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MACESTUS, river, Asia Minor, II. 707;

xvni. 853. MACFARQUHAR, Colin, projector of ist

edition of Encyclopedia Britannica,

VIII. 200.

MACFERGUS, Angus, Pictish king, xvn.

570; xxi. 476. MACFLECKNOE (Thomas Shadwell),

satirized by Dryden, xxi. 727. M GiLL, James, founder of a college at

Montreal, XVI. 794. MACGILLICUDDY REEKS, mountains,

Ireland, xill. 215. MACGILLIVRAY, William, Scottish

naturalist, XV. 145; on American

birds, xvni. 11, 24.

M GRATH, John, Irish chronicler, V. 309. MACGREGOR, Robert (Rob Roy),

Scottish outlaw, XX. 608. MACH;EROPTERUS, genus of birds, xv.

455- MACHANIDAS, tyrant of Sparta, xvni.

790.

MACHETES, genus of birds, xxi. 54. MACHIAVELLI, Bernardo, Italian

jurist, xv. 146. , Niccolo, Italian politician and

moralist, xv. 146; as dramatist, vn.

418; as historian, xill. 509. MACHICOLATIONS, in architecture, n.

467; v. 198. MACHIM, Robert, his landing at Madeira,

xv. 177. MACHINERY, influence of its use on

wages, xxiv. 312. MACHINES, Theory of, xv. 752; purposes

and effects of, XV. 771. MACHINE TOOLS, xv. 152. MACHPELAH, Cave of, Palestine, XL 608. MACIEJOWICE, Poland, Battle of (1794),

xxiv. 376.

MACINTOSH CLOTH, xn. 842. MACK, Alexander, founder of the Dun-

kers, vn. 543. M KAIL, Hugh, Scottish Covenanter,

xxi. 516. MACKENZIE, Sir Alexander, Canadian

explorer, xv. 157; 3lix. 318. , Sir George (the Bloody Mackenzie),

Scottish lawyer, xv. 158. -, Henry, Scottish writer, xv. 158.

MACKEREL, fish, xv. 159; fishery, ix.

253-

MACKIE, Alexander, his type-setting machine, XXIII. 701.

MACKINTOSH, Sir James, Scottish pub licist, xv. 1 60.

MACLAREN, Charles, editor of Encyclo paedia Britannica, 6th edition, vill. 202.

MACLAURIN, Colin, Scottish mathema tician, xv. 161.

MACLEAN, Mrs (Letitia Elisabeth Lan- don), English poetess, Xiv. 278.

MACLEAR, Sir Thomas, his measurement of arc of meridian, vn. 599; observa tions on stellar parallax, xvm. 253.

MACLEAY, William Sharpe, on birds,

xvm. 15. M LENNAN, John Ferguson, Scottish

anthropologist, XV. 162. MACLEOD, Norman, Scottish divine, xv.

163- MACLISE, Daniel, Irish painter, xv.

164. MACLURE, William, American geologist,

xv. 165. MACMAHON, Marie E. P. M., president

of the French republic, IX. 627, 628;

as governor of Algeria, I. 569. MACMURROUGH, Dermod, king of

Leinster, Xill. 258.

M MURROUGH KAVANAGH, Irish chief tain, xni. 262. MACNAGHTEN, Sir William, Murder of,

i. 240. M NAUGHT, Mr, his improvements on

the steam-engine, xxn. 477, 490. MACNEE, Sir Daniel, Scottish painter,

xv. 165. MACNEILL, Hector, Scottish poet, xv.

165. M NEILL, Sir John, British envoy to

Persia, xvni. 650. MACON, town, France, xv. 166; XXI.

302; wine of, xxiv. 606. MACON, town, Georgia, U.S.A., xv.

1 66.

MACONNAIS, district, France, xxi. 301. MACONOCHIE, Captain, on prison dis cipline, xix. 754. MACPHERSON, Charles, on the irrigation

of meadows, I. 374. , James, translator of Ossian, xv.

1 66; v. 331; ix. 75; x. 13. MACQUARIE, Governor, on convict settle ments, xix. 750.

, Lake, New South Wales, xvn.

408; river, ill. 107. MACRAUCHENID/E, family of ungulate

mammals, xv. 428. MACREADY, William Charles, English

tragedian, xv. 167. MACRI, Gulf of, Asia Minor, xv. 93. MACROBIUS, Ambrosius Theodosius,

Roman grammarian, xv. 167; his

place in Roman literature, XX. 726. MACROCYSTIS, genus of sea-weeds, i.

509. MACRODOME, in crystallography, xvi.

360. MACROGLOSSUS, genus of bats, xv.

410.

MACRONYX, genus of birds, xix. 112. MACROPODID^E, family of marsupial

mammals, xill. 838; xv. 382. MACROPUS, genus of marsupial

mammals, Xill. 838. M ACROSCELID^., family of insectivorous

mammals, XV. 402. MACROSPORES, in plant development,

xx. 424. M SWINEY S GUN, cave perforation,

Ireland, VII. 363.

MACTRA, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

691. MACULLA (Makalla), town, Arabia, xv.

3ii- MADADKATTE, dam of Cauvery river,

India, xiv. 19. MADAGASCAR, island, Indian Ocean, xv.

168; I. 272; birds of, ill. 731, 760;

dictionaries of language, vn. 192 ;

reptiles, xx. 468; slavery in, xxn.

144; Ellis s mission to, vm. 150. -, History of, Flacourt s, IX. 275.

MADAINI, Arab historian, xxm. 3.

MADALON, mountain, North Borneo, xxi. 123.

MADALONUM (Maddaloni), ancient town, Italy, xv. 176.

MADAME, island, Nova Scotia, xvn. 601.

MADDALONI, town, Italy, xv. 176.

, Duke of, in Masaniello s revolt,

xv. 607.

MADDEN, Sir Frederic, English palaeo grapher, xv. 176.

MADDER, dye, xv. 176; iv. 687; colour ing matter from, I. 577.

MADEIRA, islands, Atlantic, xv. 177; I. 272; wine of, XV. 178; xxiv. 609; adulteration of wine of, I. 173.

MADELEY, town, England, xxi. 848.

MADERNA, Carlo, Italian architect, xx. 836.

, Stefano, Italian sculptor, xxi. 570.

MADHUBANI, town, India, xxin. 407.

MADI, Central-African tribes, XVII.

473- MADIANA (Martinique), island, West

Indies, xv. 586. MADIA OIL, xvn. 744, 746. MADISON, town, Indiana, U.S.A., xv.

181.

, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A., xv. 181;

population, xxiv. 617. , river, Wyoming, U.S.A., XXIV.

737-

, James, president of United States,

xv. 182; xxm. 748, 752, 759.

MADNESS, mental disease, xin. 95; attributed to demoniacal possession, vii. 61.

MADONIE, mountains, Sicily, xxn. 29.

MAD PARLIAMENT, The (1258), XL 659.

MADRAS, presidency, British India, xv. 184; army of, II. 590. , town, India, XV. 187; rise of, XII. 799; observatory at, xvil. 716; uni versity, xxm. 856.

COLLEGE, St Andrews, Scotland,

xxi. 158.

MADRASI, silkworm, xxn. 60.

MADRE DE BIOS ARCHIPELAGO, Pata gonia, xvm. 352.

MADRID, capital of Spain, xv. 189; royal academy at, I. 75; library, xiv. 532, 549; newspapers, XVIL 431; ob

servatory, xvn. 713; picture gallery,