Ferryden

Ferryden, a Forfar fishing-village, at the South Esk's mouth, opposite Montrose. Pop. 1382.

Ferryport

Ferryport. See Tayport.

Fesa

Fesa, or Fasa, a town of Persia, 60 miles SE. of Shiraz. Pop. 18,000.

Festiniog

Festiniog, a village of Merionethshire, North Wales, 22 miles by rail WNW. of Bala, and 3 1/2 S. of Blaenau-Festiniog. Standing amid waterfalls and mountains (the loftiest Moelwyn, 2529 feet), it is a great tourist centre. Blaenau-Festiniog, 27 miles SSW. of Llandudno Junction, and 13 NE. of Port Madoc by the 'Toy Railway' (1869), is a town of recent growth, inhabited chiefly by slate-quarrymen. Population (1851) 3460 ; (1881) 11,274; (1901) 11,435.

Fettercairn

Fettercairn, a Kincardineshire village, 12 miles NNW. of Montrose. Pop. 358.

Fettes College

Fettes College (Fet'tez), a fine Gothic public school (1870), on the N. side of Edinburgh.

Fichtelgebirge

Fichtelgebirge (Fihh'tel-ge-beer'geh, g's hard), a mountain-system of NE. Bavaria, once covered with pines (Fichte, 'pine'), the watershed of the Elbe, Rhine, and Danube. It culminates in Schneeberg (3461 feet) and Ochsenkopf (3334).

Fidra

Fidra, an islet with a lighthouse, 24 miles WNW. of North Berwick.

Field Place

Field Place. See Horsham.

FiesolO

FiesolO (Fyay'zo-lay; Lat. Fœsulœ), one of the most ancient of Etruscan cities, 3 miles NE. of Florence. It has a cyclopean wall, a Roman amphitheatre, a cathedral (1028), etc. Pop. 2000.

Fife Ness

Fife Ness, the eastmost point of Fife, is a low headland. A mile NNE. in the sea is the dangerous Carr Reef, with (since 1886) a lightship.

Figeac

Figeac (Fee-zhak'), a town in the French dep. of Lot, 32 miles ENE. of Cahors. Pop. 5770.

Figueira

Figueira (Fee-gay'ee-ra), a watering-place in the Portuguese province of Beira, at the mouth of the Mondego, 23 miles W. by S. of Coimbra. Pop. 5470.

Figueras

Figueras (Fee-gay'ras), a town in the north-east corner of Spain, 25 miles N. of Gerona by rail, below the fortress of San Fernando. Pop. 12,170.

Filey

Filey, a rising watering-place on the east coast of Yorkshire, 9 miles SE. of Scarborough by rail, occupies a picturesque site on cliffs overlooking Filey Bay. It has a spa and an ancient cruciform church. Pop. (1851) 1511; (1901) 3003, engaged mainly in fishing.

Finchley

Finchley, a Middlesex urban district, 7 1/4 miles NNW. of London. Pop. 22,126.

Findhorn

Findhorn, (1) a beautiful Scottish river, rising among the Monadhliath Mountains at an altitude of 2800 feet, and running 62 miles north-eastward through Inverness, Nairn, and Elgin shires, till it enters the Moray Firth at Findhorn village by a triangular lagoon, 2 miles long and 2 3/8 wide. Its waters abound in salmon and trout. At one place it rose nearly 50 feet in the disastrous floods of August 1829, known as the 'Moray floods.' - (2) An Elginshire seaport, 5 miles N. of Forres. Pop. 486.

Findlay

Findlay, capital of Hancock county, Ohio, 37 miles SW. of Fremont, with foundries, flour-mills, etc. Pop. (1880) 4633; (1900) 17,613.