MALTA

a rocky island situated in Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. F 1522 until 1798 it belonged to the Kni: of St. John of Jerusalem. The French t obtained po e ion, but Nelson took Saaaes ‘ot th British ele pen, be on 6 i ce then, an an t naval and coaling stat Reter fo" Malte "in aed MALTHUS, [s. 205]