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* LAGUNA. 693 LA HIRE. south by the latter and Batangas, and on the west b^- the Province of Cavite. Its area is 752 square miles. Its surface is broken and moun- tainous in the central and northern jjortions, ris- ing 6000 feet in Mount San Cristobal : in the east and northwest it is more level. The climate is variable vnth respect to temperature, but al- ways humid ; the province is watered by nu- merous streams and lakes, which in the rainy season form fever-breeding swamps. The vegeta- tion is exuberant, and quantities of sugar, palay, corn, coffee, and cocoanuts are produced. The production of cocoanut oil is a nourishing indus- try, and there are also some manufactures, most of the bolos used by the Filipinos' being made here. Though the province is intersected with many high roads, communication with Manila is mostly carried on by steamers on the lake. A railroad has been projected from Manila to the capital of the province, and there are several telegraph lines in operation. The inhabitants are exdusivelv Tagalos, and are all more or less civilized. They numbered, in 1900, 177,000. The capital is Santa Cruz (q.v.). LAGUNA. An important Pueblo town of New Mexico. .'Standing second on the list, situated some 40 miles west of Albuquerque and directly on the line of the Santa Fe Railroad. The in- habitants belong to the Keresan stock (q.v.), and, like all the other Pueblo Indians, are indus- trious and self-supporting, raising sufficient crops for their owti wants, although almost their whole territory is a desert., and the Indian title, acquired under old Spanish laws, is in disi)ute. According to a recent official report, only 21.5 out of over 17,000 acres covered by their grant can be vised for farming purposes, and tlieir main dependence is an adjoining strip of fertile land along the San Jose River. The population, with outlying settlements, is about 1100. See, also, Pueblo. LAGUNA DE BAY. A lake in the Philip- pines. Sec Bay L.goox. LA HABANA, la ha-uii'na. Tlie smallest, but most important and most populous, province of Cuba. It occupies a band running across the western part of the island from the tiulf of Mexi- co to the Caribbean Sea. and is liouniied by the Province of Pinar del Rio on the west, anil Matan- zas on the east. Its area, including the Isle of Pines (q.v.), is 2772 square miU's. Its surface is rather low and undulating, with some unde- fined elevations in the interior. The forests yield valual)Ie cabinet-timber, and all the various agri- culturnl products of the island are represented. La Habana is the principal manufacturing prov- ince of the Republic, and has numerous large cigar anil cigarette factories, as well as foun- dries, tanneries, sawmills, and distilleries. The province is as densely populated as the State of Connecticut: its population in 1SS7 was 4.51.928, and in 1900. 424.snt. The capital is Havana. LA HARPE, la iirp. FRt5nf;Rir Cr;:sAR de (1754-1838). A Swiss statesnuui. born at RoUe. in the Canton of Vaud. He studied at Geneva and Tubingen. and went in 1782 to Saint Peters- burg, where he became tutor of the future .lex- ander I. He was a passionate re|niblican and a Vaudois patriot, and his writings stirred up re- volts against the tyranny of the Rernese, but brought about his dismissal by the F.niperor of Russia, and caused liini to be outlawed Iiy the Swiss authorities. In 1795 he was in France, so- liciting the intervention of the Directory in Swiss allairs, and in 1798, when French troops had instituted an Helvetian republic. La Harpe be- came one of its directors. The restoration of the cantonal system sent La Harpe a fugitive to Paris in 1800, where he lived till 1814. When the Allies entered Paris, Alexander I. greeted his old tutor affectionately, gave him the rank of general, and at his entreaties insisted in the Congress of 'ienna on the rights of the Canton of Vaud. In 1816 La Harpe settled at Lausanne, where he died. LA HARPE, Jean Fbax^ois de (1739-1803). A French critic, born in Paris, Xoveniber 20, 1739. He began his literary life as a satirist with Heroides (1759), followed this with four mediocre classical tragedies, visited Voltaire at Ferney from I7G6 to 1708, and then became literary critic of the Mercure de Fiance, continu- ing to write dramas and gaining Academic rec- ognition. He was elected to the Academy ( 1770), and in 1780 became professor of literature at the Lycee. His lectures there, published as Coiirs de litterature ancienne et modenie (I789-I805), though narrow and superficial, were once highly esteemed. He joined the revolutionaiy movement, but was imprisoned during the Directorate, and from a Voltairean became an ardent Catholic. In criticism La Harpe stands on the threshold of the romantic revival as the talented represen- tative of a sterile conservative classicism. His 'JCune.s. in 16 volumes, appeared in 1821. LAHIJAN, la'he-jan'. An important trading town of Persia, in the Province of Cdiilan, eight miles from the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. 29 miles east-southeast of Resht (Map: Persia. D 3). It was formerly the capital of the Province of Ohilan. Silk is the chief product. Population, estimated at 5000. LA HIRE, la er. Etiexxe de Vigxolles (C.1390-I443). A French general. He was born in Gascony. and the name La Hire, given him by his enemies, was adopted by him. In 1420 he de- fended Crepy against the Duke of Burgundy, but had to surrender the town. He fought bravely at Coucv: was at the siege of Alencon in 1421. and in the battle of Verneuil in 1424. and in 1429 was with Jeanne d'Arc at Orleans. In 1431 he was captured by the English in an attempt to release .Jeanne from her imprisonment in Rouen, but was ransomed by the French cities, and assisted in the capture of Chartres (1432). At the close of the war, as a reward for his ser- vices, he got permission to plunder the provinces which had been the scene of the strife. He died at Montanban. after many honor.s had been con- ferred on him by Charles VII. On account of his companionship with .Jeanne d'.rc, and of the many stories told of his bravery and wit. he ia one of the most popular of the French chevaliers, and his name is often used at cards in French for the knave of hearts. LA HIRE, Lavrext de (lfi06.nr>). A French painter, born in Paris. He was the pupil of his father, Etienne de la Hire (or Hyre), and after- wards of Lallemand. but imitated Primnticcio, whose pictures he had studied at Fontaineblenu. He first painted decorative siibjects for churches and palaces, and portraits: then devoted himself to easel pictures and landscapes. In 1648 he was one of the twelve founders of the Academic