In its district are two very rich estates, called Milan and Selipulo.

FELIPE, S. another, of the province and government of Jaen de Bracamoros in the kingdom of Quito.

FELIPE, S. another, with the surname of Jesus, in the province and government of California; situate on the sca-shore, in the interior of the gulf, between the settlements of San Buenaventura and San Fermin.

FELIPE, S. a fort of the province and government of La Guayana; situate on the shore of the river Negro, and facing the fort of San Carlos, on the opposite side.

FELIPE, S. an arm of the river Gamalotal, called the Caño de San Felipe, which runs to enter the Portuguesa, and takes a n. course, as far as the mountain of Tacazuruma.

FELIX, S. a settlement of the province and government of Cumaná, one of the missions which are held here at the charge of the Aragonese Capuchin fathers, and situate near the river Guarapicha.

FELIX, S. another settlement, in the province and government of Veragua, of the kingdom of Tierra Firme; situate on the height of a mountain, not far from the coast of the S. sea, and on the confines of the province of Costarica, upon the royal road. It is two leagues from the city of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.

FELIX, S. another, with the additional title of Arrabal de Nuevas Tierras, (Suburb of New Lands), in Brazil; situate on the shore of the river Tocantines. FELIX, S. a bay on the coast of the straits of Magellan, on the s. part, in the island of Caplitoilgua.

FELIX, S. a cape or promontory of the kingdom of Chile, and of the sea-coast, nine leagues to the s. of the cape or point of Ballena; where very fine gold is found.

[FELIX, ST. Some small islands in the Pacific ocean, n. n. w. of Juan Fernandes, and due w. of Copiapo, in S. America. Lat. 26° 22' s. Long. 80° w.

[FELL'S Point. See BALTIMORE.]
FENWICK. See FALSE.]

FER, a small river of the island of Guadalupe. It rises in the mountains to the s. e. runs in the same direction, and enters the sea between the two of Baille Argent.

[FER, POINT AU, on the w. coast of lake Champlain, lies in Clinton county, nearly five miles s. of the division line between New York and Lower Canada, and 25 miles s. of St. John's. The Bri

tish occupied a barrack here, furnished with one field-piece, a few men, and a subaltern officer. It has been given up according to treaty.]

[FERDINANDO NARONKA, an island on the coast of Brazil, S. America, lies in lat. 3° 56' s. Long. 32° 43' w.]

[FERMANAGHI, a township in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania.]

FERMIN, S. a settlement, and also the name of the Aguage or Impetuous Current, of the Indians of the province of California. The settlement is situate on the shore of the coast, at the inmost extremity of the gulf.

FERMOSO, a river of the province and captainship of Pernambuco in Brazil. It rises near the coast, runs e. and enters the sea between that of Los Ilheos and the island of San Alexo.

FERNAMBUCO. See PERNAMBUCO. FERNANDO, S. a city of the province and government of Sierra Gorda, in the bay of Mexico, and kingdom of Nueva España; founded, in 1748, by Don Joseph de Escandon, Count of Sierra Gorda, and colonel of militia of the city of Queretaro, who engaged with King Ferdinand VI. to pacify and to settle this territory, in honour of whom he thus called it. This city is small, the houses are of straw, and they have not increased as they were expected.

FERNANDO, S. a town, the capital of the province and corregimiento of Colchagua in the kingdom of Chile, founded, in 1741, by Joseph Manso, Count of Superunda, president of that kingdom, who gave it this name in honour of the Prince of Asturias, who afterwards reigned with the title of Fernando VI. It has six vice-parishes, and a convent of monks of the order of San Francisco, which was formerly a college of the regulars of the company of Jesuits. It is situate on the n. shore of the river Caguataqua, 69 miles in a s. direction from Santiago.

FERNANDO, S. another town, of the province and government of Cumaná; situate on the shore of the river Chivata, to the n. of the Orinoco.

FERNANDO, S. another town, of the province and government of Texas or Nuevas Felipinas, founded, in 1731, by order of the viceroy of New Spain, who was the Marquis de Casa-Fuerte: he would not permit his name to be given it according to the avowed custom, but titled it according to that of the Prince of Asturias. It was peopled by colonies coming from the islands.

FERNANDO, S. a settlement of the province and government of Guayana; situate on the shore of the river Orinoco, at the part where it divides into

arms to run into the sea, opposite the city of Santo Tomas de la Guayana; on the shore facing the

same.

FERNANDO, S. another, of the province and government of Cartagena, in the district of the town of Mompox; situate on the shore of the grand river Magdalena.

FERNANDO, S. another, of the province and government of Cumaná; situate on the shore of a small river between the cities of Cumaná and Cumanagoto.

FERNANDO, S. another, of the missions that were held by the regulars of the company of Jesuits, in the province and government of Mainas, of the kingdom of Quito; situate on the shore of the river Marañon or Amazonas, between this river and a lake formed by an arm of the river Manay.

FERNANDO, S. another, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España; situate in the country and territory of the Apaches Indians, on the s. bank of the head of the great river Gila, between the town of Casa-Grande and the settlement of Victoria.

FERNANDO, S. another, of the province of Yapizlaga or llanos of Manso in Peru; situate on the shore of the river Paraguay, opposite the city of Corrientes, in the government of Buenos Ayres.

FERNANDO, S. another, called Minas de, in the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo, of the kingdom of Chile; situate on the coast opposite the island of Choros.

FERNANDO, S. a cordillera of mountains of the province and government of the Chiquitos Indians in Perú. They run n. serving as a mark of division between this province and the government of Paraguay, from the river Latirequiqui.

FERNANDO, S. a point of land or cape of the coast of the straits of Magellan, near their entrance into the S. sea; the same which looks upon the e. of the island of Louis le Grand.

FERNANDO, S. a fort of the province and government of Paraguay, built on the shore of the river of this name, and at the mouth of the Ibiquari or Tibiquari.

FERNANDEZ. See JUAN FERNANDEZ. FEROL, a cape of the w. coast of the island of Newfoundland, and entrance of the straits of Belleisle by the gulf of St. Lawrence.

FEROL, a small river of the same island, which runs w. in the s. part, and enters the sea at the entrance of the straits of Belleisle.

FERRE, Cape, a point of land which runs into the sea, on the s. e. coast of the island of Marti

nique, between the point Macabou and the Cul de Sac Anglois.

FERREIRO, PASO DE, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán, and jurisdiction of the city of Córdoba; situate on the shore of the river Tercero.

[FERRISBURGH, a township in Addison county, Vermont, on lake Champlain. It con tains 481 inhabitants. Otter creek, Little Otter and Lewis's creeks, fall into the lake here. The mouth of Otter creek lies in lat. 44° 11′ 45′′ n. Long. 73° 13' w.]

FERROL, a port of the coast of the S. sea, in the province and corregimiento of Santa in Perú. FESTE, Point of, a cape of the s. coast of the island of St. Domingo, in the part possessed by the French, between the bay of the Gros Gravies and the point of Margót.

FEVERSHAM, a river of the province and colony of Pennsylvania.

FICHOT, a small island of the N. sea, near the coast of Newfoundland, between the ports of St. Julian and Petite Maistre.

[FIDLER'S Elbow, a bend of Wood creek, between the outlet of S. bay and the mouth of the creek at the n. end of lake Champlain, opposite the mouth of E. bay.]

FIERRO, part of the n. coast of the island of St. Domingo, in the French possessions, and close to the cape of St. Nicolas.

[FIG-TREE Bay lies on the s. w. side of the island of St. Christopher's, in the W. Indies, at the head of which stands Sandy-fort town. The bay is secured by a fort on each side.]

FIGUARA, a small river of the province and country of Las Amazonas. It runs e. between the rivers Yurú and Nusi, and enters the river Negro.

FILADELFIA. [See PHILADELPHIA.]

FILAMA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Quillota in the kingdom of Chile; situate in the valley of Putaendo, at the source of the river Quilimari. In its vicinity is an estate called Los Patos.

FILLES, LES, some isles of the N. sea, near the coast of the province and government of French Guianne, opposite the island of Cayenne.

FILIÁRA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán, in the jurisdiction of the city of Xuxuy, on the shore of the river Laquiaca. FILIPOLIS. See PHILOPOLIS.

FİMAYOS, a barbarous nation of the Indians of Peru, descended from the Pantaguas, but little known.

[FINCASTLE, a post-town in Virginia, and capital of Bottetourt county; situated on the e. side of Catabaw creek, a small stream which falls into James river, on the w. side of the North moun tain. Here are about 50 houses, a court-house, and gaol. It lies on the post-road from Richmond to Kentucky, 28 miles s. w. of Lexington, and 116 w. of Richmond.]

[FINDLEY, a township in Washington county, Pennsylvania.]

FINISTERRA, Cape of, or Point, on the s. coast of the straits of Magellan; that which looks to the e. of the island of Louis le Grand.

FINNEY, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district of the parish of Santiago, near the w. coast.

FIRABITOBA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate in a pleasant and beautiful valley on the shores of a river, from the floods of which it suffers very frequent inundation. Its temperature is moderately cold, and it abounds in wheat, maize, and potatoes. Its breeds of neat cattle and sheep are very great, and of the fleeces of the latter, much cloth is manufactured. It contains upwards of 200 housekeepers, and 100 Indians. It is six leagues from Tunja, between the n. and n. e. very close to the settlement of Soga

moso.

FIRME, a settlement of the province and go. vernment of Cartagena; situate on the shore of a small lake formed by the river Cauca. It is of the district of the town of Zimiti.

creeks. The entrance into this large bay lies between Goldsborough and Devil's islands.] [FISHING Bay, on the s. side of lake Ontario, is about 37 miles e. of fort Niagara.]

FISCA, a settlement of the province and go vernment of Tucumán; situate to the w. of the city of San Miguel.

[FISHING Creek, a township on Susquehannah river, in Pennsylvania. See NORTHUMBERLAND County.]

[FISH-KILL, a post-town in Dutchess county, New York, five miles e. of Hudson river, on Fishkill or creek, at the foot of the highlands which rise s. of it; containing about 30 houses, a church for Episcopalians, and one for Low Du'ch. The township is very extensive, and contained, in 1790, 5941 inhabitants, of whom 601 were slaves. It lies 14 miles s. by e. of Poughkeepsie, opposite Newburgh, and 50 n. of New York city. There are a few houses only at the Landing, on the margin of the river.]

FISHERS, an island of the N. sea, five leagues from the coast, in the province of Connecticut, and colony of New England, at the entrance or mouth of the river Thames. It is five miles long from e. to w. and nearly one and a half wide, n. s. Lat. 48° 12' n. Long. 72° w.

FISHES, River of, in the province and colony of N. Carolina. It is small, runs s. e. and enters the Yadquin.

[FISHERSFIELD, a township in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, incorporated in 1763, containing 331 inhabitants. Sunapee pond lies partly here, and in the township of Wendel. It is about 16 miles e. of Charlestown.]

[FISH-KILL, or CREEK, on which the town above described stands, and from which it derives its name, is small, and empties into Hudson river about a mile below the Landing, and nearly opposite New Windsor.]

[FISHING Bay, in Maryland, lies on the e. side of Chesapeak bay, partly in Dorchester and Somerset counties. It receives several rivers from each county, the chief of which are Wicomico, Nanticoke; also Transquaking and Blackwater

[FISH-KILL, also the name of a small stream which runs s. w. into Oneida lake.]

[FISH-KILL, likewise a stream which rises from Saratoga lake, and runs six miles e. to the Hudson. Its mouth is oppoiste Batten kill, two miles above Saratoga town; and on the n. side of which, General Burgoyne's army laid down their arms as prisoners.

[FITCHBURG, a post-town of Massachusetts, Worcester county, 17 miles n. of Worcester, 24 from Concord, and 38 n. w. of Boston. It has 1151 inhabitants.]

FITHAM, a settlement of the same island as the former, and situate near it.

FITT, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; situate in the district of the parish of Santiago, near the w. coast.

[FITZWILLIAM, a township in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, about 16 miles e. of Connecticut river, and separated from Royalston in Worcester county, Massachusetts, by the state line. It was incorporated in 1773, and contains 1038 inhabitants.]

FIVE MILES, a small island of the N. sea, near the coast, in the province and colony of New Jersey, between those of Cold Spring and Seven Miles.

FLAMAND, BONNET, a sand-bank near the coast of the island of Newfoundland.

FLAMBOROUGH, Cape of, a point of land on the e. coast of the island of Newfoundland, at the entrance of Concepcion bay.

[FLAMBOROUGH, a factory of the Hudson bay company, on the s. w. side of Hudson bay.] FLAMENCO, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena; situate on the side of the swamps of Maria. It is one of the new towns which were founded by the governor Don Juan Pimiento, in 1776.

FLAMENCO, a small isle of the S. sea, near the -coast of the district of Raposo, in the province and government of Chocó. It is close to that of La Gorgona.

FLAMENCOS, a small island of the S. sea, in the bay of Panamá; situate close to that of Perico. FLAMENCOS, a bay of the island of St. Domingo, on the s. coast and w. head of the French possessions, between the bay of Cavallon and San Luis. FLAMENCOS, a bay of the same island, and in the part belonging to the French, on the w. coast, between the river Boucanbrou and the point Arcahay.

FLAMENT, a small river of the island of Guadalupe. It rises in the mountains, runs e. and enters the sea between those of La Rose and Goyaves.

FLAT, a bay of the coast of the province and colony of New Jersey.

FLAT, some islands of the N. sea, near the s. coast of Newfoundland, at the entrance of the gulf of St. Lawrence. They differ much, but are all small, and should more properly be called isles.

[FLAT Rock is an expansive, clear, flat rock, but a little above the surface of the ground, and near the banks of a delightful rivulet of excellent water, which is one of the head branches of Great Ogeechee river in Georgia. This is a common rendezvous or camping place for traders and Indians.]

[FLATBUSH, the chief town of King's county, Long island, New York. It is a pleasant and healthy town, situated on a small bay which opens e. from New York harbour, and is five miles s. by e. from New York city. It contains a number of dwelling houses, mostly in one street; many of which are elegant and commodious. The inhabitants are chiefly of Dutch extraction. It contains 941 inhabitants, of whom 107 are qualified electors, and 378 are slaves. The productions are various kinds of fruit, vegetables, grain, &c. which find a ready market in the metropolis. The land lies low; and in summer the whole township appears like an extensive garden. The public buildings are, a Dutch church, a court-house, and an academy, called Erasmus Hall, the most flourishing of all the academies in the state. It is in a pleasant and healthful situation, four miles from Brookline ferry.

A bloody battle was fought near this town on the 27th of August 1776, when the Americans were defeated by the British with great loss The remains of the American army retreated to New York, under the cover of a thick fog.]

[FLATLANDS, a small township in King's county, Long island, distant from New York city six or seven miles. It contains 423 inhabitants, of whom 44 are qualified to be electors, and 137 are slaves.]

FLATON, a small river of the province of Sagadahock, which runs s. and enters the sea, opposite the Mochises isles, at the entrance of the bay of Fundy.

[FLATTERY, Cape, so named by Captain Cook, on account of its promising at a distance what it denied on a nearer approach. Lat. 48° 15'. Long. 235° 30' e. This cape, Captain Ingraham of Boston found to be the s. side of the entrance of the straits of Juan de Fuca. Lat. 48° 25' n. Long. 124° 52′ w. See FUCA.]

[FLEMINGTON, a small post-town of New Jersey, in Hunterdon county, lies about six miles n. e. of Amwell on Delaware river, 16 n. n. w. of Trenton, nine s. e. of Pittstown, and 34 n. e. by n. of Philadelphia. It contains about a dozen compact houses.]

[FLETCHER, a township in Franklin county, Vermont, containing only 47 inhabitants. Cambridge on the s. e. and Georgia w.

[FLINT River, a considerable river of Georgia, which rises in the country of the Creek Indians, and running a s. and thence a s. w. course, joins the Appalachicola, at its entrance into Florida. The Flint is about 30 rods wide, and from 12 to 15 feet deep in summer, and has a gentle current. The territory lying on this river, especially on the upper part of it, presents every appearance of becoming a delightful region in some future day; it being a rich soil, and exceedingly well situated for every branch of agriculture, and offers an uninterrupted navigation to the bay of Mexico and Atlantic ocean, and thence to the W. India islands, and over the whole world. There are a number of villages of Creek Indians on this river.]

[FLINT, a small river, about 28 miles long, in the Genessee country, in New York, which runs n. n. e. into Canandarqua creek.]

[FLINTSTON, a plantation in Cumberland county, Maine, having 180 inhabitants. It has one eminence in it, called Saddle-Back Mountain, but the country in general is level enough for cultivation. One half of it is covered with pine and white oak.] FLORA, a small island, also called Las Flores,

at the entrance of the river La Plata, in the province and government of Buenos Ayres. To its n. lies the shore of the river. It is neither inhabited or cultivated, from its being much exposed to inundations from the river. On its coast are many marine wolves. In lat. 34° 58′ 3′′ s. In lat. 34° 58' 3" s. Long. 56° 3 w. FLORELL, a small island of the gulf of St. Lawrence, on the coast of Nova Scotia or Acadia; situate close to cape Rosiers.

FLORES, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which rises from a lake called Lobos. It runs e. and enters the sea on the coast of the Patagones.

FLORES, another river, of the province and government of Texas in Nueva España. It runs s. and enters the sea in the gulf of Mexico, between the river Magdalena and that of Santa Susana. FLORIDA, an extensive country of N. America; bounded on the w. by Louisiana, on the n. by the United States, on the e. by the Atlantic ocean, and on the s. by the gulf of Mexico. It was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1512, on Easter Sunday, on which account this name was given to it, as well also from the great luxuriance of its trees. Its territory is very fertile, and the climate good, abounding in fruits and pulse, and particularly in oak, fir, pine, walnut, white and red lentish, yew, laurel, cedar, chesnut, palm, and cherry trees, which are used as fuel, although the fruit of some of them is very delicate. Here is also Campeche wood, but the most esteemed is sassafras, called by the natives palama or pavama; and of this an immense quantity is exported to England, from its fine medicinal qualities, which were first discovered by the Indians, who persuade themselves that there is no disease that can resist the efficacy of this plant. They, indeed, do not less esteem the plant called apoyomalsi or patrisizanda, the leaves of which appear similar to those of a leek, although they are larger and more delicate: the stem is a sort of reed, full of pulp, knotty, of a small flower, with roots long and slender, also covered with round knots, which being cut off and exposed to the sun become hard, being black within and white without: the Spa. niards give it the name of de rosarios de Santa Elena, (rosaries of St. Helen), and the French call it palenotes. This country is watered by a great many rivers, the principal of which is the Mississippi, which not only produce abundance of fish, but water and fertilize very many leagues. The woods are inhabited by wild beasts, such as dantas, lions of two kinds, leopards, wolves, tigers, buffa loes, panthers, bears, wild cats, castors, and foxes;

and of these is a species which carries a bag under their tail, in the which to put their young when they are pursued. Of birds there is no less variety: here are partridges, parrots, pelicans, bustards, pheasants, pigeons, turtle-doves, thrushes, starlings, storks, cranes, woodcocks, eagles, falcons, swans, ocas, ducks, and others of very peculiar sorts, and some the most beautiful of any in the known world for the brilliance. of their plumage. This country produces, without cultivation, much cotton, excellent figs of the tura plant, which, when ripe, are very delicate and wholesome, and are called by Europeans the cordial julap. On its coasts most excellent amber is found; as also abundance of pearls, and these are so little esteemed by the natives, that they give them in exchange for glass beads, with which they adorn themselves. Here are two sorts of cochineal, and the plant from which indigo is made is very common, and in the very many lakes of the territory are found the purest salt: here are also mines of coal, quicksilver, and orpiment. It was once peopled by infinite nations of warlike and valorous Indians, who have given much trouble and anxiety to the European nations : some of the most civilised of the said nations or tribes clothe themselves at the present day in a kind of very white linen, made of the interior bark of a tree which is very durable, and of which threads and cords are also made. In 1536, Hernando de Soto marched into this country to conquer it with a fine army, but after various combats he died, without being able to obtain his object. After that, several Spaniards attempted the same thing at different times; and the names of these were, Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, Pámfilo de Narvaez, Francisco Vazquez Coronado, Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano, and the adelantado Pedro Menendez de Avilés; all having undertaken the conquest of this country about the year 1564, but with as little success as Hernando himself. The only part of this country that was properly understood by the title of Florida, was the territory possessed by the Spaniards, the same being a peninsula or point of land, projecting from the coast in a direction from n. to s. for a distance of 100 leagues, and is 25 leagues in width opposite the island of Cuba, forming the mouth or entrance of the bay of Mexico, and the coast of the channel of Bahama. Although the Spaniards have made various settlements here, there are none at present existing, save those of Panzacola and San Agustin, which is the capital. This country is a subject almost of continual war amongst the Spaniards, the English, the French, and the natives. The former ceded it to the English in 1762, by the peace of Versailles, and