it was to sit on the door, with his back towards the fire, and holdthe king’s feet in ins bosom all the time be sat at table, to keepthem warm and comfortable : a piece df state and luxury unknownin modern times. Leges Wallin:, p. 58.
FEHREN BACH, a town ofSuabia, 16 miles E. ofFriburg.
FKllKENLLIN, a town of Upper Saxony, in the MiddleMark ot Brandenburg, 28 miles N.W. of Berlin.
FEJEE, one of the Friendly Islands, three days sail "N. W. by\V. of Tongutaboo. It abounds, in hogs, dogs, fowls, roots, andfruits.
FEINT, in fencing, a mere motion of the wrist, without stir-ring tire foot.
FE1RA, a town of Portugal , in the province of Beria, 10 milesS. of Oporto.
FELAPTON, in logic, one of the six- first modes of the thirdfigure of syllogisms; whereof the first proposition is an universalnegative, the second an universal affirmative, and the third a par-ticular negative.
FELDKIKCII, or FELDKIRK, a county of Germany , for-merly in Suabia , now annexed to the Tyrolese. It is boundedon the north by the county of Montfort; east by l’ludcntz ; southby the Orisons ; and west by the Khine.
Felbkjrch, the capital of the above county, seated on the III,near the Khine, 15 miles E. of Appenzel.
FELDSBFRG, a town of Carinthia , belonging to the archbi-shop ol Saltzburg, 4 miles N. of Saxenburg.
FELDSBUKG, a town of Austria, 28 miles N.N.E. of Vienna ,and 32 fs . E. of Tulin.
FEL1CITAS, Felicity, or IIapitnf.ss, was deified by theancient Pagans . Lueullus built a tzmple to her: She bail an-other erected by I.epidus. The Greeks worshipped her undertile name of Macaria. This deity is often represented uponmedals, and generally with a cornucopia in one hand, and a ca-ducous in the other. The in.criptions are, Fei.icitas Tempo-Rum, Ff.ucitas Augusti , Fei.icitas Publics, &c.
I'ELICUDI, one of the Lipari islands, 28 miles W. of Li-pari.
FEUS, Cat , in zoology, a genus of the class mammalia, orderPer;e. Front teeth, six ; the intermediate ones etjual ; grinders,three on each side; tongue aculeated backward ; claws retractile.} he feet are provided with sharp-hooked claws, which are lodgedin a sheath, and may be extended or drawn in at pleasure: thehead is mostly round, and the visage short. Animals of this ge-nus are ferocious, generally temperate, very agile in climbingtrees; alight on their feet when falling from a height. The femalesbring a considerable number at a birth, and have all eight paps.I hey dart on their prey with astonishing rapidity, which they eatslowly, growling almost perpetually, as though afraid of losing it:they have little relish for vegetable food. There are twenty-threespecies, witn varieties. The following are the most remarkable.Bee Plate I.XIX.
I. F. Catus, the Common Cat, inhabits the-woods of Europe and Asia, and is domesticated almost every where. Of this spe-cies there are many varieties, of which are the following:
L F. Catus Angorf.nsis, the Angora Cat, with luiir of sil-very whiteness and silky texture, and very long, especially aboutthe neck, wheie it forms a line ruff, ft.is a large variety ; foundubout Angora, the same country which produces the fine-hatredgoat, it degenerates after the first generation in our climate.
2- F. Catus Aureus, the Long-headed Cat , is of a reddishyellow colour, and has a long-shaped Stead, sharp snout, short
with weak claws, and round Hat ears. It inhabits Newapain.
3. F. Catus Cjeruleus, the Blue or Cyprus Cat, is of ablue-grey colour, or greyish black. It is much cultivated in Si-011 Recount of its fine fur.
’■ | - Catus Domesticus, the Domestic or Tame Cat, is ofa smaller size, and lias the hair shorter anil thicker than the wildcats. It is an useful, but deceitful, domestic. Although whenyoung they are playful and gay, they possess an innate malice amipet verse disposition, which increases as they grow tip, and which,ro.« eclucatio,,, | earn t 0 co nceal, but never to subdue. Con-Ue' 1 -' M l >on theft and rapine, though in a domestic stale,desi dI<; °* clmn ' n S an d dissimulation; they conceal all theirgus; seize every opnortunity of stealing, and then fly from
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punishment. They easily take on the habits of society, hut neverits manners ; for tnev have only the appearance of fri-udshiu andattachment. This disingenuity of ciiaraeter is betrayed by theobliquity of their movements, and the ambiguity of their look-'.
In a word, the cat is totally destitute of friendship ; he thinks findacts for himself alone. He loves ease, and searches for the softestand wannest places to repose in. The cat is extremely amorous;and which is very singular, the" female is more ardent than themale: she not only invites, but searches after and calls upon himto satisfy the fury of her desires; and, il the male disdains or Hiesfrom her, she pursues, lutes, and in a manner compels him. Thecat is incapable of restraint, and consequently of being educatedto any extent. However, we are told that the Greeks in theisland of Cyprus trained this animal to catch and devour serpents,with which that island was greatly infested. This, however, wasnot the effect of obedience, but of a general taste for slaughter ;for he delights in watching, attacking, and destroying ail kinds ofweak animals indifferently. He has no delicacyof scent, like the dog;he limits only by the eye : neither does he properly pursue ; he onlylies in wait, and attacks animals by surprise ; and after he hascaught them, he sports with and torments them a long time, andat last kills them (when his bellv is full), purely to gratify his san-guinary appetite. The eye of the cat differs greatly from that ofmost other animals. The pupil is capable of a great degree ofcontraction and dilatation. It is narrow and contracted like a lineduring the day, round and wide in the dark. It is from this con-formation of the eye that the cat sees best in the night, which giveshim a great advantage in discovering and seizing his prev. Al-though cats live in our houses, they enjoy full liberty-; tor theynever act but according to their own inclination. Besides, a great vpart of them are half w ild : they do not know their masters, andfrequent only the barns, out-houses, &c. unless when pressed withhunger. Cats have a natural antipathy at cold and wetness.
They likewise hate bad smells ; hut they are fond of certain aro-matics, and particularly of martin, catmint, and valeriup. The furof the cat readily yields electric sparks when rubbed; and if aclean and perfectly dry domestic cat is placed, in frosty weather,on a stool with glass feet, or insulated by any other means, andrubbed for a certain space in contact with the wire of a coatedvial, it will be effectually charged by this method.
5. F. Catus Ferus, the Wild Cat , is three or four times aslarge as the house cat; the head larger, and the face flatter. Theteeth and claws are tremendous: its muscles very strong, as beingformed for rapine: the tail is long and very thick, marked withalternate hark of black or brown, and white, the end alwaysblack : the hips and hind part of the lower joints of the leg areblack : the fur is very soft and line. The general colour is a yel-lowish white, or yellowish brown and whitish, mixed with deepgrey or blackish stripes.
II. F. Tigrina, Margay. The margay is a native of SouthAmerica , and is about the size of a common cat. The ground-colour is a bright tawny ; the face striped downwards with black ;the shoulders and body marked both with stripes and large oblongblack spots;; on the legs the spots are small ; the breast, belly, andinsides of the limbs, are whitish : the tail is long, and marked withblack, grey, and fulvous. It resides principally- on trees, preyingon birds : it is said to breed in the hollows of trees, and to bringbut two young at a birth. It is very fierce and untameable.
III. F. Congo lor., the Puma, the couguar of Buffon, has avery small head, ears a little pointed, and eyes large. Accordingto some zoologists, the back, neck, rump, and sides, are of a pah;brownish red, mixed with dusky hairs; the breast, bellv, ami in-side of the legs, cinereous: the tail is dusky and ferruginous, thetip black ; and the teeth are of a vast size. It is as big as a largewolf, being long bodied, and high on its legs; the length fromnose to tail five feet three inches ; that of the tail two feet eight.
'Phis animal inhabits the continent of America, from Canada toBrasil: in South America it is called puma, and by the Europeansis mistaken for the lion. It is the scourge of the colonies of thehotter parts of America , being fierce and ravenous to the highestdegree. It swims over the broad rivers, attacks the cattle in theverv inclosures, and when pressed with hunger spares not evenmankind.
IV. F. Discolor, the Black Tiger, or Couguar Noir ofBuffon, is covered with short very glossy hairs of a dusky or
5 L brownish