1000000031

1\1

U S

is !! !"Iatí \'{: of

G<!rmany.

17.

T ho

fylvaticus

híts a

t.tilof a

middljn~

length, (our toes on lhe tore (eel,

and fi ve on

lhe

hinJ ones;

th~

body is grey. inter–

fpcrfed Wllh bLock hairs. and the belly is white. rt

is found in thl! g;\rdt!Ds and woods of Europe. 18.

Thl:

Ihi~Hus

has four loes on

lhe:

rore-fect, and (¡ve

UI\

the hinJ

olles;

h as longitudinal

reaks

the

hudy, with white (pon.

is a

native

India. 19 ,

Th\! longipcs has a long c.>vcrcd

tail.

four loes on the

rore-rect .

fi\'(

on the hind ones, and t"cry long thighs.

is found in the torrid zane.

'lO.

The jaculus has

a long l1t!ccy

u.ll,

with

Tcry

long thighs, and fhort

(ore-Ie&, .

w.lk.

on its hiod· feet ooly, aod bas a

jumping motion.

is found in Arabi;¡,

Egypt,

6c.

The

\'ohos

has a long hairy tail,

fOUT loes on

(he

rore

feet

:md five

on lhe !lind ones, and lhe fl<in froln

lhe ears lO lhe tail

eXlended Jike wing!'. by which

it is ('ndoled

Ry.

native

of V irginia and

M exico.

1\IUSA,

the

'PL A I NTAI:oi"T1\E E ,

in botany. a genus of

the polygamia momeci" c1ars . The calix is a fpalha:

lhe corolla confill¡ of

[\Vo

pctals ; one

them flraight

Olnd

tcethrd;

í:llld

th~

Othu

is eoncave, (hon,.

and

furnifh erl

Wil~

oeétarium.

has úx

fibmems ,

and

one

Uy1115.

Therc are

fou r

Cpecies. all

na.(ives

the I nd ies.

" rUSCA , in zoology, a &eous of infefts belooging

lhe

orde~

of díptera.

The

mouth

furnifhed \\'ilh

fle~,y

probofeis, aod ,wo l¡terallips; i, has

plppi.

There are

fpecies, prioeipally dil!io&"inl<d by pe·

culiarities

their Cce:lers.

l\1US CADrNE•• ri eh kind of \Vioe, o( the gr9\Vth of

Provence and

L angucdoc. io

Fraoce.

II1U SCLE , io aoatr my. See

ANAT OMY,

19 2.

r-..JUSC1. E.

in natoral lllUory. See

,t\1VTVLUS .

tllUSEUM , a oame ,,:,ieh origioally Ggoified a pan of

lhe palace of A lexandria, which (ook

at leaer one

founhofth.t eity. This quarte, \Vas ealled ,he Mu·

(r um, fr om its being

Cet apart

for lhe mufes and the

fl ody

of the fciences. H ere \Vere

lodgc:d

"nd enlt r

uined the meo

Ic:arning; who \Vere divided into

many com panics or colleges, aceording to l he: Ccicnce9

of wbich tht:y were lhe proCelTors; and

e3ch of

tht:Ce houCcs

colleges

was

allotted a

handfome

rt::ve·

nue.

T he

foundation of th!s

efbblilhment

is ¡ulri!"u·

ted to P tOlemy Philadelphus, \Vho here plaeed his li–

brary.

H enec:

the word

lvluft:l1m

no\V

applied to any

pl.l-::e

f<:t

apart as a repo(¡tory

for

things thal have an

i.nmediate re.l.uion

the arts.

The 1ufeum

Oxford, ealled the A!h01olean Mu·

feum. is fl

noble

pile of

building.

ereBed at lhe ex:–

pene'!

of rhe uni"'erfi, y, at lhe wen end

the

theatre,

USTCK

is ooe of the f..eo feicoees eommooly

call<::d

liberal; and

comprehendcd alCo among

,he ma,ht m.,ieal, as havioc for ilS objea diferete

]'vI U S

which

(¡de it has" magniíi ccnt

pon ~ 1,

fl.lfbincd

pillus of the

Corinlhi.lrr

ürdcr. ""1'he froll t, wllich is

lhe flreet.

extenJs

aboll t

rixty

f<:et, whcrc lhere is

this

inCcripli on

over

lhe entranc.:, in gilt

eh;¡"ra8ers.

I'd ll!C'UlII AJhlll(J/:.III11n1,

fi:ht;/.,

I1trfurtlliJ

bifloritc,

~f!i'

cilJtl cbymica.

was

beglln

in 1679, and

riniOled

I(,S3. when

valu·-tble colld lion

curio(jtie~

w:u

prclent'!o tOlbe

univcrfity by Elias Arhmole,

Efq .

whieh

\Vere

thef,¡mo

day rcpo:ited lhere . And reveral 1cceHicns have been.

fin ee made to the fvl urcum ;

among

which arc hie–

roglyphies

and other E gyprian amiquities, an enlire

mummy.

R oman ant¡quities, flhars ,

mcdals, lamp',

Oc.

and a variety

nal\u al cu riofitics.

The Britin\

~1llr~Um

in L ondoa

a Ií\rge , be:uuiful,

and m:agnificenl building, and the

nol)leCt:

cabinet of

curiofities in

the

\Vorl.:l.

T his edilice

\Vas

erelted

ia.

167 7, and was called T\lontatiuc. hou fe, from having

been

th~

town

refidenee

lhe dukes of Mcntaguea

Iothe year

1753,

the Britirh parliament having parfed

.a for purehaGog the M ufeum of ,he late Sir

Hao~

Slo:tn, aod

rh!:

colle8.ioo

maou fcripts

the late

lord

O " forJ. ealled the H arleiao L ib"ry, for the ufe of

the public ; 2 6 tru llces werc appuinted and incorpora·

lcd. to provitle a rcpofitory {or thoCe and

fome

other

eolleclions, which

repori tory

\va¡

b8: called lhe

Bri~

ti[h Mufeum. Thefe tru[lees eleaed Grteeo other 'ru–

ne~¡ ;

and

having

bouCht

Monta~ue-boufe,

6[ted it

for the reeeptioo of ,hefe eollcaioo. : ,hey . Ifo ' p–

poir.ted officers

fuperintcnu the muCeum ; and

having

ord.\ined

eeuain Ilatutes with

reCpeét

t O

viewi ng

lhe

colleétion contained

in it, lhe public \Vere admitted

\'iew

1757.

MUSES, «naio (abulou, divioi,ie••moog!l the pagaos,

fuppofed

preGde over ,he ans aod feienees: for

tbis

reafon it

ufual for

th~

poets, at

the

beginni ng

pocm, to

invoke thefe godddfe!

their

aid.

Some

reckoa

th~

muCes

ño more than three,

viz.

Mneme,

Arede,

and lvlelete ;_ that

is,

m~mory,

fing–

ing. and meditatíon: but the moa ancieat authors,

2.nd

panieularl y

Homer

Jnd H efiod,

reckon

n¡ne;

viz.

Clio, \Vhieh o,", n, glory ; Euterpe, pleafing;

~hali,.

flourifhin g; t\Id pomene.

auratting;

Terpúchore, re–

joicing

lhe

heart;

e rato, lhe amiable; Polyhyolnia ,

a muh it)lde

rongs ;

raoia, the

hCJvenly

and

C ...I..

liope.

rweetneCs of voiee.

Clio,

they attributed

the

invention of hillory; la :r-.1elpo1l1ene, tragedy

T halia, COOl!dy ;

t O

Eo.terpe, the \lfe of lhe flu te;

t O

T erprichore . the

Inrp ;

and

Erato,

lhe Iyre

aod

lote; lO C.dliope, her?ic

verCe:;

U rania. anrolo·

RY ;

and

Polyhymnia, Ihetoric.

M USHR OOM, io botaoy. S<e

FUNCU' .

1(.

qu:\ntity or number. but not

con(jderir.~

the

abnraét

),ke arithlll<::liek,

bUl in rebuion la lime

and

Cound, ia or·

der

t O

n"kc a

Jdi~htful

harmooy : Or it is

,he.rt

J irpoGol: