well made, strong, and active ; of a tawny com-
plexion, but look almost black by being punctur-
ed over the whole body. Their language, man-
ners, customs, &.c., very much resemble those of
the Society islands.

Marsal, a town of France, department of Meur-
the, with considerable salt-works : seated on the
Seille, in a marsh of difficult access, 17 m. E. S.
E. of Nancy.

Marsala, a town of Sicily, in Val di Mazara,
built on the ruins of the ancient Lilyboeum, at
the most western part ofthe island, 45 m. W. S.
W. of Palermo. Long. 12. 29. E., lat. 38. 4.
N.

Harsaquiver, a strong sea-port of Algiers, in the
province of Mascara ; seated on a rock, near a
bay of the Mediterranean, 3 m. from Oran.

Murseh. See Moraw.

Mcrsden, a village in W. Yorkshire, Eng. near
the source ofthe Colne, 7 m. S. W. of Hudders-
field. Here are some extensive cotton mills,
and the Huddersfield Canal passes this place.

Marseilles, a flourishing sea-port of France,
capital of the department of Mouths of the Rhone.
The inhabitants are computed at 110,000. It was
so celebrated in the time of the Romans that Ci-
cero styled it the Athens of the Gauls, and Pliny
called it the Mistress of Education. It is divided
into the Old Town and the New. The former
appears like an amphitheatre to the vessels which
enter the port; but the houses are mean, and the
streets dirty , narrow, and steep. In this part is
the principal church, built by the Goths, on the
ruins of the temple of Diana. The New Town is
in every respect, a perfect contrast to the Old,
with which it has a communication by one of the
finest streets imaginable. The other streets and
squares as well as the public buildings in general
are very elegant. With respect to commerce,
Marseilles has long been eminent; and it is now
sometimes called Europe in Miniature, on account
of the variety of dresses and languages. In the
environs are nearly 5,000 little country boxes of
the citizens, called Bastides. The port is a basin
of an oval form, 3,480 feet long, by 960 broad at
its widest part, with 18 or 20 feet depth of water.
In 1649 the plague raged with great violence in
Marseilles, and with still greater in 1720, when
it carried off 50,000 of the inhabitants. The late
lord Gardenstone observes that Marseilles was a
little republic within itself, that the citizens elect-
ed their own magistrates, and that the expense
of a law-suit never exceeded twopence-halfpenny,
which sum was lodged by each party with the
clerks of court, at the commencement of every
process ; after which no further expense was in-
curred. Marseilles is seated on the Mediterran-
nean, 15 m. S. of Aix, and 450 S. by E. of Paris.
Long. 5. 27. E., lat. 43. 18. N.

Marseilles, p.v. Halifax Co. Va. 150 m. S. W.
Richmond.

Marshallsrille, a village of Mecklenburg Co.
Va.

Marskalton, p.v. Chester Co. Pa. 30 m. S. W.
Philadelphia.

Marshfield, a town in Gloucestershire, Eng.
seated on the Coteswold Hills, ll,m. E. of Bris-
tol, and 103 W. of London.

Marshfield, ph. Washington Co. Vt. 12 m. S. E.
Montpelier. Pop. 1,271. ph. Plymouth Co. Mass
on the coast of Mass. Bay, 38 m S. E. Boston. Pop.
1,563.

Marshpee, an Indian town in Barnstable Co.
Mass. on the S. side of Cape Cod. 70 m. S. E.

Boston. Here are about 150 Indians. See Mat

sachusetts.

Marsico JYuovo, a town of Naples in Principato
Citra, 12 m. N. N. E. of Policastro.

Marsico Vecchio, a town of Naples in Basilicata,
near the river Acre 23 m. N. E. of Policastro.

Mar silly, a town of France, department of
Marne, iv m. S. of Suzanne.

Marstrand, a town of Sweden, in the govern
ment of Gottenburg. The inhabitants, about
1,200, subsist chiefly by the herring fishery, by
the number of ships which in bad weather take
refuge in the harbour, which though difficult of
entrance is secure and commodious, and by a
contraband trade. It stands at the entrance of
the Cattegat, 23 m. N. N. W. of Gottenburg.
Long. 11. 36. E., lat. 57. 53. N.

Marta, a town of Italy, in the patrimony of St.
Peter; seated on a river of the same name, 10 in.
E. of Castro.

Martaban, a city of the Birman empire, capital,
of a province of the same name, fertile in rice,
fruits, and wines of all kinds. It was at one time
a rich trading place, but after it fell into the
hands of the Birmans, they caused its harbour to
be nearly choked up, and it is now of little impor-
tance. It is seated on the Bay of Bengal, at the
mouth of the Thaluan, 120 m. S. E. of Pegu
Long. 97. 56. E., lat. 16. 30. N.

Martapuro. See Metapura.

Martel, a town of Franec, department of Lot xe2x80xa2
seated near the Dordogne, 18 m. E. of Sarlat.

Martha, St., a district of the republic of Colom-
bia, in the territory of New Granada, bounded N.
by the Carribean Sea, E. by Maracaibo, and W.
by Carthagena. It abounds with fruits proper to
the climate, and there are mines of gold and
precious stones, and salt-works. Here commences
the famous ridge of mountains, called the Andes,
which runs S. the whole length of S. Amer-
ica.

Martha, St., a town of Colombia, capital of the
above district. The harbour is surrounded by
high mountains. It was once flourishing and
populous, but has of late years much declined.
It has been frequently pillaged by the English,
the Dutch, and the Buccaneers: in 1596 it was
reduced to ashes by Sir Francis Drake. It is
seated on one of the mouths of the Madalena, 100
m. W. by S. of Rio de la Hache. Long. 74. 4.
W., lat. 11. 27. N.

Marthasville, p.v. Montgomery Co. Miss. 66 m.
W. St. Louis.

Martha's Vineyara, an island near the S. coast
of Massachusetts, a little to the W. of Nantucket.
It is 21 m. long and from 2 to 10 broad; with the
Elizabeth Islands it forms Dukes County, con-
taining a pop. of 3,518. The chief products arc
Indian corn and rye. Edgarton is the chief town

Marthalen, a town of Switzerland, canton of
Zurich, 8 m. S. of Scaffhausen.

Martic, a township of Lancaster Co. Pa. on
the Susquehanna.

Martigues, a town of France, department of
Mouths of the Rhone, seated near a lake, 12 m.
long and 5 broad, which produces excellent salt.
20 m. N. W. of Marseilles.

Martin, a country of N. Carolina. Pop. 8,544.
Williamstown is the capital, a county of Indiana
Pop. 2,010. Mount Pleasant is the capital.

Martinsburg, ph. Lewis. Co. N. Y. 50 m. N Uti-
ca. Pop. 2,382; also villages in Bedford Co Pa.
Berkshire Co. Va., Knox Co. Ohio., Morgan Co.
Indiana, and Hopkins Co. Kentucky.