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iiicrht, and amufeJ themfelvcs with wounding and disfigur- 

 ing the men, and indecently expoiing the women, m the 

 year 171 1. A reward of 100/. was offered by royal pro- 

 clamation for apprehending any one of them. 



MOLD, 1. 6, r. .8.., the panfh, &c. 5083 perfons 

 oecnpying 1026 houfes ; 246? bemg males, and 2618 

 females : of whom 217 families are employed m trade and 

 manufaftures, and 180 in agriculture. 



MOLE. SeeN.t;vis. . ^^ „ , „ 



MOLLIA, in B'jnwy, Ait. Hort. Lew. v. 2. 62. See 

 P0LVCARP/T.A and Hag^ia. 



MOLTON, South, col. 2, 1. 15, r. 181 1—520— 2739. 

 MoLToy, Nord', an adjoining panfh, contauung 329 

 houfes, and 1526 inliabitants. 



MOLYBDENA. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 

 MOLYBDENUM, in Chemijlry. The fpecific gravity 

 of this metal, according to Hjelm, is 7.400 ; but accordmg 

 to Bucholz, who, from the greater heat he employed, ob- 

 tained it in a more compact ftate, it is as high as 8.61 1. 

 According to the experiments of this latter chemift, there 

 are three oxyds of this metal, the brown protoxyd, the 

 blue or molybdous acid, and the ivh'ite or molybdk acid. Dr. 

 Thomfon, from the experiments of Bucholz, deduces the 

 weight of the atom of this metal to be 60. 



MONAHAN, or Monaghax. Add — containing 725 

 inhabitants. 



MONEY. See Political Economy. 

 MONFALOUT, r. See Manfalout. 

 MONKTON, 1. 2, r. 1248. 

 MONMOUTH, 1. 3, ;■. feven for fix ; 1. 4, r. 22,150 



1501. Alfo, a town of the diftrift of Maine, in the 



county of Kennebeck, containing 1262 inhabitants. 

 . Monmouth, col. 3, 1. 37, r. 1811 ; 1. 38, r. 3503. Add 

 — The number of houfes is 661 ; that of males 1630, and 

 of females 1873, of whom 375 families are employed in 

 trade and manufatlures, and 146 in agriculture. 



MONMOUTHSHIRE, 1. 10.— In 1811, the county 

 was returned as containing 11,766 houfes, and 62,127 per- 

 fons; 30,987 males, and 31,140 females: 5815 employed 

 in agriculture, and 48 1 2 in trade, manufaftures, and handi- 

 craft. 



MONONGALIA, 1. 2, r. 12,793 perfons, of whom 

 351 were flaves in 18 10. 



MONOPTERUS, in Ichthyology, a genus of fifties of 

 the order Apodes ; the charafters of which are, that the 

 body is anguilliform, the noftrils placed between the eyes, 

 and the fin caudal. The only animal of this genus hitherto 

 difcovered is the M. Javanicus, blackifh, with a very (harp- 

 pointed tail. It is a native of the Indian feas, and is very 

 common about the coafts of Java, where it is confidered as 

 excellent food. 



MONROE. Add — containing 5444 inhabitants, of 

 whom 376 were flaves in 18 10. 



MONSON. Add — containing 1674 inhabitants. 



Vol. XXIV. 



MONTAGUE, Edward, col. 2, 1. 8, for fine Ihips 

 r. fire-lhips. 



Montague, 1. 4, r. 934. 



MONTAGI E. See MOUNTAGUE. 



MONTENEGRINS, fo caOed from the Monte Negro, 

 or Black mountain, near Cantaro, have been reckoned 

 umongft the moil daring inhabitants of Dalmatia; which fee. 

 The whole amount of thefe, who are fcattered over moun- 

 tains, has been ellimated at about 6o,000. All profefs the 



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Greek religion, but with feveral remains of fuperftition. 

 The Morlacs, and other inland tribes of Dalmatia, are 

 honell and fincere barbarians, and the drefs of their vaivodes 

 fomewhat refembles the Hungarian. The general peace of 

 Enrope has reftored tranquillity and prefent fecurity to 

 them. 



MONTGOMERY, in America, 1. 3, r. 2954, of whom 

 747 were flaves in 1810; 1. 6, r. 41,214, of whom 712 

 were flaves; 1. 10, r. 237; 1. 12, r. 595; 1. 14, r. 30; 

 1. 15, i: 29,703; 1. 16, add — containing 580 inhabitants; 

 1. 17, having 2693 inhabitants; 1. 18, r. 8430; 1. 19, r. 

 1696 flaves; 1. 21, r. 8409 inhabitants, of whom 1099 

 were flaves; 1. 24, ;•. 17,980—7572; 1. 28, r. 8026 inha- 

 bitants, of whom 2629 are flaves ; 1. 29, r. 12,650 inhabit- 

 ants, of whom 1 69 1 are flaves. Add — Alfo, a town ot 

 Somerfet county, in New Jerfey, having 2282 inhabitants. 

 — Alfo, a townfliip of Franklin county, in Ohio, having 

 556 inhabitants. — Alio, a county of Ohio, containing 7 

 townfliips, and 7722 inhabitants. 



Montgomery, in Wales, col. 2, 1. 35, r. 181 1 ; 1. 36, 

 the borough and — 932 — 442 males, and 490 females. 



MONTGOMERYSHIRE, col. 6, 1. ult. r. 181 1— 

 51,931-25,373—26,558. Col. 7, 1. I, ;•. 3164 families; 

 1. 3, ;-. 6369. 



MONTICELLO, a town of Georgia, in Randolph 

 county, having 89 inhabitants. 



MONTIQUE, a town of Suffex county, in New Jerfey, 

 containing 661 inhabitants. 



MONTROSE. In 1811 the burgh and parifh contained 

 1064 houfes, and 8955 perfons; toz. 3837 males, and 51 18 

 females: 170 families being employed in agriculture, and 

 1529 in trade, manufaftures, and handicraft. 



MONTVILLE, 1. 3, r. 2187 — Alfo, a town in Maine, 

 in Lincoln county, with 864 inhabitants. 



MoNTViLLE Plantation, a townfliip of the fame, having 

 130 inhabitants. 



MOON, a townfliip of Alleghany county, in PennfyU 

 vania, having 1622 inhabitants. 



Moon, Half, a townfliip in Centre county, in Pennfylvania, 

 having 560 inhabitants. 



MooN, Firjl and Second, two townfhips of Beaver county, 

 in the fame Hate, the former having 1035, and the latter 

 1245 inhabitants. 



MOONSHEE, an Indian term fignifying a letter-writer 

 or fecretary, and applied by Europeans to the native who 

 inilrufts them in the Perfian language. 



MOONSTERLING, in G^o^ra//^, a townfliip of Ken- 

 tucky, in Montgomery county, with 325 perfons, of whom 

 76 were flaves in 1810. 



MOORE, a townfliip of Northampton county, in Penn- 

 fylvania, having 1108 inhabitants. 



MOOSH, the ancient Moxoene, called alfo Daran, a 

 town of Armenia, occupying a fmall eminence, waflied by 

 the Euphrates, over which is a bridge of fifteen arches : 

 badly built and thinly inhabited ; but the adjoining country 

 is fertile and populous. The natives of this diilrift, which 

 is one of the Turkifh pachalics of Armenia, are a degenerate 

 race, and faid to amount to 80,000 fouls ; 12,000 of whom 

 are Yezedis. Confiderable quantities of tobacco and manna 

 are exported from hence. 



MORAYSHIRE, col. 4, 1.32,^.1811—6268 — 

 28,108; i>;2. 12,401 males, and 15,707 females : 1. 32, 

 r. 2635 families ; 1. 34, r. 1886. 



MORELAND, I. 2, having 400 — the other having 

 1692 inhabitants. 



MORETON-Hampstead. In 1811 this parifli con- 

 tained 337 houfes, and 1653 perfons; viz. 770 males, and 



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