Lofoden
or LOFOTEN, a chain of islands on the N. W. coast of Norway, stretching S. W. and N. E. for 150 miles.
They include the Lofoden proper and the Vesteraalen, lying further N. The largest islands are Hind, And, and Lang in the Vesteraalen group, and East Vaag, West Vaag, Flakstad, and Moskenäs in the Lofoden proper. Total area, 2,247 square miles. All of them are rugged and mountainous. The highest point is 3,090 feet above sealevel. The waters on the E. side of these islands are visited in January to March every year by vast shoals of codfish, which attract a large fleet of fishermen. The average number of boats is 5,000 to 6,000, manned by 28,000 to 30,000 men. Besides fishing , sheep-farming is also carried on. The permanent population is about 40,000.
LOGIC Jackson co., Ill., Feb. 9, 1826. The Mexican War broke out when Logan was 20, and he at once enlisted and was made a lieutenant. After the war he studied and was admitted to the bar in 1851, the same year he was elected to represent Jackson and Franklin counties in the Legislature, and from that time was almost uninterruptedly in the public service, either civil or military. He was twice re-elected to the Legislature, and in 1856 was a Democratic presidential elector. He enlisted on the outbreak of being distinguished the Civil War, and rose to the rank of major-general, throughout the struggle for valor and patriotism; elected United States Senator from Illinois 1871-1877-1885-1889; was nominated for the vice-presidency on the ticket headed by James G. Blaine, 1884, but was defeated. He died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1886.
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