FUA 
ioe va Sits of Plants-are thofe of a hard, woody 
oo a Geography, a {mall town of oa 
d e canton ‘ot Berne, terminating a rich valley 
parallel to that of Lauterbruennen, and ea eee that of 
ounded 
Frutigen ad name to a bailiwick, 
merly governed ‘by lor of its own, and elteemed 
one of the et beat — places in es zerland, eight miles 
S. of Spietz, and 3o S. E. of Friburgh. 
FRY, in Ichthyology, feaies the fpawn, or rather the 
young - fifh, See lisn. 
Fry’s Bay, in Geography, aed on the S. W. coaft of 
tiguc 
the ian of Antigua; two miles S. of Reed point. 
as Ae a cape in Hudfor’ s bay. N. lat. 64°. W. 
long. 8 
ERYBERG, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 
Bechin; nine miles W. of Rofenberg. 
Pigwaket, through which the Bae part of Seco meanders ; 
6o miles from the fea, Dae rom Bolton. 
la W. long. 70 47 “30 
FRYDUFFRIN, a Aen of America, in ick 
county, Pennfylvania. 
FRYING-PAN, a dangerous fhoal, fo called from its 
form, lying at the entrance of Cape Fear river i: North 
Carolina; t e ‘ ae of it ers in N. lat. 32° 32. 
lon 5°3 fix miles fro ape Fear Pitei, ant 
‘ 's. E. b S. ae ie light- houfe on Bald Head. —Allo, 
an see in aaa Lake, Upper Canada, to the noriiward 
of Pointe de Tou 
FRYKERY D, a town of Sweden, in Warmeland 5 10 
miles N. W. of Phili iipftadt. 
FRYKSANDE, a nal of Sweden, in Warmeiand ; 35 
miles N. W. of Philip 
FRYSOYTA, a en ‘of Germany, in the bifhopric of 
Munfter ; miles N. of Munfter. N. lat. 
long. 7° 46 
FRYTH, or Frit, is explained, ay fir Edward Coke, 
as a plain between two woods, ora law 
Camden ufes it Se an arm of the fea, or a ftrait between 
two lands, from 
Frith, from ne Saxon frid, peace, is alfo ufed for a wood ; 
becaufe the Englith Saxons held woods to be facred, aad 
ufed them as a 
FUAG r Foc Ges a tax or impofition laid on hearths 
er chimne ne i.e. on Mire-places, or families, from which 
was probably derived the hearth-filver, and 7 
This “ was repealed by 1 William and Mary, feff. 
cope 
ee dthe black prince, having Aquitain granted him, 
laid an impofition e, fi 
his exam le, arles VY. 
His fucceffor Charles VI. 
Charles VII. rendered 
an ordonnance of Humbert II. dauphin of Vienncis, 
ae was then laid per feu, 
I 
mil 
Latin a was called. (a, ty Ge a 
times it was alfo called fournage, 
feces in Greek xaavxoyv or xzarv0s, jaa fmoke. In Will. 
Tyr. De Bello Sacro, it is called foagium : for it was impofed 
‘pe 
fallen by its own 
FUC 
HA the kings of Jerufalem. The — = ~~ 
hikewife impofed it on the (adios 6 Zona 
affures us, that the general Nicephorus “frit cfiablihed it 
among the Gr eecks, See Cummney-money ys and Fum 
F » in Lchthyolozy, a name given by Gaza, oa fome 
called oe ee lary “pn 
and other writers ; and tinca marina, by S n and Ronde- 
letius. It is in ie Linnzan ees the se NIUS phycis. 
See Puycis. 
vcA, Juan de, in Geograph ; 
FUCC E, a town 
30 miles E. of Nagafaki. 
FUCECCHIO, a town of Etruria, ona lake; 22 miles 
. of Florence 
other writers, to one fith 
See Juan de Fuc 
of Japan, in the ifland of Raines ; 
or Fucustvs, Lxox HARD, in se a 
dings ifhed | phyfici an and botanift of Ger 
larly celebrated for his igur 
ding, in Bavaria, inthe year 1501 
five years old, but his mother, whoi 
very fuperior talents and _virtues, “took 
education, and was rewarded by 
her fon. 
Jas aw 
care of | his 
— themfelves cae ous to the monkifh met by 
expofing the corruptions of the oie, and promoting a 
liberal oa enlarged fcheme of education. Fuchiiue » san 
himfelf clofe ely to thefe able and enlightened > and 
ses le he made a great progrefs i in so ek and Latin 
re by means of their inftru€tions, he sagen waa bea 
iii and chriftian Piety. He received ae de 
arts, Jan..17, 1521, and having (eels agaist 
hint with great diligence to the ftudy of medicine, he 
as made doétor of phytic in March 1 5245 teas then a 
i years of age. He had in the mean while become a 
: ous follower of Luther, and an afferter of the authority of 
he holy igs oe alone, in oppofition to papal power and 
corruption. nce he was doubtlefs one of thofe who gave 
occafion to ave arge, ftill renewed from time to time as 
circum mitanc 
arge excellent fir Thos, Brown and others have 
once it worth ie in dark = een times, to repel. 
Happy would it have been had the conduét or charaCter of 
no phyfician or profeffed philofo ae at a more enlightened 
eriod, given frefh ftrength to acalumny that ought to hav ve 
abfurdit 
ity. 
_Fuchfius fettled firft as a elas aoe at Munich, where he 
foon 
Eee 
tion, nan a Fri er ee alc bore hi o 
fix daughters, aa with whom he enjoyed gréat conjugal 
felicity till Feb. 1563, when fhe died. He afterwards mar- 
aw. idow, who furvived him 
patron ‘He was 
Lota faceefeful in the practice of medicine, ar 
