Madura
an island of the Dutch East Indies, separated by a narrow strait from the N. E. of Java; area 1,- 764 square miles. It is mostly barren, but possesses numerous forests and salt marshes. Along with about 80 smaller islands, lying mostly to the E., it forms a Dutch residency; area, 2,040 square miles. The people, of Malay descent, resemble the Javanese, but are stronger, more enduring, and more enterprising; they make the best native soldiers in the Dutch colonial army. Pop. about they make the best native soldiers in 1,900,000.
MÆANDER (mē-an'dur), a river in Asia Minor, 200 miles long, which flows Phrygia, to the Ægean Sea, near Miletus.
The proverbial windings of the Mæander made its name a synonym for a tortuous The proverbial windings of the Mæander course.
MÆCENAS, CAIUS CILNIUS (mēse'nas), a Roman administrator, born about 65 B. C. For the three years 18-15 B. C., he was invested with the government of Italy, and he was always sent to Rome on any emergency, either with the Senate or the people, in case he was absent with Augustus. His chief fame was gained as a patron of learning.
Vergil, Horace, and Propertius are best was gained as a patron of learning. table mansion on the Esquiline Hill. Some poetical fragments of his remain to this lake of Sweden, runing inland from the MAELAR (mā'lär), MÄLAR, Baltic; length about 81 miles; average breadth, 13 miles; area, 525 square miles; contains upward of 1,200 islands. Its E. end is closed by Stockholm, where its waters are poured into the Baltic, the difference of level being about six feet.
It is surrounded by the districts of difference of level being about six feet. waters are poured into the Baltic, the teras.
Stockholm, Nykoping, Upsal, and Ves- It is surrounded by the districts of ing stream"), a famous whirlpool, or more correctly current, between Mostal of the Dutch province of Limburg, 19 MAESTRICHT (mäs'triht), the capi left bank of the Meuse, a stone bridge (1683) connecting it with the suburb of miles N. N. E. of Liége, situated on the tal of the Dutch province of Limburg, 19 Wijk; formerly an important fortress, it (1683) connecting it with the suburb of tions were dismantled in 1871-1878; the is still a garrison town, but the fortifications were dismantled in 1871-1878; the contains many paintings and a library; thedral once, is a "Descent from the and in the three-towered church of St. great sight is the subterranean quarries thedral once, is a "Descent from the of the Pietersberg, formerly called Mons feet). Their labyrinthine passages, 12 feet wide, and 20 to 50 feet high, number 16,000, and extend over an area of 13 been worked first by the Romans, and, by 6 miles. They are supposed to have among other fossils, have yielded two been worked first by the Romans. and, The manufactures include glass, earthenware, and carpets; and the trade is con- The manufactures include glass, earthsiderable. Maestricht, called by the Roenware, and carpets; and the trade is con- (Utrecht), was six times besieged between 1579 and 1814, and in 1830 was the (Utrecht), was six times besieged be- Belgians. Pop. about 40,000.
Belgians. Pop. about 40,000. in 1862. After spending some years in a