Company, and carries on a large trade with
the United States. A rapid in the river below, is
a great impediment to the commerce with Quebec.
Montreal was taken from the French by the En-
glish under General Amherst in 1790. In 1775
it was taken by the Americans under General
Montgomery, but shortly after abandoned. It is
120 m. S. VV. of Quebec, 220 N. by VV. of Boston.
Lat. 45. 31. N. Long. 73. 35. W. Pop. in 1825,

24,000.

Montreal, a town of Spain, in Arragon, with a
(castle, seated on theXiloca. 25 m. N. of Albara-
cin.

Montreal, a town of Sicily, in Val di Mazara,
and an archbishop’s see ; seated on a rivulet, 5 m.
W. of Palermo and 50 N. E. of Mazara.

Montreuil, a strong town ofFrance, department
of Pas de Calais, on a hill, near the mouth of the
Canche, 20 rn. S. E. of Boulogne and 36 S. of
Calais.

Montrenil Bellay, a town of France, department
of Maine-et-Loire, on the Touet. 10 in. S. S. W.
of Saumur.

Montrichard, a town of France, department of
Loir-et-Cher, with a castle : seated near the Cher,
12 m. S. E. of Amboise.

Montrose, a borough and sea-port of Scotland, in
Anguss-shire, at the mouth of the S. Esk, over
which is a bridge. A littlexe2x80x98above the town the
river expands into a wide lake, called the Basin,
into which the tide flows, so that at high water
the town is almost surrounded by the sea. Of
late years fine quays have been erected, and two
light-houses. The harbour is very commodious,
and has a dry and wet dock. Here are conside-
rable manufactures of canvass ropes, sheeting,
linen, and thread. The salmon fisheries on the
N. and S. Esk form a valuable branch of com-
merce.

Montrose, ph. Susquehanna Co. Pa. and a vil-
lage in Cumberland Co. N. C.

Montsauehe, a town of France, department of
Nievre, 15 m. N. E. of Chateau-Chinon.

Montserrado. See Mesurado.

Montserrat, a mountain of Spain, in Catalonia,
on which,is a monastery with a chapel, dedicated
to the Virgin, resorted to by numbers of pilgrims.
It is 26 m. N. W. of Barcelona.

Montserrat, one of the Leeward Carribee Isl-
ands, discovered by Columbus, and so named by
him from its resemblance to the mountain men-
tioned in the preceding article. It is about 9 m.
in length and breadth ; and the hills are covered
with cedar and other trees. It belongs to the
English, and is 30 m. S. W. of Antigua. Long. 61.
7. W., lat. 16. 48. N.

Montville, ph. Waldo Co. Me. 30 m. N. E. Wis-
casset. Pop. 1,743; p.t. New London Co. Conn.

9 m. N. W. New London. Pop. 1,967.

Monza, a town of Austrian Italy, in the gov
ernment of Milan, famous for the treasury of St.
John the Baptist, where among other things, is
the iron crown of the kingdom of Lombardy.
Charlemagne was crowned here with it in 1774
and Napoleon in 1805. It is seated on the Lam-
bro,8 m. N. E. of Milan.

Mooers, ph. Clinton Co. N. Y. Pop. of the
town and Ellenbnrgh, 1,222.

Moon, Mountains of the, mountains of Africa,
extending from W. Africa, through Abyssinia, to
the Indian Sea. They are higher than those of
Atlas

Moon, a township of Alleghany Co. Pa.

Moore, a township of Northampton Co. Pa.

Moore, a county of N. Carolina. Pop. 7,753-
Carthage is the chief town.

Mooresborough, p.v. Rutherford Co. N. C.

Moorsburg, p.v. Columbia Co. Pa.

Moorstown, p.v. Burlington Co. N J. 9 m. from
Philadelphia.

Moorsville, p.v. Limestone Co. Alabama. 130
m. N. Tuscaloosa.

Moorfield, ph. Harrison Co. Ohio; a township
of Clark Co. Ohio ; and a village in Nicholas Co.
Ken. 45 m. N. E. Frankfort.

Moorfield, ph. Hardy Co. Va. 53 m. S. VV. Win
Chester.

Moorsburg, a village of Hawkins Co. Ten "’d
m. N. E. Knoxville.

Moorshedabad, a city of Hindoostan, the capita/
of Bengal before the establishment of the English
power. It is seated near the western arm of the
Ganges, 112 m. N. of Calcutta. Long. 89. 15.
E-, lat. 24. 12. N.

Mooseheud Lake, in Somerset Co. Maine; it is
25 m. in length and from 3 to 15 in width. It is
the chief source of Kennebec River.

Moosheloek, commonly called Moose hillock, a
mountain in Coventry. Grafton Co. N. H. 4.636
feet in height.

Mootapilly, a town of Hindoostan, in the Gun-
toor circar, at the mouth of the Gondegama.
Long. 80. 10. E., lat. 15. 35. N.

Moquehua, a province of Peru, bounded by tnose
of Lampa, Puno, Chueuico, Arica, and Arequipa
The chief products are wine, fruits, and olives.
The capital, of the same name, is situate in a fer-
tile valley, at the foot of the Cordillera, 70 m. S.
of Arequipa.

Mora, a town of Portugal, in Alemtejo, on the
Odivor, 29 m. N. W. of Evora

Mora, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, on the
Ebro. 18 m. N. of Tortosa.

Mora, a town of Spain, in New Castile, 18 m
S. E. of Toledo.

Morant Point, a promontory on the E. coast of
Jamaica. Long. 75. 56. W., lat. 17. 56. N.

Moral, or Murten, a town of Switzerland, can-
ton of Friburg, with a castle. It stands on the
S. E. side of a lake of its name, lying parallel
with the lake of Neufchatel, into which it flows
by the Broyne. This town sustained a siege
against the duke of Burgundy, in 1476, in which
his whole army was destroyed. 10 m. N. E. of
Friburg

Moratalaz, a town of Spain, in New Castile, 22
m. E. of Ciudad Real.

Moratalla, a town of Spain, in Murcia, 34 m. S.
S. W. of Chincnilla.

Morava, a large river of Servia, which rises in
Bulgaria, and, running through Servia by Nissa,
joins the Danube at Semendria.

Moravia, a province of the Austrian empire,
bounded N. and W. by Bohemia, E. by Hungary,
and S. by Austria Proper. With Austrian Sile-
sia, now annexed to it, its area is upwards of

10,000 sq. m. and its population 1,680,000. It is
intersected by mountain ranges, but the most
lofty ridges are diversified with fertile valleys and
extensive plains, and it is watered by a great
number of rivers and brooks. More corn is
grown than the inhabitants consume, and much
hemp and flax are raised. The principal manu
factures are woolens, linen, cotton, iron, glass,
paper, and gunpowder. From this country a sect
of Christians takes its name, their doctrines hav
ing been first taught here ; but the inhabitants in
general are Roman Catholics. Brunn is the caoital