES the rule of the law merchant for the protection of bona fide holders, overriding the rule of statute law for the protection of the corpora- tion. For the limitation of suits to enforce liabilities, see LIMITATION, STATUTES OF. LIMOGES, a town of France, capital of the department of Haute- Vienne, situated on the right bank of the Vienne, which is here crossed by three bridges, 215 m. S. by W. of Paris ; pop. in 1872, 55,134. It is built on the top and side of a hill, and except in its older parts has regular streets, with two handsome squares and many fine edifices. The principal public buildings are the cathedral, a Gothic structure begun in the 13th century, the churches of St. Michel and St. Pierre, the bishop's palace, the public library, which contains 23,000 volumes, the town hall, the theatre, and the beautiful fountain of Aigoulene. The town also con- tains a theological seminary, a college, an in- sane asylum, and several institutions of char- ity. The most flourishing manufacture is that of porcelain, due to the discovery here in 1768 of kaolin. The art of enamelling, for which Limoges was distinguished from the 14th to the 18th century, has since declined. The commerce is active in grain, wine, brandy, iron, copper, tin, and kaolin. The Limousin horses are a celebrated breed, much valued for the cavalry service. Limoges was the chief town of the Celtic tribe of the Lemovices. It was a place of importance under the Romans, was ceded to the English by the treaty of Bre- tigny, and formed part of the principality of Aquitaine under Edward the Black Prince, who in 1370 put 3,000 of its inhabitants to the sword in consequence of a revolt against his authority. A conflagration in 1864 destroyed 60 saints, and possessed more than 40 convents before the revolution. LIMOUSIN, a former province of central France, now forming parts of the departments of Haute- Vienne, Correze, Creuse, and Dor- dogne. It was bounded N. by Marche, E. by Auvergne, and S. and W. by Guienne and An- goumois. Its capital was Limoges. The in- habitants are engaged more in stock raising and manufactures than in agriculture. LIMPET, a name applied to the gasteropod mollusks of the families patellidce, calyptrcsi- Limoges. 100 houses. Limoges is one of the oldest strongholds of Roman Catholicism in France, having supplied the church with 4 popes and 1. Boat Shell (Crepidula). 2. Eock Limpet (Patella). 8. Keyhole Limpet (Fissurella). dee, and fissurellidce. The shell is conical, with the apex turned forward, variously ridged, and with more or less indented borders ; the species are all marine, very numerous both living and fossil, and largest in the tropical seas. The common or rock limpet (patella) is more or less circular, conical above, flat below, furnished with a large, thick foot, by which it adheres very firm- ly to rocks and other shells; the food consists of sea- weeds, which it rasps with the powerful tongue. In the second family, or bon- net limpet, belongs the "boat shell" or "ladies' slipper" (crepidula) of the New England coast, having a wide horizontal partition over half the shell, like the seat of a boat ; they adhere very firmly to the rocks. In the third family, the key- hole limpet (fissurella) has the apex pierced by a small longitudinal fissure, resem- bling a keyhole. LINiCRE, Thomas, an Eng- lish physician, born in Can- terbury about 1460, died in London, Oct. 20, 1524. He was a fellow of Oxford, studied on the continent, became professor of physic at Oxford, was physician and tutor to the prince of Wales, and physician to Henry