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F A L

Ih~

back, wings,

~nd

lail, nre

duk

brown

lhe

1hroal, neck, anJ bclly while

lhe legs and

are

r<lu~h

aud feal y, and of a pale blue colour; lhe ulons

¡¡re black, and ncally of an cqual fize

Ihe 'fealhers of

Ihe Ihighs are OlOr¡, and adhue clofe to Ihem, contmy

othm

Ihe hawk·l:inrl, II'hich nalure feem! to have

dcfi~ncd

for !heir more eaf)'

p~nmating

Ihe waler. Tlieir

mannlr of tiOlingis, afler hOl'cring a while over Ihe wa·

Ier,

prccipimc inlo il wilh prodlgiou! fwifrnefs, ,,,here

Ihcy remain for fome núutes , and fcldomrife wilhoul

(¡Ih.

The while·headed eagle, who is genmlly on the

IValeh, nofooner fpies hiOl wilh his fiOl, than he Ries fu·

rioDOy upon him: Ihe hawk immediately mounts, and

fcrrams out; bUI Ihe eaglc always fom abol'e him, and

compells himto let the

fifn

fall

Ihe eagle inflandy darlS

down upon Ihe

601,

and fddom fails

calch II befare it

relches Ihe waler.

J¡

is remarkable, thal, whenever Ihe

hawk calches

61h,

he calls OUI, as if il u'ere to giYe

warning

his enemy Ihe eagle, who always obeys the

call when wilhin bearing. The lower pans of Ihe riven

~nd creeks

near th, fea in America, abouod wilh Ihofe eagles

~nd

hawks, where thefe diverting COntens are

frequ~otly

feen.

PI.nlg.1.

27.Thegyrfalco.lwith blue waxon the

beak, yellow legs, a browo body, marked with alh·co·

Joured O:reaks underneath, and Ihe fides of Ihe lail while.

is the gyrfalco of Ray, lim upon cranes, pigeons,

&e.

and is a nalive of Eurore. 28. The avi porus, wilh

blacK wax, yellow legs, half naked, the head of an a(h·

eolour, and having an alh·coloured nripe

the tail,

",hich is white al the end.

is the hooey-buzzatd

Ray, and is

native of Europe

it feeds upoo mice,

liz.ards, frogs, bm, and olher infeEls.

29.

The reru·

ginofus, wirh greenilh wax, a greyilh body; and Ihe top

of Ihe bead, nape of Ihe oeck, and legs,are ydlowifh .

oative of Europe, and builds its nefl in marlhcs. ;0.The

palumbarius, with black wax edged with yellow, yeUow

legs, a brown body, and the prime feathers of Ihe nil

are marked wilh pale flreaks, and lhe eye·brows are

",hite.

is the goofe.hawk of Ray, is an inhabinnl of

Europe, aod an enemy to domellic fowls.

The ni·

JiIS,

wilh green wax, yellow legs, and a whlle belly un·

dulated \Vilh grey ; thelail is marked wilb blackilh behs.

1t il the fparrow.hawk of Ray, and a nalive of Europe.

ispeculiarly fond of pigeons, fparrowI, and larlls. 31.

Thc minDlul, with brown \Vax, yellow leg', ami the bo·

dy is ..hite uoderneatb.

is the lean hawk of Brirro·

.JIius~

bciog about the file of a Ihrulh, and is fouod at

Mehla.

FALCONER, one who tamel, manages, and looks

af·

ter falcons, or olher hawkl. See Ihe nexI aniele.

FALCONRY, Ihe

art

trQinin~

aUmanner of hawks,

but more efpcClally the larger Ion, to the exercife of

hawking. See HAWKI NG.

Whcn a falcon is taken, Ihe mun be feeled in fuch a

manner, that as the feding Oackens, Ihe may fee ",hat

pro,iGon liel before her

but care oughl to be laken,

nOI to feel her

100

hard. A falcon or hawk newly la·

ken, Olould have aUnew furnilure, as ncw

jeO~,

of good

leather, mailled leaOles wilh bultons al the enJ, and

new bewClS. 'I1lere Ihollld alfo be provided a fmiU

round r¡'ck, to

flro~.e th~ ha~k;

becaufe Ihe

ofl:n~r

:VOL.

!l.

No .19.

F A N

this iF done, Ihe fooner and bwer wiUOle be manntd.

She mur! alfo have two good beUa, Ihal lhe may be

fOlllld when !he fcattmlh. Her hood Olould be weU

falhioned, raired and embufl"ed againll her eyes, decp,

and yel IIrait enough bcnealh, thal it may fanco abou!

her head wilhout huning her; andher oCik and talon)

mun be a

litt.le

copied, bUI oot fo oear as to make thclII

blced.

FALKlRK, a townof Scotbnd:

'\V.

long. 3°48',

lat. 56° 20'.

FALL, Ihe defcelll

01'

a heaoy body towards the ceottt

of the earth

it is al(u Ihe naOle of a mcifure of lenglh

ufed inScotland, contaioing fix e1ls.

FALLACY. a deceplion, fraud, or falfe appearance.

The Epicllrcans den

thal there is anyfuch thing

a fallacy of the fenfes: for, aecO<'tling

Ihem, all our

fenfations andl'meplions, both of fellfe and

phanl~fy,

are.Irue : whecce tbey makc f,nfe the primary crilelioA

of trulh.

FALLlNG·sICKNESS. See MED ICINE.

FALLOPIAN TUBE S. See ANATO>!V,

175.

FALLOW, a pale red colocr, like thal of brick haJf

burnl: fuch is thal of a fallow·deer.

FAL'.LOW·FHLD,or F.\LLOW GRO VND, bnd laid up,

or Ihal has lain uOlilleJ for

conr,derable lime.

ALLOWING

oi land,

a particular melboQ of 1m·

proving land. Sce

AC;RI~UtTURE.

ALMOUTH, a port·town óf Corowa!l, in Englahd,

filuared iD W. long. ¡o 30',

lat. 50· 15', on a fine

bay of the Eoglilh channel, Ihe enlrance whereof il

guarded by two fOrl!.

FALSE, in general, fomething conlrarylo trurh,or not

wbat it Ollgbt to be

Ihus \Ve fay, a {alfe wiloefs, falfe

aflion, falfe weights, falfe c1aim,

&e.

FALSHOOD, in philofophy,

the reprefeotiog a thinl:

o!herwife than il is.

Crimen falr" in rhe civillaw, is fraudulenl fuboroa·

lion 'Or concealment wilb dcGgn to darke.o or hide tbe

truth, aod make Ihiogs appear olherwife Ihan theyare.

The crimeo {alG is committed,

By 1I'0rdl, as wheD

a \Vitnefs fwears falfely. 2. By writing,

when amm

anledales aeonmEl, or!he like. 3. By deed, ai whell

he feUs by falfe weights and meafurcs.

FALX, in analomy. See ANATO>!Y, P. 1S4'

FAN, a machineufcd to raife wind and cool the air

agirating it. The cuHoOlwhieh now prcvails of wearing

r.ns

, was borrowed {rolO lhe Eaíl, wheTe they are al•

mol! indirpenf.bly necerrary for keeping

011'

Ihe fun and

Ihe Ries. Fans are made of a Ihin Ikin or

pi~ce

of pa–

per, ta[aty, or other lighl null', cut ftmicircularly, 3nd

mounled on fl!veralliule nicks of wood, il'ory, tor–

tofe·lbell, or the like. The paper,

te.

is ufually painl'

ed, and in mounring is pbited in fueh amarller, as thit

the pbill may be altlroalely

inw~rd

and oUlwerd.

FAN is alfo an innrument ufed in winnowiog corno

Fans for corn pay on importalion, I s. 3"o. d. and

draws·backon exportation,

1,,~olSd.

Indiat'.ns pay

{ur every tOO 1.

&rof~

l'alllC at lhe

f.le

261.

~d .

100

The draw·back

exponation is

:5 1.

2s.

~*(I.

100

5 U

fA-