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ABA, in botany. See VICIA.

FAIJACO, in bOlaroy. See ZVGOPHILLUM.

FAllER, in icblhyology. See ZEV 5.

FABLE, a t.,le, or feigned .malion, defigned eilher ro

infirutl or diverr, difguifed under the allcgory of ao

allion,

&c.

Fables were

r~~

6rfi piem of wir rhat made their

appmanee in rhe world, and hal'e been fiill highly

..Iued, nor only iDtimes of rhe

greal~fi

fimpliciry, but

among rhe mon polite ages of Ihe world . Jorham',

f"ble o( rhe trm is rhe olden rhat is extanr, and as

beauriful

any that h"e ueen made finee. Nadlan',

fJble of the poor man is ncXt in anriquiry. We find

JEfop, in rhe mofi dil!aor ages of Greece; and in the

.early days of the Roman common.weahh, we read of

~utiny

appeafed by Ihe Cable of the bel ly and Ihe

membm. As (ables had their rife io Ihe

very

in(ancy

o( learoiog. Ihey .never J10uriQled more Ihan whe.

lcarning was at ils greaten height

wit·oe(s Horace,

Boileau, and Fon"ine.

•

rABLE, is alfo ufed (or Ihe plot of an epic or dramatic

poern

and is, according tO Arinode, Ihe priocipal

part, aod, as it Wete, Ihe- foul of a poem. See

COMPOSITlpN.

ACE, iR anatomy, compreheods all Ihat par! o( Ihe

head which is nor covered wilh the common long hair.

S" ANATOMV,

Pan 1.

and

VI.

FACE, in the mililary

art,

a word o( command, intima.

tiag 10 turo aboul: thus,

rare lo

Ihe righl,

i, to turo

UpOD Ihe le(t heel a quaner-round to Ihe right

and,

¡are

IDlhe ¡e{l,

il ro IUro upon Ihe righl heel a quar·

ter·rODad tOlhe le(t.

FACET, or FACETTE, among jewellers, is the name

o(the liule fa'ces or planes to be found in brilliant and

rofe diamoods.

FACnON, a cabal or party formed io a Uate, city, or

eompany.

F.ACT10N, iD anliquhy, a name given to Ihedifferent eom–

panies o( combatanrs inIhe cireus. They were four.

viro

thewhite,

Ule

red, the grecn, and/he blue

to whieh

Domilian added anolhe! o( purple colour. They

Vle'e fa deoomioated (rom the colaur o( Ihe liveri"

IheyWor!, and were dedicaled, accnrding 'o

Aur.

C,lliadoru!, to the four feafons o( Ihe year, ,hegreen

being cnnfccrated

fpring, ,he bhle to winter, Ihe

red ro (umOler, and the whi,e 10 amumn.

appears

from ancienl in(criplions, that eaeh (,élionhad irs pro·

curarors and phyfician

and from hillory, that pany

"ge ran fa high among Ihem, that in a dill"enfion be·

lweeo IWO fatlions, in Ihe lime of Jnllinian, almon

forry Ihou(and men 1011 their "ves in thequarrel.

J'ACTlTlOUS, any thiag made by "l", in

opr~r'lion

wh,t is the produceo( na,ure. Thus, f.llilious ein·

nabar is oppofcd to na,ive cinnabar.

fACTOR, in eommeree, is aa

~gtal

or corrcfl'nn¿cnt

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refiding beyond the feas, or in fome remote pm

commiflioned by merehanl!" to buy or (ell goods

Iheir aceouo" or allilllheDl in carrying 00 Iheir trade.

A faélor reeeives from the merchanls, his conlli.

luenls, in lieu of wages, a ctmmillioo or fatlorage,

aceording to Ihe ufage oi the place where be

re(,de~,

the bufinefs be lraofaéls, ,his beiqg various in dif.

fmnt eountries, on the purehafes and fales of different

commoditie,.. He ought to keep Urillly to Ihe te.Dor

of his order¡

as a deviation (rom them, even in the

mo.n mi.oute particular, expofel him to m,ke ¡mple

fatlsfatlloo (or any lo(s Ihat mayacerue (rom his non.

obfervance o( thern. When unlimited orders

are

given

(atlors, and they are le(r 10 feH or buy on Ihe bdl

condilions they can, wbatever oelriment oecun to

their .confiiluenls, theyare exeufed, as it is to be pre–

fu Oled Ihey atled (or the bell. and IVere governed

.by

Ihe ditlms of prudenee. nUI abare eommitlion to

fell i. not fufficienr aUlhorily (or the (aélor to 1t'U/!

.any perfon, wherefore he ought to reeeive the money

on Ihe delimy

the goods

aod, by !he general

power, he may oot trull beyond ene, tlVO, or Ihree

months,

&,.

the ufual time anowed for fales. other–

\Vife he Ihall be anfwmble our o( his own eUate.

a fatlor fells on rhe ufual trun 10 a perfoa of good

credit, who aflerwards beeomes iofolvent, he is dif.

c1mged

but not i( the man', eredit IVa" bad at the

time of fale. If a fatlor gives aman time for payrneot

of money contralled on fa le o( his principa!'. goad.,

and, a(ler that time i, e1apfed,

tClI him

goods of his

own (or ready money, and the man becomes infolvent,

the fallor in equily ought 10 indemnify his priocipal.

but he is not eompellable by Ibe common lall'. A fae:

lor Ihould always be puntlual iD the adrices of his

lranfaaions, in fales, purehafes, freigbts, and more

efpeeially in drallghts by exeharge. If he purchafes

goodl for another at a price limited, and arterwards

Ihey rife, and he fraudulently rakes Ihem for his owo

aeeount, and fends them to anolher

parr,

in order

.feeure an ,dvantage Ihat feemingly offers, he \Vill, 00

proo(, be obl'ged, by the cufiom of merchanls, to fa.

tisfy his principal (or dam'ges. If

fallor, iD confor–

mity wilh amerehanl's orders, buys with his monel',

or on his eredil,

eommodily he /hall be dirctled lO

purchafe; and, wilhout giving adviee of Ihe tranfae–

lion, fell, it again to profil, and approprims to him.

fel( the advant2ge, the merchanl /hall recover it from

him, and befides h"'ehim amerced for his f,.ud. Wheo

¡atlors have obrained a profit for ,heir principal, they

mufl be eautious how Ihey difpofe'cf it ; for, ir Ihey

atl wilhout eommillion, they are rcfponr.ule: and i( a

merchant remits goods 10 his fa,qor, and

a~out

lOonth aflcr Jrall's a uill On him,

th~

(atlor, h3fing ef.

fclls in his hands, amp" Ihe bil! , Ihen Ihe principal

br¡nks, and

Ih~

gooJs arc feized in Ihe (.tlor's hands

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