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 338 LE MOYNE LEMUR was wounded in an action against the English under Phips, who attacked Quebec in 1690, and was made governor of Montreal and baron in 1700 ; became commandant general of the colony; was active in the preparation to re- ceive the English under Walker and Nicholson in 1711 ; governor of Three Rivers in 1720, and of Montreal again in 1724. He persuaded the Iroquois in 1726, in spite of the opposition of Gov. Burnet of New York, to allow him to re- build Fort Niagara. II. Paul, sieur de Mari- court, born in Montreal, Dec. 15, 1663, died in March, 1704. He distinguished himself under his brother Iberville in Hudson bay and in the defence of Quebec, commanded a corps of the French forces against the Iroquois, and subsequently negotiated peace with them in 1701, and exercised great influence in the na- tion. III. Joseph, sieur de Serigny, born in Montreal, July 22, 1668, died in Rochefort, France, in 1734. In 1694 and 1697 he brought over squadrons to operate against the English on Hudson bay, in concert with his brother Iberville. He was also in command of a squad- ron that brought out some of the first colonists of Louisiana. He surveyed the coasts*of that colony in 1718-'19 ; took part in the capture of Pensacola from the Spaniards, May 14, 1719, and repulsed them with great gallantry from Dauphin island, Aug. 19; was made captain of a ship of the line in 1720 ; and in 1723 be- came governor of Rochefort, which office he held at his death. IV. Antoine, sieur de Chateau- gnay, born in Montreal, July 7, 1683, died in Rochefort, France, March 21, 1747. He entered the royal army, and arrived in Louisiana in 1704 with a body of colonists. He served under Iber- ville in his last expeditions against the English in 1705-' 6, was made commandant of the troops in Louisiana in 1717, and king's lieutenant in the colony and knight of St. Louis in 1718. He took command of Pensacola after aiding with an Indian force to effect its capture from the Spaniards, May 14, 1719, surrendered it to them on Aug. 7, and was prisoner of war till July, 1720. He resumed command at Mobile after the peace, was made governor of Mar- tinique in 1727, returned to France in 1744, and became governor of Isle Royale, or Cape Breton, in 1745. Besides these, three other brothers attained some prominence. JACQUES, sieur de Ste. Helene, born in April, 1659, served under Iberville on several occasions, and was mortally wounded in the defence against Phips in 1690. FRANQOIS, sieur de Bienville I., born March 10, 1666, was killed in battle with the Iroquois at Repentigny, June 7, 1691. Louis, sieur de Chateauguay I., born in January, 1676, was actively engaged in the operations at Hudson bay, especially in the cap- ture of Fort Monsonis, was mortally wound- ed in the successful assault on Fort Nelson, and died Nov. 4, 1694. Sauvolle, first colonial governor of Louisiana, who is sometimes spoken of as one of the brothers Le Moyne, was not of this family. LEMPA, a river of San Salvador, and the largest stream of Central America falling into the Pacific. It rises in the lake of Guija, in the N. "W. corner of San Salvador, flows nearly due E. through a broad and fertile valley for a dis- tance of nearly 150 m., and then, turning ab- ruptly S., breaks through the volcanic coast range of mountains, and falls into the Pacific in lat. 13 22' N., Ion. 88 12' W. For a con- siderable part of its course it is navigable. It drains a wide expanse of country, has numer- ous large tributaries, and as a consequence is subject to sudden floods, at which times the water rises on the lower portions of the stream from 20 to 35 ft., completely submerging the neighboring country. The mouth of the river, which is broad and open, is obstructed by a bar with only 6 ft. of water ; but the estero of Jaltepeque approaches to within a league of the river, with which it is connected by a nat- ural channel, navigable by small boats during the rainy season. LEMPRIERE, John, an English scholar, born in Jersey about 1760, died Feb. 1, 1824. He was educated at Westminster school and at Pembroke college, Oxford, where he graduated in 1792. He compiled a Bibliotheca Classica, or " Classical Dictionary," first published in 1788 in 8vo, and afterward enlarged to 4to. This was the chief book of reference on ancient mythology, biography, and geography until the appearance (1842-'53) of the dictionaries edit- ed by Dr. William Smith. He also published a " Universal Biography " (4to, London, 1808), and commenced a translation of Herodotus, of which he published one volume in 1792. LEMUR, the name "applied to many animals of the order quadrumana or monkeys, of the families galeopithecida and lemuridce, all of the old world. The galeopith^cida have been described under FLYING LEMUR. In the true lemurs (or prosimice, as they are sometimes called) the upper incisors are four, mostly in pairs, separate from the canines, and the low- er four or two; the feet are five-toed, with opposable thumbs on the hind ones, and the fourth finger the longest; the hind feet the longest, with the nail of the second finger in- curved, the other nails flat. The name lemur, which signifies ghost or spectre, was given to them by Linn&us from their nocturnal habits. More than 30 species are known, divided into five principal genera, inhabiting chiefly Mada- gascar, a few living in Africa and the warm regions of Asia and its archipelago. Though classed with the quadrumana, they come near- er to the insectivora in the two-horned uterus, the permanent separation of the lower jaw at the symphysis, and the openness of the orbits behind. The head is rounded, and the snout so elongated and pointed that they are often called fox-nosed monkeys ; the legs are toler- ably long, the eyes large and in the front of the head, the ears small, the fur soft, and the tail generally long and bushy. They are very pretty animals, and are gentle and playful in