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LULA

Volume 17 · 164 words · 1810 Edition

a town of Swedish Lapland; seated at the mouth of the river Lula, on the west side of the gulf of Bothnia, 42 miles south-west of Tornia. E. Long. 21° 0' N. Lat. 64° 30'.

LULA Lapmark, a province of Swedish Lapland; bounded by that of Tornia on the north, by the Bothnic gulf on the east, by Pithia Lapmark on the south, and Norway on the west.

ULLI, JOHN BAPTIST, the most celebrated and most excellent musician that has appeared in France since the revival of learning, was born at Florence. He was taken to France when very young by a person of quality; and he carried the art of playing on the viol in to the highest perfection. Louis XIV. made him superintendent of music. Some time after Perinna having introduced operas into France, and quarrelling with his company, he resigned his privilege to Lulli. Operas were then carried to the utmost perfection by this celebrated musician, and were attended with continual