an island in the Baltic Sea, being one of the portions of the kingdom of Denmark. It extends in north latitude from 54. 38. 30. to 54. 57. 30., and in east longitude from 10. 53. 1. to 11. 46. 2. and contains 470 square miles. It comprehends five cities or towns, and sixty-nine parishes, with 42,700 inhabitants. The soil is of moderate fertility, but the whole industry being applied to agriculture, it yields a surplus of corn, butter, meal, flax, honey, and wax. The land communication with the capital is over the island of Falster. The roads are in a most miserable condition.

LAARAT ISLE is situated off the north-eastern extremity of Timorlaut, in the Eastern Seas. It is about twenty-five miles in length by twelve in average breadth. Little is known, however, respecting its inhabitants or its productions.