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sentatives reside at Tangier, the political equilib- 

 rium is preserved. The only European nation 

 which at present has any territory in Morocco 

 is Spain, which maintains a fortress at Ceuta, 

 and four convict settlements, and a fishing sta- 

 tion at Ifni. 



Much of the interior of Morocco is unknown 

 to Europeans, but by the treaty of Algeciras, in 

 1907, commercial ingress and egress is now 

 ruunmteed to European nations. Fez, the capi- 

 tal, has a population of about 140,000, and Tan- 

 gier about 35,000. Morocco City is the southern 

 capital. The Sultan and his subjects are of the 

 Malekite sect of Sunnite Mohammedans. The 

 differences between sects are chiefly in the atti- 



assumed during the recital of prayers. 

 Moscow (mds'kd) [Russian, Moskwa], the 

 second capital of the Russian Empire. It is 

 the chief town of the government of the same 



and is situated in a highly-cultivated dis- 

 trict on the Moskwa River, 400 miles southeast 



"etersburg, with which it is in direct com- 

 munication by rail. The quarter known as the 

 Kreml or Kremlin, on a height about 100 feet 

 above the river forms the center of the town, 

 and contains the principal buildings. It is in- 

 closed by a high stone wall, and contains the 

 old palace of the czars and several other palaces ; 

 the Cathedral of the Assumption, founded in 



: -built in 1472; the Church of the Annun- 

 ciation, in which the emperors are recrowned; 

 the Cathedral of St. Michael; the Palace of 

 an immense building occupied by the 

 the treasury and the arsenal; and the 

 Tower of Ivan Veliki (209 feet), surmounted by 

 a gilded dome, and having at its foot the great 

 Czar Kolokol, or king of bells, sixty feet round 

 the rim, nineteen feet high, and weighing up- 

 ward of 192 tons, the largest in the world. Out- 



le Kreml the chief building is the Cathedral 

 of St. Vassili, with no less than twenty gilded 

 and painted domes and towers, all of different 

 shapes and sizes. Among the principal educa- 

 tional establishments is the Imperial University, 

 founded in 1755 by the Empress Catharine. It 

 has a rich museum and a library of 200,000 vol- 

 umes, and is the most important of the Russian 

 universities. Moscow is the first manufacturing 

 city in the empire, and of late years its indus- 

 trial and commercial activity has greatly in- 

 creased. The principal manufactures are textile 



. chiefly woolen, cotton, and silk, besides 

 hats, hardware, leather, chemical products, beer, 

 and sp >m its central position, Moscow 



threat entrepdt for the internal commerce 



mpire. Tne foundation of the city dates 

 from 1147. It became the capital of Muscovy, 

 and afterwards of the whole Russian Empire; 



i- deprived of this honor in 17<>.<, when 

 urg was founded. The principal 



in the history of Moscow is the burning 

 of it in l.Slli for the purpose of dislodging the 



i from their winter quarters. Population. 

 1,092,360. 



Mountains, Highest In the World 



LOCA : HKIOBT (FEET) 



Aconcagua < 22.422 



Ararat. . . 



. . iVru. 

 Ben-No \i* .^ .itland, .:,s 



Mount McKlnley, a mount in .f tho 

 ley Range, in Alaska. It is situated about 



1LV miles north <>f Cook Inlet. an<l stan-i 



to the intersection of the sixty-third parallel of 



