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his mediation mankind were taught the ufe of coffee ; and 
imploring the favour of heaven on the Iheiks, his de¬ 
fendants. 
Mocha was the laft city in Yemen of which the Turks 
retained poffeffxon. It is faid that the Arabs did not 
conquer but buy it. Since the Turks were difpoffeffed, 
it has never had any other mafter but the imam. Many 
Jews live here in a l’eparate village, as in the other cities 
of Yemen. Here jjre alfo about 700 banians, rajaputs, 
and other Indians, fome of whom are merchants, and 
others gain fubfiftence by the exercife of the different me¬ 
chanical arts. When they have made a fmall fortune, 
they return home to India; and on this account are al¬ 
ways regarded as ftrangers. Several nations formerly 
traded in this port. The Portuguefe, who two centuries 
ago were very powerful on the Arabic gulf, have long 
fince ceafed to fend fliips thither. The Dutch rarely ap¬ 
pear here; and the French never in time of war, though 
they ftill continue to rent warehoufes. The Englifh at 
prefient engrofs, by way of India, almoft exclufively, the 
whole trade of this place, which is conduced for them 
by a Banian. The trade of Mocha being fo confiderable, 
the cuftoms muff afford a large revenue to the imam 
The Turks, Arabs, and Indians, pay eight or ten per cent, 
typon their value, after they have been infpe&ed at the 
cuftom-houfe: all Europeans enjoy the privilege of hav¬ 
ing their goods infpe&ed in their own warehoufes, and of 
paying only three per cent, upon their value. The In¬ 
dians of late, fince the Englilh have become fo powerful 
ip Bengal, pay only three per cent, but the merchants in. 
Mocha pay likewile five per cent, on all Indian goods 
which they purchafe. There is alfo a tonnage-duty, re¬ 
gulated, not by the tonnage of the veil'd, but by the num¬ 
ber of its malls. A merchant, however, who lades a large 
European fhip with coffee in this port, receives a premium 
of four hundred crowns. The Arabs have fcarcely any 
article for exportation except coffee, and of this the In¬ 
dians are not very fond. The Englifh fliips muff return 
dmpty to India, if they did not gain conliderably by car¬ 
rying money, with which the Arabian merchants entruft 
them. When a foreign veffel arrives in the road of Moc¬ 
ha, it muff not lalute with guns, but only hoiff a flag. It 
is oblervable, that the trade on the coaffs of the Red Sea 
cannot be advantageous to any nation which has not 
fettlements in India. The Arabians make no ufe of the 
productions of Europe. There is, indeed, a quantity of 
iron fold in Arabia, which has in times paft been pur- 
chafed chiefly from the Danes. A ff ranger cannot be too 
much on his guard againft Mahometan brokers. He 
will find it advantageous to addrefs himfelf rather to the 
Banians, among whom are many confiderable merchants, 
who are very honeft men. Lat. 13.19. N. Ion. 43.23. E. 
Mr. Bruce, in his Travels to difcover the Source of the 
Nile, mentions .two other Mochas, befides that which we 
have above defcribed. The firit is in Arabia Deferta, in 
lat. 30. N. nearly, not far from the bottom of the Gulf of 
Suez. The fecond is in lat. 3. S. near Terfhifh, on the 
coaff of Melinda. The. meaning of Mocha, he fays, is in 
the Ethiopic prifon-, and it is particularly given to thole 
three places, becaufe in any of them a lhip is forced to 
flay or be detained for months, until the change of the 
monfoon fets her at liberty to purfue her voyage. 
MO'CHA, a .fmall ifland in the Pacific Ocean, near the 
coaff .of Chili. Eat. 38. 30. S. 
MO'CHA, a town of Peru, in the jurifdiftion of Santa. 
MOCHA'LES, a town of Spain, in New Caftile : feven- 
teen miles north-north-weft of Molina. 
MO'CHAN HO'TUN, a town of Corea: 600 miles 
eaft-north-eaft of Pekin. Lat.42.12. N. Ion. 128.45. E. 
MOCH'EL, or Mocke.l, adj. See Mickle. This word 
is varioufly written mickle, mickel, mocldl, mochel, viochel, 
muclile .] Much; many: 
The body bigg, and mightily pight, 
Thoroughly rooted, and wond’.rous height, 
Whilom had been the king of the field. 
And mochdl mall to the hufband did yield. Spmfcr. 
_ MOCHICA'GUI, a town of New Mexico, in the pr», 
vince of Cinaloa: fixty miles weft-north-weft of Cinaloa, 
MOCH'LIA, / [from Gr. a lever.] In furgery, 
a reduction of bones from an unnatural to a natural pofi- 
tion. 
MOCH'LING, a town of the duchy of Carinthia: fix 
miles eaft of Eberndorff. 
MO'C HO-STONE,/ [from Mocha, therefore more pro¬ 
perly mocha-Jlone.~] The Chalcedonius dendriticus, p. 464. 
— Mocho-ftones are related to the agat, of a clear horny 
grey, with declinations reprefenting moffes, fhrubs, and 
branches, black, brown, red, in the fubftance of the ftone-. 
Woodward. 
MOCHOW', a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Kaur- 
zim: twelve miles weft-north-weft of Kaurzim. 
MOCH'RUM, a town of Scotland, in .the county of 
Wigton : nine miles weft of Wigton. 
2 b MOCK, v.a. [moequer, Fr. moccio, Welfh; front 
/Aktfsi, puxupcci, Gr.] To deride ; to laugh at; to ridicule. 
—I am as one mocked of his neighbour; the juft upright 
man is mocked to fcorn. Job. xii. 4. 
All the regions 
Do feemingly revolt; and who refill 
Are mock'd for valiant ignorance. 
And periflt conftant fools. Shakefpeare's Coriolanus, 
Many thouland widows 
Shall this his mock mock out of their dearhulbands ; 
Mock mothers from their fons, muck caftles down. Shakefp, 
To deride by imitation; to mimic in contempt: 
I long, till Edward fall by war’s mifchance. 
For mocking marriage with a dame of France. Shakefpeare. 
To defeat; to elude: 
My father is gone into his grave, 
And with his fpirit fadly I furvive, 
To mock the expectations of the world ; 
To fruftrate prophecies, and to raze out 
Rotten opinion. Shakefpeare's Hen. TV. 
To fool; to tantalize; to play on contemptuoufly : 
He will not 
Mock ua with his blell fight, then fnatch him hence. 
Miltbib 
Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen’d out 
To deathlefs pain ? Miltcnt, 
Heav’n’s fuller influence mocks our dazzled fight, 
Too great its brightnefs, and too ftrong its light. Prio& 
To MOCK, v.n. To make contemptuous fport.—When 
thou mockejt, ftiall no man make thee alhamed ? Job. 
Pluck down my officers, break my decrees; 
For now a time is come to mock at form. Shakefpeare * 
MOCK,/ Ridicule; aCl of contempt; fleer; fneer; 
gibe; flirt.—What fliall be the portion of thofe who have 
affronted God, derided his w r ord, and made a mock of 
every thing that is lacred ? Tilloifon. 
Colin makes mock at all her piteous fmart, 
A lafs, that Cic’ly hight, has won his heart. Gay. 
Imitation 5 mimicry t 
Now reach a ftrain, my lute, 
Above her mock, or be for ever mute. Crajhaio. 
MOCK, adj. Falfe ; counterfeit; not real.—That fu- 
perior greatnels and mock majefty, which is alcribed to 
the prince of fallen angels, is admirably preferved. Spec 
tutor. 
MOCK-PAT'RIOT, / A pretender to patriotifm.— 
What a defpicable figure mult the prefent mock-patriots 
make in the eyes of pofterity ! Mafon's Supplement. 
MOCK-PRIV'ET. See Phillyrea._ 
MOCK'ABLE, adj. Expoled to derifion.—Thofe that 
are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the 
country as the behaviour of the country is moil mockubte 
at the court. Shakefpeare’s As you like it. 
MOCKA'DOES, 
