She was selected to defend America's cup against the Galatea in 1886, on Sept

7 and 9, and won both races. Mayhew (mā'hū), Experience. Born in Martha's Vineyard, Ma ., Ma ., Jan. Jan. 27, 1673: died there, Nov. 29, 1758. An American mi ionary to the Indians in Martha's Vineyard. Mayhew, Henry. Born at London, Nov. 25, 1812: died July 25, 1887. An English journalist and writer of juveniles and miscellaneous works. With his brothers August us and Horace ("The Brothers Mayhew") he wrote a number of popular works of fiction. He was one of the originators and first editor of "Punch." His chief work is "London Labour and the London Poor" (1851). Mayhew, Jonathan. Born in Martha's Vineyard, Ma ., Oct. 8, 1720: died at Boston, July 9, 1766. An American clergyman, controversialist, and advocate of liberalism, son of Experience Mayhew. His writings were edited by A. Bradford (1838). Maykop. See Maikop . May Laws. A series of Pru ian laws pa ed 1873-74, and modified in 1887, regulating eccle siastical matters. They restricted the power of the church over individuals and property. So named because first promulgated in May, 1873: also called Falk Laws , from the name of the minister who furthered them. Maynard (ma'närd), Horace. Born at Westboro, Ma ., Aug. 30, 1814: died at Knoxville, Tenn., May 3, 1882. An American politician. He was congre man from Tenne ee; United ister to Turkey 1875-80; and postmaster-general 1880-81. Maynas (mi'näs). Various Indian hordes of northern Peru and Ecuador, in the forests of the upper Marañon and on the Pastaza and Morona affluents. They are very savage, lead wandering life, and subsist by hunting and finalewadee from time to time, been gathered into the mi ion vil. lages. The different bands have distinct names (Chapos, Corona dos, Humuranos, etc.). All speak harsh and difficult languages. Brinton and others have united them in a single linguistic stock, the Mayna. Hervas believed that they constituted two stocks, which he called the Mayna and Chayavita. Also written Mainas . by Peru. Maynas y Quijos (mi'näs ē kē'Hōs). A colonial in ten den cia of Peru, subsequently a depart Amazon as and that the Marañon which is now (1894) claimed both by Ecuador and Maynooth (mā-nöth'). A town in the county of Kildare, Ireland, 14 miles west by north of Dublin. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic college for the training of priests, founded 1795. A parliamentary grant to this college was the subject of keen discu ion in 1845. The increase and perpetuation of it were eventually carried. It corresponded to the present departments of Mayo (mi'ō). [Pl., also Mayos . Probably from the Otomi mayo , shepherd, or the Opata mayot , deer.] A division of the Cahita branch of the Piman stock of North American Indians, inhabiting the valleys of the lower Mayo and the Fuerte in southern Sonora and northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico. They are peaceable and have been almost com pletely Mexican i zed. Their dialect closely resembles that of the Yaqui. The Mayos were easily brought to submi ion in the later years of the 16th century, and adopted the Catholic faith without resistance. Their original number is said to have been about 30,000. Their present number is about 6,500. See Cahita . Mayo (mā'ō). A county in Con naught, Ireland, bounded by the Atlantic on the west and north, Sligo and Roscommon on the east, and Galway on the south. It is mountainous in the west. Area, 2,126 square miles. Population (1891), 219,034. Mayobanex (mi-o-ba-nāks'). Died 1498 or 1499. An Indian cacique of the eastern part of the island of Haiti. In 1498 he joined with Guarionex in war on the Spaniards, and was captured and executed. Also written Maiobanex . Mayon (ma-yon'), or Albay (äl-bī'). A volcano in the southern part of Luzon, Philippines, near the town of Albay. Mayorga (mi-ör gä), Martin de. Born in Catalonia about 1715: died at sea, 1783. A Spanish general and administrator. He was captain-general of Guatemala June, 1773,-April, 1779, during which period Old Guatemala was destroyed by an earthquake (July 29, 1773) and the new city was founded. From Aug. 23, 1779, to April 29, 1783, he was viceroy of Mexico. He died while returning to Spain, and it was suspected that he was poisoned. Mayor of Garratt, The. A play by Foote, pro duced in 1763. See Garratt. Mayor of Quin borough, The. A comedy by Middle ton, printed in 1661. It was probably written or sketched before 1602, and owed its publication after the Restoration to the caricature of a Puritan. Mayo run as (mä-yō-rö'näs). [Quichua, 'rivermen.'] An Indian horde of northeastern Peru and the adjacent parts of Brazil, south of the Amazon, and in the forests about the rivers Javary, Ucavale, and Tapichí. They are very savage, subsist mainly by hunting, use poisoned arrows, and Mayo run as have frequently attacked explorers. They have been accused of cannibalism, but this is unproved. The men are said to have beards, and perhaps for this reason there are traditions that they are descended from early Spanish explorers. Their language has been referred to the Pano stock, and they appear to be closely related to the semicivilized Marauas. Mayotte (mä-yot'), or Mayotta (mä-yot'tä). A small island of the Comores group, in the Mozambique Channel, east of Africa, situated in lat. 12° 47′ S., long. 45° 20′ E. It has been a French po e ion since 1843.