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 LEGRAND DU SAULLE LEHIGH 321 dramatist, son of the preceding, born in Paris, Feb. 14, 1807. At an early age he wrote novels, plays, and poems, and his lectures on L 1 Histoire morale desfemmes were published in 1848. In 1849, in conjunction with Scribe, he produced Adrienne Lecouvreur, which gained great popu- larity through the personation of the heroine by Rachel. She, however, paid a fine of 5,000 francs rather than perform in his Medee, a play which in Montanelli's Italian version was in 1856 very successful with Ristori. In 1856 he succeeded Ancelot as a member of the academy. Among his works are Beatrix (1861), La croix d'Jionneur et les comediens (1863), Miss Suzanne (1867), and Messieurs les enfants (1868). LEGRAND DU SAULLE, Henri, a French phy- sician, born in Dijon in 1830. He was one of the writers of the Gazette des Hopitaux (1854- '61), and of other medical journals, and became in 1867 physician at the Bicetre. He is a high authority on the treatment of the insane, and his Folie devant les tribunaux (Paris, 1864) obtained an academical prize. Among his numerous other writings is Le delire des per- secutions (1871), suggested by the warfare against the followers of the commune. LEH, or Le, a city of Cashmere,. India, capi- tal of the province of Ladakh, situated in the upper part of an open valley of the Hima- laya, 3 in. N". of the Indus and 11,500 ft. above the sea, about 150 m. E. of Serinagur or Cashmere ; lat. 34 8' 5" K, Ion. 77 40' 36" E. ; pop. variously estimated from 5,000 to 12,000. It covers the slope and surrounds the base of a low spur on the E. side of the valley, the middle and W. side of which are occupied The Kajah's Pakce, Leh. by extensive cultivated tracts, the fields rising in terraces one above another. It is surround- ed by a wall defended at intervals by towers. The streets are irregular and intricate. The houses are mostly of stone or of unbaked brick, with flat roofs. One of the most striking buildings is the rajah's palace, a huge pile of masonry upon a high rocky pinnacle in the centre of the town. There are also several picturesque temples. Outside of the walls, in a valley surrounded by hills, is a large cemetery containing many groups of monumental build- ings, far exceeding in number the houses of the living. Leh is an important commercial centre, it being the place of rendezvous for merchants travelling to and from Yarkand, and the prin- cipal market for the sale of the shawl wool of East Turkistan. In the summer, when the caravans from central Asia and India meet there, its population is greatly increased. The town is called Ladak by Capt. Knight in his "Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet "(London, 1863). LEHIGH, a river of Pennsylvania, rising near Wilkesbarre, Luzerne co., in the N. E. part of the state, and uniting with the Delaware at Easton after a S. S. E. course of about 90 m. In its upper course it is a rapid and pic- turesque mountain stream, broken by several falls. It passes through a rich coal region, for the products of which it serves as an outlet. It breaks through the Blue Ridge 12 m. below Mauch Chunk, to which place, the terminus of the slackwater navigation, it is navigable by canal boats. LEHIGH, an E. county of Pennsylvania, bounded N. W. by the Kittatinny or Blue mountains, and S. E. by South mountain, and drained by Lehigh river ; area, 389 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 56,796. It abounds in iron ore, limestone, and clay slate, and has an undula- ting surface and a fertile soil. The railroads passing through it are the Lehigh Valley, the East Pennsyl- vania, the Catasauqua and Fogelsville, and the North Pennsylvania. The chief productions in 1870 were 361,209 bushels of wheat, 162,147 of rye, 549,480 of Indian corn, 530,632 of oats, 279,718 of potatoes, 915,818 Ibs. of butter, and 38,726 tons of hay. There were 7,816 horses, 11,591 milch cows, 6,847 other cat- tle, 3,123 sheep, and 17,505 swine; 13 manufactories of agricultural implements, 23 of brick, 35 of carriages, 2 of cars, 1 of refined pe- troleum, 24 of iron, 10 of lime, 10 of machinery, 13 of roofing materials, 24 of saddlery and harness, 5 of sash, doors, and blinds, 19 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 34 of chewing and smoking tobacco, 2 of woollen goods, 6 breweries, 24 tanneries, 25 currying establishments, 7 saw mills, and 21 flour mills. Capital, Allentown.