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MAS BA'Y, a hay in the North Sea, on the coaft of 
Norway. Lat. 60. 50. N. Ion 5. 30. E. 
MAS CABAR'DES (Les), a town of France, in the 
department of the Aude : one mile north of Carcaffonne, 
and eight north-eaft of Montolieu. 
MAS GARNI'ER, or Grenier (Le), a town of 
France, in the department of the Upper Garonne : three 
miles welt of Verdun. 
MAS St. PUF.L'LE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Aude: ten miles fouth-weft of St. Papoul. 
MA'SA, a town of Congo: twenty miles north-eaft of 
St. Salvador. 
MA'SA POI'NT, a cape on the weft coaft of Ireland. 
Lat. 51. 19. N. Ion. 2. 55. W. 
MASAFFRAN', a river of Algiers, which forms the 
boundary towards the north between the provinces of 
Tremecen and Titterie. It is formed by the union of fe- 
veral fmaller ftreams, and runs into the Mediterranean in 
lat. 36. 40. N. Ion. 3. 13. E. 
MASAFU'ERO, an illand in the South Pacific Ocean, 
firlt feen in 1563, and fituated welt of Juan Fernandez, 
both being nearly in the fame latitude, and diftant, by 
the globe, about thirty-one leagues. It is very high-and 
mountainous, and at a diftance appears like one hill or 
rock ; its form is triangular, and its circumference about 
feven or eight leagues. The fouth part, firlt feen by 
Capt. Carteret in May 1767, when he firlt made the 
illand, at the diftance of twenty-three leagues, is much 
the higheft ; on the north end there are feveral fpots of 
clear ground, which, perhaps, might admit of cultiva¬ 
tion. In the account of Lord Anfon’s Voyage it is faid, 
that only one part of this illand affords anchorage, which 
is on the north fide, and in deep water; but Capt. Car¬ 
teret faw no part where there was not anchorage. On 
the weft fide, in particular, there is anchorage at about 
a mile from the fliore in twenty fathom, and about two 
and a half miles, in forty and forty-five fathom, with a 
fine, black land at the bottom. In the fame voyage it is 
alfo faid, that there is a reef of rocks running off the 
eaftern point of the illand about two miles in length, 
which may be feen by the fea breaking over them ; but 
this, according to Capt. Carteret’s account, is a millake, 
as there is no reef of rocks nor Ihoal running off the eaft¬ 
ern point, but there is a reef of rocks and land running 
off the weftern fide, near the fouth end of it. The au¬ 
thor of Anfon’s Voyage is alfo miltaken as to the diftance 
of this illand from Juan Fernandez, and its direction : for 
he fays the diftance is twenty-two leagues, and the di¬ 
rection weft by fouth ; but Capt. Carteret found the dif¬ 
tance nearly one-third more, and the direction is due 
weft, the latitude of both iflands being nearly the fame. 
The goats formerly mentioned in Anfon’s Voyage were 
found by our later navigators in great abundance, and 
equally eafy to be caught. On the fouth-weft point of 
the illand there is a remarkable rock with a hole in it, 
which affords a good mark to come to anchor on the 
weftern fide, where is the belt bank of any about the 
place. About a mile and a half to the northward of this 
hole, there is a low point of land, and from this point 
runs the reef juft mentioned, in the direction of weft by 
fouth to the diftance of about three quarters of a mile, 
where the fea continually breaks upon it. There is an¬ 
chorage alfo at feveral places on the other fides of the 
illand, particularly off the north ppint, in fourteen and 
fifteen fathom, with fine fand. All round the illand 
there is plenty of wood and water, but they cannot be 
procured without difficulty; as a great quantity of ffones 
and large fragments of the rock have fallen from the high 
land every where round the illand; and upon this the 
furf breaks to fuch a degree, that a boat cannot come 
with fafety within a cable’s length of the fhore. Mafa- 
fuero is a good place for refreshment, efpecially in the 
fuinmer feafon. We have already mentioned the goats; 
and there is round the illand plenty of fifh, which may 
be cafily caught; luch as excellent coal-fifti, cod, holli- 
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but, and cray-filh. King-filhers, (harks, and feals, are 
numerous: the latter animals yield excellent train-oil; 
their hearts and plucks are good food, fomewhat re- 
fembling in tafte the hog; and their (kins are covered 
with very fine fur. Lat. 33. 45. S. Ion. 80. 46. W. 
MASAGRAN', or Mazackran, a town of Algiers, 
in the province of Tremecen, furrounded with mud 
walls, fituated on the declivity of a range of hills, within 
a furlong of the Mediterranaan : twenty miles north-eaft 
of Arzew, and two fouth of Muftygannim. 
MASAIBPET', a town of .Hindooltan, in Golconda : 
twenty-eight nnles north-north-weft of Hydrabad. 
MASAN', a town of Mocaumpour: forty-four miles 
fouth-weft of Mocaumpour. 
MASANET', a town of Spain, in Catalonia : twenty- 
five miles north of Gerona.—A town of Spain, in Catalo¬ 
nia : feventeen miles fouth of Gerona. 
MASA'NI, a town of Servia : thirty miles fouth of 
Paffarowitz. 
MASA'RA, a town of Algiers: twelve miles north 
of Conftantina. 
MASAR'GUES, a town of France, in the department 
of the Mouths of the Rhone : three miles fouth-ealt of 
Marfeilles. 
MASARUO'LO, a town of Italy, in Friuli: five miles 
north of Friuli. 
MASAY'A, a town of Mexico, on the weft fide of the 
lake of Nicaragua : ten miles north of Grenada. 
MAS'BACH, a river of the duchy of Berg, which 
runs into the Wipper oppofite Solingen. 
MAS'BATE, one of the Philippine Iflands, about 
ninety miles in circumference. The inhabitants are for 
the molt part free and independent; about 250 families 
pay tribute. Here are fome mines, but not wrought; the 
principal produce is rice. Lat. 12. 18. N. Ion. 123. 20. E. 
MASBOTIL/E'I, or Mesboth^i, the name ot a fe6l, 
or rather of two fe£ls; forEufebius, or rather Hegefippus 
whom he cites, makes mention of two different (eels of 
Mafbothasans. The firft was one of the feven fefls that 
rofe out of Judaifm, and proved very troublefome to the 
church ; the other was one of the feven Jewifli fefls before 
the coming of Jefus Chrift. The word is derived from the 
Hebrew p\ 2 ,tiJ,fchabat, to reft or repofe; and fignifies “ idle, 
eafy, indolent, people.” Eufebius fpeaks of them as if 
they had been fo called from one Mafbotheus their chief; 
but it is much more probable that their name is Hebrew, 
or at leaft Chaldaic, fignifying the fame thing with a Sab¬ 
batarian in our language; that is, one who makes profeflion 
of keeping the Sabbath as a day of reft. Valefius will not 
allow the two fe<Fts to be confounded together ; the laft 
being a feci of Jews before, or at leaft contemporary with, 
Chrift; and the former a feft of heretics defeended from 
them. Rufinus diftinguiflre-s them in their names; the 
Jewifh fefl he calls Mafbuthsei; and the heretics Mafbu 
thaeani. , 
MAS'BROUGH, a village of England, in the county 
of York, celebrated for its iron-manufa6lures, forges, and 
furnaces ; on the Rother, oppofite Rotheram. 
MAS'CALAT, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Oman : 240 miles weft-north-weft of Oman, and 150 
weft-fouth-weft of Julfar. 
M AS'CALL, an ifland in the Bay of Bengal, near the 
coaft of Aracan, about fifty miles in circumference. 
Lat. 21. 40. N. Ion. 92. E. 
MAS'CAR, or Mascara, formerly ViBoria , a town of 
Algiers, in the province of Tremecen. This town is the 
refidence of the bey, and the only place in the whole 
kingdom which, under the domination of the Turks, 
flouriflies and perceptibly increafes in profperity. It is 
indeed fmaller than the Tremecen and Sherlhel; but fur- 
pafles them in beauty, and the modern appearance of the 
houfes, and it is daily enlarging in extent. Mafcara is 
fituated in the centre of a diltridl abounding with corn¬ 
fields, and embellifhed with numerous finall villages. 
In the time of Shaw (1732) it was but an inconfiderable 
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