MUZAFFARPUR 



5610 



MYCENAE 



and Jumna N. of Meerut dist. 

 Wheat and barley are the chief 

 crops. The annual rainfall is 30 ins. 

 The town is situated near the 

 middle of the dist. and has rly. 

 connexion with Meerut and Delhi. 

 It was founded by Muzaffar Khan 

 Khanjahan about 1633. Its area 

 is 1,673 sq. m. Fop. dist., 808,000 ; 

 town, 23,800. 



Muzaffarpur. Dist. and town 

 of India, in the Tirhut division, 

 Bihar and Orissa. The dist. lies N. 

 of the Ganges, and is mainly a flat 

 alluvial plain drained by the 

 Gandak rivers. Its area is 3,036 

 sq. m. The only limitation of 

 human settlement is the marshes, 

 most of which represent deserted 

 river beds, for none of the rivers 

 of the plain is here stable. Most 

 of the district contains over 1,000 

 people per sq. m. ; nearly all of it 

 capable of cultivation, and about 

 three-quarters is tilled. More than 

 half the area yields two crops a 

 year, chiefly rice and pulses. The 

 town, built near a deserted bed 

 of the Little Gandak river, is the 

 divisional as well as the district 

 headquarters, and a centre for the 

 declining indigo industry. Pop. 

 dist., 2,845,500 ; town, 43,700. 



Muzzle. Properly and origin- 

 ally the snout, i.e. the jaw and 

 mouth of an animal. It is also used 

 by analogy for 

 the mouth of a 

 gun, and for 

 the covering 

 placed over the 

 mouths of dogs 

 or other ani- 

 mals to pre- 

 vent them, 

 when neces- 

 sary, from eat- 

 ing or biting. 

 Muzzling Order. Measure 

 adopted by public authority in 

 various countries to stamp out 

 rabies (q.v. ). Although other 

 animals are liable to the disease, 

 dogs are its principal victims, and 

 experience has -shown that the 

 best means of extinguishing it 

 is compulsory muzzling within 

 large districts, and the quarantin- 

 ing of all imported dogs, or abso- 

 lute exclusion. In Great Britain 

 the method was first tried system- 

 atically in April, 1897. In May, 

 1900, the order was rescinded, no 

 case having occurred throughout 

 the country since the previous Nov. 

 In consequence of a recurrence 

 of rabies in Cornwall and Devon, 

 followed by cases elsewhere in 

 England and in Wales, the 

 muzzling order was reimposed by 

 the board of agriculture in April, 

 1919, over certain districts. In 

 Jan., 1920, the controlled districts 

 began to be reduced, but the order 



Muzzle for dogs. 

 Pattern approved 

 by Board of Agri- 

 culture 



was still in force in various 

 scheduled areas in June, 1921, but 

 London was freed from the order 

 on June 30. 



M.V.O. Abbrev. for Member 

 of the Royal Victorian Order. 



Mweru OR MOERO. Lake of 

 Central Africa. It lies W. of Lake 

 Tanganyika and between the 

 Belgian Congo and N.E. Rhodesia. 

 It is 68 m. long and has an average 

 breadth of 24 m. It is fed by the 

 Luapula river. To the E. of the 

 lake is the Mweru Marsh game 

 preserve, one of the chief breeding 

 grounds of the elephant. The lake, 

 which is navigated by steam 

 launches, was discovered by Living- 

 stone in 1867. Marshes for 30 m. 

 from the S. end indicate a greater 

 extent in past years, and certain 

 fish with amphibious habits, a relic 

 of the Silurian period, attest the 

 great geological age of the lake. 



Myalgia. Literally, pain in 

 the muscles. It is now, however, 

 recognized that the seat of the 

 pain in this affection is the fibrous 

 tissue, or fascia, which surrounds 

 the muscles, and the term " fibro- 

 sitis " for the disorder ia more 

 commonly used. See Fibrositis ; 

 Rheumatism. 



My asthenia Gravis. Rare 

 disease of the muscles, the cause of 

 which is unknown. At first the 

 muscles show fatigue after very 



little action. This progresses to 

 distinct paralysis. The condition 

 may terminate fatally in from one 

 to three years, but the duration 

 in some cases is as long as 15 or 

 20 years. Complete and prolonged 

 rest retards the course of the 

 disease. 



Myaung-Mya. District and 

 town of Burma, in the Irawadi 

 division. The dist. is on the West 

 side of the great delta, and has 

 an annual rainfall of 100 ins. Rice 

 is the only crop. The town is a 

 progressive fishery and trade 

 centre and small port. Area. 

 2,642 sq. m. Pop. dist., 335,000 ; 

 town, 6,600. 



Mycale. Mountain of Asia 

 Minor, now known as the Samsun 

 Dagh. Famous for the great 

 naval victory the Greeks won over 

 the Persians in its neighbourhood 

 in 479 B.C., it stands on the W. 

 coast of Asia Minor, opposite the 

 island of Samos. The battle put 

 an end to Persian rule in Ionia, 

 the islands and many towns declar- 

 ing themselves independent. 



Mycenae (Gr. Mykenai). An- 

 cient Greek city of Argolis in 

 Peloponnesus. It was the centre of 

 the so-called Mycenaean civiliza- 

 tion, the supposed former capital of 

 an Achaean kingdom, and the resi- 

 dence and burial-place of Agamem- 

 non. In 468 B.C. it was conquered 



Mycenae. Excavations in the ruins of the ancient Greek city. 1. Treasury of 



Clytaemnestra. 2. Part of a large house, built about 1400 B.C. 3. General 



view from the west, with the famous lion gate in the distance 



