Moytura

See the extract. shaisk. A small town in the government of Moscow, Ru ia, situated on the Moskva 63 miles west of Moscow. For the battle here, see Borodino . Mozier (mō'zhèr), Joseph. Born at Burlington, Vt., Aug. 22, 1812: died in Switzerland, Oct., 1870. An American sculptor. Mozley (mōz'li), James Bowling. Born at Many battles took place between these Danaans and the earlier Firbolgic settlers - the native owners, no doubt they felt themselves, of the country. One of the best sub- Gains borough, Sept. 15, 1813: died at Shore- stantiated of these, not, indeed, by history or even tradition, but by a more solid testimony, that of the stone remains left on the spot, prove, at any rate, that some long-sustained battle was at some remote period fought on the spot [ sic ]. This is the famous pre-historic battle of Moytura, rather the Southern Moytura, for there were two; the other, situated not far from the present town of Sligo, retaining "the largest collection of pre-historic remains," says Dr. Petrie, "in any region of the world with the exception of Carnac." This second battle of Moytura was fought upon the plain of Cong, which is washed by the waters of Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, close to where the long monotonous midland plain of Ireland becomes broken, changes into that region of high mountains and low-lying valleys now called Conne mar a, but which in earlier days was always known as Iar Con naught. Lawle , Story of Ireland, p. 7. Mozambique (mō-zam-bēk'). [F. Mozambique , Sp. Pg. Mosambique , so called from a small coral island of this name near the coast.] 1. The former name for the Portuguese po e ions along the eastern coast of Africa. See East Africa , Portuguese . 2. A town in Portuguese East Africa, situated on an island near the coast, about lat. 15° S. Population, about 7,000. Mozambique Channel. A sea pa age separating Madagascar from the mainland of Africa. Width, 250-550 miles. Mozarabs (mō-zar'abz), or Mozarabians (moz a-rā'bi-anz). Those Christians in Spain who lived among and measurably a imilated themselves to the Moslems, but continued in the exercise of their own religion. Mozart (mō'zärt; G. pron. mō'tsärt), Leopold. Born at Augsburg, Bavaria, Nov. 14, 1719: died at Salzburg, May 28, 1787. A German violinist and musical writer. Mozart, Wolfgang A made us. Born at Salz ham, Jan. 4, 1878. An English divine and theologian. He was a graduate of Oxford (Magdalen College), and became vicar of Old Shoreham (1856), canon of Worcester, and (1871) regius profe or of divinity at