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FORSYTH, William, on tlie origin of

trial by jury, XIII. 784. FORT, Construction of a, IX. 433, 434. FORTALEZA (Ceara), town, Brazil, V.

282. FORT CARILLON, New York, U.S.A.,

xxni. 352. FORT DE FRANCE, town, Martinique,

West Indies, IX. 420; XV. 586. FORT DE KOCK, Sumatra, xxn. 639. FORTEBRACCIO, Nicola, Roman captain,

xx. 805.

FORT EDMONTON, Canada, xv. 490. FORTESCUE, Sir John, English lawyer,

IX. 420; vili. 416. FORTH, river, Scotland, ix. 420; xxn.

553-

- BRIDGE, Scotland, xx. 234. FORTIFICATION, ix. 421 (index, 468); of

ancient Rome, XX. 812. FORT NARYN, Syr-Daria, Central Asia,

xxii, 8 1 8.

FORTRESS, Armament of a, ix. 454. FORTROSE, town, Scotland, IX. 468. FORT SCOTT, town, Kansas, U.S.A.,

xiii. 844. FORT SUMTER, South Carolina, U.S.A.,

Surrender of (1861), xxni. 774. FORTUNA, Roman goddess, IX. 468;

temple of, at Prseueste, XIX. 654; at

Rome, II. 417; xx. 827. FORTUNATUS, legendary hero, IX.

468.

, Venantius H. C., bishop of Poi tiers, Latin poet, IX. 469; as hymn- writer, xii. 582. FORTUNE BAY, Newfoundland, xvn.

382. FORTUNE-TELLING, Laws against, xv.

204; xxiv. 622. FORTUNY, Mariano, Spanish painter,

XXL 440, 443. FORT WAYNE, town, Indiana, U.S.A.,

ix. 469. FORT WORTH, town, Texas, U.S.A.,

xxni. 205.

FORUM, at Pompeii, xix. 446. , at Rome, IX. 469; XX. 813, 815,

825; architecture of, 1 1. 419.

CORNELII (Imola), ancient town,

Italy, xii. 717. JULII (Cividale), ancient town,

Italy, v. 797. JULII (Frejus), ancient town,

France, IX. 767. JULII (Friuli), ancient town, Italy,

ix. 790. LIVII (Forli), ancient town, Italy,

ix. 414. FOSBROKE, Thomas Dudley, English

antiquary, IX. 469. FOSCARI, Francesco, doge of Venice, ix.

470; XIII. 480.

FOSCARINI, Antonio, Venetian con spirator, xxiv. 147. , Giacomo, Venetian statesman, XL

FOSCARINI, Marco, doge of Venice, his torian, ix. 471.

, Michele, Venetiauhistorian, ix. 47 1 .

FOSCOLO, Ugo, Italian Avriter, IX. 471; vii. 417; xin. 513.

FOSS, Edward, English legal writer, ix. 472.

, H. H., Norwegian poet, XVII. 591.

FOSSANO, town, Italy, ix. 472.

, Ambrogio Stefani da (II Bor-

gognone), Italian painter, IX. 472 ; xxi. 437.

FOSS DYKE, the oldest British canal, iv. 783.

FOSSE, in fortification, ix. 444. , War of the, Arabia (627), xvi. 556.

FOSSILS, in geology, X. 319; the oldest known, ix. 384; birds, ill. 728; fishes, xn. 666 ; mammals, xv. 375 (and article Mammalia throughout); of America, I. 682.

FOSSOMBRONE, town, Italy, IX. 473.

FOSSOMBRONI, Vittorio, Italian states man and mathematician, IX. 473.

FOSSORES, or Grave-Diggers, of the Cata combs, v. 214.

FOSSWAY, Roman remains, Lincolnshire, England, xiv. 656.

FOSTER, John, English essayist, IX.

473-

, Stephen Collins, American song writer, ix. 475.

FOSTERAGE, under Brehon Law, in Ire land, iv. 253.

FOTHERGILL, John, English physician, ix. 475; xv. 815.

FOTHERINGAY CASTLE, Northampton, England, XVII. 557; confinement of Mary, queen of Scots, at, xv. 60 1.

FOUCAULT, Jean Bernard Leon, French physicist, IX. 475; his experiment showing the earth s rotation, x. 197; on radiation, xx. 215.

FOUCHE, Joseph, French minister of police, IX. 476; his relations with Wellington, xxiv. 497.

FOUCHER, Simon, French sceptic, ix. 478.

FOUGASSE, in military mining, IX. 464.

FOUGERES, town, France, IX. 478.

FOULA, island, Shetland, Scotland, xvn. 846.

FOULAHS, or Fulahs, Negro race, Africa, xvn. 319; I. 263; xxii. 248, 278, 279.

FOULD, Achille, French financier, ix. 478.

FOULDREY CASTLE, Lancashire, Eng land, xiv. 254.

FOULIS, Andrew and Robert, Scottish printers and publishers, IX. 479; their editions of the classics, in. 657.

FOULQUES, Gui (Pope Clement IV.), v. 821.

FOUMART, or Polecat, xix. 332.

FOUNDATIONS, in building, iv. 452, 456; under water, iv. 326.

FOUNDING, casting metal, ix. 479.

FOUNDLING HOSPITALS, ix. 481. FOUNDLING WHEEL, in Italy, xin.

449- FOUNDRY OPERATIONS, ix. 479; xin.

355-

FOUNTAIN, spring of water, ix. 484. FOUNTAINS, Sir Andrew, collector of

majolica ware, xix. 628. FOUNTAINS ABBEY, Yorkshire, Eng land, I. 1 8, 19; xxiv. 749. FOUNTAINS OF MOSES, hot wells, Sinai,

Arabia, II. 236. FOUQUE, Friedrich Heinrich Karl,

Baron de la Motte, German writer,

IX. 486; x. 542; hymns by, xii. 588. FOUQUET, Nicolas, French financier

and statesman, IX. 487, 574; patron

of La Fontaine, xiv. 204. FOUQUIER-TINVILLE, Antoine Quentin,

French Revolutionist, IX. 488. FOURAH BAY COLLEGE, Sierra Leone,

West Africa, xxii. 45. FOUR BOOKS, of China, v. 661. FOURCHAMBAULT, town, France, IX.

488; xvn. 496. FOURCROY, Antoine Frangois, Comte

de, French chemist, IX. 488. FOUR GEORGES, The, by Thackeray,

XXIII. 2l6.

FOURIER, Francois Charles Marie, French socialist writer, IX. 489; XXII. 208.

, Jean Baptiste Joseph, French mathematician and physicist, IX. 490; I. 516; his theorem of simple harmonic analysis, xv. 689; XVII. 105; on the conduction of heat, XI. 578, 587; XVII. 738.

FOUR MASTERS, Annals of the, v. 307, 326.

FOURMENT, Helena, Rubeiis s second wife, XXI. 45.

FOURMONT, Etienne, French Orientalist, ix. 491.

, Michel, French Syriac scholar, ix.

491.

FoURNEYRON, Benoit, inventor of tur bine water-wheel, xn. 438.

FOURNIER, Pierre Simon, French prin ter, IX. 491.

FOURRE, Marie, heroine at siege of Peronne, France, xvm. 552.

FOUR SONS OF AYMON, romance, xx. 652.

FOURVIERES, ancient building, Lyons, France, xv. m.

FOUSSA, Malagasy cat, xv. 435.

FOVEAUX STRAIT, New Zealand, xvn. 467.

FOWL, FOWLS, poultry, ix. 491; xix. 644; successive stages of cranium of, ill. 700; management of, I. 401.

FOWLER, Charles, English architect, IX. 492.

, John, inventor of steam plough,

IX. 492; I. 314.

, William, Scottish poet, ix. 492.