FUR 
Finis Urens. . See, TRAGIA. 
FUNK Isnanp, in Geo ography, a {mall ifland in the At. 
ee near the N. E. coaft of Newfoundland, UN lat. 50° 
- long. 52° 15°. 
en KUN; a town of rah in the province of 
azanderan; 15 miles W. of Fehra 
NKS Town. See Jerusalem. 
FUNNEL ofa Chimney, the thaft or {mallet part of the 2° 
that th 
Palladio orders, t that the ° 
chimney from the waift upwards. 
funnel be raifed three, four, or five fect at leait, above the 
‘roof, tha - it may carry the fmoke clear aus the houfe 
“into the air. 
Care, ane is to be taken as to she — becanfey : . 
be too wide, the wind will drive back mo 
room: and if too narrow, the fmoke ia nee able on 
‘make its bleh Rac ses Egat ei are not to. 
elev 
be made narrower th ore n inches 5 “nor broader 
ee fifteen. See Seis and i 
. in Engineery, fignifies the fame with culvert, or 
ain. 
Founnet, in Chemi ifry, &e. a well kriown inftrutnent ufed in 
oe ane filt tering liquors, and made either of ea or 
pew wter or tin, or tinned iron, or earthen ware. Som 
ribbed, in order to fupport large paper filters ; iH ewe th ee ee 
galled Separator, is as for the feparation of liquids of 
paca {pecilic gravity, by allowi ing a. iar only to 
op out ofthe narrow part of the initrument. 
See PoLyreE. 
Hollows, in Geology, is a  pheno- 
Jamefon has —— (Geognofy, 
d we have obferved 
c chalk, ftrata about Fa- 
Powe Polype. 
_ Funne. tana 
menon Bare: Mr. 
of the fuperficial ftrata, into 
judge from the fimilarity of 
. thefe funne |-fhaped hollows to old fhafts which have in the 
atl Blac run-in. 
ORTT, in Geography, a snide of Naples, in Abruzzo 
S.S. na. 
Cin, ; 21 miles Salm 
; FU-RAN. See ee enre 
UDR _ See Darr FU 
Fury. in Commerce, is a, general term,. comprifing. the 
fins of “different kinds of wild animals, that e. found in 
Ligh northern latitudes, aeberegltl thofe forming oe of ar 
e bea 
the American continen t3 aver, | oofe- 
woolern, wolf, &e. &e. 
roved ftate, as they come on the 
then. a the pene of furs ; 
aaa! them sine pees furri er ye 
rm, in its confined. ey ‘applied. a 
te 
to. on nee "of different hairy quadrupeds, when they have 
oe ean aluminous ‘procefs, by which ‘the infde inte~ 
; ments:are converted into. a kind of coriaceous fubftance. 
in this view. furs differ from 2 ies, which are the me 
fins in ~ Loy they are taken the apace, and fimply 
-dried, 0 y meaning of the word, ‘the latter only 
7 commis kins covered with , orthair, as the eens aa , 
es Sony eigen man ufadared into leather 
aver ne, mar- 
. ee vie, ermine, fab 
. me, a Ae ang the relative. sitimation of the various kinds . 
: KY... 
FUR 
much appears to depend upon the feveral iufes to whic 
they are generally appliéd ; and their intriafic’ valué- upoa 
climate, whence they are brought, the age or health of 
the animals, and the feafon o 
ae . It has been fi 
r and. Weise 
o the rigours ia 
and walf, Heer in poe climates have 
y fhort hair, in the frozen regions near. the aoe are cover ered 
with a fine ane and. thick fur. .* The beaver and the ermine, 
which are found in the greateft plenty in. high one 
tudes, are remarkable for the warmth and delicacy of their 
urs. It is not an eaf a to aes for this remarkable 
warmth of furs in norther. rupeds. Some have fup-« 
aaah it originates in {pare an pee diet,. with. the. difficul- 
y of obtaining food, to which animals in fuch climates am 
fa ubjected. Others, with more orlabiley, have. afcribed 
it to the feverity of the cold,.contracting the pores o 
kin, fo that the hair confequently takes the fhape or fize of 
ade {mall- 
the orifice through. w it: grows 3 as wires aré m 
er and longer ae drawn pouch narrower apertures. 
‘rom whatever caufe it may arife, fuch is = fact 5 and 
have their winter and a mmer garments, except, ve ry. far to, the 
north, where the cold is fo ripen ion Ae intenfey. ‘that, accord- 
ing to rantz, no change of colour is. perceivable. either im 
- Hence it is,, that the furs of high northern 
latitudes are better in quality than thofe of Saar nad 
Waited States. This fa 
of value in fimilar tiles brought 
for during winter the furs of moft ane improve. both i 
— and colour. Indeed fome kinds, as thofe ines ‘lati 
oe ven unlefs killed at that, feafon, are in na eftim 
“OF the leaft valuable — the kinds of furs, th ofé of ae 
7 and i may be cl afled, aithough wut are more ge 
wn fr rom the aera of their f orming a acon- 
nufacture ; for which ‘purpofe 
{now they traverfe, and in fuch - plenty, that they 
nthe fpot, or rather bartered for the value of five 
It is not ealy to afcertait the- acs 
dint a hat trade. .'The ft 
g in Afferent treaties 
3 2B 
