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in the following mixture, fo as to clear them of all the 
glutinous matter, that their refpiration and perfpiration 
may not be obftrufted : Take of tobacco one pound, 
l'ulphur two pounds, unflaked lime one peck, and about 
a pound of elder-buds; pour on them ten gallons of 
boiling water; cover it clofe, and let it ftand till cold; 
then add as much cold water as will fill a hogfhead. It 
fhould ftand two or three days to fettle, when the fcum 
may be .taken off, and it is fit for ufe.” 
Mr. j. S. Segar, the author of a treatife upon this fub- 
jeft, obferves, that the mildew is of fuch a fharp corrofive 
nature, that it raifes blifters on the feet of the fhepherds 
who go barefoot, and even confumes the hoofs of the 
cattle. He lufpefts that it poffeffes fome arfenical quali¬ 
ties, though he does not pretend to affirm this pofitively. 
The fame author confiders the mildew as a principal 
caufe of epideinical diftempers among the cattle. The 
mildew producing thefe difeafes, he lays, is that which 
dries and burns the gral's and leaves. It falls ufually in 
the morning, particularly after a thunder-ftorm. Its 
poifonous quality never operates but when it has been 
i'vvallowed immediately after its falling. The diforder 
attacks the ltomach, is accompanied with pimples on the 
tongue, lofs of appetite, a defecation of the aliments in 
the ltomach, a cough, and difficulty of rel'piration. As a 
prelervative, the author prefcribes purging in fpring and 
in winter. He is againft vomiting, and every thing that 
is of a heating nature. 
To MIL'DEW, v. a. To taint with mildew.—He mil¬ 
dews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creatures of the 
earth. Shahejpeare's King• Lear. 
Morals fnatch from Plutarch’s tatter’d page, 
A mildew'd Bacon, or Stagyra’s lage. Gay's Trivia > 
MI'LDLY, adv. Tenderly; not feverely. 
Prince, too mildly reigning, 
Ceafe thy borrow and complaining. Dryden, 
Gently; not violently.-—The air once heated maketh the 
fame burn more mildly, and fo helpeth the continuance. 
JBacon's Natural Hijtory. 
MI'LDNESS, J'. Gentlenefs; tendernefs; mercy; cle¬ 
mency. 
You are much more at talk for want of wifdom. 
Than prais’d for harmlels mildnejs. Shahejpeare's K. Lear . 
Contrariety to acrimony. 
MIL'DORTF, a town of Aulfria: ten miles weft of 
Crems. 
MIL'DRED, [Saxon.] A woman’s name. 
MIL'DSTEDE, a town of the duchy of Slefwick. 
Near this town formerly ftood the town and caftle of 
Mildelborg, which were deftroyed by an inundation in 
■the year 1300: two miles fouth-eaft of Hufum. 
MILE' (Francefco,) a very ingenious landfcape-pain- 
ter, born at Antwerp in 164.4. tie made the heroic ftyie 
of Nicolo Pouffin his model, and fucceeded to a very con¬ 
siderable degree in competition with him. In tones of 
colour he frequently furpailes him, and more nearly ap¬ 
proaches Titian. He fails in the conception of fcenery, 
and the compofition of his forms. He was poilbned, by 
.fome envious perfon, at the early age of thirty-iix. Had 
he been fpared for a longer period, we may realonably ex¬ 
pert he would have completely rivalled his great pre- 
deceffor. 
MI'LE, J. A long meafure, whereby the Englilh, Ita¬ 
lians, and fome other nations, exprels the diftance be¬ 
tween places. The mile is of different extent in different 
countries. The geqgraphical or Italian mile contains 
a thouland geometrical paces, mi lie pajj'us, whence the 
term mile is derived. 
The Englilh mile confifts of eight furlongs, each fur¬ 
long of forty poles, and each pole of iixteen' feet and a 
half: fo that it is equal to 1760 yards, or 5280 feet. The 
mile employed by the Romans in Great Britain, and re- 
iLoi td by Henry VII. was cur prelent Englilh mile. A 
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degree of the meridian in England, lat. 52. N. according 
to the late meafurement of Col. Mudge, is 121,640 yards, 
or 69-114 miles. A geographical or lea mile is the 60th 
part of fuch a degree, i. e. 2027^ yards; and three fea- 
miles make a league. A degree of the meridian in 
lat. 45. N. as meafured in France in 1796, is 57,008 toifes 
121,512 yards = 69-092 Englilh miles. 
We lhall here give a Table of the miles in ufe among 
the principal nations of Europe, in geometrical paces, 
60,000 of which make a degree of the equator. 
MileofRuffia • - - - - - - 750 
of Italy 1000 
of England ----- 1200 
of Scotland and Ireland - 1500 
Old league of France - 1500 
The I'm all league ----- 2000 
The mean league ----- 2500 
The great league ------ 3000 
Mile of Poland ------ 3000 
of Spain ------ 3428 
of Germany - 4000 
of Sweden ----- 5000 
of Denmark. ------ 5000 
of Hungary ----- 6000 
The following Table Ihows the length of miles, leagues, 
&c. ancient and modern, in Englilh yards. 
Ancient Roman mile - 1610-348 
Olympic ftadium, -J-th of ditto ... 201-293 
Stadium, T %th of ditto - - - - 161-034 
Stadium, 11 ooth part of a degree - - - n 1-200 
Jewilh rifin, of which i\ — an ancient Roman mile 2i4-‘7i 3 
Gallic leuca, ancient Roman mile - - 2415-522 
Perfian parafang, German raft, or common ? „ 
league in France - - - - ^ + 3 1 °44 
German or Scandinavian league, 2 rafts - 9662-088 
Mile or league of Germany = 200 Rhenifh yards 8239-846 
Egyptian 1 'chcene, 4 ancient Roman miles - 6441-392 
Great Arabian mile, ufed in Paleftine in the time 1 
of the crufades, rated at i|-ancient Roman >-2415-713 
mile - - - - - - ? -3 
Modern Roman mile - 1628-466 
Modern French league - 5328-750 
Modem Greek mile, mile of Turkey, and com-? 
mon werft of Ruffia J 
League of Spain = 4 ancient Roman miles - 6441-392 
Large league of Spain — 5 ditto - - 8051-740 
MI'LE-STONE, f. A ftone fet to mark the miles. 
The comfort and convenience which travellers derive 
from mile-ftones is well known, and the dilapidations 
which they are fubjeft to are very generally felt as a 
grievance. Inftead, however, of pointing out remedies 
for the evil (which might eafily be done), we with to lee 
them entirely l'uperfeded by fubftituting mile-huts in the 
place of them. In every new aft of parliament for a turn¬ 
pike-road, or in any amended aft, let it be a ftanding or¬ 
der that a claufe lhall be introduced, obliging the truf- 
tees to ere6t mile-huts on the whole line of. road. They 
lliould be uniform and cheap; the whole colt not to 
exceed forty pounds : they Ihould be lime-whitened in the 
manner of the buildings in South Wales. The door tb 
be the place of meafurement, over which a painted board, 
with letters and figures very legible, denoting the place, 
thus, ^ Barnet' 1 6 1 ’ anc ^ underneath the name of 
the cottager in a different cliarafter. Each hut lliould be 
furniflied with hammers, a law, a fcrew-wrench, nails, 
cords, twine, and fundry parts of harnefs, to be paid for 
at low fixed rates by thole requiring them ; and the keepers 
to be under iimilar regulations for good behaviour as 
toll-collectors. In winter, each hut to have a lamp burn¬ 
ing all night. The advantages attending fuch a plan are 
more than can readily be conceived. It would infure a 
large fupply of cheap cottages all oyer the kingdom, and 
. would 
