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 794: MACKEY MACKINTOSH There were 1,261 barrels reinsp'ected in Maine and 37,388 in Massachusetts; total, 38,649. The Canadian catch for the year ending June 30, 1873, was 150,404 barrels, viz. : Quebec, 6,170 ; New Brunswick, 3,229 ; Nova Sco- tia, 141,005; besides 31,892 cans of preserved fish. (See FISHERIES.) The fish called Span- ish mackerel on our coast, S. Dekayi (Storer), much resembles the European S. colias (Gmel.), but is more robust, with more numerous spots, and with an interrupted dull brown band be- neath the lateral line, extending from beneath the pectorals in a straight line to the tail. It is far less common than the 8. vernalis; it is generally fat, and is regarded by epicures as a superior fish for the table. Another scom- beroid, belonging to the genus cybium of Cuvier (0. maculatum, Cuv.), is also called the Spanish or spotted mackerel ; the body is elongated, but without the pectoral corslet of the tunny ; there is an elevated crest on each side of the tail, and a smaller one above and below it ; the teeth are large, compressed, and sharp, short, and even on the palate bones. The length is about 20 in. ; the color above is dark leaden, lighter on the sides; th jaws, gill covers, and abdomen clear white, with a satin lustre ; the dorsal ridge dark green ; 20 or more Spotted Mackerel (Cybium maculatum). circular or oblong spots on the sides above and below the lateral line, most of them above the line and anterior to the second dorsal; the membrane of the first dorsal black, the second leaden, pectorals black below and light above, and the ventrals white; the rays of the first dorsal project beyond the membrane ; the sec- ond dorsal is triangular, emarginated behind ; there are eight or nine finlets between the caudal and the second dorsal and the anal. It extends from South America as far as the coast of Maine, and is esteemed as food. MACKEY, Albert Gallatln, an American author, born in Charleston, S. 0., in 1807. He gradu- ated at the medical college of South Carolina in 1832, where he became demonstrator of anatomy in 1838. In 1844 he abandoned his profession, and divided his time between mis- cellaneous writing and freemasonry. He was connected with several periodicals at Charles- ton. In 1850 he established a masonic month- ly, which was maintained almost solely by his own pen for three years, and in 1858 a " Quar- terly," devoted to the same interests, which he continued for two years. He acquired almost unaided the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and most of the continental languages. He has pub- lished a " Lexicon of Freemasonry " (Charles- ton, 1845) ; "The Mystic Tie " (1849) ; " Prin- ciples of Masonic Law" (New York, 1856); "Book of the Chapter" (1858); " Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence " (1859) ; " Cryptic Masonry," and "Masonic Ritualist" (1867); "Symbolism of Freemasonry" (1868); and "Manual of the Lodge " (1870). MACKIE, John Milton, an American author, born in Wareham, Mass., in 1813. He gradu- ated in 1832 at Brown university, where he was tutor from 1834 to 1838, and subsequently travelled in Europe. He has published a " Life of Godfrey William von Leibnitz" (1845), " Life of Samuel Gorton" (in Sparks's " Amer- ican* Biography," 1848) ; " Cosas de Espafia, or Going to Madrid via Barcelona" (1848); a " Life of Schamyl, the Circassian Chief " (1856); "Life of Tai-Ping-Wang, Chief of the Chinese Insurrection " (1857) ; " From Cape Cod to Dixie" (1864); and contributions to the " North American Review," mostly rela- ting to German literature and history. MACKINAW, an E. county of the upper pen- insula of Michigan, bordering on Lake Michi- gan and the straits of Mackinaw ; area, about 1,250 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 1,716. The surface is uneven and is well wooded. Timber is the principal article of export. Capital, Mackinaw. MACKINAW (also called MAOKINAO, and for- merly MICHILIMACKINAO), a village and the county seat of Mackinaw co., Michigan, situ- ated on an island of the same name in the strait of Mackinaw, which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron, 215 m. N. of Lansing, and 260 m. N. N. W. of Detroit ; pop. about 800. Mackinaw island is about 3 m. long and 2 m. broad. It is rough and rocky, and pro- duces little except oats and potatoes. The vil- lage has a considerable trade in fish, but de- rives its chief importance from being a fash- ionable place of summer resort, and the seat of Fort Mackinaw, a United States military post. The fort is situated on a rocky eminence 150 ft. high, overlooking the village and command- ing the strait. The village contains four ho- tels, several stores, and one or two churches. MACKINTOSH, Sir James, a British author, born at Aldourie, near Inverness, Scotland, Oct. 24, 1765, died in London, May 30, 1832. His father, the proprietor of a small estate, the inheritance of his family for more than two centuries, served 24 years in the army. James was educated with great care by his mother, who lived with her mother and sisters, until at the age of 10 he was sent to school at Fortrose. He was regarded as a prodigy of learning, was employed at school to teach what he knew to the younger boys, and had become a prolific versifier when in 1780 he en- tered King's college, Aberdeen, where he re- mained till 1784, and then studied medicine at, Edinburgh. Leaving the university in 1787, he arrived in London at a period of intense political excitement. He found debate in po- litical clubs, the eloquence of Burke and Sheri- dan at the trial of Hastings, and the charms