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Between the waters of Opeckan creek and the Slianan- 
doah is the richeft limeftone land in tlie eaftern parts of the 
flate. Neartlie north mountain in tliis county is a curious 
cave, by fome called Zaney's Cave. Its entrance is on the 
top of an extenfive ridge. You defcend thirty or forty 
feet as into a well, from whence the cave then extends, 
nearly horizontally, four hundred feet into the earth, 
preferving a breadth of from twenty to fifty feet, and a 
height of from five to twelve fee.t. After entering this 
cave, the mercury, which, in the open air, was at 50, rofe 
to 57 of Fahrenheit’s thermometer. Here is alfo a natu¬ 
ral well, fomewhat larger than a common well, and rifes 
as near the furface of the earth as in th-* neighbouring ar¬ 
tificial wells; but is of a depth, as yet unknown. It is 
jfaid there is a current in it tending fenfibly downwards. 
Chief town is Winchefier. 
FREDERIC, a townihip of the American States, in 
Montgomery county, Pennfylvania. 
FREDERIC, a town of the American States, of the 
north fide of SalTafras river in Cecil county, Maryland, 
and feparated by that river from George Town in Kent 
county. It lies fix miles fouth-well of Warwick, and 
fourteen eafl; of Grove point in Chefapeak bay. Lat. 
397 22. 30. N. 
FREDERIC-FORT, a fort of the American States in 
Walhington county, Maryland, fituated on the nprth-eafi; 
bank of Potowmack river, near the fouth line of Penn¬ 
fylvania. 
FREDERIC-HOUSE, a trading ftation in Upper Ca¬ 
nada, on the head waterof Abbitibbe river. Lat. 48. 35. N. 
Ion. 82. 6. W. 
FREDERI'CA, a town of the American States in Kent 
county, ftate of Delaware, fituated between the two main 
branches of Mother Kill, a ftream which falls into Dela¬ 
ware feven miles from the town, and three fouth-eaft of 
James’s creek, which leads up to Dover; twelve miles 
eaft of Dover, and eighty eight from Philadelphia. 
FREDERI'CA, a town of tlie American States in 
Glynn county, Georgia, fituated on St. Simon’s ifland, in 
a very pleafant fituation, built by general Oglethorpe. 
The fortrefs was beautiful and regular, but is now in 
ruins. The town Hands on an eminence, upon a branch 
of Alatamaha river, which wallies the well fide of this 
agreeable ifland, and forms a bay before the town, afford¬ 
ing a fafe and commodious harbour for vefl'cls of the larg- 
efl burden, which may lie along the wharf. It was fet¬ 
tled by fome Scotch highlanders, about the year 1735, 
who accepted of an efiablifliment both here and at Da¬ 
rien, to defend the colony, if needful, againfl the neigh¬ 
bouring Spaniards. Lat. 31. 13. N. Ion. So. W. 
FRED'ERICHRODE, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and principality of Gotlia : fix 
miles fouth Gotha. 
FRED'ERICHSHULE, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and duchy of Croflen : five miles 
fouth-eaft of Zulichau. 
FRED'ERICHSTHAL, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and margraviate of Meiflen : 
fix miles wefi of Senftenberg. 
FRED'ERICHSWALDE, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and duchy of Pomerania, on the 
Ihna : three miles north-wed of Stargard. 
FREDERI'CIA, a drong feaport town of Denmark, 
in North Jutland, and diocefe of Ripen; it is fituated on 
the Little Belt, with a cudom-houle, where all velfels 
pay a toll. The circumference is extenfive, but not filled 
with houles or people. It was firft begun in 1651, by 
Frederic III. but the fortifications were fcarcely com¬ 
pleted, and the town built and properly inhabited, when 
the Swe'des, in 1657, took it by dorm, a.ad btirnta great 
part of it. At the conclufion of the war, both the forti¬ 
fications and the town were repaired, and, in order to in- 
creafe the number of its inhabitants, Chrifiian V. in 1682, 
granted a charter, which rendered Fredericia an afylum 
lor all bankrupts,'whether natives or foreigners, and al¬ 
low^ the Calvinids, Papids, and Jews, the free exercife 
of tWir religion. This town was formerly exempt from 
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the excife, which it now pays. The fortifications are of 
fo large a coinpafs that they require a numerous garrifoit 
to defend them. Fredericia has alfo fevera! commercial 
privileges, but as it wants a good harbour, it cannot im¬ 
prove them to the bed advantage. Here are two Luthe¬ 
ran churches (in one of wh.ich the fervice is alternately 
performed in the Danifli and German languages), a Calvi- 
nid church, a popifh church, a fynagogue, a grammar- 
fchool, and good arfenal. A confiderable quantity of to¬ 
bacco is planted both within and without the walls. 
Lat. 55. 37. N. Ion. 9. 44. E. Greenwich. 
FREDERICK'ENBURG, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and principality of Anhalt Zerbd : 
one itiile fouth-wed of Zerbd. 
FRED ERICSBURG, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, and duchy ofPomerania, former¬ 
ly called .- thirty miles fouth-fouth-wed of 
Colberg, and twenty-five north.north-ead of Stargard. 
FRED'ElRICSBLfRG, a pod town of the American 
States, in Spotfylvania county, Virginia ; fituated on the 
fuuth-vved bank of Rappahannock river, no miles from 
its mouth in Chefapeak bay. It is an incorporated town, 
and regularly laid out into feveral flreets ; the chief of 
which runs parallel witli the river, and contains two to¬ 
bacco warchoufes, and feveral dores of well alForted 
goods. Its public buildings are an epifcopal church, an 
academy, court-houfe, and gaol. It is a place of confi¬ 
derable trade, and contains about 2000 inhabitants. A 
forge in this neighbourhood made fome time ago, about 
300 tons of bar iron in a year, from pigs imported from 
Maryland. It is fifty miles fouth-fouth-wed of Alexan¬ 
dria, fixty-eight north by ead of Richmond, 102 fouth- 
wed of Baltimore, and 205 fouth-wed of Philadelphia. 
Lat. 38. 22. N. Ion. 77. 36. W. 
FRED'ERICSHALL, a feaport townofNorway, on the 
frontiers of Sweden, fituated at the mouth of the river 
Tide, in a bay called iht Swinefund-, the harbour would 
be lafe and commodious, but from the quantity of faw- 
dud brought down the river from the law-mills up the 
country, which it is necelfary to remove at lead yearly. 
The town contains about 3000 inhabitants. Near it is the 
fortrefs of Oever-Bierget, or Fredericdein, in the fiege of 
which the heroic Charles XII. lod his life. The princi¬ 
pal commerce is in timber : fifty miles north of Udde. 
valla, and fifty-two fouth of Chridiania. 
FRED'ERICSHOLM, a fortrefs of Norway; three 
miles fouth of Chi idiandand. 
FRED'ERICSSUND, a feaport town of Denmark, in 
the ifland of Zealand ; the chief trade is in corn : nineteen 
milesnorth-wed of Copenhagen.Lat. 53.50. N. Ion. 12.13. 
E. Greenwich. 
FRED'ERICST ADT, a fortrefs and feaport towm of 
Norway, fituated on the river Glomme, containing a well- 
fupplied arfenal, built in 1367, and fince drengihened and 
fortified, till it is now the mod regular fortrefs in the 
fouthern part of Norway. The number of inhabitants is 
lefs than 1000, who carry on fome trade in planks, mads, 
and timber: forty-three miles fouth Chridiania. Lat. 
39. 2. N. Ion. II. I. E. Greenwich. 
E'RED'ERICSTADT, a town of Denmark, in the 
duchy of Slefwick, fii uated on the north coad of the Eider, 
founded by fome Dutch Arminian emigrants, immediate¬ 
ly after the fynod of Dort. The inhabitants are com- 
pofed of Armiuians, I.utherans, Calvinids, Anabaptids, 
(Liiakers, and Jews. They are principally employed in 
I'.ianuladtures ot filk and woollen, navigation and com¬ 
merce : eighteen miles wed-fouth-wed ot Slelwick. 
Lat. 34. 26. N. Ion. 9. lO. E. Greenwich. 
FRED'ERICSTAD r. See Berlin. 
FRED'ER,lCSTOWN, a townfhip of the American 
Stales, in the Dutchefs county. New York, which con. 
tains, by the cenlus, 3932 inhabitants, ot whom 188 are 
qualified to be electors. 
FRED'ERICSVORN, a town of Norway, in Hie pro¬ 
vince of Aggerhuus ; three miles louth of Laurvig. 
FRED'ERICSWERK, a feaport of Denmark, fitiwted 
in a bay on the north coad of the ifland of Zealand ; wmei e 
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