648 MON 
upon his eftate with all the kind familiarity and atten¬ 
tion of a father among his children. It was there that 
he had the pleafure of receiving Dr. Johnfon, with his 
friend James Bofwell, at the time when thofe gentlemen 
were upon their well-known journey through the High¬ 
lands of Scotland. No two perfons could differ more 
from each other in their literary tafte, or in their ideas 
of the value of learning and fcience, than our northern 
and louthern philofophers. James Bofwell, therefore, in 
carrying Johnl'on to vifit Monboddo, probably thought 
of pitting them one againft the other, like two game¬ 
cocks, and of enjoying the fport from the colloquial con- 
tell which he expedled to enfue between them. But 
Monboddo was too hofpitable to enter into keen conten¬ 
tion with a ftranger in his own houfe. There was much 
talk between them, but no angry controverfy, no exafpe- 
ration of that diflike For each other’s well-known pecu¬ 
liarities with which they had met. 
Lord Monboddo frequently vifited London during his 
vacations ; to which city he was allured by the great 
number of men of profound erudition, whole converfa- 
tion he had the opportunity of enjoying there. For forne 
time he made a journey to the capital once a-year. On 
thefe occalions he never was conveyed thither in a car¬ 
riage, that being a vehicle not in common ufe among the 
ancients, and conlidered by him as an engine of effemi¬ 
nacy and doth which it was difgraceful for a man to make 
ufe of in travelling. To be dragged at the tail of a horfe, 
inllead of mounting on his back, feemed, in his eyes, to 
be a truly ludicrous degradation of the genuine dignity 
of human nature. In all his journeys, therefore, between 
Edinburgh and London, he was accuftomed to ride on 
horfeback, attended by a {ingle fervant. This praftice he 
continued, without finding it too fatiguing for him, till 
he was upwards of eighty years of age. On his return 
from a laft vifit, in confequence of becoming exceedingly 
ill upon the road, he was unable to proceed; and, had 
he not been overtaken by a Scotch friend, who prevailed 
on him to travel the remainder of the way in a carriage, 
he might perhaps have perifiied by the way-fide, or 
breathed his laft in fome dirty inn. In London his vifits 
were very acceptable to all his friends, whether of the li¬ 
terary or fafnionable world. He delighted to fliow him- 
felf at court; and the king is laid to have taken a plea¬ 
fure in convening with the old man, with a diftinguiihing 
notice that could not but be very flattering to him. He 
uled to mingle, with great fatisfadtion, with the learned 
and ingenious at the houfe of the celebrated Mrs. Mon¬ 
tague. However, after the death of his friend Mr. Harris, 
he found a very fenfible diminution of the pleafure which 
he had ufed to enjoy in the fociety of London. Lord 
Monboddo polfelfed a good natural conftitution, which 
was ilreligthened by exercife, temperance, and a firm and 
even tenor of mind. In the country he always ufed 
much the exercife of walking in the open air, and of 
.ridmg. To the cold-bath he had recourle in all feafons 
of the year, amidft every feverity of the weather, under 
every inconvenience of indifpofition or bufinefs, with a 
perfeverance that was invincible. In winter or fummer, 
he was accuftomed to leave his bed at a very early hour, 
and betake himfelf to ftudy, or wholefome exercife. It 
is faid, that he even found the ufe of what he called the 
air-bath, or the praflice of occafionally walking about, 
for fome minutes, naked, in a room filled with frefli and 
cool air, to be highly falutary. Lord Monboddo’s eldeft 
daughter was married to a gentleman who held a refpeft- 
able office in the court of leftion. His fecond daughter, 
a molt amiable and beautiful young lady, died of a con- 
fumption abod’t the year 1773, leaving her father bereft 
of the tendereft tie which bound him to fociety and to 
life. Neither his philofophy, nor the neceflary torpor of 
the feelings of extreme old a'ge, could hinder him from 
being very deeply affii&ed by i'o grievous a lofs. From 
that time he began to droop exceedingly in his health 
and fpirits to the' period of his death, which took place 
M O N 
in June 1799, when he was in the eighty-fifth year of his 
age. Monthly Mag. Aug. 1799. Gent. Mag. June and 
Dec. 1799. 
MONBRUN', a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Hoval : fifteen miles fouth-weft of Gourbel. 
MONBU EY, a town of Spain, in the province of Leon; 
thirty miles fouth-fouth-weft of Aftorga. 
MONCA'DA, a town of Spain, in the province of Ca¬ 
talonia: eight miles north of Barcelona. 
MONCA'DA, a town of Spain, in the province of Va¬ 
lencia: feven miles north-weft of Valencia. 
MONCALI'ER, a town of France, in the department 
of the Po, iituated on an eminence near the Po; con¬ 
taining two churches, feveral convents, and a royal pa¬ 
lace. It is four miles fouth of Turin. 
MONCAL'VO, a town of Iftria : feven miles fouth of 
Rovigno. 
MONCAL'VO, a town of France, in the department 
of Marengo : feven miles fouth-fouth-weft of Cafale, and 
nine north of Afti. 
MON^A'ON, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Entre Duero e Minho, on the Minho; it is finall, but 
fortified: twenty-five miles north of Braga, and twenty- 
two eaft of Bayona in Spain. Lat. 42. N. Ion. 8. 10. E. 
MONCA'RAS, a town of Portugal, in Alentejo, on 
the Guadiana, containing above 1500 inhabitants. It is- 
four miles north-north-weft of Mourao, and twenty-five 
eaft of Evora. 
MONCAU', a town of France, in the department of 
the Lot and Garonne : fix miles eaft of Nerac, and feven 
fouth-weft of Agen. 
MONCA'YO, a town of Spain, in Arragon: eleven 
miles weft of Borja. 
MONCA'YO, a mountain of Spain, on the borders of 
•New Caftile and Arragon. 
MONCEAU', or Moncheau', late a town of France, in 
the department of Gemappe: two miles weft of Charleroy. 
MONCEAU'X le COM'TE, a town of France, in the 
department of theNyevre: four miles north of Corbigny. 
To MONCH, or Munch, v. a. To eat up; to devour. 
Obfolete. Chaucer. 
MONCHABOO', a town of Birmah. This town was 
for a fhort time capital of the Birmah empire. It is fifty- 
two miles north of Ava, and 284 eaft-north-eaft of Ara- 
can. Lat. 22. 34. N. Ion. 97.40. E. 
MONCHAM'P, a town of France, in the department 
of the Vendee: fifteen miles fouth-eaft of Montaigu, and 
twenty-two north-weft of Fontenayle Comte. 
MONCHAU'D, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Lower Charente: twelve miles fouth-eaft 
of Saintes. 
MON'CHBERG, or Mun'chberg, a towm of Germany, 
in the circle of the Lower Rhine : four miles eaft-north- 
eaft of Clingenberg. 
MON'CHY BRET'ON, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Straits of Calais: four miles north-eaft 
of St. Pol. 
MONCK'TON, a town of United America, in Ver¬ 
mont : nine miles north of Newhaven. 
MONCK'TON, a .village in Dorfetfhire, England, be¬ 
tween Sherborne and Weymouth. Immediately behind 
Monckton is one of the molt perfect remnants of ancient 
fortification this kingdom has to exhibit; it is called 
Maiden-caftie. It is well worth the attention of the cu¬ 
rious to vifit it; nor would we recommend them to he 
barely fatisfied with riding up to it, but to alight, and 
afcend thofe aftonifliing ramparts, which they cannot well 
do without reflecting on the immenfe labour it mull have 
been attended with to have produced fuch bulwarks of 
defence. It conlills of a treble ditch and rampart, each 
very deep and high. Its inner area contains between 
forty and fifty acres; from hence the view expands on a 
large traCt of country, taking in lome ot the hills in the 
Hie of Wight; and from hence, both to the right and 
left, on the ridge of hills running eaft and weft, are dif- 
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