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MORRISANIA, suburb of New York,

xvn. 458.

MORRIS-DANCE, xvi. 846. MORRISON, John, paraphrases and

hymns by, XII. 593. , Robert, missionary to China, xvi.

846.

, Mount, Formosa, ix. 415. OBSERVATORY, Glasgow, Missouri,

U.S.A., xvn. 715. MORRISTOWN, town, New Jersey,

U.S.A., xvi. 847. MORRONE, Monte, Italy, Monastery of,

xxn. 634.

MORSE, walrus, xv. 443; xxiv. 337. , Samuel Finley Breese, American

inventor, xvi. 847; his contributions

to telegraphy, XXIII. 113, 119. MORSHANSK, town, Eussia, xvi. 848;

XXIII. 41.

MORSZTYN, Count Andrew, Polish courtier and poet, XIX. 290, 302.

MORTALITY, in hospitals, xn. 302; by suicide, xxil. 629; tables of, for in surance purposes, xm. 169. See also Longevity. , Bills of, xxn. 462.

MORTAR, of lime, xiv. 647; making of, IV. 460; Roman, XX. 808, 809.

, gun, XL 306.

MORTARIUM, Roman dish, XIX. 619.

MORTE D ARTHUR, romance, XX. 642 ; Malory s, x. 173; xv. 337.

MORTEIRA, Saul Levi, Dutch rabbi, xxn. 400.

MORTGAGE, in law, xvi. 848; xxin. 596; on land, xiv. 265, 270; in Roman law, XX. 690; Welsh, iv. 254.

MORTIFICATION, or Gangrene, xvi. 849; treatment of, xxn. 683.

MORTIMER, John, on the Art of Hus bandry, I. 299. , Roger, earl of March, vill. 320,

327- , Roger, courtier of Edward II. s

and III. s reigns, VII. 683. MORTLAKE, Surrey, England, Tapestry

manufacture at, xxin. 213. MORTMAIN, Statutes of, xvi. 849; v.

401; vill. 373; xxin. 596; as applied

to corporations, vi. 433. MORTO DA FELTRE, Italian painter, ix.

69. MORTON, Fourth Earl of, regent of

Scotland, xvi. 849; Xlli. 558; xxi.

506. , Oliver P., American politician,

xxin. 790. -, Samuel George, on the American

races, I. 686. MoRU, temple, at Lhasa, Tibet, xiv.

499-

MORULA, in animal development, II. 51 ;

vin. 746. MORUS, genus of trees, xvn. 13.

, Alexander, Milton s answer to,

xvi. 333.

MORVAN, district, France, XVII. 496. MORVEAU, Baron Guyton do, French

chemist, XI. 343; v. 466. MORVENITE, mineral, xvi. 423. MORZUK, or Murzuk, oasis and town,

Sahara, Africa, xvn. 695; xxi. 150. MOSAIC, tesselated work, xvi. 849; xm.

Si; ancient, 1 1. 367; in Monreale

cathedral, xvi. 759; in Ravennese

churches, XX. 296. LAW, Philo s exposition of the,

XVlil. 763. MOSAISM, religion of Israel, XIII. 399;

xx. 361.

MOSAMBIQUE SUBREGION, of birds, III.

759-

MOSANDRITE, mineral, xvi. 426. MOSANDRIUM, Spectrum of, xxi I. 377. MOSASAURUS, genus of fossil reptiles, I.

679; xx. 445. MOSCHA (Muscat), ancient town, Arabia,

XVII. 64. MOSCHELES, Ignaz, Austrian pianist,

xvi. 855.

MOSCHEROSCH, Joliann Michael, Ger man satirist, x. 531. MOSCHOPOLIS, town, Epirus, xxiv.

270. MOSCHUS, genus of deer, xv. 430, 432;

xvii. 107. - of Syracuse, Greek poet, xvi.

855- Moscow, government, Russia, xvi. 855;

xxi. 69.

, town, Russia, xvi. 856; xxi. 70;

founding of, XXI. 90 ; burning of

(1812), IX. 616; XVII. 217; great bell

of, ill. 539; libraries, xiv. 533, 549;

newspapers, xvii. 430; observatory,

xvn. 714; university, xxin. 852. MOSELEKATZE, Zulu chief, Transvaal,

xxin. 518; xxiv. 828. MOSELLE, river, Rhenish Prussia, xx.

20; in France, XX. 519. - WINES, xxiv. 611. MOSER, Johan Jakob, German jurist,

xvi. 860.

, Mary, Swiss artist, xiv. 16. MOSER, Justus, German historian and

economist, X. 535; XVlil. 56; xix.

364-

MOSES, of Scripture, xvi. 860; xm. 397; as prophet, XIX. 816. , Apocalypse of, II. 177. See also n. 176.

, Assumption of, apocalyptic book, it. 177.

of Aggel, Syriac writer, XXIL 836.

of Chorene, Armenian historian, xvi. 861; n. 550, 551.

BAR KEPHA, Syriac writer, XXIL

846. MOSES S PRINCIPIA, Hutchinson swork,

xii. 411. MOSHEH, rabbi, Talmudist, XXIII. 39.

- , rabbi of Leon, Kabbalistic writer,

xvi. 286.

MOSHEIM, Joliann Lorenx von, German church historian, xvi. 863; v. 765.

MOSKEN, island, Norway, xiv. 769 ; xxiv. 542.

MOSKEN/ES, island, Norway, xiv. 769; xxiv. 542.

MOSKENSTROM, tidal current, Norway, xxiv. 542.

MOSKOWA, Prince de la (Marshal Ne ), French general, xvn. 472.

MOSLEM RELIGION, or Mohammed anism (q.v.), XVI. 545.

MOSLIM, Abu, Abbasid general, xvi. 576, 578.

BEN OKBA, Moslem general, xvi. 568.

Mosos, Tibetan tribe, xxin. 344.

MOSQUE, Mohammedan place of wor ship, xvi. 863; architecture of, 11.446; mural decorations in, xvn. 35 ; mosques at Baghdad, ill. 232; atBijapur, India, in. 669; at Constantinople, vi. 305; the Great, at Damascus, vi. 791 ; at Herat, XL 7 14; at Kairwan, Tunis, XIII. 824; the Great, at Mecca, xv. 672, 674; of Mohammed, at Medina, xv. 819.

MOSQUITO, insect, xvi. 866; x. 700; Xlli. 150; as a propagator of disease, XVIIL 271.

- RESERVE (or COAST), Nicaragua, xvii. 479.

MOSRIF, Moslem general, xvi. 568.

Moss-AGATE, mineral, i. 278; xvi.

389-

MOSSAMEDES, government, West Africa, in. 572.

MpSSBUNKER, fish, XVI. IO.

MOSSES, group of plants, xvi. 70; xxiv.

128; reproduction in, iv. 161 ; xx.

423; herbarium for, xi. 718. MOSSLEY, town, England, xvi. 867. Mosso, his observations on sleep, xxil.

155-

MOSTADI BI-AMR-ILLAH, caliph, XVI.

588.

MOSTAIN BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 585. MOSTAKFI BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 587. MOSTANJID BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 588. MOSTANSIR BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 588.

MOSTAR, town, Herzegovina, xvi. 867. MOSTARSHID BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 588. MOSTASIM BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 588. MOSTAZHIR BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 588.

MOSUL, town, Mesopotamia, xvi. 868. MOTACILLA, genus of birds, xiv. 82; xvii. 499; XVIIL 53; xxiv. 316, 366. MOTADID BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 586. MOTAGUA, river, Guatemala, XL 239.

MOTAMID ALA LLAH, caliph, XVI. 586.

MOTANABBI, Arabic poet, xvn. i; xvi.

595- MOTANE, island, Marquesas, Pacific, xv.

564.

MOTASIM BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 584.

MOTAWAKKIL, caliph, xvi. 585.