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LEFT LLAMA 500 LLOYD-GEORGE Guernsey. The chief families of lizards ai-e the Scincidse, or skinks; the Gecko- iidse, or geckos; the Iguanidse, or igua- nas; and the Chaviseleonidfe, or chame- leons. Poison glands are wanting in the lizards; the only exception being the Helodermn of Arizona and Mexico, which is capable of inflicting a poisonous bite by means of poison glands connected with grooved teeth. LLAMA, or LAMA, an even-toed ungulate of the family Camelidx; habi- tat, the S. parts of Peru. It is larger than the guanaco, usually white, some- times spotted with brown or black and sometimes entirely black. In size it is smaller, and in general form lighter than the camels, standing about three feet at the shoulder; no dorsal dump. Feet nar- row, toes widely separated, each with a distinct pad; hairy covering long and woolly. The earliest account of this ani- mal is that of DeZarate, treasurer- general of Peru, in 1544. The llama is only known in a domesticated state, and is still used as a beast of burden. Remains of llamas have been found in the Pleistocene deposits of the Rocky Mountains and in Central America. LLANQXTIHITE, a province of Chile; between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean ; area nearly 8,000 square miles; is ex- tremely fertile, yielding abundant har- vests to its inhabitants, who are mostly Germans; capital, Puerto Montt. Pop. (1917) 148,214. LLOYD, HENRY DEMAREST, an American writer on economics, brother of David; born in New York, May 1, 1847. He received his education at Co- lumbia College, and shortly after gradu- ating joined the editorial staff of the Chicago "Tribune." He resided in Win- netka, 111. His chief work is the not- able book "Wealth Against Common- wealth." He has also written "A Strike of Millionaires against Miners, or the Story of Spring Valley," "A Country Without Strikes," etc. He died in 1903. LLOYD-GEORGE. DAVID, a British statesman ; born in Manchester, of Welsh parentage, in 1863. His father was an invalid and the boy was brought up under humble circumstances and in most unpromising surroundings. He edu- cated himself and studied law. He showed great talent in his chosen field and through the winning of an impor- tant lawsuit involving the right of bur- ial in parochial burial grounds, he be- came widely known. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1890 and was re-elected without interruption. During the first ten years of his career he at- tracted comparatively little attention. He first came into public notice as a bit- ter opponent of the Boer War. He warmly supported the Boers and v.'ith this gained the reputation of being the most unpopular man in England. He was threatened, hated, and mobbed. Following the close of the war, however, his reputation rapidly increased and his ability had become so evident that he was included in the Liberal Ministry of 1906, as president of the Board of Trade. In 1908 he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and in this capacity put through a bill for an old-age pension and for other reform measures. He was ac- tive in the passage of a bill aimed to cripple the veto power of the House of Lords. In 1911 he presented the second of his great reforms, the National In- surance Bill. He was also prominent in DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE the bill providing for the disestablish- ment of the Anglican church in Wales, and supported the Irish Home Rule Bill. In 1913 he embarked upon a campaign, the project of which was to free the land by breaking up the great estates and pro- viding for a minimum wage for farm labor, rigid building laws, and other radical measures. These efforts won for him the displeasure of the land-owning classes. The outbreak of the World War put an end to these domestic questions for the time being. It was the part of Lloyd-George as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer to arrange for war loans greater than ever required before, and in this he proved a veritable genius. As a result of the dissatisfaction with the problem