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cie, which, although a temporary support, are ulti- 

 mately fatal to their works. The total number of Moz- 

 art'* composition*, we have understood, amounts to 

 115, among which are 12 dramatic operas, 17 sym- 

 phonies, 6 original quintette for violins, tenors, and 

 Tiolincello, 10 quartet ts, and 1 trio for the same in- 

 struments, together with 2 duett* for violin and tenor. 

 He wrote many pieces for the piano, and all other in- 

 struments ; but several changes have been made in 

 the arrangement of his music, both by himself and its 

 editors. One of his pianoforte quartetts was a quin- 

 trtt, and one of his violin quintetts originally adapted 

 for eight wind instrument*. 



Mosart married Constantia Weber in 1781, by 

 whom he left a son and a daughter. After his decease 

 his family met with ample protection and support from 

 the inhabitants of Vienna, who were grateful for the 

 pleasure they had derived from his works. His sister 

 abandoned the musical profession on marrying a coun- 

 sellor of the Prince, bishop of Salzburg. It is said 

 that his son, following in his footsteps, has composed 

 between 15 and 20 opens, chiefly for the pianoforte, 

 but without gaining equal celebrity, (c) 



MULL, one of the western islands of Scotland, is in 

 the county of Argyle, and is the third in point of mag- 

 nitude. It is of a very irregular form, and so much in- 

 vaded by arms of the sea, that its circumference is 

 above 300 miles, although its greatest diameter does 

 not exceed 35. It is divided into three parishes, Kil- 

 fhuchen, Kilninian, and Torosay ; of which the follow- 

 ing wa the population in 1811. 



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Population in 

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In the year 1812, the real rent was about 7711. 

 The luperficud eontmts of the island are 420 square 

 miks, or 210,000 Scotch acres. 



The pariah of Kilnnichen, generally called the pa- 

 rish of ROM, occupies the south-western part of the is- 

 land, and extends 22 miles in length, and 12 in breadth. 

 It include* the islands of Inchkenncth, Eorsa.and Icolm- 

 kill. It i* in general barren and mountainous. The 

 shore* are bold and rocky, exhibiting in many places 

 basaltic column*; and there are good marble quarries 

 rferentnut* of the parish. The kelp made annu- 

 ally varies from 70 to 120 ton*. 



The parish of Kilninian occupies the peninsula in 

 the north-west part of the island, and extends about 

 12 mile* in length, and 12 in breadth. It includes the 

 inhabited ules of Ulva, Gometra, Little Colonsa, and 

 .Staffs, and the uninhabited cluster called the Treshinish 

 Isle*. The parish is in general hilly ; but the arable 

 land on the coast i* tolerably good and fertile. Thi. 

 parish manufacture* from 170 to 180 tons of kelp an- 

 nually, at the expence of about 80s. per ton. There 

 are five lakes in the parish, abounding with trout. Sal- 

 mon are caught at the mouth of several of the rivulets. 

 The town and harbours of Tobermory and Aros are in 

 this pariah. 



The parish of Torosay, or Pennygown, occupies the 

 outh-east side of the island, and stretches along the 

 sound of Mull. It is about 12 miles wide in every 

 direction. It* general aspect is rugged and moun- 



tainous. The highest part of it, viz. Benmore, is 3097 Mu "- 

 feet, as determined barometrically by Dr. Macculloch, '""""V"""*' 

 while Benychat, the highest hill next to it, is 229*. 

 The parish is excellently adapted for sheep pasture. 

 Castle Dowart, once the residence of the chief of the 

 Macleans, stands on a lofty promontory, overhanging 

 the Sound of Mull, and, till lately, was occupied as 

 barracks for a small party of soldiers from Fort-Wil- 

 liam, stationed here to check the smugglers. The pa- 

 rish contains several birch woods, annually cut for 

 charcoal. There are some red deer in the mountainous 

 parts of it. 



In general, the soil of the island of Mull is light, Soil, ice. 

 thin, and gravelly ; that which lies on the granite and 

 gneiss in the Ross of Mull, though less rich and less 

 deep than that of the high districts, yet, in a given ex- 

 tent, it is more productive of corn, in consequence of 

 its being more perfectly exposed to the sun. " The 

 gravelly nature," says Dr. Macculloch, " and conse- 

 quent poverty of the soil, is also better suited to the 

 excessive moisture of the climate, than the constitution 

 of those poor soils, in which the excess of retentive 

 power, while it causes these lands to be clothed with 

 perpetual verdure, is unfavourable to the due growth 

 and ripening of corn." Mull indeed is the least adapt- 

 ed of all the western islands for the cultivation of grain, 

 and must always import considerable quantities of com, 

 in exchange for the black cattle which are supported 

 upon its fine pasturage. 



The number of black cattle in Mull is stated at 8000, Black cat- 

 about 1600 of which are annually sold, and 1300 ex- "* 

 ported by the ferry of Achnacraig. These, along with 

 the 700 head from the islands of Coll, Tyrie, and Ulva, 

 constitute the 2000 head of black cattle which are year- 

 ly exported at the above ferry. These cattle are of 

 the hardiest breed, and in a few days, after a journey 

 of 700 or 800 miles, they have been found fully fatter 

 than when they left the island. The stock of sheep was Sheep. 

 about 1800 in the year 1810, of which about 4,500 

 were annually sold. The Tweeddale breed has been 

 universally substituted for the Highland breed ; and 

 a few of the Cheviots are to be found in the low farms. 

 The horses of the island have been long famous for Horses, 

 their hardiness ; and though their number has much 

 decreased, in consequence of agricultural causes, yet 

 several are still exported for the Irish market. The 

 sum annually drawn in Mull for its sheep and cattle 

 has been estimated at 1 2,000. The produce of about 

 600 ton of kelp amounted, for the six or seven years 

 before 1810, to L.500 per annum. 



The Duke of Argyle is the principal proprietor in Proprie- 

 Miill, the number of proprietors amounting to about tors. 

 10. The Duke possesses nearly one half of the 

 island. 



The climate of Mull is remarkable for its extreme Climate, 

 wetness. It is more subject to rain than any of the 

 western islands, exceeding even in this respect Rum 

 or Sky, which rank next to it. Dr. Macculloch 

 ascribes this to the altitude of its own hills, and to 

 that of the range which extends from Cruachan to 

 Ben Nevis, which assists in precipitating the clouds 

 that arrive from the western ocean. From its being im- 

 mediately open to the sea, it receives with undiminish- 

 ed energy gales of wind and rain, of which the inha- 

 bitants of better climates can scarcely form a concep- 

 tion. 



The principal town and harbours in Mull, are To- Towns. 



Dr. Macculloch, in 1919, ettinutts the popuUuon at tea thousand. 



