The climate is very hot, although in the north-
ern parts water sometimes freezes. In the peninsu-
la the most delicate orange trees bear fruit in full
perfection. In the lower parts the air is moist,
and in the neighbourhood of the rice fields it is
unhealthy. From October to June the weather
is most delightful. The southern extremity is
subject to the hurricanes of the West Indies.

The largest river is the St. Johns, which rises
in the centre of the peninsula and flows north-
easterly to the sea; it passes through several lakes
and its current is gentle. The Apalachicola pas-
ses through West Florida into the Gulf of Mexico.
Many small streams rise in the pine forests
and fall into the inlets of the Gulf. The springs
which give rise to these rivers are very remarka-
ble for their size and depth. See Wakulla Fountain.

The only towns of consequence are St. Augustine
on the eastern coast, and Pensacola on the western.
There is a chain of low islands or sand banks skirt-
ing the whole coast, but they afford few good
harbours. Off cape Sable, which is the southern-
most point of the peninsula, are a cluster of islands
at some distance from the land, on one of which,
called Key West, was lately established a naval
station of the United States.

Florida is divided into 15 counties. The Gov-
ernor is appointed by the United States, and there
is a legislative council of 16 members. Talla-
hassee is the seat of government. It has one del-
egate in Congress. The Pop. is 34.723, of whom
15,510 are slaves. The commerce of the territory
rs inconsiderable. The shipping in 182s amoun-
ted to 2.761 tons. The imports for 1-29 were
153 642 dollars. The exports of domestic produce,
38,163 dollars. Total exports 56,036 dollars.

This territory was discovered in 1497. It was
first settled by the Spaniards in 1524. Some set-
tlements were made by the French about 30 years
afterwards, and they established themselves in the
neighbourhood of the spot where St. Augustine
now stands in 1564. The Spaniards however, ex-
pelled the French. In 1763 Florida was ceded to
Great Britain, and retained by that power till 1781
when it was reconquered by the Spaniards. In
1821 Spain ceded it by treaty to the United States
as an indemnity for spoliations upon our com-
merce ; and the following year it was made a ter-
ritorial government.

Florida Cape, is on the E. coast of East Flori-
da, in the gulf of the same name, in the lat. of 25.

41. N., and 80. 5. of AV. long.; 90. m. N E. of
Cape Sable, and about 30 AV. of the N. AV. end
of the Great Bahama Bank.

Florida, Gulf of, is the passage out of the gulf
of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, between the
N. W. coast of the Island of Cuba, and the Baha-
ma Bank and islands on the E., and the promon-
tory of East Florida on the AV. Through this
passage the great body of waters flowing into the
gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi, Colorado,
and Rio del Norte, set, in a continual stream,
running at the rate of 4 to 5 m. per hour: the
stream continues to run along the eastern coast
of North America, to the lat. of 42., when the
current is dispersed by the great bank of New-
foundland. The gulf passage is from 30 to 130
m. wide, the xc2xabiarro west part being between Cape
Florida, and the Great Bahama Bank before men-
tioned.

Florida Keys, or Martyrs Islands and Reefs, are
the shoals and sand-banks flanking the southern
extremity and E. coast of the promontory of East
Florida, as previously described.

Florida, ph. Berkshire Co. Mass. Pop. 45*
Also a ph. Montgomery Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,838.

Florisant, a village in St. Louis Co. Missouri,
on the Missouri.

Flour, St. a city of France, in the department
of Cantal, and a bishop’s see. Good knives are
made here, and it has a considerable trade in corn.
It is seated on a mountain, 35 m. S. of Clermont,
and 108 N. by AV. of Montpelier. It is the seat
of a prefect. Pop. in 1820, 6,372.

Flour Town, a village in Montgomery Co. Pa.

Floyd, a county of Kentucky. Pop. 4,262.
Prestonburg is the capital. Also a county of In-
diana. Pop. 6,363. New Albany is the capital

Floyd, ph. Oneida Co. N. Y. Pop. 1,699.

Floydsburg, a village in Jefferson Co. Ken.

Flushing, a strong sea-port of Dutch Zealand,
in the island of Walcheren, on the N. side of
Western Scheldt, the entrance of which it de-
fends. It has a good harbour, and a great canal
runs through the town, which is deep enough to
admit loaded vessels. The stadthouse is a superb
building, after the model of that of Amsterdam.
Flushing was the birth place of admiral De Ruy-
ter, and has a capacious harbour and basin for
ships of the largest burthen. It is one of the na-
val depots of the Netherlands. Its trade is
chiefly smuggling. Pop. about 6,000. It is in
lat. 5i. 27. N.. and 3. 34. of E. long.

Flushing, a town of New York, in Queen’s
county, Long Island, situate on the E. side of
Hell-gate, 7 m. E. by N. of New York. Pop.

2,820.

Flushing, p.v. Belmont Co. Ohio.

Fluranna, a county of the E. District of Vir-
ginia, N. of James river, at the foot of the first
ridge of the Alleghany mountains. Pop. 8,221.
Palmyra is the chief town.

Fochabers, a town of Scotland belonging to
Murrayshire, though seated on the E. side of the
river Spey. It is 8 m. E. by S. of Elgin, and 22
W. of Banff.

Fochan, a populous village of China, in the vi-
cinity of Canton.

Fochea, or Foggia, a sea-port of Asiatic Tur-
key, in Natolia, with a castle. The Venetians
beat the Turkish fleet near this place, in 1650
It is seated on the gulf of Smyrna, at the influx
of the Hermus, 28 m. N. W. of Smyrna.' Long.
26 39. E., lat. 38. 44. N.

Foedwar, a town of Hungary, seated on the
W. bank of the Danube,^opposite Colocza, 40 m
S. of Buda. Pop. 2,500.

Fogaras, a town and castle of Transylvania, on
the river Alauta, 30 m. N. by E. of Hermadstadt.

Foggia, a town of Naples, in Capitanata. It is
a staple for corn and wool, and seated near the
Cerbero, 20 m. S. of Manfredonia; it suffered
greatly by an earthquake, in 1732. Pop. about

17,000.

Foglesville, a village in Lehigh Co. Pa.

Foglia, a river of Italy, which rises on the con
fines of Tuscany, crosses the duchy of Urbino,
and enters the gulf of Venice, at Pesaro.

Fogtizzo, or Foglino, a town of Piedmont, 5 m.
N. AV. of Chivasso, and 13 W. of Crescentino

Fogo. See Fuego.

Fohr, or Fora, an island of Denmark, about 12
m. in circumference, near the coast of Sleswick,
in the German Ocean, 65 m. N. of Heligoland.
Pop. about 5,500. Long. 8. 31. E., lat. 54. 44 .N.

Foix, a late district of France, in Languedoc,
adjoining the Pyrenees. It now forms, with
Couserans, the department of Arriege.