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ou, as in our; th, as in thin; TH, as in this; N, nearly like ng. institutions, are a Protestant theological seminary, and a public library of 10,000 vols. Lat. 44° 1' N., Lon. 1° 21′ E. Pop. 17,531. (B.) MONTBRISON, MON`-bre`-ZON', the cap. of the French dep. of Loire. Lat. 45° 37' N., Lon. 4° 4' E. Pop. 6,020. (B.)

MONTCALM, mont-kåm', a co. in the S. W. central part of Mich., a little N. of Grand r.

MONT-DE-MARSAN, mon` dẹh maR`-såN', the cap. of the French dep. of Landes, 64 m. S. of Bordeaux. Pop. 3,924. (B.)

MONTE-LEONE, mon'-tà là-o'-nà, a t. of Naples, in Calabria Ultra. Lat. 38° 42′ N., Lon. 16° 10′ E. Pop. about 7,000. (B.)

MONTÉLIMART, mon'-tel`-e`-man', an ancient fortified t. of France, in the dep. of Drôme. Lat. 44° 33′ N., Lon. 4° 44′ E. Pop. 6,150. (M.) MONTEREY, mon-ta-ray', a t. of Mexico, the cap. of the state of Nuevo Leon. Lat. about 25° 45' N., Lon. 100° 25′ W. Pop. 15,000. MONTEREY (California). See APPENDIX.

MON-TE-VI-DE-O or mon'-ta-vee/-da-o, the cap. of the republic of Uruguay, in S. America, situated on the left bank of the Rio de la Plata, which is here 70 m. wide. This town has suffered greatly in The pop., which was formerly estimated at 26,000, the recent wars. amounts, at present, only to about 10,000. (B.) Lat. 34° 55' S., 56° 14' W.

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MONTGOMERY, Mont-gum'-er-e, an inland co. of N. Wales, on the sources of the Severn. Pop. 69,219.-Also a small t., cap. of the above. Lat. 52° 34′ N., Lon. 3° 8′ W.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the E. part of N. Y., intersected by the Mohawk. Pop. 35,818. Co. t. Canajoharie.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. E. part of Pa., intersected by the Schuylkill. Pop. 47,241. Co. t. Norristown.

MONTGOMERY, a co. of Md., bordering on the Potomac and the District of Columbia. Pop. 14,669. Co. t. Rockville.

MONTGOMERY, a co. towards the S. W. extremity of Va., E. of, and bordering on New r. Pop. 7,405. Co. t. Christiansburg.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. W. central part of N. C., E. of, and bordering on the Yadkin. Pop. 10,780. Co. t. Lawrenceville.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. E. central part of Ga., intersected by the Oconee. Pop. 1,616. Co. t. Mt. Vernon.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. E. central part of Ala., on the Talapoosa and Alabama rivers. Pop. 24,574. Co. t. Montgomery.

MONTGOMERY, the cap. of the above co., and of the state of Ala., is situated on the Alabama r., about 100 m. S. E. of Tuscaloosa. MONTGOMERY, a co. in the N. N. W. part of Tenn., bordering on Ky., and intersected by the Cumberland r. Pop 16,927.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the eastern part of Ky., a little S. W. of the Licking r. Pop. 9,332. Co. t. Mt. Sterling.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. W. part of Ohio, intersected by the
Miami r.
Pop. 31,938. Co. t. Dayton.

MONTGOMERY, & co. in the W. part of Ind., a little E. of the Wabash r.
Pop. 14,438. Co. t. Crawfordsville.

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MONTGOMERY, a co. in the S. central part of Ill., S. of Springfield. Pop. 4,490. Co. t. Hillsborough.

MONTGOMERY, a co. in the eastern part of Mo., N. of, and bordering cn the r. Missouri. Pop. 4,371. Co. t. Danville.

MONTILLA, mon-teel-ya, a t. of Spain, in Andalusia, 19 m. S. by E. of Cordova. Pop. estimated at 12,800. (M.)

MONTMARTRE, MON`-maRtr', a t. of France, in the dep. of Seine, in the immediate vicinity and N. of Paris. Pop. 6,234. (M.)

MONT-MO-REN-ci (Cheonoquet), a co. in the N. E. part of Mich. MONT-PE-LI-ER, a small t. of Vt., the cap. of the state and the seat of justice of Washington co., situated on the Onion r. Lat. 44° 17′ N., Lon. 72° 36′ W. Pop. of township, 3,725.

MONT-PEL-LI-ER (Fr. pron. môN`-pl-le`-'), an important manufac turing and commercial t. in the S. of France, the cap. of the dep. of Hérault, is beautifully situated on a hill commanding a view of the sea, which is about 5 m. distant. Among its numerous literary and scientific institutions may be mentioned the Académie Universitaire, with a library of 35,000 vols.; the medical department of this institution enjoys a distinguished reputation: the Royal College: and the Botanic Garden, the most ancient, and one of the best institutions of the kind in France. The Observatory is in Lat. 43° 36′ 16′′ N., Lon. 3° 52′ 54′′ E. Pop. 36,000. (B.)

MONTREAL, mont`-re-aul', (Fr. Montréal, mon-rà-l',) the cap. and principal emporium of Canada, situated on the S. E. side of an i. in the St. Lawrence, 142 m. S. W. of Quebec. Its most remarkable edifice is the new Roman Catholic Cathedral, opened in 1829; one of the largest churches on the New Continent, and capable of containing from 10,000 to 12,000 persons. Montreal possesses a college, erected in 1919, and attended by about 300 students; an English university, chartered in 1821; and a number of other institutions for education. Lat. 45° 31' N., Lon. 73° 34′ W. Pop. in 1840, including the suburbs, 27,297. (M.)

MONTREALE, mont-rà-'-là, or, more properly, MONREALE, an archiepiscopal t. near the N. coast of Sicily, 7 m. S. W. of Palermo. Pop. near 13,000. (B.)

MONT-ROSE', a seaport t. of Scotland, in Forfarshire, 60 m. N. N. E. of Edinburgh, with a good harbour. This town has long been celebrated for its schools. It was the first place in Scotland in which Greek was taught, and has since preserved the character which it so early (1534) attained. (M.) Pop. 13,402.

Monza, mon/-zå, (Anc. Modi'cia or Modœ'tia), a t. of Austrian Italy, on the Lambro, 9 m. N. N. E. of Milan, remarkable for having been the cap. of the Lombard kings. The iron crown of Lombardy, and other relics, are kept in the ancient cathedral, supposed to have been built in the 7th century. Pop. about 10,000. (P. C.)

MOOLTAN OF MOULTAN, inool-tån', an ancient and decayed city of Hindostan, in the Punjâub, on the Chenâub. Lat. 30° 9′ N., Lon. about 71° 30′ E. Pop. 60,000. (B.)

ou, as in our; th, as in thin; TH, as in this; N, nearly like ng. MOORE, a co. in the S. central part of N. C., W. of Cape Fear г. Pop. 7,988. Co. t. Carthage.

Moorshedabad, moor`-she-da-båd', a large but badly built city of Hindostan, in Bengal, of which, previously to the British conquest, it was the capital. It stands on one of the arms of the Ganges, 115 m. N. of Calcutta. Pop. estimated at 165,000. (B.)

MOOR-ZOOK', a walled t. of N. Africa, the cap. of Fezzan. Lat. 25° · 54' N., Lon. about 14° 30′ E.

MOOSE-HEAD LAKE, the principal source of the Kennebeck r., in Maine, and the largest lake in the state, situated between the counties of Somerset and Piscataquis. Its form is very irregular. The length is above 35 m.; the breadth varies from about 2 m. to 6 or 7 m.

Morava, mo-rå/-vå, (Morawa,) a r. in the N. part of European Turkey, which falls into the Danube.

MO-RA-VI-A (Ger. Mähren, mål-ren), an important prov. of the Austrian empire, between 48° 40′ and 50° 25′ N. Lat., and 15° 10′ and about 19° E. Lon. Length, near 180 m.; greatest breadth, above 100 m. Area estimated at 10,240 sq. m. Pop. 2,143,052. (M.) Brünn is the

capital.-Adj. and inhab. MO-RA'-VI-AN.

MORAY, pronounced, and often written, MUR/-RAY. (See ELGIN.) MORAY FRITH (Anc. Estuarium Vararis), a bay on the E. coast of Scotland, between Ross-shire and Elginshire.

MORBIHAN, MOR`-be`-åN', a dep. in the W. of France, N. of, and bordering on the Bay of Biscay. Pop. 449,743. Capital, Vannes.

MO-RE-A,* THE, (Anc. Peloponne'sus,) a peninsula forming the S. extremity of continental Greece. Its length is near 160 m.; its breadth about 100 m. Area estimated at 8,800 sq. m. In shape, it is supposed to resemble a mulberry leaf. The name Morea was given to this peninsula by the Italians, from the quantity of mulberries (in their language "more") which it produces. (P. C.)—Adj. and inhab. Mol

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MOR-GAN, a co. in the N. E. part of Va., bordering on the Potomac. Pop. 4,253. Co. t, Bath.

MORGAN, a Co. in the N. E. central part of Ga., bordering on the Oconee. Pop. 9,121. Co. t. Madison.

MORGAN, a co. in the N. part of Ala., S. of, and bordering on the Tennessee r. Pop. 9,841. Co. t. Somerville.

MORGAN, a co. in the N. N. E. part of Tenn., a little N. of the Tennessee r. Pop. 2,660. Co. t. Montgomery.

MORGAN, a co. in the E. part of Ky., intersected by the Licking r. Pop. 4,603. Co. t. West Liberty.

MORGAN, a co. in the S. E. part of Ohio, intersected by the Muskingum. Pop. 20,852. Co. t. McConnelsville.

MORGAN, a co. in the S. W. central part of Ind., intersected by the White r. Pop. 10,741. Co. t. Martinsville.

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MORGAN, a co. in the W. part of Ill., E. of, and bordering on the Illinois r. Pop. 19,549. Co. t. Jacksonville.

MORGAN, a co. near the centre of Mo., bordering on the Osage r. Pop. 4,407. Co. t. Versailles.

MORLAIX, MOR`-là, a seaport and manufacturing t. of France, in the dep. of Finistère: it was the birth-place of General Moreau. Lat. 48° 35' N., Lon. 3° 52′ W. Pop. 7,800. (M.)

MO-ROC -CO, EMPIRE OF, (called by the natives Moghrib ul Acsa, mo'Grib ool ak'-så, i. e. the “farthest west:" the Mauritania Tingita/na of the ancient Romans,) is situated in the N. W. of Africa, between the 28th and 36th degrees of N. Lat. and the 1st and 12th of W. Lon.; bounded on the N. by the Mediterranean and Strait of Gibraltar, E. by Algiers, S. by the Sahara, and W. and N. W. by the Atlantic. Length, from N. E. to S. W., above 700 m.; greatest breadth, perhaps 300 m. Area estimated at 175,000 sq. m. Pop. 6,000,000. (B.) The climate of Morocco is not so hot as might be expected from its position, a circumstance which is chiefly owing to the alternation of sea and land breezes, and to the influence of the various mountain ranges by which this country is intersected. The thermometer rarely rises, in the hottest places, so high as 90°; and along the sea, it seldom, if ever, falls below 39° or 40°. The seasons are divided into wet and dry. The wet season corresponds with our winter, and usually continues, with slight interruptions, from October to March. During the dry season or summer, showers are of rare occurrence. The fruits of this country, and the vegetable productions generally, are, with slight exceptions, like those of Southern Europe. The prevailing religion of Morocco is Mahometanism. Among all the followers of the prophet, the Moors are said to be most bigoted. The government is an absolute despotism, the sultan being the head of both church and state, and having unlimited power over the property and lives of his subjects.-— Adj. MOOR-ISH and MORESQUE, mo-resk'; inhab. MOOR and MolGHREB-IN (Arab. Mōl-ghra-bee`; in the plural, Mo`-ghar/-bå`.—See Int. XVI., Obs. 4).

MOROCCO (Arab. Må-råksh'), a large though decayed city of Africa, the cap. of the above empire, situated near the r. Tensift, about 110 m. from the Atlantic. It is surrounded by a strong wall, 30 ft. high and near 6 m. in circuit. The area enclosed contains several large gardens and open spaces. The most remarkable building is the sultan's palace, which occupies an oblong space on the outside of the main wall, about 1,500 yards in length, and 600 in breadth; which includes, besides the sultan's residence, a number of gardens and detached pavilions. The most important branch of industry in Morocco is the manufacture of leather. The tanners possess the art of tanning the skins of lions and panthers, and giving them a snow-white colour, with the softness of silk. (P. C.) Their bright colours are considered inimitable in Europe. Lat. 31° 37' N., Lon. 7° 36′ W. Pop. probably between 50,000 and 60,000. (B.)

ou, as in our; th, as in thin; TH, as in this; N, nearly like ng. MOR/-RIS, a co. in the N. part of N. J., intersected by the Morris Canal. Pop. 25,844. Co. t. Morristown.

Mos-cow (Russ. Mos-kwå'), a large city of European Russia, the cap. of a prov. of the same name, and formerly the seat of the imperial government, is situated in the midst of a fertile and highly cultivated country, on the r. Moskwa, about 380 m. S. E. of St. Petersburg. The view of the city from a distance has excited the admiration of all travellers. The innumerable towers, some with cupolas, either gilt or painted green, others rising in the form of minarets, and the many gardens and trees intermixed with houses, give the city quite an Oriental appearance. Since, however, the conflagration of 1812, the aspect of Moscow has been considerably changed, and it is becoming more and more like the capitals of western Europe. Among the remarkable buildings, may be mentioned the Kremlin, the old residence of the czars, which has been repaired since the attempts of the French to blow it up in 1812, and still retains its ancient irregularity and grandeur: the Great Hall for exercising the troops in bad weather, which is about 560 ft. long, 180 ft. wide, and 50 ft. high; the ceiling of such vast extent has not a single pillar to support it: and the building of the Foundling Hospital, regarded as the handsomest and most extensive of the kind in Europe. The ancient capital of Russia possesses a great number of literary and scientific institutions, among which we may notice the University, the first in the empire for the number of its professors and students; its library, partly destroyed in 1812, has been restored, and contained in 1835 about 45,000 volumes (M.): the Anatomical Museum, one of the most extensive in the world: the Imperial Society of Naturalists; and the Society of Amateurs of Russian History and Antiquities. Moscow is the great entrepôt for the internal commerce of European Russia: it is also the residence of two archbishops. Lat. 55° 46′ N., Lon. 35° 33′ E. Pop. somewhat uncertain; Balbi estimates it at not less than 250,000.

MO-SELLE (Ger. Mosel, mo'-zel; Anc. Mosella or "Little Meuse"); a r. which rises in the mountains between the deps. of Vosges and Upper Rhine, in France, and, flowing northerly, crosses the French frontier, and, passing through the Prussian territory, joins the Rhine at Coblentz. Its whole course is about 280 m., for 170 of which it is navigable.

MOSELLE, a dep. in the N. E. of France, intersected by the above r., and bordering on the grand-duchy of Luxemburg and the Prussian territories. Pop. 427,250. (P. C.) Capital, Metz.

MOSK-WA (Russ. pron. mos-kwa), a r. in the central part of European Russia, which flows into the Oka.

Mosquito, mos-kee/-to, a co. in the E. part of Florida, bordering on the Atlantic. Pop. 73. Co. t. New Smyrna.

Mo'-SUL or Moo'-SUL, a decayed city of Asiatic Turkey, in the pashalik of Bagdad, on the W. bank of the Tigris. A bridge of boats connects the town with the E. side of the river, where some mounds are supposed to mark the site of the ancient Nineveh. The manufactures