FEHRBELLIN 



wealth, F. Palgrave, 1832 ; Die 

 Feme, T. Lindner, 1887 ; Das 

 Femgericht Westphalens, P. Wig- 

 and, 1893. 



Fehrbellin. Town of Germany, 

 in Brandenburg, 40 m. N.W. 

 of Berlin. It is famous for the 

 great victory gained by the Prus- 

 sians, or, as they were then, the 

 Brandenburgers, over the Swedes, 

 June 18, 1675. A monument 

 marks the site of the battle, which 

 the Prussians regard as a memor- 

 able one. It was the beginning of 

 Prussia's military power, as till 

 then the Swedes had been con- 

 sidered all but invincible. 



Feilding. Town of New Zealand, 

 in North Island. It is 90 m. by rly. 

 N.N.E. of Wellington, and is the 

 centre of an agricultural and pas- 

 toral district, carrying on butter 

 and cheese making, saw and flour- 

 milling. Pop. 3,483. 



Feilding, STB GEOFFREY PEECY 

 THYNNE (b. 1866). British soldier. 

 Born Sept. 21, 1866, a son of Sir 

 Percy Feilding, 

 he belonged to 

 the family of 

 the earl of Den- 

 bigh. From 

 Wellington Col- 

 lege he entered 

 the Coldstream 

 Guards in 1888, 

 and with them 

 Sir GeoSrey Feilding, served through 

 British soldier 



the g. 



War> where he 



won the D.S.O. When the Great 

 War broke out, Feilding, as lieu- 

 tenant-colonel, led one of the 

 battalions of Coldstreamers to the 

 front and was wounded. He com- 

 manded the 1st brigade of the 

 Guards division at the battle of 

 Loos, and later was promoted to 

 the command of the division. He 

 was in command of the London 

 district, 1918-1920, and was 

 knighted in 1919. 



Feilding, ROBERT (c. 1651- 

 1712). English rake, called Beau 

 Feilding. A member of the Den- 

 bigh family, he led a regiment in 

 Ireland for James II. After 

 squandering the fortune of his first 

 wife, a daughter of the 1st vis- 

 count Carlingford, he married a 

 daughter of the 1st marquis of 

 Clanricarde. After her death he 

 married, in 1705, Mary Wads- 

 worth, represented to him as a 

 wealthy widow, and in the same 

 year also married the duchess of 

 Cleveland, Charles II's former 

 mistress. In 1706 he was con- 

 victed of bigamy. Feilding was 

 satirised by Steele and Swift. He 

 died May 12, 1712. 



Feira de Santa Anna. Town 

 of Brazil, in the state of Bahia. 

 It is about 30m. N.W. of Cachoeira, 



3106 



on the Bahia-S. Francisco Rly. 

 The centre of a region rich in 

 minerals, it produces marble, gold, 

 and diamonds. There is trade in 

 cereals, tobacco, and cotton. Cattle 

 fairs are held. Pop. 16,000. 



Feis. Irish word for an assem- 

 bly. Something like the folk moots 

 of the Anglo-Saxons, these were 

 mainly meetings for the promulga- 

 tion of laws by the kings, but they 

 had also a festive element. They 

 were frequently held in Ireland, 

 some being national and others 

 local. The most noted was the feis 

 held regularly at Tara for several 

 centuries until 560. Over it the 

 supreme king presided. The word 

 is still in use ; for instance, in 

 1897 a feis ceoil was founded to 

 encourage Irish music. 



Feisal OR FEISUL (b. 1887). 

 King of Irak. The third sur- 

 viving son of Hussein, king of the 

 Hedjaz, he was 

 born in Arabia, 

 but left it when 

 five years old. 

 He spent the 

 next 18 years 

 in Constanti- 

 nople, where he 

 received a 

 modern educa- 

 tion and, later, 

 appointments 

 under the 

 Turkish government. Along with 

 his brothers, Ah' and AbduUa, he 

 took a leading part in the move- 

 ment which led to the deposition of 

 Abdul Hamid. He commanded the 

 Arab contingent in the Turkish 

 campaigns in the district S. of 

 Mecca, against a new religious sect 

 which was threatening the stability 

 of the emirate of the Hejaz which 

 had been restored after the down- 

 fall of Abdul Hamid. 



When, in June, 1916, his father 

 sided with the Allies against Turkey, 

 the Emir Feisal commanded the 

 rebels in Medina, but was defeated 

 by the Turks. He then presented 

 to the British a scheme for the for- 

 mation of an Arab regular army. 

 This was accepted and Feisal' s 

 army eventually formed Allenby's 

 right wing in Palestine. His ser- 

 vices in the conquest of Palestine 

 and Syria were rewarded with the 

 privilege of setting up in eastern 

 Syria (Amman, Damascus and 

 Aleppo) a provisional military ad- 

 ministration which was guaranteed 

 to tne Arabs as an independent 

 sphere by the Sykes-Picot Treaty. 

 In March, 1920, he was made king 

 of Syria, but owing to his failure to 

 recognize the rights of France in 

 Syria, he was deposed by Gen. 

 Gouraud, the latter entering his 

 capital, Damascus, on July 25. 

 Feisal became king of Irak in Aug., 



FELIX 



1921. See Arabia ; Damascus ; 

 Hejaz; Lawrence, T. E. ; Pales- 

 tine, Conquest of. 



Felahiyeh. Village of Mesopo- 

 tamia. It stands on the N. bank 

 of the Tigris, 5 m. from Sanna-i- 

 Yat, and about 25 m. W- of Kut. 

 It was prominent in the earlier 

 stages of the campaign in Mesopo- 

 tamia, and was captured by Gor- 

 ringe, April 4, 1916. See Es-Sinn, 

 Attack on ; Kut, Battles of ; Meso- 

 potamia, Conquest of. 



Felanitx OR FELANICHE. Town 

 of Spain, in the island of Majorca. 

 It stands in a mt. valley, 28 m. S.E. 

 of Palma, and 5 m. from its port, 

 Puerto Colon. On the mt. of Puig 

 de San Salvador, in the vicinity, is 

 a Moorish castle with underground 

 vaults. The church of San Miguel 

 is a fine building. Brandy is dis- 

 tilled and soap manufactured. 

 There is trade in cattle, wine, 

 fruit, and earthenware, the water 

 coolers of Felanitx having been 

 noted from the 3rd century B.C. 

 Pop. 11,223. 



Felegyhaza OR KISKUNFELEGY- 

 HlzA.' Town of Hungary, in Little 

 Kumania. An important rly. junc- 

 tion, it is 70 m. S.E. of Budapest. 

 It has a handsome town hall, and a 

 large church. The town is noted 

 for its cattle markets, while there is 

 considerable trade in cereals, wine, 

 tobacco, and fruit. The town was 

 sacked by the Turks in the 16th 

 century. Pop. 34,924. 



Felidae (Lat. felis, cat). Family 

 of the carnivora, or flesh-eating 

 mammals, which includes the cat- 

 like animals. They comprise only 

 two genera, but a large number of 

 species, and are generally regarded 

 as the typical carnivores, being the 

 best adapted for catching and prey- 

 ing upon living animals, and, with 

 the exception of the weasels, the 

 most lithe and active of the order. 



They are provided with finely de- 

 veloped canine and carnassial teeth 

 and their sharp claws are retrac- 

 tile. One marked feature of the 

 family is the short and rounded 

 muzzle, which is in conspicuous 

 contrast with the long and sharp 

 muzzle in the dogs. Their fur is 

 soft and often handsomely marked, 

 and their feet are provided with 

 cushion-like pads which enable 

 them to move about silently. All 

 are of savage disposition, and only 

 two' species have been domesti- 

 cated with any success. See Cat. 



Felix (d. c. 647). English saint 

 and bishop. A native of Burgundy, 

 he came to England, and, helped 

 by Sigebert, king of E. Anglia, 

 preached Christianity. He became 

 bishop of Dunwich, and is said to 

 have founded the monastery at 

 Soham. His name survives in 

 Felixstowe, Suffolk. 



