gdaloidel and porphyritic; greenstone 
sing chicky in the oe form, and basalt ai eide 
assuming commonk same form. am 
iety of zeolite in the grea' 
semi-opal, are to be found in great abundance ; and the 
island of Suderoe furnishes elegant jaspers. There are 
some very remarkable geological facts to be seen in 
different of the islands; but as these are closely 
messed rane some, equally curious and important, 
which were discovered in Iceland, we will defer giving 
a i account of them, till we come to that arti- 
cle.* See Lucas Debes Feroa Reserata, 1670. De- 
scription of the Faroe Islands, by the Rev. G. Landt, 
translated from the Danish, London, 1810.‘ Transac- 
tions of the Royal Society of Edinpurgh, vol. vii, 1814. 
FARQUHAR, Geoncer, an eminent English comic 
writer, was born pag nip wd ere. a gic 
respectable clergyman in the n Ireland, who, 
ving a numerous family, could not bestow any fortune 
upon him, but resolved to give him such an education, 
as might enable him to prosecute some genteel profes- 
sion. 
Farquhar discovered an ‘early taste for literary pur- 
enits, and is said to have, wuten verse ae onl = 
ears of age. In 1694, he ired to Trini 3 
blin, where he*made such progress in his studliger as 
procured for him considerable reputation. It would ap- 
, however, that his prudence was not equal to his 
i attainments; for he was expelled the college, au 
in consequence of having adventured profane wit u 
asacred theme, given to him, as a by Ris 
tutor. 
At an early period of life, he turned his attention to 
the stage, intending to follow the'profession of amactor ; 
in which career‘he was’not very eminently successful. . 
‘He possessed an engaging person, and genteel manners, 
but his voice was weak, and'he had a natural timidi 
however, to-‘continue'the exercise 
ee ae eee sti 
ve'abandoned, - 
to kill Vasquez, one of the ores 
forgotten to: exchange his sw 
proved himself to be a man-of' 
In the year 1704, he married a , who was 80 'vio- 
lently in with him, that, despairing to win him by 
“® The Bditor has been indebted for this 
counpany with Thomas Allan, Esq. in the summer of 1612. 
to the honour of F , that, after he had ere 
sh dt whieh Bad an ec wpa sh 
ve the lady her 
« [have net.any thing taleave you to perpetaste miy 
memory, ‘two irls ; look upon them 
sobetinent eoth thik bry cre ‘dat was, to the Ee mo- 
ment of his life, thine, a elasetaae 
EORGE Farguuar.” 
Wilkes humanely complied with the dying request of 
Their mother died in great dig owe 
writer, 
as man of fashion, an actos, an offcer in the y, an 
author, a lover, anda husband experience 
pied "hin web eeiees and his observation e3 
with a know of human nature. His sub- 
jects are ly well chosen, his characters well sus- 
tained, his pure and lively, his dialogue easy 
He’ seven comedies, of which the most « 
: tJ ¢s 
FARS, or Farsistan, is a of the ki 
oleae ee 
Suen datouls by the Sea of Oman. inane 
into two climates, the warm and the cold, which are 
; : latitude of 
‘Kazeroon, el with the Gulf from 
thecbanks of the Tab to the confines of Lari When 
the periodical rains are abundant, the sandy og 
the oot of the mountain roduces a ¢ juan- 
interésting account of the Faroe Isles to Sir GEORGE MACKENZIE, Bart. who visited then in 
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