FOO 
folvents, eck dic: elements unavoidably contain. This 
is fuppofed to be owing to the low degree of heat which 
they Lean internally, and “i the flow circulation of their 
blood, or fap-juice ; rom both which circumftances lefs 
nutriment is ex pended, as is the cafe by animals which fleep 
duri ring the winter feafon in their. habitations, or other 
It is therefore fuggefted, that, for the purpofe of fips 9 
plying adult vegetables with nourifhment, it thould firft be 
confidered what. kinds of matter are moit revalent or moft 
and aninal fubftances on or in be foil, like the digeftive pro- 
esin the ftomachs of a 
nagement o plants. 
improbable but that their ufes and applicatio 
be regulated and condued wit 
ee Manure, and VEGETA 
FOOL, according to Mr, eee, is one who m 
PAI conclufions from right principles ; by which he is dif- 
ee hs amadman. See Foury. 
ee that, upon diffeéting a fool, the prin- 
cipal “hiffer prences _ ea yeen him anda man of fenles were, 
the brain was er; and that the cervical plexus, 
formed of the intercoftal aaa whereby the correfpondence 
between the brain and hea effected, was lefs, aud os 
forth fewer branches to the ie. &c. Nervor. Defcript. 
It 3 not 
son ae may 
— cer are and fuc- 
Foo ’s aig Botany, See AETHUSA. 
Foou’s Stones. § RCHIS 
FOOLADO, in ae ‘aphy, a kingdom of Africa, on 
the oes of the Senegal river, betweenthe 5th and 7th de- 
of W, longitude, ae the 12th and 14th of N. latitude. 
his is faid to be the original country of the Foulahs, 
but they poffefs many Soe eam ata great diftance 
from each other. See Four.ay 
os oo a town of ene 15 miles N.E. of 
au 
FOOLICONDA, a town of Africa, in Yani 
the N. fide of the a mbia 5 Go miles NW. of Pifania 
N. lat. 14°3'. W. long, 14° 25". 
' FOOLO OMANICA, a town of Africa, in Foolado. N. 
Jat. 13° rof. W. long. 
FOOLOOTIiA, one of ‘the fmaller Friendly iflands ; 
24 miles N. of ‘Annamoo 
pce ae a sown of Hindooftan, in Bahar. N. 
lat. 26° 19’. E. long. 86° qr! 
FOGLPOUR, a ae or Hindooftan ; 16 miles N.W. 
of Benares. 
_ FOCSHIT, a fmall ifland of the Red oe . an Bei ered 
form, about five miles from N. to S. and ab 
Onthe fouth it is ‘low and fandy, a on ce 
north isa black hill or cape that may be feen at the diftance 
of four leagues. It has two watering-places ; one on the 
E. of the ifland, the other on the W. When the wa- 
FOO 
in fummer, which is eal from Foofht ; in winter 
water is preferved in cifterns. Thefe were built in an- 
cient - ieee hi 
cai the pee watering 
N. lt. 15° 59°43". IE. long. 42° 
place i is moft e 
27'. 
gible. 
Bruce’s Travels, 
vo 
ol a part of the ay ‘of moft animals, whereon they 
cb are diGageithed, with refpeé to the number of 
et ito bi edes wo rae fuch are men an d bi rds 5 
De be ss rt. i. 
f the mole are admirably formed to aie 
and renee up the earth, and make way for its head, &c.; 
in water-fowls, the legs and feet are excellently adapted to 
their refpective occafions, and manners of living; in fuch 
as are to wade in rivers, the legs are long and bare of fea- 
thers a good way ome the ne ; their toes alfo are broad ; 
= in fuch as bear the name of mudfuckers, two of the 
toes are fomewhat giced: a they may not eafily fink in 
walkie ae boggy place 
Others, which are to Gan are whole-footed; 2. e. have 
their toes webbed together: as in the goofe, duck, &c. and 
it is pretty enough to obferve, how artfully thefe will ga-her 
up their toes and feet, when the ey withdraw their legs, or 
go to ine ea ftreké in fwimming ; and again expand, or 
open, the whole ee when they prefs upon, or drive them- 
felves forward in the water. 
F whe . See EXTREMITIES, 
» Bathing o 
Foor, Bleeding in the. See BLEEDING 
Foot, Diffortion of. Club-foot is the name given to fuch 
deformity and ae of the foot.as prove prejudicial to 
the fundtions of t 
Children are facia rela Bees their feet thus formity 
ed, and fo spar this difagreeable f{pecies of deform 
ones on after birth, being ocetined by a bad habit, which 
fome nurfes fave of making hildren ftand and _attemp t to 
walk at too early a period oF life 
In certain fubjeéts, we find the legs themfelves dgftorted ;, 
in fome, the knees are deformed, while in others, the fault 
lies in the tarfus and ankle- sey in which cafe, the feet are 
twifted either inward or outwar 
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