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MISSISSIPPI, bagatelle game, ill. 230. - SCHEME, Law s, ix. 584; xiv.

367-

MISSOLONGHI, town, Greece, xvi. 524.

MISSOURI, river, United States, xvi. 518; xvn. 307; Lewis and Clarke s explorations of, XI v. 494; sources of, xvi. 772.

, State, U.S.A., xvi. 524; mule- breeding in, xvii. 14.

COMPROMISE (1820), v. 818;

xxm. 763, 772; repeal of (1854), xiv. 658.

MISTER, title, xxm. 417.

MlSTi, volcano, Peru, xvill. 672.

MISTLETOE, parasitic plant, xvi. 527; xvill. 264, 265; in Northern myth ology, i. 210; venerated by the Druids, vn. 477.

MISTRAL, wind, Southern Europe, IX. 507; xvi. 149.

MISTRESS, The, by Cowley, vi. 532.

OF THE ROBES, England, XXI.

37- MISTY LAW, mountain, Scotland, xx.

395-

MlSY, mineral, XVI. 401. MITA, tribute from Peruvian Indians,

iv. 16; xviii. 678. MITAU, town, Kussia, xvi. 527. MITCHAM, town, England, XXII. 693;

cultivation of mint at, xvm. 518. MlTCHEL, Ormsby M Knight, American

general and astronomer, xvi. 528. MITCHELL, Sir Thomas Livingstone,

Australian explorer, xvi. 528; III.

105. , river, Victoria, Australia, XXIV.

216.

LIBRARY, Glasgow, xiv. 523, 543. MITCHELL S PEAK, North Carolina,

U.S.A., xvii. 559.

MITE, arachnid, xvi. 528; II. 276; itch- mite, xxn. 123. MITFORD, Mary Russell, English writer,

xvi. 529.

MITHRADATES, or Mithridates, I., Par thian king, xvm. 590; xix. 459. II., the Great, Parthian king and

king of Pontus, xvi. 529; xvill. 595;

xix. 459; his conquest of Cappadocia,

v. 76; his war in Greece, XL 108;

Sulla s victory over, XXII. 632. MITHRAS, Persian god, xvi. 530. MITHRIDATE, Racine s drama, xx. 207. MITHRIDATES, or Mithradates (q.v.),

xvi. 529.

MIT LA, Mexico, Temple at, I. 695. MITRA, or Mithras, Persian god, xvi.

530- MITRAILLEUR, machine gun, xi. 285;

ii. 662. MITRE, bishop s head-dress, VI. 463.

, in heraldry, XI. 711.

, Bartolomeo, president of Argentine

Republic, II. 492. MITRIDATE, opera by Mozart, xvii. 9.

MITSCHERLICH, Eilhardt, German

chemist, xvi. 531. MITTA MITTA, river, Victoria, Australia,

xxiv. 215. MITYLENE, town, Lesbos, Asia Minor,

xiv. 474.

MIXITE, mineral, xvi. 406. MIZPAH, or Mizpeh, of Scripture, XVI.

532-

MIZRAIM, name of Egypt, vn. 700. MIZZONITE, mineral, xvi. 412. MJOSEN, lake, Norway, xvii. 576. MLAWA, town, Poland, xix. 227. MNAIDRA, ancient temple, Malta, xv.

34i- MNEMON, Artaxerxes II., king of

Persia, II. 640; vn. 753; xvm. 576. MNEMONICS, artificial helps to memory,

xvi. 532. MNIOTILTID^E, family of birds, XXIV.

367- MOA, extinct bird, ill. 112, 731; VII.

244; XVII. 469. MOAB, of Scripture, XVI. 533. MOABITES, people cf Palestine, xm.

397; xvm. 175. MOABITE STONE, xin. 116; xvi. 534,

536; xxi. 645. MOALLAKAT, Arabic poems, xvi. 536,

595; I. 778; ii. 263. MOASSINA, country, Soudan, Central

Africa, xxn. 279. MOAT-HEN, bird, xvi. 808. MOAWIYA I., caliph, xvi. 563, 565; n.

258.

II., caliph, xvi. 569.

MOBANGI, river, Africa, XXIV. 764.

MOBBING, in law, xx. 565.

MOBILE, town, Alabama, U.S.A., xvi.

539- MOBILIZATION, of German army, n.

598.

MOBIUS, August Ferdinand, German astronomer, xvi. 540.

MOCCOLETTI, carnival diversion at Rome, v. 124.

MOCENIGO, Domenico, Venetian ad miral, xxiv. 147.

MOCHA, town, Arabia, xvi. 540; xx. 3i6.

STONE, variety of agate, I. 278.

MOCKING-BIRD, XVI. 540.

MODALISM, theological doctrine, XXI.

127. MODARES, leader of imperial Goths,

xxm. 258. MODELLING, in building, iv. 508; in

design, in drawing, vn. 450; for

sculpture, XXI. 571; of animals, in

taxidermy, xxn I. 90.

, Mathematical, xv. 628. MODENA, Duchy of, Italy, xvi. 541.

, town, Italy, xvi. 541; library,

xiv. 530, 548; observatory, XVII. 714;

school of painting, XXI. 437, 443;

sculpture, xxi. 569; university, xxm.

836.

MODERATISM, in Church of Scotland,

ix. 743; xxi. 536. MODERATOR LAMP, xiv. 246. MODESTINUS, Roman jurist, xin.

792. MODESTUS, Christian martvr, xxiv.

266. MODHAR, Arab tribe, Mesopotamia, xvi.

48.

MODICA, town, Sicily, xvi. 542. MODICIA, Roman colony, Lombardy,

xvi. 798. MODLIN, town, Russian Poland, xvn.

608; xxiv. 376. MODOCS, American-Indian tribe, xn.

833-

MODULE, in architecture, n. 467. MODULUS, of elasticity, vn. 804; of

rigidity, xxn. 595. MOE, Jorgen Engebretsen, Norwegian

poet, xvi. 542; xvn. 591. MOED, part of the Mishnah, xvi. 505. MOEN, island, Denmark, vn. 80. MCERIS, Lake, Egypt, vn. 709, 774. MOERO, Lake, Central Africa, I. 248;

xxiv. 763. M (ESI A, ancient country, Eastern Europe,

xvi. 542. MOFADDAL, Arabic commentator, xvi.

536.

MOFETE, Le, lake, Italy, I. 778. MOFFAT, town, Scotland, xvi. 542; vn.

526. , Robert, African missionarj r , xvi.

543-

MoGADOR, town, Morocco, xvi. 543. MpGAHlD, Saracen leader, xix. 119. MOGHILEFF, government, Russia, xvi.

543; xxi. 69; town, on the Dnieper,

Russia, xvi. 543. , town, on the Dniester, Russia,

xvi. 544; xix. 254. MOGHISTAN, district, Persia, xvn.

856. MOGHTASILAH, Babylonian sect, XV.

482, 485. MOGILAS, Petrus, Russian metropolitan,

xvi. 544.

MOGUER, Spanish wine, xxiv. 607. MOGUL, Moghul, or Mughal, dynasty in

India, in. 569; xn. 794. MOGULS, or Mughals, class of Moham medans, India, xii. 746. MOHACS, town, Hungary, xvi. 544;

battle of (1526), xn. 369; xxi. 17. MOHAIR, goat s hair, xvi. 544. MOHALLAB, Moslem general, xvi. 569,

572- MOHAMMED, Mahomet, or Muhammad,

founder of Islam, xvi. 545; n. 257;

in Mecca, xv. 670; tomb of, xv.

818. , Moorish emir in Spain, xxn.

312.

, Seljuk ruler, xxi. 635.