516
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equal interest, will be found very useful to persons investin:niouc) in thes'”securities.
TABLE,
Shewing the comparative Value per Cent, of the several PublicFunds', and the Annual Interest produced by 1001. invested atdifferent Prices.
Bank-
lnd. St.
3 per
4 per
5 per
Stock,
10, per
Annu
al
Cent.
Cent.
Cent.
7 per c.
Cent.
Interest.
45
60
75
105
137*
6
13
4
61
76*-
106*
160*
6
11
1
401
62
Fi
108*
162*
ti
9
0
47 1
63
78*
110S
1051
6
6
11
48
64
80
112
168
0
5
0
48*
65
81J
113*
1704
6
3
0
49*
66
83*
115*
173‘-
6
1
2
50 ‘
67
S3*
117*
1 75 q
5
19
4
5 i
OS
85
1 19
178*
5
17
7
51*
69
86*
120*
181*
5
15
11
52*
70
874
122*
183*
5
14
3
53*
7 i
83*
124*
186*
5
12
8
54
72
90
126
189
5
11
1
54j
bH
73
74
914
92*
127-4
129*
191|
194*
5
5
9
8
0
1
5b*
75
m
131*
196*
5
6
7
57
,76
95.
133
199*
5
5
*3
, 57*
77
96*
134*
202*
5
3
10
5Si
78
97*
136*
204*
5
0
6
59*
79
-98*
138*
207|
5
1
3
60
80
too
i4‘j
210
5
0
0
CO j
81
10|t
141J-
212*
4
18
9
61 i
8 2
102*
143*
215*
4
17
6
62*
83
103*
1454
217*
4
16
4
63
84
103
147
220*
4
15
2
63*
85
ICO*
148*
223*
4
14
0
63*
86
1074
150*
£25*
4
13
0
65!
87
1084
152*
228*
4
11
11
66
88
110
154
231
4
10
10
664
89
‘Hi
155*
233*
4
9
10
67i
90
1121
157*
£36*
4
8
10
08'-
91
1134
159*
238*
4
7
10
69
92
J 15
161
241*
4
6
11
6.9*
93
1 16*
162*
2444
4
6
0
70*
94
117*
164*
246*
4
5
1
1 71*
95
1184
166*
249*
4
4
2
72
95
120
16&
252
4
3
3
72*7o c
97
98
121*
122*
169J
171*
2544
257-|
4
4
2
1
5
7
74i
99
123*
173*
■259*
4
0
9
75
100
125
173
262*
4
0
0
Tables of all the intermediate prices, and for comparing tiieValue of the terminable annuities with the other funds are given inVairman’s Guide to Purchasers in the Public Funds. Some use-ful information respecting the funds, and the mode of transactingbusiness at the bank and stock exchange, will also be found inMortimer’s “ Every Man his Own Broker.”
FUNDAMENT, in anatomy, the lowest part of the inlestinumrectum, called by anatomists the anus. See Anatomy.
FUNDAMENTAL NOTE, in music, the principal note in asong, or composition, to which all the rest are in some measureadapted, and by which they are swayed: it is otherwise called thekey to the song.
FUNDI, in ancient geography, a town of Latium, on the ViaAppia , near Cajeta; now called Fundi.
FUNDY, a bay of North America, between New England andNova Scotia , remarkable for its tides, which rise to the height offilly or sixty feet, and (low so rapidly as to overtake animals w hichfeed upon the shore. It has a food ’fishery.
FUN EN, FIONIA, or FYEN, a considerable island of Den-mark, in the Baltic sea, separated from Jutland by a strait calledthe Lesser Belt, and from the island of Zealand by tire Great Belt .It m 34c miles in circuit \ is fertile in wheat and barley, and
theii'n abounds in grain, cattle, horses, game, and fish. Odensee is thecapital. Lon. from 9. 40. to 10. 30. E. Lut. 53. 7. to 55. 42. N.
FUNERAL RITES, ceremonies accompanying the intermentor burial of any person. See Bukial. These rites differedamong the ancients, according to the different genius and religionof each country. The Egyptians, among the rest of their funeralrites, embalmed their dead. Among the ancient Greeks it wasusual sometimes, before the interment, to put a piece of moneyinto the mouth of the deceased, which w as thought to be Charon’sfare for wafting the departed soul over the infernal river. Thisceremony was not used in those countries which were supposed tobe situated in the neighbourhood of the infernal regions, and tolead thither by a ready and direct road. The corpse was likewisefurnished with a cake composed of flour, hontv, &e. which wasdesigned to oppose the fury of Cerberus, the door-keeper of hell,and to procure the ghost a safe and cjuiet entrance. During thetime the corpse continued in the house, there stood before thedoor a vessel of water, the design of which was, (hat those con-cerned about the body might purify themselves by washing ; it beingthe opinion of the Greeks as well as of the Jews , that pollution was con-tracted by touching a dead body. The ceremonies by which theyexpVessed their sorrow for the death of their friend; were various; butit seems to have been a constant rule to n-cede as much as possiblein habit and behaviour from their ordinary customs. For thisreason they abstained from banquets and entertainments; they di-vested themselves of all ornaments; they tore, cut olf, or shavedtheir hair, which they cast into the funeral-pile, to be consumedw ith the body of their deceased friend. Sometimes they threwthtmselves on the ground, and rolled in the dust, or covered theirhead with ashes; they heat their breasts, and even tore their fleshwith their nails upon the loss of a person they much lamented.When persons of rank, such as public magistrates, or great generals,died, the whole city put on a face of mourning: all public meet-ings were intermitted ; the schools, baths, shops, temples, aud allplaces of concourse, were shut tip. Interring or laying the deadin the ground, seems to have been the most ancient practice amongthe Greeks; though burning came afterwards to be generally usedamong them. It was customary to throw into the funeral-pilethose garments the deceased usually wore. The pile was lightedby one ot the dead person’s nearest relations or friends, who madeprayers and vows to the winds to assist the flames, that the bodymight quickly be reduced to ashes; and during the time the pilewas burning, the dead person’s friends stood by it, pouring liba-tions of wine, and calling upon the deceased. When Numa re-formed the religion of Rome , lie ordered that the pontifis shouldhave the care ot the funeral ceremonies; which, in most respects,were like those of the Greeks already described. The funeral-rites among the Hebrews, were solemn and magnificent: whenany person was dead, his relations and friends rent their clothes;which custom is but faintly imitated by the modern Jews , whoonly cut olf a bit ot their garment, in token of affliction. It wasusual to bend the dead person’s thumb into the hand, and fasten itin that posture with a siring; because the thumb then having thefigure ot the name of God , they thought the devil would not dareto approach it. V hen they came to the burying-place, theymade a speech to the dead in the following terms: “ Blessed beGod , who lias formed thee, fed thee, maintained thee, and takenaway thy life. O dead! he knows your numbers, and shall oneclay restore your life, &c.” Then they spoke the eulogium, orfuneral-oration, of the deceased; after which they said a prayer,called the righteousness of judgment; then turning the face of thedeceased towards heaven, they called out, “ Go in peace.” Theancient Christians testified their abhorrent e of the i’agan custom ofburning the dead; and always deposited the body entire in theground: and it was usual to bestow the 110110111 ot embalmingupon the martyrs, at least, if not upon others. They prepared thebody f*r burial, by washing it with water, and dressing it in a fu-neral-attire. 'Flic exportation, or carrying forth of the body, wasperformed by near relations, or person’s ot such dignity as the cir-cumstances of the deceased required. Psalmody, or singing ofps-alms, was the great ceremony used in all funeral-processionsamong the ancient Christians . In the Latin church, when a'person is dead, they wash the body, and put a crucifix in its hand-At its feet stands a vessel full of Indy water, and a sprinkler, thatthey who come in may sprinkle both themselves and the deceased.In the mean time some priest stands by the corpse, and prays for