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* nCERIS. 650 MOGILA. colossi have been discovered at Biahmu. Consult Petrie, Iluuura, Biahmu, and Aisinue (London, 1889). MOEBO, niwa'rd, Mof;bo-Mkata, or Mebl". A lake in .South Central Afrit-a, situated 100 miles west of the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. (Map: Africa, G 5.) It lies on a plateau at an altitude of .'iOOO feet, and is surrounded, espe- cially on the north, by wooded mountains having an Alpine aspect. It is 08 miles long, 24 miles wide, and very deep, especially in the northern part. It is evidently of great age, as it con- tains a remarkable species of fish belonging to the Silurian period and of amphibious haliits. The Luapula River enters the lake by two moiths at the southern end, and leaves at the northern end to join tile Congo. The lake was discovered in 1867 by Livingstone. The settlement of Rhodesia was founded on its eastern shore in 1892. IKESIA, me'shl-a (Lat., from Gk. Moto-fa, Moisia). An ancient Roman province, hounded by the Danube, and f(ir a short distance by the Savus (Save), on the north, the Black Sea on the east, the mountain chains of ILemus ( Bal- kan) and Orbelus on the south, and by the range of Scardus and the river Drinus (Drina) on the west. The river Cibrus (Tzibritza) divided it into two parts, the eastern (Jloesia Inferior) corre- sponding api)roximately to the present Bulgaria, and the western (Miesia Superior) to Servia. Its original inhabitants were mostly of Thracian race. Gaulish or Celtic invaders settled in Western Jlcesia about B.C. 277, under the name of Sciu- disci. The Romans lirst came in contact with the tribes of Ma?sia after the conquest of Macedonia. In B.C. 75 C. Scribonius Curio forced his way as far north as the Danube, and gained a victory over the JIa?sians, hut the country was not completely subjugated till B.C. 29. It was madi' a Roman province in the reign of Augustus, and flourished for more than two centuries ; but as a frontier province it was nuich exposed to hostile invasions, and required a line of fortresses and stations all along the south Iwink of the Danul)e. The chief Roman towns were Viminacium in McEsia Superior, and Istros, Marciano|)olis. and Nicopolis in Moesia Inferior. In a.d. 2.j0 the Goths made an irruption into the country, and defeated and slew the Roman Emperor Decius in tjie following year, and about the end of the fourth century it was given up to them by the Kmperor Theodnsius I. Slavic tribes settled in .Nbesja in the sixth and seventh cen- turies, and toward the close of the seventh cen- tury the Bulgarians established their kingdom in the eastern part. MCESO-GOTHS, nie'sA-gnths'. A name given to the (Jolhs who. early in the third century, set- tled in Lower Miesla. at the mouth of the Dan vil)e. In the fourth century they were cnnverted to Christianity through the efl'orts of Ulfilas, who translated the Bible into their dialect. (See 'Cl.Fr- IAS.) The name Mirso-Gotlis is applied especial- ly to those Goths who remained in Mo>sia after the great niignitions at the Iwginning of the fifth eenlurv. See GoTIIS. MOF'FAT, RoREBT (1795-188.1). . mission- ary to Siiutli .friea. born in Ormiston, Scotland. In early life he was a gardener, but having made the aeqiiaintance of some Wesleyan min- isters, he determined to engage in religious work, and sought to ((ualify himself to l)e a mis- sionary. He was accepteii by the London Mis- sionary Society, and set apart for the ministry in 181(i: was appointed to South .frica, and arrived at Cape Town early in 1817. He pro- cet>ded to Xamaqualand, and to the kraal of Africaner, a savage chief, who was converted and became an earnest Christian. The country, however, did not prove well adapted for the loca- tion of a mission centre; and Moil'ut. after having explored a considerable region, established the station of Kunnnan in 182.5. His missionary labors were very successful, and produciivc of great benefits in the amelioration of the character of the people and the developujcnt of civilization. In 18.5!) a new centre was established among the Matabele at Inajati. The missionary labors of Dr. -Moll'at and his travels and adventures are described in his book. Missionan/ l,nbtirs and Scenes in South Africa (1842). During 183!l-43 he visited England and then returned to .frica, and remained there till 1870. when he went back to England and settled in Brixton. London, where he spent the rest of his life. In 187.3 he was presented with the sum of £.5800 in recog- nition of his great services. His daughter was the wife of Dr. David Livingstone. Besides the volume already mentioned. Dr. Moll'at published Afrira. or Gnfipel J.ifiht Shining in thr Midst of Heathen Darkness: A Sermon on Faith (1341); and Rivers of Water in Dry Places: An Ac- count of the Introduction of Chri.itianilii into South Africa, and of Mr. Moffat's Missionarii Labors (186.3). He also translated the Bible into the language of the Bechuanas. The full ac- count of Moffat's life and labors is given in the Lives of Robert and Mar;/ Moffat, by their son, John South Moflat (London. 188.5; new edition, ISSC; pc,[iular edition, 1889). MOGADOR, mog-a-diir'. or Suera. The prin- cipal seaport of Moro<co. situated on the Atlantic coast, 120 miles west-southwest of the city of Morocco, of which it is the jHirt (Map: Africa, CI). It is built on a rocky promontory, sur- rounded on the land side by sand-dunes. .A chan- nel between the town and a neighl)oring island forms the harbor. Mogador is the best-built town of Morocco, having been plamied by a French engineer in 1760. . part of it. the K.as- bah or castle, is surrounded l)y walls, and con- tains the residences of the Moorish orticials and of the protected .lewish and Christian mer- chants. Most of the .lews, however, live in a separate quarter of the city. The traiU- of the city is considerable, and is mostly with (!reat Britain and France. The principal exports arc olive oil, almonds, gum arable, hides, goat skins, and wool. The total value of the trade for 1901 was .*2.7.'.onn. Population, abnut 1.5.000. MOGILA, nioge'la. or MOGILAS, Peter (c.l.596c. 1647 ) . -A Russian theologian. He was born in Moldavia, of a noble Wallachian family, and was educated at the Cniversity of Paris, .fter serving in the Polish army he went into a monastery at Kiev, and became metropoli- tan of that see in 1629. He set up a prinling- press. and founded an academy and a library, to whii'h he gave his own collection of books. He published a catechism in 164.5. and other minor works. His great title to fame rests upon the orthodox Confession of Faith, which was drawn up at his instance by the .Vbhot Kosslov- ski of Kiev, approved at a provincial synod in