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MOONEY. 7' MOON'EY, .Tamks (IStil— ). An American ethnologist, born at Kieliiiioiul, Inii. In 1SS5 lie bet-anie conuectecl with the Bureau of American Ethnolojo' at Washington. His first labor in Indian ethnograiihy. which had occupied him since boyhood, was a tribal list, containing 'MWt) titles. He discovered the Cherokee ritual, studied the ghost dance in 1S90, and later the Kiowas. His writings include: Myths of the VhcroKccs ; tSacred Formnlus of the Chcrokees; Siouan Tribes of the East (1804) ; The Messiah Keliiiion aitil tlie Ghost Uaiicc : and Calciidur History of the Kioirit IiKlituis (1898). MOONEYE, Lake Herring^ or Whiting. Xanies applied to the Cisco (q.v.) or Whitefish. MOONFISH (so called from its shape). (1) A fish of the family Carangid*. allied to the pompanos. and having compressed, oval, silvery bodies. The species {Selene vomer), called 'jorobado,' 'look down," 'horsehead.' and 'horse- fish,' is numerous on both coasts of the warmer parts of America, and grows to a foot or more, it passes thi'ough a remarkable series of trans- formations in growth, being so thin when young as to be useless for food, though well liked as a pan-fish when adult. (See Plate with article Horse Mackerel.) (2) A closely related fish {.Vomer setipeniiis) , known about New York as 'bhnit-nosed shiner,' and highly esteemed as food. Some other species are known, but their habits and manner of breeding remain obscure. (3) The opah ((|.v.). MOONFLOWER. See Ipomcea. MOONGA, or MOOGHA. See Silkworm. MOONJAH, moun'ja, MtTNJAH, MOON- YAH, Sara, or Shur (Anglo-Ind.. from Skt. muHJti, reed), Unecharum Sara. An East Indian grass of the same genus as the sugar-cane, grow- ing on the banks of the Ganges and the Indus. The leaves yield a tough fibre, not thoroughly tested, but used for making rope. MOONLIGHT SONATA, TiiE. A sonata by Beethoven (1S02). It is the second of two so- natas forming Opus 27, C sharp minor. Smuiia quasi una Fantasia, dedicated to Countess Guie- ciardi. The imaginary title is probably due to Eellstab's likening the first movement to boating on Lake Lucerne by moonlight. MOONSEED, A'ellow Parilla (so called from the crescent-shaped seeds). iMenispermum canadense. A North American climbing plant of the natural order Menispermacene. with peltate, roinidish-cordate, and angular leaves, small clus- ters of white or greenish-yellow flowers, and black, kidney-shaped fruits. The cylindrical root, which attains a length of several feet and a diameter of a quarter of an inch, was formerly known in commerce as Texas sarsaparilla. MOON-SNAKE. A Brazilian colubrine ven- omous snake of the genus Scytale. They are of small size and dull colors. Some of them are arboreal, others fully terrestrial. They hunt al- most exclusively at night and feed mainly on lizards. Although their fangs (see Opistiio- olypha) are large, these reptiles seem never to attack liunian bi'ings. MOONWORT. A fern. See Botrychium. MOOR. MOORING (probably from Dutch marren, to tie, moor, hinder, retard, AS. mirran, myrran, merran, OHG. marrjan, marren, dialec- 9 MOORE. tic Ger. marren, to entangle. Lng. mar). To moor a vessel is to secure it with ropes or chains to anchors or to a wharf or to the buoys of perma- nent moorings. The common method of mooring with two anchors is to drop one anchor, veer chain to sixty, seventy- five, or ninety fathoms and let go the other; and then heave in on the long chain and veer on the .shorter until lying with both chains equal, or with one .about fifteen fathoms shorter than the other. This method is generally resorted to when the anchorage ground is contracted and there is insutTicicnt room for a ship to swing about a single anchor with a full scope of chain. In many harbors, where the anchorage space is limited, permanent moorings are laid down. These usually have buoys to which the anchor chains are attached, the ship being secured to the buoy by a hawser or short length of chain. See A^■CHOR; Hawse. MOOR, Edward (1771-1848). An English writer on India. He entered the service of the East India Company in 1782, but in 1700 joined the army. He retired in ISOO on a special pension and a large grant as a reward for his bravery and for a Digest of the Military Orders and Regu- lations of the Bombay Army (1800). Moor's most valuable book was the Hindu Pantheon ( 1810) , which is still an authority because of its unique illustrations. MOOR'CROFT, William (c. 1765-1825). An English veterinary surgeon and traveler, born in Lancashire. He studied medicine in Liverpool, but subsequently devoted himself to veterinary surgery. In 1808 he became veterinary surgeon to the Bengal army and superintendent of the East India Company's stud at Pfisfl. near Cawn- pore. Wliile occupying these positions he inider- took a series of remarkable journeys in North- ern India, was the first Englishman to cross the Himalayas, vainly endeavored to penetrate Chinese Turkestan, and died while returning from Bokhara. His papers were edited by Prof. H. II. Wilson and published in 1841 under the title Travels in the Himalayan Prorinees of Hindu- stan from 1819 to 1S25. Among his otlier writ- ings is a ti'anslation of Valli's Experiments in Animal Eteetricity (1793). MOORE, moTir or mor, Albert .Iosepii (1841- 93). An English figure painter, born in York, of a family of painters. He studied at the Royal Academy School, and began his career by a num- ber of purely decorative works done prineijially for theatres and churches. He afterwards exhiliitcd constantly at the various London galleries. His subjects are usually figures of women ; his style is classic, his colors are particularly harmonious and pleasing, and his composition is simple and decorative, with a quality that is .Tapanesque. His works include "Midsummer" (1887) ; "Blos- soms" (1881) ; "A Summer Night" (in the Liver- pool Corporation Gallery) ; and "The Open Book" (in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Ken- sington). For his biography, consult Baldry (London, 1S94). MOORE, Alfred (1755-1810). An American jurist, bom in Brunswick County, N. C, a son of Maurice Moore (q.v.). He was educated in Boston. In August, 177.T. he was made captain in the First Regiment. North Carolina Line, of which his unele. .lames Moore, was colonel, and took part in the defense of Charleston, S. C. in