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Kondylostoma patens, a microscopic infusorian, iv. 113 Kraken: sea‐serpent, iv. 149. (_See_ Sea‐serpent.)

La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America, iii. 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310; his character and death, 309, 310, 311 Lacquer‐work in Japan, iv. 40 “Lady Franklin”: the search for Franklin, iii. 207 La Hogue, battle of, ii. 32 Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal; catching pelicans, i. 112, 116 “La Marguerite,” on the Goodwin Sands, ii. 253 Lambert, James, a blind native of Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from drowning, iv. 268 Land crabs, iv. 152, 153 Land’s End, iv. 207 Lapland, Dutch Expedition to, iii. 142 La Perouse: his monument in Petropaulovski, i. 132 Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation, ii. 106 Lascars, as sailors, i. 43 Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in America, iii. 312, 313 Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the “Hansa,” iii. 259, 263 Laudanum stew given to treacherous Esquimaux, iii. 243 La Valette: his defence of Malta, i. 102 Lay’s torpedo, ii. 151, 153 Leake, Sir John: his defence of Gibraltar, i. 94 Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate, i. 275 Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s “Westward Ho!” i. 43 Lentzé, Herr: his co‐operation with M. de Lesseps, i. 111 Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal, i. 107 Letters of Marque, i. 270; iii. 2 Lewis, Richard: “The Life‐boat and its Work,” ii. 210 Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard, ii. 19 Liessou, M.: his co‐operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez Canal,