laobabstants. 
air is remarkably , and seldom contaminated with erect queue, several inches long, is woolly, and of Feloopy, 
Sige ap wapeseey tho coll fo ecm , and consists entire- r length than that of ne in ger The 
ly of pulverised tufa. The island, however, abounds is allowed to grow, and is in like man- 
in vines, which afford an excellent wine. It has also ner, so as to advance in a point ¢ some inches 
Indian figs, and some olive trees, and gives a toler- from the chin. Rena ay om | aring greater 
able crop of wheat and barley. The value of the to- resemblance to those of the than of ne- 
tal produce, including that of the vintage, was estima- gee, Bay have a wild and melancholy east ; 
ted by Spallanzani at 4000 Neapolitan crowns. Its See ee te ee 
ima) productions are not more numerous than those ful disposition. They hold very little intercourse 
of the vegetable kingdom. Of amphibious animals, their neighbours, are ly jealous of their 
(the Lacerta agilis of Lin. rpent ot 
i i on any of the group, owing, it is 
thought, to the paucity of those insects, and other small 
are 
which 
s a scene of unambitious and cheerful 
tranquillity, which even in its highest anticipations 
scarcely looks beyond the wants of nature. Their es 
are mere hovels, rudely constructed of blocks of lava, 
and seem hung like the nests of birds to the precipitous 
eliffs of their mountains. This si custom was first 
occasioned by the ent attacks of the Tu- 
nisian corsairs, with which the i was formerly much 
harassed, and which at length compelled the inhabi- 
tants to transfer their residence from the lower parts. of 
the island to those declivities of the mountains, which 
are less accessible to piratical surprise. Their food, in 
, consists of wild fruits, and a sort of black bar- 
bread, before them in the coarsest dishes, or 
on the bare d,on which they are seated to receiveit. 
They sometimes indulge themselves with the luxury. of 
salt fish and pure water. This last article is extremel 
scarce, there not being a single spring on the island, 
which makes it necessary to preserve the rain water in 
cisterns. Few of these people employ themselves in 
fishing, in which they use the hook and line, Their 
principal ion is agriculture ; and it is wonderful 
with what industry they cultivate, and with what at- 
tachment they cling to wretched soil, which thus 
scantily repays their ever-patient exertions. 
would not exchange it,” sa; i, “ for the For- 
tunate Isles.” (v) Ap ea 
FELIS. See Mammauia, ; 
; FELOOPS, or Fenuprs, a tribe of inhabit- 
ing the western coast of Africa, between the Gambia 
prieemn we oe of the river Casamanza. The whole ex- 
tent territory occupied by them, is about seven- 
ty-five miles in length Sy a in breadth, ter- 
minating to the east near the sources of the latter river, 
_ In stature -are short and stout, but strong 
and swift ; pen Arapapaitonge pe ony ar e 
and their hair, which they collect on the crown in an 
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These in common with other tribes in diffe. 
rent parts of the world, cover their faceand skin by akind 
of tattooing or scarification, with strange and 
hey go almost naked, except for a scanty 
mathe hate known of th religion of the 
Nothing whatever is e relig e 
Foleops hut te focigs hy tie ae ol arte baer 
about their th eeply tinctured with 
is reputed difficult, and their traffic being carried on 
by means of a factor or third person, 
arya cewerriar SS and eed 
ans. But the simple savage is 3 de 
ot; for after having departed with brn 
pang ica recy cephatily esied oa 
tains a consi le ce, ‘ically desi 
« cheating mo "a0 the reward of hie tralia.” 
co in the woods is made into an intoxica- 
ting liquor resembling mead. This is one pri 
ingredient at their feasts, eager de cokes 
fatally, often ensue when the whole party is in a state 
of intoxication. One singular feature in their manners 
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