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The following arc the principal works which have the shore, that during a westerly wind the sen washes Mocha, 

 en written on the subject of mnemonics : The Castel against the walls, and U about n mile mid a half in T""" 



been 



of Mrn'onr. &c. made 6y (.hitici-ui Grntarotus; Kny- 

 itf.ilied hi/ William Fulivood. (Black lettur.) Gratar- 

 oli's treatise on the Memory was also translated into 

 French by Stephen Cope; Lyons, 1 586 Jordano Bruno, 

 De 'IwUtgnHM ft idrarura cotnpos-ihone ad omnium inix'ii- 

 tionem, el Mr-moria: enfrn Ires libri ; Franc 15<) : , 8vo. 

 Ars Kcmini'iccndi Jonn. Bap-ista; Porto; Neapolitans ; 

 Naples, 1602, 4to. Lambert Schenekel, Mcthadm da 

 Lnt'iia Lingua intra () mcnsia docenda, Strasburgh, 

 l60<), 8vo. Ejusd. (inzophi/l'icinm Artis A/rmt.ria.; &.C. 

 lbi<l 1610, 8vo. Various other works were published 

 in illustration of Schenckel's method. Simonidcs redi- 

 vivti.t, &c. Aulliorc Adnm Jirnxio ; Leipsic. 16.10, 4to. 

 F. M. Uinir/luii Ars Me-iionce, &c Prune. 16 1 7, 8vo. 

 John Willis, M'ltmonica, &c. London, 1618. This 

 book was translated into English by one Sower.-iby, 

 London 1661. Ars \lemori<c localis, &c. Leipsic, 

 1620, 8vo. Adrian le Cuirot, M ipnzin des Sciences, ou 

 vrfiy I'art de. Me moire ; Paris, 1623, 12mo. Henry 

 Herdson, Ars Mnemonics, &c. in Latin, and Ars Me- 

 morial ; The Art of Memory madr phtine, in English ; 

 both tracts published at London, 1651, 8vo Jean Be- 

 lot, L'Oeuvre dcs Oeuvres, &c. Lyons, 1651, 8vo. Atha- 

 nasius Kircher, Ars Mrtgna Sciendi, &c. Amsterdam, 

 JD69, fol. The Divine Art of Memory, &c. translated 

 from the Latin of the Rev. John Shaw, by Simon Wastel, 

 Lond. 1 683, 12mo. Burner, le Here, I'ralitjue de la Me- 

 morie Arlificiclle, &c Paris, 17'9 172:5, 3 vols. 8vo. 

 Mnnorin Tec/in ica, &c. by Richard Grey, D 1). Lon- 

 don, 1730, 8vo. Solomon Lowe, Mnemonics Delineated 

 in a small compass, c. London, 17^7, Svo. This tract 

 was re- printed in a late edition of Grey's Memoria 

 Technica, D. G. Morhof Poli/hislor, Sec. edit, quart. 

 Lubeck, 1747, 2 vols. 4to. Fr. B. J. Feyjoo, Car las 

 entdi'as y Curiosas ; Madrid, 1781, 5 vols. 4to. D. J. 

 L. Kluber ; Compendium tier Mneoionik ; Palm. 1804, 

 4to. Gra'ffe, Katecheli-chfs Mngnzin ; Gottingen, 1801, 

 8vo. J. C. von Aretin, Denhschrifl iiber den wahren 

 Beyriff' Hnd Nutzrn der Mnemotnk, &c. Munich, 1804, 

 8vo. Ejusd. Syslematische Anleilung zur Theoric und 

 Praxis der Mnemonik, &c. Sultzbach, 1810, 8vo. C. A 

 L Kastner. Mnemonik ; der System der Gvdiich'.niss 

 Kunsldcr Allen. &c. Leipsic, 1804, 8vo. Ejusd. Lett- 

 faden zw seinen Unlerhaltungen uber die Mnemonik, &c. 

 Leipsic, 1805. 8vo. The New Art of Memory, founded 

 iijjon the Principles taught by M. Grcqor von Feinaigle, 

 &c. London. 1812. Of this work a second edition, 

 with additional illustrations, was published in 1813. 



MOCHA, or MOKHA. a maritime town of Arabia 

 Feiix, on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, is situated 

 in the mid-a of a barren plain, about 15 mile? n'jrth 

 from the Straits of Babelmandel, in 13 16' N. Latitude, 

 and 43 11' 15" E. Longitude. It is placed between 

 two low points of land, which project from the shore, 

 so as to form a bay capable of sheltering such ships as 

 can approach within a mile of the shore. On each of 

 these points, which are about five miles distant from 

 each other, is constructed a circular castle, built of 

 stone, and provided with artillery, (ei'har of which a 

 British ship of war would level with the ground by a 

 single broadside ;) and nearly in the centre of the 

 walls of the town, fronting the sea, is a similar fort, 

 protecting the only gate in this quiirter tor the entrance 

 ot goods and passengers. From this gate a pier of stone 

 runs out in a due westerly direction for the space of 

 150 yards, which was built about the middle of last 

 century, by Captain Wataon, superinttndant of the 

 Bombay Marine. The town itself stands so close to 



length from north to south, ami liulf a mile in breadth. 

 It is completely surrounded with walls of hewn sfc.re, 

 about 16 feet high on the sea-side, but about 30 in some 

 places on the l.uid-side, which are generally kept in 

 good repair, and provided with loop-holt-s fiir arrows 

 or musketry at the distance of every live feet. There 

 are also batteries at eacli end of ti..- town, and round 

 towers on the walls at equal distances. But the walls 

 are too thin to withstand a cannon ball, and the bat- 

 teries scarcely able to bear the tiring of their own guns. 

 The houses fronting the sea are very lofty, built of 

 stone, anil all white-washed. There are several mosq;ies 

 in the place, the minarets of which rise to a consider- 

 able height, and the largest of them serves as a land- 

 mark to ships entering the road, particularly as a steer- 

 ing point to avoid the dangerous shoal, which begins 

 about four miles from the shore, and reaches nearly to 

 the pier-head. There are several tombs or square edi- 

 fices, covered with circular domes, which break the 

 uniform line of the flat-roofed houses, and altogether 

 the appearance of the town, when seen from the road- 

 stead, is striking and handsome. But the expectations 

 of the stranger are completely disappointed as soon as 

 he enters the gates, when he sees the streets covered 

 with filth, and full of vacant spaces, or the ruins of de- 

 serted habitations. The principal building in the town 

 is the residence of the Dola, a large and lofty structure 

 with turrets on the top, and a variety of fantastic or- 

 naments in white stucco. One front of it looks towards 

 the sea, and another into a square, the only regular 

 place in the town where the Dola and his officers amuse 

 themselves in throwing the jerid. The best houses 

 look towards the sea, and are chiefly situated to the 

 north of the sea-gate. They are mostly built of brick 

 made by the heat of the sun, and, unless carefully pre- 

 served from the access of moisture, are soon reduced to 

 a heap of mud. The windows are generally small, 

 placed regularly in the walls, and seldom capable of 

 being opened for the admission of fresh air. The floors 

 as well as the roofs of the larger houses, are made of 

 chunam, laid on pieces of plank or thin sticks, closely 

 arranged like laths across the beams, but are extremely 

 uneven, a circumstance which occasions less inconve- 

 nience where neither chairs nor tables are used. The 

 internal strucHirs of the habitations is uniformly bad, 

 the passages long and narrow, and the stairs so steep 

 as to be ascended with difficulty. The lower orders 

 live in huts, composed of wicker work, covered on the 

 inside with mats, and sometimes on the outside with a 

 little clay, the roofs of which are uniformly thatched, 

 and each of which has a small yard fenced in front. 

 The suburbs are situated to the south of the town, with 

 a la"ge vacant space between them and the wu:l.->, and 

 contain as many inhabitants as the city itself, but 

 chiefly of the poorer classes. One quarter is occupied 

 by Jews, another by prostitutes, a thiid by the pub- 

 lic slaves, who are mostly Abyssfflian*, employed in 

 repairing the buildings or loading the vessels belong- 

 ing to the government, and the other districts, by la- 

 bourers, artizans, and a few gardener*, who, by means 

 of great industry and plenty of manure, contrive to 

 raise a little sallad, pul.-e, and sweet potatoes, 'i he 

 amount of inhabitants, both within and wiuiuut the 

 walK, is not supposed to exceed 10,000. 



The climate ot Moc!-a ir vxiitin. ly sultry, in conse- g tlil ard 

 quence of its vicinity to the arid i^ruls of \fiica, from c.imate. 

 which the south-east winds hinw above < . niths 



in the year, and often with such violence as to prevent- 

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