MIC 



it is in ruins, has a population of 50,000 fouls. The bazaar 

 is well fupplied vrith fruits and provifions, from the fertile 

 plain on which the city ftands. It is furrounded with a 

 ftrong wall, three furfungs in circumference, and the great 

 bazaar is three miles in length. The city is governed by one 

 of the king's fons, and with the diftrifts belonging to it 

 vields a revenue of 90,000 tomauns. It carries on a con- 

 (iderable trade with Bokhara, Buikh, Candahar, Yezd, and 

 Herat. Velvets of the fineft quality are manufaftured 

 here ; and its fur pelifles are much efteemed. 



MESHED. See Meschid. 



Meshed Alt. See Nejiff. 



METAL, in Geography, a townftiip of Frankhn county, 

 in Pennfylvania, having 1 2 36 inhabitants. 



METALS, in the Materia Medico, col. 2, 1. 24, for 

 Todd r. Thomfon. 



METEORIC Iron. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



METHERVAN, in Geography, atownof Eflex county, 

 in MafTachufetts, containing 1181 inhabitants. 



METHWOLD, col. 2, 1. 4, r. iSii — 942 — 174. 



METROXYLON, in Botany, a name given by Rott- 

 boll, in the Copenhagen TranfaAions, to the true Sago 

 Palm, defcribed from Dr. Koenig's manufcripts, by Mr. 

 Charles Konig, in Ann. of Bot. v. i. 195. t.4. This 

 genus appears to differ from Gsertner's Sagus, (fee that 

 article,) in having a corolla; which is monopetalous and 

 three-cleft. See SaGO. 



MEXICO, col. 1 5, 1. 2 1 from bottom, add — The induftri- 

 ous refearches of the ingenious and philofophical traveller 

 M. Humboldt have eftablifhed the remarkable faft, that 

 in the whole of the New Continent, there is nothing which 

 indicates the exiftence of alphabetical writing, nor any very 

 near approach to it. Although the ufe of hieroglyphic 

 paintings was common among the Toltecks, Aztecks, and 

 other tribes, which, fince the feventh century, have appeared 

 fucceflively on the elevated plain of Anchuac, Humboldt 

 fuggefts, that the progreffive perfection of fymbolical 

 writing, and the facility with which objefts were painted, 

 prevented the introduftion of letters. It is alleged, that 

 they have done fo for a much longer time with the 

 Chinefe. 



MIAMI, a townfhip of Clermont county, in Ohio, 

 containing 1670 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip of Greene 

 county, in Ohio, having 794 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip 

 of Hamilton county, in Ohio, having 495 inhabitants. — 

 Alfo, a county of Ohio, containing 6 townlhips, and 3941 

 inhabitants. 



MICHIGAN. Add— The territory of Michigan in- 

 cludes four diftrifts, "u/'z. Detroit, Erie, Huron, and 

 Michifimaclik, and by thecenfus of 1810, 4702 inhabitants, 

 of whom 24 were flaves. 



MICKLEHAM, col. 2, 1. i, r. 1811 ; 1. 2, 416 perfons, 

 occupying 54 houfes ; 1. 3, 190 — 226. 



MICROPETALUM, in Botany, from the fmallnefs of 

 the petals. — " Perf. Syn. v. 1.509." Pur(h 319. (Sper- 

 gulaftrum ; Michaux Bor.-Amer. v. i. 275.) — Clafs and 

 order, Decandria Tctragyriia. Nat. Ord. Caryophyllei, Lmn. 

 Juff. 



Elf. Ch. Calyx of five fpreading leaves. Petals five, 

 minute, undivided ; or wanting. Stigmas four, feflile. 

 Capfule ovate, longer than the calyx, of four valves. 



1. M. lanuginoj'um. Mich. n. I. — Denfely downy. 

 Flov/er-ftalks fohtary. Petals none. — On the mountains of 

 Virginia and Carolina, perennial, flowering in June and 

 July. Leaves lanceolate, tapering down into a footftalk. 



2. VL. lanceolatum. Mich. n. 2. — Smooth. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, tapering at each end. Flowers panicled. Petals 



1 



MIL 



ovate, very fliort. — On moift rocks, from Canada to Penn- 

 fylvania, perennial, flowering in July. Stigmas fometimcs 

 only three. Michaux. 



■Ji.ls'i, gramineum. Mich. n. 3. — Very fmooth. Leaves 

 linear. Panicle terminal, la:;, flender. Petals lanceolate, 

 as long as the calyx. — About fprings and fhady rocks, 

 from New York to Virginia, perennial, flowering in June 

 and July. Purjh. Refembles Stellaria graminea. Michaux. 



Mr. Purfh fpeaks of Arenaria fafciculata as probably 

 belonging to this genus, but we know not whether he 

 intends the plant of Linnxus, or of Jacq. Auflr. t. 182 ; 

 fee Engl. Bot. t. 1744. 



MIDDLEBOROUGH, 1. 3, r. 4400. 



MIDDLEBURY, 1.6, r. 2188; add— Alfo, a town of 

 New Haven, in Connetticut, haring 847 inhabitants. 



MIDDLEFIELD, I.3, r. 822. 



MIDDLE Hero, a townfliip of Grand Ifle county, 

 in Vermont, having 623 inhabitants. 



MIDDLESEX, col. 2, 1. 4, r. 1811-130,613 houfes, 

 953'276 inhabitants ; -viz. 434,633 males, and 518,643 

 temales : of whom 135,398 families are employed in trade 

 and manufaftures, and 9088 in agriculture. 



Middlesex, in America, 1. 5, ;-. 44; 1.6, r. 52,789. 

 Col. 2, 1. 9, ;•. 8 — 20,723 ; 1. 10, r. 57 were flaves in 1810; 

 1. 14, r. 20,383 ; add — Alfo, a townftiip of Chittenden 

 county, in Vermont, haring 401 inhabitants. — Alfo, a 

 townfhip of Butler county, in Pennfylvania, containing 

 568 perfons. 



MIDDLETON, 1. 3, r. 541 ; 1. 8, after lioufes, add— 

 2014 inhabitants. 



MiDDLETOX, except the city, a townfhip, containing 

 3368 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip of Columbiana, in 

 Ohio, having 579 inhabitants. 



MiDDLETOX, col. 2, 1.23,;-. 1811; 1. 24, ;•. 4422 per- 

 fons, occup)-ing 805 houles. 



MIDDLETOWN, 1. 3, add — containing 439 inhabit- 

 ants ; 1.4, add — having 1207 inhabitants; 1. 7, r. 976; 

 1. 17, r. 3849; 1. 33, after county, add — containing 948 inha- 

 bitants ; 1-34, after Cumberland, add — having 2^51, and 

 the third in Bucks countv, having 1462 inhabitants. 



MIDDLEWICH, col. 2, 1. 10, ;-. 181 1 ; 1.11,279— 

 1232. 



MIDHURST, 1. 8, r. In 1811, the borough and panfh 

 contained 1256 perfons, occupying 196 houfes; 60 families 

 being employed in agriculture, 127 in trade and manufac- 

 tures. 



MIEMITE. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



MIFFLIN, 1. 4, r. nine ; 1. 9, r. this county contains 

 12,132. Add — Alfo, a townfhip in Allegany county, in 

 Pennfylvania, containing 637 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town- 

 fhip of Rofs county, in Ohio, with 445 inhabitants. 



MILBORNE Port, col. 2, 1. 7,r. 181 1, 1.8, r. popu- 

 lation of this borough and parifh amounted to icoo perfons, 

 occupying 224 houfes; 474 being males, and 526 females : 

 of whom 132 families were employed in trade, and 78 in 

 agriculture. 



MILDENHALL, 1. 25, r. 181 1 ; 1. 26, r. 2493, occu- 

 pying 351 houfes; 1187 being males, and 1306 females: — 

 278 — 1 12. 



MILFORD, col. 3, 1.39, 4c, r. 1811 — 1961, the 

 number of houfes being 352. 



MiLFORD, in America, 1. 2, containing 2095 inhabitants ; 

 1-3' 973; l.ll, containing 2033 inhabitants; 1. 18, and 

 2674 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town of Hillfborough county, 

 in New Hampftiire, containing 1117 inhabitants. — Alfo, a 

 townfliip of Wayne, in Pennfylvania, having 87 perfons. — 

 Alfo, a townftiip of Somerfet county, in the fame ftate, 



with 



