[FOGGY Cape, on the n. w. coast of N. Ame rica, is situated on the s. e. side of the peninsula of Alaska, and w. of Kishtac island.]

[FOGGY Isle, on the same side of the peninsula as the above, lies a short way s. by w. of Foggy cape.]

[FOGO, an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Newfoundland, about 20 miles to the n. e. of New Work island. Lat. 50° 2' n.]

FOGONES, a river of the province and country of Chacó in Peru. It runs s. s. e. for many leagues, and enters the river Paraguay. It is the same that others call Yabebiri or Confuso.

[FOLLOW FIELD, a township in Washington county, Pennsylvania. E. and W. Follow field are also two townships in Chester county, Pennsylvania.] .

FOMEQUE, a settlement of the corregimiento of Ubaque in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a mild temperature, and consequently abounds in all the vegetable productions peculiar to a warm and cold climate; but it is nevertheless subject, in a like manner as those neighbouring to it are, to venomous snakes, which they call tayas. It contains more than 200 housekeepers and 150 Indians. It is in the indirect road which leads to San Martin de los Llanos, lying 10 leagues to the s. w. of Santa Fé.

FOND-PLAT, a river of New France or Canada. It runs n. w. and enters lake Superior, between the Atohas and the island of Tour-meet.

FONDO, PEQUENO, or LITTLE, a settlement of the French, in the part that they possess in the island of St. Domingo; situate near the river Artibonito, on the n. side.

FONDO, with the addition of Los NEGROS, another settlement and parish of the same island, near the s. coast of the w. head, between the settlements of Acul and Torbeck.

FONDO, also with the name of Cayos del Fondo, a parish of the same island and district, on the s. coast, on the shore of the bay formed by the point of Abacú.

FONDO, a bay, which is called Sin Fondo, or Bottomless, on the s. coast of the same island, at the point of Beata on the w. between this point and cape Colorado.

FONSECA, or AMAPALA, a large and beautiful bay of the province and government of Nicaragua, in the kingdom of Guatemala and S. sea. It is between the port of La Posesion and the town of San Miguel.

FONTAINE, ANCE DE LA, or Bay of the Fountain, in the island of St. Christopher, one of the Antilles, on the n. w. coast, between the bay of

Caret and cape Enragé, in that part which the French possessed before the island was ceded by the English.

FONTAINE, with the addition of Petite, a point of land or cape of the island of Guadalupe, on the s. w. coast, between the bay of La Cruz and the point of Vieux Fort.

[FONTAINE, BELLE, a settlement in the n. w. territory; situated on the e. side of the Mississippi, about 18 miles n. of St. Phillips, and 23 below Cahokia.]

FONTENAC, a fort of the English, in the country of the N. Iroqueses Indians, built on the shore of the river Ontario, at the mouth of the river Catarubui.

FONTIVON, a settlement of the corregimiento of Bogota in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate on a beautiful plain, of a cold temperature, abounding in the fruits and seeds peculiar to this climate, and especially in onions, in which its principal commerce consists. It was instructed in the faith by the regulars of the extinguished company of Jesuits. It contains 100 whites and somewhat more Indians, and is one league to the w. of Santa Fé.

[FORALONES, in the island of Gunra and coast of Peru in S. America, are old walls of some ancient building in the time of the Incas, which serve here as light-houses for the shipping which sail from Callao to Paita, on the S. sea coast.]

FORANDOY, a river of the province and government of Maracaibo. It rises on the side of the settlement of Timotes, between Merida and Truxillo, runs n. and enters the lake of Maracaibo on the s. side.

FORBAN TROU, a small port of the n. coast, in the island of St. Domingo, and part possessed by by the French, between the river of La Enseñada Hallada and the isle of Miraguana.

FORBAN, with the addition of West, another small port of the w. coast, in the same island and district, thus called to distinguish it from the former. It is between the point of Pature and the river Ruiseaux.

FORBISHER, Strait of, thus called by its discoverer Martin Forbisher in 1578, in lat. 63o n. in the voyage he made to Greenland; where, after encountering severe frost and those n. seas, he arrived at a place which he called Strait of the Countess of Warwick; and here he sought to build a fort, but having lost much of his timber that he carried from England, he returned back with a cargo of a kind of lucid sand, in which he expected to find gold. See GREENLAND. FORELAND, Point of, on the w. coast of the

become reduced to small settlements. These mountains are impenetrable, full of wild beasts and venomous insects; the climate is most severe, and the territory covered with lakes and swamps. [FOSTER, a township in Providence county, Rhode Island, containing 2268 inhabitants. Seven teen miles w. of Providence, and 31 n. w. of Newport.]

FOSTER, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; situate in the district of the parish of San Felipe.

FOUGUE, a small island of the e. coast of the island of Newfoundland, between the islands Touliguet and Pingouin.

FOURCHE, a settlement of the province and colony of Georgia; situate at the mouth of the river Ocmulgi, where this enters the Alatamaha.

FOURCHE, a small river on the e. coast of the island of Newfoundland, towards the n.; it runs e. and enters the sea between the ports of Pincet and Orange.

FOURCHE, a point of land on the coast of Nova Scotia or Acadia.

FOURCHES, TROIS, a fort and establishment of the English, in the province and colony of Virginia, established in 1748, at the source of the river Miamee Grande, and in the part where this is entered by two other rivers, thus taking its

name.

FOURCHES, a town of the English, in their province and colony, in the county of Hampshire, in the neighbourhood of which a battle was fought between some of these people and the French.

FOURCHU, Cape of, a w. point of the coast of Nova Scotia or Acadia, between the island Tarquét and that of Ducks.

FOURCHU, another point. See SAN JULIAN. FOURCHU, a small river of the county and land of Labrador. It runs s. between those of Boix and Chateaux, and enters the sea in the straits of Belleisle.

FOWL, a city of the island of Barbadoes. [FOX, a river in the n. w. territory, which rises in the s. and runs about 50 miles n. where it approaches very near to, and parallel with, Ouisconsing, a n. e. branch of the Mississippi river. From the great carrying place here, through lake Winnebago, it runs e. then n. e. to bay Puan, about 180 miles: from the carrying place to Winnebago it is navigable for canoes four or five miles: from bay Puen its current is gentle, from thence to Winnebago lake it is full of rocks and very rapid: its breadth is between 70 and 100 yards. The land on its borders is good, thinly wooded

with hickory, oak, and hazel. SING, and WINNEBAGO.]

See OUISCON

[Fox, a n. water of Illinois river, 34 miles below the mouth of Plein river.]

[FOXBOROUGH, a township in Norfolk county, Massachusetts, containing 674 inhabitants, 26 miles s. of Boston. It was formerly a part of Dorchester, and was incorporated in 1778.

FOXO, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru; situate on the shore of a river, to the e. of the town of Tarija.

FRACATOA, a settlement of the missions that are held by the Portuguese Carmelite fathers, in the country of Las Amazonas; situate on the shore of this river, and at the entrance or mouth of the Eltay. Don Juan de la Cruz and Mr. La Condamine write it Fraquatoa, but we follow the Por tuguese authors.

FRAGUA, an abundant river of the province and government of San Juan de los Llanos in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises to the s. of the city of Cagúan, where stood the settlement called by Nicolas de Fedreman De la Fragua, (of the Forge), from one that was erected here by him for shoeing his horses, and from thence the river also took its name, which runs in a curve to the e. and enters the Caquetá.

[FRAMINGHAM, a township in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, containing 1598 inhabitants. It was incorporated in 1700, and is 24 miles w. s. w. of Boston.]

FRANCE, NEW. See CANADA.

FRANCES, or FRANÇOIS, Cape, a division or district of the French, in the island of St. Domingo, one of those which compose the colony which these have established here, and one of the best favoured of any in regard to situation, extent, and fertility. Here is the royal plain, on which the Admiral Christopher Columbus encountered the Indians. This district is 20 leagues long and four wide, bounded n. by the sea, s. by a cordillera of mountains, which in some parts extend themselves to the width of eight leagues:, no part of the world is so well irrigated by rivers, and so well supplied with water, as this; but the rivers are all small and may be forded, with the excep tion of that called the Grande: the most consider able after this are the Marion, Bayahá, laqueci, and Limbé. Here are mines, but the French, who are more given to agriculture as a surer way to riches, do not work them. In the Red mountain is a copper mine, and in the division of Santa Roxa, besides one of this metal, there is another of loadstone; also in the mountains called Pela

das, we are assured by the French that there are others of gold and iron. The principal production, however, of this country is indigo and sugar; for the manufactory of the last article here, there are no less than 200 mills, and these prepare an nually 400 barrels of 500 lbs each, their average price being 13 livres Tournois; so that without taking into account the liqueurs and syrups, each mill produces 30,000 livres per annum; this be ing multiplied by 200, makes the yearly product of this district equal to 6,000,000 of livres, arising from sugar solely, and the produce of the indigo is little less. Here is also some cacao and coffee. The whole district is intersected by beautiful straight roads, 40 feet wide, and adorned with lemon trees. The temperature is hot, and would be intolerable, were it not for the wind called Brisa, which renders the nights agreeable. In the valleys, however, between the mountains, there exists an eternal spring. The country is delightful, being always covered with flowers and fruits, and at every step is seen a rivulet of the purest water. The most common fruits are the mameyes, zapotes, zapotillos, caimitos, papayas, hicacos, pomegranates, cherries, cocos, dates, and plantains. The birds are turkeys, others of curious plumage, common fowl, and pigeons. Here are many horses and mules, and large and small cattle; also pigs, who fatten at little cost in the sabanas, on the pieces of sugar-canes that they find there; and all these animals, of whatsoever kind they be, multiply exceedingly.

This district consists of the 21 following parishes: The capital, Accul, Fort Delfin, Limbé, Port de Paz,

Petite Ance,

Quartier Morin,
Limonade,
Grand Riviere,
El Trou,
Dondon,
Llano del N.
Ovanamintho,

Terre Rouge,
Port Margot,
Plasencia,
Gros Morne,
Little S. Louis,
Juan Rabel,

Mole de S. Nicolas,
Le Borgne.

The capital, which is of the same name, is a town situate on the shore of a good port, and of one of the most secure and convenient in the whole island for vessels coming from France, and consequently one of the most frequented and of the greatest merchandise. It is exposed to no wind but the n. e. from which it cannot receive any molestation; at its entrance are some shoals or ridges of rocks, which render precaution necessary. The town is beautiful, situate on a plain, on the shore of a

river, which empties itself into the port; the streets are equal, straight, and intersected by others at right angles; and being thus divided into manzanas, or insulated lots of houses, they appear of perfect symmetry. It had its origin, in 1668, from a country-house or estate where a certain Calvinist pirate, named Gobin, once endeavoured to establish himself: it has a very beautiful parish church, a grand market-place, and many gardens, which render it delightful and fertile: it is of an agreeable and benigu temperature. The English took and burnt it in 1690. It is the residence of a governor and of a supreme council. It is 74 leagues from San Nicolas.

[The jurisdiction of Cape François is in the n. division of the island, in what was called the French part of it, and contains 13 parishes. Its exports from Jannuary 1, 1789, to December 31, of the same year, were as follows: 31,187,636 lbs. white sugar, 7,268,531 lbs. of brown sugar, 32,545,524 lbs. coffee, 269, 240 lbs. cotton, 245, 177 lbs. indigo, tanned hides, molasses, spirits, &c. to the value of 21,789 livres; total value of duties on exportation, 253,590 dollars, 37 cents. Cape François exceeds Port au Prince in the value of its productions, the elegance of its buildings, and the advantageous situation of its port. The city, which is the governor's residence in time of war, is situated on a cape at the edge of a large plain; 20 leagues long, and on an average four broad, between the sea and the mountains. There are few lands better watered, but there is not a river that will admit a sloop above three miles: this space is cut through by straight roads, 40 feet broad, uninterruptedly lined with hedges of lime and lemon trees, intermixed with long avenues of lofty trees, leading to 'plantations which produce a greater quantity of sugar than any spot of the same size in the world. The town, which is situated in the most unhealthy place of this extensive and beautiful plain, had, some years since, several elegant public buildings, as the governor's house, the barracks, the magazine, and two hospitals, called the Houses of Providence, founded for the benevolent and humane purpose of supporting those Eurepeans who came thither without money or merchandise. The reason of its harbour being so admirably well situated for ships which come from Europe, is, amongst others, from its entrance being sprinkled over with reefs that break the force of the waves. Before its destruction in 1793, this city contained about 8000 inhabitants, whites, people of colour, and slaves. See ST. DOMINGO.]

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FRANCES, a port of the coast of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Venezuela, contiguous to the cape Codera; where there is a small settlement, and an isle or farallon of the same denomination.

FRANCES, an arm of the river Orinoco, called Caño Frances, which runs from s. to n. of the island of Chuquanas.

FRANCES, a port of the w. coast, in the island of Puertorico, between cape Roxo and the river Guanagive; at its entrance is a sand-bank, which renders it dangerous.

FRANCES, a sand-bank or shoal, near the coast of the river La Plata, and at its mouth or entrance.

FRANCES, a cape or point of land on the n. coast of the island of St. Domingo, between the island La Peña and the point of Sabanetas.

FRANCES, a river of the straits of Magellan, which runs e. and enters the sea in the point of Santa Isabel.

[FRANCES. See FRANÇOIS, and FRANCIS.] FRANCESSES, PUERTO DE LOS, a port in the province and captainship of Paraiba in Brazil, between the river Grama and the city of La Concepcion.

FRANCESSES, some islands situate near the coast of the province and captainship of Esperitu Santo in that kingdom, between the Bermejas and the bank of La Buena Pesca.

[FRANCESTOWN, an interior township in Hillsborough county, New Hampshire, on the e. side of Contecook river, about 17 miles to the s. w. of Concord. It was incorporated in 1772, and contained in 1775, 200 inhabitants; in 1790, 982.]

FRANCH, an island or rock of the N. sea, between the island of Maguana and the Caico Grande.

FRANCIS, ST. a lake or extension of the river St. Lawrence, between Kingston and Montreal, through which passes the line dividing Upper from Lower Canada."

[FRANCIS, ST. a river in the province of Lower Canada, which rises from lake Memphremagog, and runs n. into the river St. Lawrence. It is not all the way navigable, else it would afford an important communication from the n. parts of Verinont to the markets of Montreal and Quebec.]

[FRANCIS, ST. a small river in Louisiana, which runs a s. e. course into the Mississippi, 108 miles above Arkinsas river, and 70 miles above Margot river, on the e. side of the Mississippi. It is remarkable for nothing but the general rendezvous for the hunters from New Orleans, who winter

there, and collect salt meat, suet, and bear's oil, for the supply of that city. Kappas Old fort formerly stood at the mouth of this river, on the s. side. It was built by the French during their wars with the Chickasaw Indians.]

[FRANCIS, ST. also the name of a small river in the n. w. territory, which runs a s. w. by w. course into Mississippi, between Cold and Rum rivers, 60 miles above St. Anthony's falls. The country a little above it is hilly, and the soil pretty good. To the n. e. are the small lakes called the Thousand Lakes. The Mississippi here is not above 90 yards wide.]

[FRANCIS, ST. in Brazil, S. America, a long and large river which runs n. e. and thence s. e. till it empties into the ocean, n. e. of the town of Seregippe del Rey. It has a number of towns and settlements, chiefly on its head waters.]

[FRANCIS. See FRANCES, and FRANÇOIS.] FRANCISBOROUGH, a settlement in York county, district of Maine, containing 311 inhabitants.]

FRANCISCA, a river of the province and government of Darien in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. It runs into the N. sea, between the rivers Oro and Chepo.

FRANCISCO, S. a settlement of the head settlement of Tamazunchale, and alcaldía mayor of Valles, in Nueva España. It consists of Pames Indians; situate on the craggy parts of a sierra inhabited by few others than gentiles, in as much as they admit of no other sacrament than those of baptism and matrimony. It is three leagues from its head settlement.

FRANCISCO, S. another settlement, of the head settlement of Zumpahuacán, and alcaldía mayor of Marinalco, in the same kingdom.

FRANCISCO, S. another, of the head settlement of Amatepéc, and alcaldía mayor of Zultepec. It is small, consisting only of seven families of Indians, who maintain themselves by breeding large cattle, and by sowing maize and other fruits. It is of a hot and moist temperature, and is five leagues distant from its head settlement.

FRANCISCO, S. another, of the head settlement, and a real of the mines of Temascaltepéc. It contains 66 families of Indians, who trade in wheat, maize, beans, and barley, which it produces in abundance. It is six leagues to the n. of its capital.

FRANCISCO, S. another, of the head settle ment and alcaldía mayor of Toluca. It contains 61 families of Indians, and lies at a small distance to the n. of its capital.

FRANCISCO, S. another, of the head settlement>