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pmy of peasants, in an inn. This event so smitten and so dread-H.i nt its consequences, struck him in stith a manner, that, givinga great cry, lie became altogether stupid and insensible, and wasseized without the least resistance. They carried him away toGlocatt, where lie was brought before the council of war, and re-ceived sentence as a deserter, lie suffered himself to be led anddisposed of, at the will of those about him, without uttering aword, or giving the least sign that he knew uliat had happened, orwould happen to him. lie remained immoveable as a statuewherever be was placet!, and was wholly passive with respect to allthat was done to him or about him. During all the time that hewas in custody, lie neither eat, nor drank, nor slept, nor had anyevacuation. Some of his comrades were sent to see him; alterthat lie was visited by some officers of his corps, and by someprie-ts; bul he still continued in the same state, w ithout discover-ing tiie least signs of sensibility. 1’romise.s, intreaties, and threat-eniugs, w ere equally ineffectual. The physicians were of opinion,that fie was in a state of'hopeiess idiocy. It was at first suspectedthat those appearances were feigned; but these suspicions gaveway, when it was known that he took no sustenance, and that theinvoluntary functions of nature were in a great measure su.pended.After some time they knocked off his fetters, and left him at li-berty to'go whither lie would. He received his liberty with thesame insensibility that he had shewn upon other occasions; lie re-mained fixed and immoveable; his eyes turned wildly here andthere without taking cognizance of any object, and the muscles ofhis face were fallen and lixed like those of a dead body. Beingleft to himself, he passed twenty days in this condition, withouteating, drinking, or any evacuation, and died on the twentiethday. lie had been sometimes heard to fetch deep sighs; andonce he rushed with great violence on a soldier, who had a mugof liquor in his hand, forced the mug from him, and having dranktiie liquor with great eagerness, let the mug drop to the ground.”When a person is affected with terror, tiie principal endeavourshould be to restore tiie circulation to its due older, to promoteperspiration, and to allay the agitation of the patient. For thesepurposes he may drink a little warm liquor, as camomile tea, &c.the teet and legs may be put into warm water, tiie legs rubbed,and tbe camomile tea repeated every six or eight minutes; andwhen tiie skin is warm, and there is a tendency to perspiration,sleep may lie promoted by a gentle opiate. Yct frights have beenknown to cure, as well as to cause, diseases. Mr. Boyle mentionsagues, gout, and sciatica, thus cured. Among the ludicrouseffects of fear, the follow ing instance, quoted from a French au-thor by Mr. Andrews in his volume of Anecdotes, shews uponwhat slight occasions this pass-ion may be sometimes excited in avery high degree, and even in persons the most unlikely to enter-tain fear. ” Charles Guslavus (the successor of Christina, queenof Sweden) was besieging Prague , when a boor of most extraordi-nary Visage desired admittance to his tent; and being allowed en-trance, offered, by way of amusing the king, to devour a wholehog of 100 weight in his presence. 'I'he old general, Konigsmarc,who stood by the king’s side, and who, soldier as lie was, bad notgot rid of the prejudices of liis childhood, hinted to his royal mas-ter that the peasant ought to be burnt as a sorcerer. ‘ Sir, saidtbe fellow, irritated at the remark, if your majesty will but makethat old gentleman take off his sword and his spurs, I will eat himimmediately before I begin the hog.’ Konigsmarc (who had, atthe head of a body of Swedes, performed wonders against the .Aus-trians, and who was looked upon as one of the bravest men of theage,) could not stand this proposal, especially as it was accompa-nied by a most hideous and preternatural expansion of the frightfulpeasant’s jaws. Without uttering a word, the veteran suddenlyturned round, ran out of the court, and thought not himself safeuntil he had arrived at his quarters; where he remained abovetwenty-four hours locked up securely, before he had got rid of thepanic which had so severely allected him.” The ingenious Dr.Beattie observes, in bis Elements of Moral Science, that “ fearshould not ri-e higher than to make us attentive and cautious;when it gains an ascendency in the mind, it becomes an iu-upport-able tyranny, and renders life a burden. 'I’he object of tear isevil; and tube exempt from fear, or at least not enslaved to it,gives dignity to our nature, and invigorates ail our faculties. Yetthere are evils which we ought to fear. Those that arise from our-selves, or which it is.in our pow er to prevent, it would be madness

to despise, and audacity not to guard against. External evils,_which we cannot prevent, or could not avoid without a breach ofduty, it is manly and honourable to bear with lortitude. Insensi-bility to danger is not fortitude, no more than the incapacity offeeling pain can be called patience; and to expose our-tlvo un-necessarily to evil is worse than folly, and very blameablu pre-sumption. It is commonly-called looi-hardiness; that i», stub**degree of hardiness or boldness as none hut fools are capable of.

FRIGID '/.ONE. See /one.

Fit IEAZIN, a class or rank of people among the Anglo-Saxons ,consisting of those who had been slaves, but had obtained theirliberty, either bv purchase or otherwise.

I K'lNGfl.I.A, the Finch, in ornithology, a genus of the classarcs, order pa.-seres. Bill conical, straight, sharp-pointed. Thereare a hundred and eight, species comprehended under this genus,distinguished principally by varieties in their colour.

F. Cjei.ehs, the Chaffinch , has black limbs, and tin: wingsw bile on both sides; (he three first feathers of the tail arc withoutspots, but the two thief ones are obliquely spotted. It lias itsname from its delighting in chaff. '1 his species entertains usagreeably with its song very early in the year, but towards the endoi summer assumes a chirping note: both sexes continue with ustiie whole year. In Sweden the females quit that country in Sep-tember, migrate in flocks into Holland , leaving their mutes be-hind, and return in sluing.

F. Canaria, tiie Canary-Bird, hath a whitish hotly and bill,with (he prime feathers of the wings and tail greenish. It was ori-ginally peculiar to these isles to which it owes its name. SeeCanary. It is supposed to have been first brought to Europe intiie fourteenth centurv. At a still later period Canary-birds weremore generally introduced into Germany , where the greatest at-tention is paid" fo the breeding and rearing of these beautiful crea-tures, which are much celebrated for their song, and docility inimitating musical notes. Hence they are become a source of consi-derable emolument to tiie Tyrolese', who export vast numbers tovarious parts of Europe , and also to England. If treated withproper care they will breed, and become* as vigorous and health-ful in this country as in their native islands. These delicate birds’are subject to a variety of diseases ; to prevent which, the greatestcare should he taken "to provide them with pure water an(lsimpl efood. During the time of moulting, which often proves fatal tomany of them, a little white wine dropped on a piece of biscuit*or sugar, will lie of considerable service. 'I’he Canary-bird willprove fertile with the siskin and goldfinch ; but in this case the’produce for the most part proves sterile: the pairs succeed bestwhen the hen is the Canary, and the cock of the opposite specie*;She will also prove prolific with the linnet, yellow-hammer, chaf-finch, and even the house-sparrow ; but the male Canary-bird winnot assimilate with the female of any of these species; the henmust be always of the Canary species, and the young generally ■prove males. Canaries are said by some to Jive fifteen years, byothers eighteen. .

E. Uarduf.i.is, the Goldfinch, with the quill-feathers redforwards, and the outermost without any sp.ots; the two outerm 0 -are white in the middle, as the rest are at the point. The youiH!bird before it moults is grey on the head; and hence it is ternRAby the bird-catchers a grey-pate. Their note is very sweet, aimthey are much cstccimd on that account, as well as tor their gfe adocility. Towards winter they assemble in flocks, and feed 0l ivarious seeds, particularly those of the thistle. They are foridorchards, and often build” in apple or pear-trees. Tiieir nests sil-very elegantly formed of line moss, liverwort, and bents, on tl' coutside ; lined tir.t with wool and hair, and then with the gosliu ° rrollon of the sallow. Goldfinches often alt tin tlie age of twentyyears. Thev abound throughout Europe ; and are also met witm Asia and Africa, hut less commonly.

F. Domestic.!, the Sfakrow, lias the prime feathers of o’wings and tail brown, tiie body variegated with grey and black’and a single white streak on the wings. These birds are p roverbially salacious, and have three broods in the year. They arevery where common about our houses, where they build in cVe !iplace thev can find admittance; under (he root, comer ot t®,brick-work, or in boles oi the wall. They make a slovenly n cf .generally a little hay ill put together, but lined well with feath erS jwhere they lay five or six eggs of a reddish-white colour sp 0 *’-^