LABAT, Jean Baptiste, zhoii hip'test French Dominican missionary and traveler: b. Paris, 1664; d. there, 6 Jan. 1738. In 1693 he went as a missionary 'to the French Antilles, landed at Martinique and undertook the care of the parish of Macouba, which he superintended for two years, after which he was sent to Guadaloupe. His mathematical knowledge recommended him to the governor there, whom he accompanied during a tour through the island to assist him in selecting the points best adapted for works of defense. On his return to Mar tinique Labat received the office of procureur genfral of the mission, in which an opportunity was afforded him of displaying the whole ex tent of his useful activity at the same time that he served the government by his mathematical knowledge. In 1705 he was sent to Europe on business of the order, and, landing at Cadiz, surveyed geometrically and scientifically the environs and the whole coast of Andalusia as far as Gibraltar. He returned to Paris in 1716. His
LABBE,
Philippe, French Jesuit : b. Bourges, 10 July 1607; d. Paris, 25 March 1667. He taught philosophy and theology for a time at Bourges, but he was soon called to Paris where he spent his life in writing and research. He was quite a prolific writer, but his most prominent works are