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F I R F L A

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concerning, XI. 679; Kant s Thoughts

on, XIII. 847. FIRE, FIRES, Destructive (with list of

fires), IX. 233; in coal mines, vi. 74;

construction of houses for protection

against, IV. 453; extinction of, IX. 235;

in Chicago (1871), v. 611; in London,

XIV. 826, 848. FIREBALL, Meteoric, xvi. 108; xxm.

33-

FIRE-BALLOONS, i. 206.

FIRE-BRICKS, ix. 238.

FIRE BRIGADES, ix. 237.

FIRE-CLAY, ix. 238.

FIRE-DAMP, in mines, xvi. 194, 459.

FIRE-ENGINES, ix. 235.

FIRE-ESCAPES, ix. 236.

FIRE-FLY, XVIIL 814.

FIRE INSURANCE, XIIL 161.

FIRE MARBLE, mineral, xvi. 397.

FIRENZE (Florence, </.i>.), town, Italy, ix. 330.

FIRENZUOLA, Agnolo, Italian poet, ix. 240.

FIREPLACE, xxu. 579; in relation to smoke abatement, XXII. 181; ventila tion by, XXIV. 1 59.

FIREPROOF CLOTH, n. 675.

FIREPROOF SAFES, xxi. 144.

FIRE-RAISING, crime, n. 635.

FIRE-STEALING, in mythology, xvn. 158; xix. 807.

FIRETAIL, bird, XX. 317.

FIRE TRICKS, in magic, xv. 208.

FIREWORKS, xx. 134.

FIRLE BEACON, Sussex, England, XXII.

723-

FIRMIANUS, Lucius Cajlius, early

Christian writer, xiv. 195. FlRMlCUS, Maternus Julius, Latin writer,

ix. 241; xv. 489. FIRMNESS, in phrenology, XVIIL

845. FIRMUM PICENUM (Fernio), ancient

town, Italy, IX. 98. FlROZPUR, district, India, IX. 241; xx.

109; town, IX. 241. FIROZ SHAH, Monument of, at Gaur,

Bengal, x. 115. FIROZ-SHAHR, India, Battle of (1845),

xx. 112. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND AND

HER PEOPLE, Hugh Miller s work,

xvi. 319. FIRSTLINGS, Sacrificial offerings of,

XVIIL 343. FIRTH, or Estuary, xxi. 579; formation

of, x. 257. FiRUZ-KoH, ancient town, Afghanistan,

x. 570. FlSA, or Visions, in Irish literature, v.

310; in Welsh, v. 326. FISCHART, Johannes, German satirist,

ix. 242; x. 528.

FlSCHERlTE, mineral, XVI. 405. FISCHER VON ERLACH, Viennese archi tect, XXIV. 220.

FISH, FISHES, xii. 630; xix. 126; hypo thetical primitive form, XXIV. 181; blind, of Mammoth Cave, U.S.A., xv. 450 ; works on development of, VIII. 168; electric, VII. 694; Vill. 8; xii. 649, 694; xx. 299; xxu. 68; fossil, Agassiz s researches on, I. 275; marine, distribution of, VII. 280, 282; mimicry in, XVI. 343; olfactory organs of, XXII. 1 66; poisonous, xv. 782; reproduction of, xx. 409; skeleton of, xxii. 106; spawning of, IX. 244; taxidermy of, XXlll. 90; organs of touch in, xxm. 478 ; transport of, IX. 243 ; of Amer ica, I. 684 ; of Himalayas, XL 834 ; of India, xii. 743 ; in Lankester s classification, xxiv. 812.

FiSH-CROW, bird, xin. 533.

FISH-CULTURE, XIX. 126; XXI. 226.

FISHER, or Fisher Marten, xv. 577;

skins of, IX. 838.

, James, Scottish divine, xxm. 728.

, John, bishop of Rochester, IX. 242;

vill. 414; beheaded, Vill. 335. , Mary, English Quakeress, xx. 148,

FISHERIES, Sea, IX. 243; mackerel, xv.

160; mussel, XVII. no; oyster, XVIIL

107; pearl oyster, XVIIL 446; pilchard,

Cornwall, vi. 426; seal, xxi. 581;

sponge, xxu. 428; sword-fish, xxn.

804; whale, XXIV. 526; whitebait,

xxiv. 550; of Canada, iv. 774; xx.

1 66; of England, vill. 233; of Holland,

xii. 67 ; of Kinsale, Ireland, VI. 403 ;

of Labrador, xiv. 176; of Maine,

U.S.A., xv. 300; of Newfoundland,

xvn. 384; of Queensland, xx. 174; of

Russia, xxi. 85 ; of the Volga, xxiv.

280. FISHERMEN, Laws relating to, xxi.

607. FISHERY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,

xix. 129. FISHERY LAWS, ix. 268; as affecting

rivers, xx. 565 ; Avith reference to

salmon, xxi. 225.

FISHES, xii. 630. See under Fish, above. FISH-EYE PROBLEM, in optics, xiv. 599. FlSHGUARD, town, Wales, xvill. 482. FISH-HAWK, bird, XVIIL 56. FISHING BOATS, ix. 246. FISHING-FROG, fish, ix. 269; xii. 690. FISHING HOOKS AND TACKLE, for

angling, n. 32, 33, 38. FISHING NETS, xvn. 358. FISH MOTH, destructive insect, in Natal,

xvii. 241.

FISH OIL, xvii. 744, 747. FISH-PLATES, Railway, xx. 242. FISK UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tennessee,

U.S.A., xvii. 236. FISSIPEDIA, suborder of carnivorous

mammals, xv. 433. FISSURELLA, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

645. FISTULA, in surgery, ix. 270.

FlSTULARUD/E, group of fishes, xxi. 548.

FITCH, skin of polecat, ix. 838.

, John, American steamboat in ventor, IX. 270.

, Ralph, English traveller, ix. 270.

FITCHBURG, toAvn, Massachusetts, U.S.A., ix. 270.

FITCHET, or Polecat, xix. 332.

FlTHCHEAL, Irish game, v. 597.

FITNESS, Stoic doctrine of, xxu. 568.

FITS, Epileptic, vm. 479.

FlTTON, Irish chancellor, XIIL 268.

FITZ ALWIN, Henry, first mayor of London, XIV. 844.

FITZGERALD, Lord Edward, leader of United Irishmen, IX. 270.

, Maurice, first earl of Desmond,

xin. 260. -, Lord Thomas, Irish leader, IX. 271.

FlTZGERALDS, of Desmond, noble Irish

family, vi. 404. FITZHERBERT, Sir Anthony, English

judge, IX. 271 ; his Book of Husbandry,

I. 295. -, Maria, her marriage with George

IV., x. 427. FITZINGER, L., on reptiles, xx. 436. FlTZMAURlCE, Henry Petty, third mar quis of Lansdowne, Xix. 148.

, William Petty, first marquis of

Lansdowne, English statesman, xiv.

289. FITZ OSBERT, William, Sedition of, in

London, vm. 305. FITZ RALPH, Richard, bishop of Armagh,

Ireland, xv. 543; xxiv. 709. FITZROY, river, Queensland, XX. 171. , suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,

xv. 836.

, Henry, natural son of Henry VIII.

of England, xxii. 694. -, Robert, English admiral, hydro-

grapher, and meteorologist, IX. 271.

FlTZSTEPHEN, William, English his torian, IX. 273 ; his description of London (1184), XIV. 844.

FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, Cambridge, England, IV. 729.

FIUME, town, Hungary, ix. 273 ; in. 12 1 ; xn. 363.

FIUMICINO, town, Italy, XVIIL 61.

FIVE MILE ACT (1665), England, vm. 348; xix. 690.

FIVE NATIONS, American-Indian con federacy, xvii. 454.

FIVES, game, ix. 273. , town, France, ix. 273.

Fix, Theodore, French political econo mist, ix. 273.

FIXED OILS, xvn. 739.

FIXED STARS, n. Si 6.

FIXTURES, in law, ix. 274; in land tenure, xiv. 274.

FJORDS, of Scandinavia, xvn. 576; xxii. 737; formation of, x. 257.