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cataract farmed by the river En* new this village ho been already 

 noticed. A bridge spann the rivor at thin plaoe. The stream run* 

 here with a very rapid current Fain are held at Bclleek on February 

 Srd, May 17th, June 19th, and October 10th. VtrrygtHutUy. ,..j..ii.; 

 tion 31 v. U situated in a wild and pietureaque district, al>.mt 7 miles 

 W.N'.W. IV.. ui Knniikillea, and about 8 miles 8. from the shore of 

 Lough Erne. There are here a small church and chapels fur Roman 

 Catholic* and Wealeyan Methodist*. Fain are held on tho 2Uh of 

 each mouth. Kak, population 357, situated on the amnll ctream 

 celled Keen, near iU entrance into Lough Krne, about 1 1 railee N. by 

 W. from Kimiikilleti, contamssUtions of the roiisUbulary and revenue 

 police. Petty session* are held, and there are tain on March 28th, 

 April SSth, June 1st, October 2nd, and November 20th. LubeUav, 

 population S34, about 4 miles S.K. from Eoniakillen. possesses a chapel 

 of eaar, and chapels for Roman Catholic*, Presbyterians, and Wealeyan 

 Methodist*. There is here a small spade manufactory. Seven fain 

 are held in the coarse of the year. Petty araaions are held monthly. 

 Mayuirt't Bridge, population 773, situated oa the Drummany River, 

 about 7 milee S.K. from Knnixkillen, has received it* name from a 

 bridge which ornsees the river at this place. It contains chapels 

 man Catholics, Presbyterians, and Wesleynn Methodists, and a 

 dispensary. Fain are held monthly. Xrtclovn'bulltr, population 477, 

 situated near the head of Upper Lough Krne, contains a church, two 

 chapels for Methodist*, one chapel for Roman Catholics, a constabulary 

 barracks, a bridewell, and a dispensary. Quarter and petty sessions 

 are held. Fain are held once a month. Petligoe, population 466, 

 situated on the river Term on, near the northern extremity of Lough 

 Erne, is a great thoroughfare of the pilgrims to Lough Derg. There 

 are here a church, a chapel for Presbyterians, and one for Roman 

 Catholics. Koalta, population 828, situated on the river Finn, near 

 the eastern border of the county, contains a chapel for Roman 

 Catholics and a dispensary. Petty sessions and a monthly fair are 

 held here. Ttmpo, population 407, about 6 mile* K.N.E. from Enuia- 

 killen, is picturesquely situated, and ha* a neat appearance. The 

 village contains a church, a chapel for Roman Catholics, and a 

 dispensary. A fair is held monthly. 



Asaizes are held at ESMISKILLES, which is the only large town in 

 the county ; here are the county prison and the county infirmary. 

 There are fever hospitals at Knniskillen, Lisbellaw, and Lisnaskea. 

 The county is entitled to send 21 patients to the Armagh Lunntic 

 Asylum. Quarter session* are held in Enniitkillen and Nowtownlmtler, 

 and petty sessions in twelve placee. The Poor-Law Union workhouses 

 are at Enuinkillen, Lisnaskea, and Lowtheratown. The county is in 

 the military district of Belfmit, and there nre barrack stations at 

 Enniskillen and Belleek. For purposes of police the county i* divided 

 into five district* Euniakillori, Amey, Derrygonnelly, Kesh, and 

 I.isnaskfa The number of police, including officers, is 191 : : 

 killen U the head-quarters. Revenue police arc stationed at Brook- 

 borough, Kesh, and Belcoo, a small village situated between Upper 

 and Lower Lough Macnean. 



At the end of 1851 there were ISO National schools in operation, 

 attended by 4918 male and 8315 female children. Besides these there 

 an several other rudimentary and classical schools. Of superior 

 :hool> the principal U the royal school of Portora, the buildings of 

 which are situated in beautiful grounds on a gentle eminence above 

 Lower Longh Erne, a short distance west of Enniskillen. This school 

 was founded by Charles I., and is richly endowed. Fermanagh 

 return* three members to the Imperial Parliament, two for the county 

 and one for the borough of EnnUkillen. In 1851 there was one 

 avingx bank in the county, at Enniskillen. The total amount owing 

 to depositon on November 20tb, 1851, was 37,034?. 7. Irf. 



Jfittory and A *tiif*ilie$. Fermanagh was first erected into a county 

 by statute of the llth of Elixabeth; but it was not till the time of 

 the plantation of Uliiter that it wag finally brought under civil govern- 

 ment. Having fallen to the crown by the attainder of Maguire, it was 

 divided in like maim r with the other five escheated counties among 

 Scotch and Englih undertakers and native Irish. Tim clii 

 prietors under the new settlement were the families of Cole, lilcnner- 

 hanet, Butler, Hume, and Dunbar. The subsequent forfeitures of 

 "1 alfccted a Urge portion of Fermanagh, and considerably increased 



' Jin*seaiuu of those from whom many of the present pr.'i 

 are demoded. The forfeiture* consequent on the war of the revo- 

 lutioo a&cted only 1945 acres in this county. 



Tfc* principal antiquities an the beautiful round tower and some 

 run* of eoctniartical buildings on the Wand ..f Devenish, abont a 

 mile below Knaiakillen; the remain* of Lugool Abbey, on the south 

 aide of Loagh Erne, about a mile and a half above the same town ; 

 the rains of Augbalurcher church, alxnit two mile* above Lisuaskea, 

 on the northern abon of the upper lake; and numerous ratha, or rude 

 hill forte, of unknown antiquity. 



liMO, a division of the Papal State, is bounded E. by the 

 Adriatic, along which it extends from the mouth of the fhi.-nti 

 to the mouth of the Tronto ; N. by the province of MaceraU ; \\ 1 y 

 that of Spolrto, and 8. by the AbraziL It forms part of tl>. old 

 province of the Marches, the ancient Picenum, which in subdivided 

 hlto three province., Ancnni, Mncerata, and Fermo. Tho province of 

 in hilly, bring occupied by various offiwt* of U,.- A| unines, 

 which, detaching themselves from the central ridge, extend t<> the coast 



of the Adriatic, and form numerous valleys watered by rivers or rather 

 torrent*, the principal uf which are, from north to south, 

 the Tenna, the Aso, the Teaino, and the Trout... The l.'injt ti of tho 

 province along the Adriatic coast U 30 mile*, aud iU breadth from tliu 

 sea to the central Apennine* i* about the san i .ducts 



of tho country are wheat, maize, silk, cattle, wine, honey, liquorice, 

 and oil. The fisheries along the coast are valuable. The di\ 

 uow formed iuto two duleguioni, or provinces Fermo, north of the 

 ' .>. .11*1 Ascoli, south of the Aso. Their area and population 

 are as follows : 



The principal towns are Atcoli, the capital of the south 1 1 

 which has been already described [Ascoi.i], and fermo, the capita 

 n. n-t hern province, which is a pleasant archiepucopal t 

 ground, about 4 miles from the sea, and surrounded by ol<l M, 

 ditches. It has a cathedral, several other churches ; M, and 



about 7000 inhabitants, who carry on some trade by means of :: 

 harbour on tho Adriatic, called Porto Fermo. The exports are > 

 corn, silk, and wool. The ancient 1'irmum, a town of the 1 

 afterwariU a Roman municipium, was destroyed in the 6th cent m v 

 by Alaric, and the present town was rebuilt > 



i'lpiilio, near the mouth of the river Tenna, has 3000 inhabitants. 

 Kipalraiuone, a walled town about 5 miles from tho count an-; 

 the Toaino, bos 2000 inhabitants, llruttamart, a thriving town on the 

 coast, at the uiouth of the Tesiuo, near the site of Cupra Maritime, 

 on ancient Etruscan colony, curries on some trade by sea, has sugar 

 refineries, and about 4000 inhabitants. Pope Sixtus V. wo* born iu 

 this place. Offida, on a hill south of the Torino, bos a hail 

 collegiate church, some manufactories of lace, aud about 

 inhabitants. Montallo, a walled but decayed town, has about 

 inhabitants. 



KHUMOY, Est Hiding of the county of Cork, in Ireland, in tho 

 parish of Fenuoy, a military ' market-town, and tho 



scat of a Poor-Law I'nion, i.s situated on the lilackwntcr Ki, 

 52 8' N. lat., 8 IS' W. long., distant is mi; 

 138 miles S.W. from Dublin. Tin D *( the town in 



was 5S25, exclusive of I: 1 in tin- \\i !.|,.,i: .-, and lit in the. 



bridewell. Fermoy Poor-Law I'liiou compriM .1 divisions, 



with an area of 148,268 acres, and a po] 



Fermoy was a miserable hnmlct in i'. n as a 



town to Mr. Anderson, the introducer : h trav. -lliug iuto 



Minister, who became proprietor of the Fermoy estate, and lv 

 build the town about the comin. : the present century. 



The importance of the site in a military point of view, commanding 

 as it does an important pass of the lilackwater and one of the prin- 

 cipal northern approaches to Cork, induced the government t 

 here infantry and cavalry barracks. A coach-factory, a brewery, a 

 mill, and a bolting-mill, erected by Mr. Anderson, caused on increase of 

 employment in the town. The principal part of the town, wl. 

 regularly laid out and contains several good streets, stands on the 

 right bank of the river, and Is connected by a stone bridge of 13 arches, 

 erected in 1089, with a smaller portion on the left bank, the brow of 

 the hill above which is occupied by the barracks. The im 

 barracks consist of two distinct quadrangles, of which the .- 

 one is now used as the Union workhouse. The other public buildings 

 are a handsome church, a large Roman Catholic chapel, n court-house, 

 and a bridewell A Roman Catholic college, a nunnery, aud e< -. 

 are situated on a hill above the town. Then 

 large flour-mill*, a brewery, a tauyard, a savings bank, loan fun 

 several schools. The stall' of the North Cork militia is .- 

 the town, which is also the head-quarters of tho 1'crmoy district 

 police. The view from the bridge is much admired; it takes in the 

 town and tho rich valley of the lilackwater, which is here nlmt in by 

 fertile hilU adorned with Irnnl-ome villa*. Fermoy has still a good 

 share of business, and at tho weekly markets much agricultural 

 produce is ditposcd of. 



KF.KXAXIU:/., .U AX. [JrAS FERNANDEZ.] 



FKHXAXIHXA HI'- X.V HA.] 



KI'.KNANlH} I'O.au island situated on the western coast of Africa, 

 . miles from Cameroon's Point, on the mainland, in the J'.ight 

 .. lat, 8 50' K. long., is about H miles long and 

 -i'l milea wide. It rises in bold precipitous cliil 

 surface, which is very uneven, towards the centre of the island i 

 n lofty mountain ridge, some of the peaks of which attain a 

 altitude; Clarence 1'cak, near the northern end of the in]a; 

 10,650 feet above the sea. The rocks arc wholly of primitive or 

 volcanic formation ; no alluvial deposit having, according I 

 Thompson, b< -en found in the island. The surface is mostly co 

 with wood, and ix everywhere well watered and fertile. Yams, i 

 :--i 1 oilier tropical plants ore grown abundantly ; and tin' 

 ore plentiful. The climate is considered healthy, though tho rainy 



