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tailed in Caifo ahd-el-azui, together with fome other 
kinds, abound during the wet feafon, and indeed before, 
if they be watered. Sultan Teraubwas folicitous to pro¬ 
cure every thing tlie gardens of Egypt produce, and 
caufed much care to be taken of the culture of each ar¬ 
ticle brought: but the prefent prince does not turn his 
thoughts to that kind of improvement, and little of the 
effect of his predecelfor’s laudable anxiety is at this mo¬ 
ment didinguilhable. There are feveral fpecies of trees, 
but none that produces fruit worth gathering, uttlefs it 
he the tamarind. The date trees are in very fnrall num¬ 
ber, and their fruit diminutive, dry, and delliiute of fla¬ 
vour. Thar tree feems not indigenous in the country, 
but to have been tranfported from the neighbourhood of 
the Nile, Dongola, Sennaar, &c. The inhabitants ap¬ 
pear not well to underhand the manageiue.nt of this 
uleful produflion ; and perhaps the great drought will 
never admit of its flourifiiing, whatever diligence or care 
may be ufed to increafe tlie number or improve the kind. 
The camels of Fur are of a mixed breed, and they are 
found of all colours and fizcs. Thofe which come diredtly 
from the weft or foiith are large, fmooth-haired, and moft 
frequently of a colour approaching to white, or liglit 
brown. Thofe which are brought from Kordofan are 
many of them black, and are remarked to be lefs docile 
than the others. There are few countries where the 
animal abounds more than in Dar-Fur. They are re¬ 
markable for enduring thirft, but not for bearing great 
burthens. Tlie camels in this country are particularly 
iubjetl to the mange, {gerab,) which -attacks them 
chiefly in winter, and in fome paftures much more than 
m oth.ers. Tliis malady is very contagious. It is cured 
by the application of a kind of tar, procured by diftilla- 
tiwn per deliqiiium, from tlie feeds of the water-melon. 
When the male camel is found unruly, tliey fometiines 
deprive him of one or both tefticles. It is a cruel oper¬ 
ation, as immediately after having incided with an or¬ 
dinary kiiile, they fear the wound with an Ivot iron till 
the hemorrhage be flopped. It may be doubted whetlier 
this pradlice be permitted by the law of tlie prophet j 
but, however bigoted their minds, where advantage is 
hoped for, their taith isdutSlile. The flefli of the camel, 
particularly of the female, [naka,) w'hicit is fattened for 
tlie purpofe, is much ufed for food. It is iufipid, but 
ealily digefted, and no way unpleafant. The milk alfo 
is muci) in efteeni. The camels bred in Fezzan, and 
other countries to tlie weft, as well as thofe of Arabia, 
are for labour reckoned fuperior to thofe of Fur, and 
fetch a higher price. The former are larger, and able to 
carry a heavier bnrtlien, but not fo capable of enduring 
thirft. In Soudan they feldoni carry above five hundred 
weight, and oftener three or three and a half: while in 
Egypt they are frequently obliged to toil under eight, 
ten, or even more. From tliefe are felefted the camels 
which bear the facred ireafure to the tomb of the pro- 
phet. Soudan affords many fine dromedaries, but thofe 
of Sennaar are rnoft celebrated. Incredible ftories are 
told of the long and rapid jonniies performed by them ; 
as that tliey will hold out for four-and-tweiity hours, 
travelling conftantly at the rate of ten miles per hour: 
however this be, they are indifputably fwifr, and perform 
long journeys almoft without refrefiiment. 
The wild or ferocious animals are, principally, the 
iioii, the leopard, the liyena, the wolf, tlie jackal, \canis 
aureus,) the wild buftaloe : but they are not commonly 
feen within the more cultivated part of the empire, 'ex¬ 
cepting the hyena jackal ; the former come in herds of 
li.x, eight, and often more, into the villages at night, 
and carry oft with them whatever they are able to mailer. 
They will kill dogs, and afles, even within the inclofure 
of the houfes, and fail not to affenible wherever a dead 
camel or other animal is thrown, which, afting in con¬ 
cert, they fometimes drag to a prodigious diftance j nor 
are they greatly alarmed at tlie liglit of a man, or the re- 
port of fire-arms. 
FUR 
Alabafter, and various kinds of marble, exift within 
the limits of Fnr. The rocks chiefly confift of grey 
granite. But of ftone adapted to building, or convertible 
into lime, either there is none, or the quantity muft be 
extremely fmall. The granite ferves for hand-mills, 
without being cut, for the metal of which their tools are 
compofed is too foft to be employed for that purpofe. 
Foftile 'fait is common within a certain dillrict : and there 
is a fuffioient fupply of nitre, of which however no ufe 
is made, 
FUR'-WROUGIIT, adj. Made of fur : 
Silent along the mazy margin ftray. 
And with the J'ur-wrougfil ily delude the prey. Gajr. 
FU'.R A, a fmall idand near the weft coaft of Scotland ; 
four miles and a half weft of Udrigill Head. 
FURAt'ClOUS, adj. \^furax, Lat.] Thievifh ; in¬ 
clined to ftea!. 
FURA'CIOUSNESS, f. Thieviflinefs, propenfity to 
theft. Scott. 
F"URA'CITY, y. 'ifurax, Lat.j Difpofition to theft 
thievilhnefs. 
FU'RAN.y. in botany. See Epidendrum. 
FU'RANS, a river of France, which runs into the 
I fere, near Romans. 
FUR'BELOW.y. A piece of ftnff plaited and puckered 
together, either below or above, on the petticoats or 
gowns of women. This, like a great many other words, 
is the child of mere caprice. Trev. Did. 
Nay, oft in dreams invention we beftow 
To change a flounce, or add a furbdoxo.' Pope. 
To FUR'BELOW, v. a. To adorn with oniameittal 
appendages of drefs.—She was flounced and furbeloioed \ 
every ribbon was crinkled, and every part of her garments 
in curl. Addijon, 
When arguments too fiercely glare. 
You calm them with a milder air ; 
To break their points, you turn their force. 
And furbelow the plain difeourfe. Prior. 
To FUR^BISH, V. a. \_fourbir, Fr.] To burniftij to 
polifh ; to rub to brightnefs.— FurbiJIi the fpears, and 
put on the brigandines. fcr. xlvi. 4. 
Inferior minifters,- for Mars repair 
His broken axle-tree, and blunted war ; 
And lend him forth again, with furbifii'd arms. Dryden. 
FUR'BISHER,y. [fourbijfur, Fr.] One who poliflies 
any thing. 
FUR'CA,y. [from pns farkah, Heb. to divide.] A 
fork ; a prong. In botany, it means fometimes the thorn, 
fometimes the fork, of a plant or tree. In antiquity, a 
piece of timber refembling a fork, ufed by the Romans as 
an inftrument of punifliment. Sentence to the furca was 
of three kinds: the firft only ignominious, when a mafter, 
for fmall ofl'ences, forced a fervant to carry a fnrea on his 
fhoulders about the city. The fecond was penal, when 
the party was whipped round tlie circus, or other place, 
with the furca about his neck. The third was capital, 
when tile malefactor, liaving his head faftened on the fur¬ 
ca, was whipped to death. 
FUR'CA ET FCS'SA, the gallows and the pit. An 
ancient privilege granted by our kings. It ftgnified a ju- 
rifdiilion of punifhing felons; that is, men by hanging, 
and women with drowning. And fir Edward Coke, fays 
fojfa is taken away, but ihAt furca remains. 3 Injl. 38. 
FUR'CAM ET PLAGEL'LUM, tlie meaneft of all 
the ancient fervile tenures, when tlic bondman was at the 
difpofal of his lord for life and limb. 
FUR'CALTON, y \_furca, 4 ^t.] Forkinefs; the ftate 
of ftiooting two vvays like the blades of a fork.—Wlien 
flags grow old tliey grow lefs branciied, and firft lofe 
their brow-antlers, or loweft/uratfo^s next the head. Brown. 
FURCHE', f. in heraldry, a crofs forked at the ends. 
FURETIE'RE (Antony), a Frencli author, born at 
Paris 
