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MACROCERCI, a name given ,o ',hat chCs of ani:na!· MADURA, ,he capi,al of ,he provinee

oC

~he

fa me

cul~s.

Wllh

tails longer

lhan

thd rhodtes.

nalll\! io

the h:thcr India: E. long.

77 ° ,

:lnJ

N. leit.

M:\ CROPYREN IUM , in na,ural hiHory, a genus

oC

10°.

A

A

foOi!s, confilbng

oC

crullated fep,aria:, IVllh a long M.EMACTERION. ,he founh monlh

oC

Ihe Alheni.n

nucleus {hndlOg out .lt each end of the marso

yed,

confiJling ofooly nvcnty-nine

dd.ys

, and anfwer-

M.~CROTELOSTY

LA, in nalural hiaory, a name of

ing

10

,he laner pan

oC

September and Ihe beglnning

a genus oc'f':·yaals, which are compofed

oC

' IVO pyra·

oC

Oélober.

mids, joined 'o ,he end

oC

a column; bo,h Ihe pyra· MJEN:\, in ich,hyology. 'Oiee S•• \R us.

mids, as airo the calumo, being

hex.lnguJar,

and (he MAES , a

river

which arifes in

Burgundy.

and

ruos

whole

body

confeqnently compofed of eighteen plane5,

through Lorrain and ChampAign ioto (he Nedlalands,

M ."CUL .'E..in a(l ronomy, dark fpots appearing on ,he

and a' laa. aCler paOing by O1any confiderable ,olVns,

hlminous faces of (he fu n, moon, and eveo fome of

difchar~es

¡trelr

¡ritO'

lhe

Ccrman

fea, a

little below

lhe

the planeu . See

ASTRONOM Y.

Brie!.

Thefe fpo" are moll numerous and eafily obCerved MAESTRICHT, a ,o\Vn in ,he provine

oC

Buban"

in the fun.

It

is not uncommon lO (ee lhem in va·

lituated on lhe river Maes,

~irteen'

n1i1es uorth of

rious forms, magnitudes, and numbers, moving over

Liege :

E.

long

SO40"

and

N

lat.

S6~ SS'.

,he fun's dilk. Tbey \Vere lira

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all difcovered by M!\.GADOXA, ,ho capi,,1

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,he 'erri,ory\lf ,he fame

the lyncean anronomerGalileo, ¡n..¡.be year

1610,

(oon

name, at lhe mou.h of

(he

river lvIagadoxa,

on rhe

arter he had IiniOled his new·invented

,e1ef~pe.

coan

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Aoian, in Afma: E. Ion 4

1°,

and N. lal. 20,

MAD UPLE . See SOL AN UM.

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MAGAZINE, a placo in " hich llores are kep', of arms,

MADAGASCAR, or

SI

L AUREN CE, an iOand

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ammunilion, provifio""

&c.

Every C""ified IOwn

frica, (ituated between

43

0

and

51 0

of ean longitude,

ought

lO

be furnirhed wilh

a

large

m~zine.

which

and between

'2°

and

26°

fou,h latilude ; ,hree huno

(hould contain

aor~s

oC

all kinds,

fuOi~,e1!',

'o enable

dred miles (outh·eafl of th-: contioent of Africa.

It

the garriron ano

inhabit~nu

to hold out·

a

long liege,

is about a

thour~d

miles

in

Jength from north to

f\nd in which Cmilhs, carpenters, wheclwris;hts,

eco

fou(h, and gener.tlly between two and

thr~e

hundred

m<ly be ('mployed, in making every thing bdonging to

miles broad. The country is divided among a great

the artillery, as carriages, w.tggons,

6c.

numberoCpetty fovereigns.

MAG DALEN, or

NUnJ

o[

SI

MAGDALEN, an order

MADDER . See R UBIA.

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religious in ,he RomiO, church, de.!icated 'o St

MADERAS, fom, iOaods filuated in ,he Adan,ic ocean,

Mary M'gdalen, and rome,imes called M 'gddlonenes.

three hundred miles wen

of

Sallee,

in

Afríca;

in

16°

TheCe chieflyconfi{t of7urtczans, who, quitting their-

W . long. and between

32°

and

33°

oC

N.

la,.

proCellion, devole ,he rea of ,heir lives 'o "pen,aDce

T he Jargell

oC

them, caBed Madera, or rather

Mat·

and monifJcation.

tera, by ,he Ponuguefe, is abou, an hundred and MAG DEBURG, ,he capital

oC

Ihe duchy of ,he fame

twenty miles in circumference, and produces ¡ncre -

naOle, fituated on the r¡ver Elbe, Ceventy miles \Yen

dible quantities of \Vine, which has the peculiar qua·

of Herlin :

E.

long.

12 ° ,

and

N

lat

52

o

I

s'

li,y

oC

keeping

bea

iD ho, c1ima,es, where o,her wioe, MAGDELENA, a large river

oC

Sou,h America, IVhich,

turn four.

rifing oear the equator, runs north through Terrf\ Fu·

MADNESS,

a

mon dreadful

kind

of delirium, without

Ola,

and, uniting its

walerS

with

lhe

r¡ver

Canee,

oh·

a rever.

Sce

l\IED IC l toE .

taíos the name of

lhe r¡ver

Grande, and falls

ioto lhe

MADRAS, a 'OlVn on Ihe coa

a

oC

Cormandel, inhabi,ed

nonh fea, below ,he \o\Vn

oC

Madre de Popa.

by blacks, and [¡,uated jull \Vi,hou, ,he walls

oC

,he MAGELLAN STRE IGH T', or rather

SIr<ighll

o[

White town of Fort St George.

MAG ELLAN.

Thefc=

Hreigltts are about

three

hundred

MADRE

DE POPA,

a town and. convent

of

T erra

Fir·

miles in length from

the

Adantic

la

the Pacific ocean,

ma, in South America, fituated on lhe r¡ver Grande.

but of a very unequal brcadth ; and ",erc al fi rl1 diCco·

[¡Cly

miles ean ofC. nhagena, almoa as much reforted

vered .nd pa{fod by Ferdinand M. gell. n, Crom whom

to by

the

pilgrims of Americ.l, as the chapel of Lo·

they had

their

n.tOle ; they are fitu,ued betwecn the

retto is by Ihe pilgrims

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Europe:

\V.

long.

76

o

N.

ifland T erra del Fuego and Ihe moll foulhern' pan of

Jat.

11 0 .

the

continent of America, bt!tween

76° and 84°

of

MADRID, ,he capital

oC

,he ..2,rovince oCNew Callile,

W,lung. and between 52 0 and 5>1 0 offoulh lH.

and of the.whole kingdom oÍSpain:

W.

long.

J

S',

MAC f, or

MA G

I A~S,

an ancient rcligious

fc:ét

in

Per-

anó N .

lar.

4

°

30' .

lid.

and

other

eaflern cOllotrie!1 who

In.tintaincd,

lhat

M ADRIGAL. is a !hon amorous poem, compofed

oC

a

,here were 'IVOprincipies. Ihe one ,he cauf.

oC,1I

good,

nUOlber

of free and unequal verCes, neitiler confined

lhe Olher lhe cauCe of all cvil ; and, ahumin.wog dle

to lhe regularity of

j\

[annel. nor to (he pointof anepi.

ador,teion of imi\ges. worflúp ped God only

by

(ir!!,

gram, but onl y cunfiíling of fome tl!nder .md delic;ne

which they

IClok~d

upon as lhe briglndl ami !noU glo-

thought, exprefrcd with a bcautifuJ, nuble, and d e·

rious fymt>ol of Oroma(Jcs, or lhe

gOlJu

Cad

i

as

gant fimplicity .

darkncfS is lhe tructl rymhol oi" Arimanills, or lhe evil

MADRI G AL,

in geography, a c¡ty of the province of

godo

T his reli!!ion

W,IS

reformcd by Zoro¡¡,f!er, \Vho

PopO\yan

J

in C()uth America :

vV.

long.

75 °

30', and

m,unt·

led

Ihat

dH:rc

w.\sonefupremc: independent be-

N.

lato

30"

jog; an under him{\Vo principies or aogels, ane the aogel

of