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LEFT FELDSPAR 112 FELLOWS 1547. He surpassed all his contempo- raries in philological, philosophical, his- torical, and medical knowledge, and about 1572 was crowned "king of poesy" in the court of the Emperor Akbar. Of his poems the most note- worthy are his lyrics. Their exalted pantheism brought on him the enmity of the orthodox Muslim clergy. He wrote also many double-rhymed poems; and a Persian imitation of the famous Indian epic ''Nala and Damajanti," de- signed to form the third member of an epic cycle. His scientific treatises were numerous. He died in 1595. FELDSPAR. See Felspar. FELID^, or FELINJE, the cat tribe, a family of carnivorous quadrupeds, in- cluding the domestic cat, lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, and lynxes. In these animals tht destructive organs reach the highest perfection. The head is short and almost rounded m its form. The principal instruments of their destruc- tive energy are the teeth and claws. They have six small incisors in each jaw, the exterior ones larger than the rest; two canine teeth in each jaw, eight praemolars in the upper jaw, and four in the lower, and generally four ilesh teeth, or true molars, in the upper jaw, and two in the lower, veiy large, sharp-edged, and terminated by two or three points. In addition to this the tongue is covered with small recurved prickles by which they can clean from the bones of their prey every particle of flesh. There are no quadrupeds in which the muscles of the jaws and limbs are more fully developed. The skeleton presents a light but well-built mechanism; the bones, though slender, are extremely compact; the trunk, having to contain the simple digestive apparatus requisite for the assimilation of highly organized animal food, is comparatively slender, and flattened at the sides. The mus- cular forces are thus enabled to carry the light body along by extensive bounds, and thus it is that the larger felines generally make their attack. The five toes of the fore-feet and the four toes of the hind-feet of cats are armed with very strong, hooked, sub- compressed, sharp claws. The lower surface of the foot is furnished with thick ball-like pads of the epidermis, on which the animal walks; this gives them the noiseless tread peculiar to this family. FELIX, CLAUDIUS, or ANTONIUS, a Roman procurator of Judea, before v/hom Paul so "reasoned of righteous- ness, temperance, and judgment to come," that he trembled, saying, "Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season I will call for thee." Felix rose from slavery, having been manumitted by Claudius Caesar. His rule in Judea, notwithstanding its se- verity or rather in consequence of it, was marked by constant disorders and disaffection; and but for the interest of his brother (the notorious freedman Pallas) with Nero, the charges carried up against him to Rome would have been his ruin. FELIX I., Bishop of Rome. He suc- ceeded Dionysius, 269, and suffered martyrdom in the persecution of Aure- lian. FELIX II., Pope. He occupied the pontifical see during the banishment of Liberiu-^, 355. In reply to a proposition for the recall of Liberius, it was pro- posed by the Emperor Constantius that Liberius and Felix should reign con- jointly, but the people exclaimed, "One God, one Christ, and one bishop!" Felix was exiled in 358, but became Pope again the same year, and died in 359. FELIX III., Pope; he succeeded Simplicius in 483. He had a holy dis- pute with the Emperor Zeno, in behalf of the Western Church, and died in 492. FELIX IV., Pope; a native of Be- nevento; he ascended the chair after John I., 526. He governed the Church with zeal and piety, and died in 530. He introduced extreme unction. FELIX v., antipope; the same as Amadeus VIII., Count of Savoy. See Amadeus. FELLAHS, the people in Egypt who live in villages and cultivate the soil. They form three-fourths of the popula- tion ; are the most ancient race in that country, and are generally believed to be the de'scendants of the old Egyptians, their physiognomy resembling that which is found on the ancient sculptures. FELLOWS, GEORGE EMORY, an American educator; born in Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1858. He graduated from Law- rence University in 1879 and studied in Germany and in Edinburgh University. For 10 years he taught in the high schools of Appleton, Wis., and other cities. In 1891 he was appointed professor of Euro- pean history of Indiana University, and from 1895 to 1902 was assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago. In 1902 he was appointed professor of the University of Maine, serving until 1911, when he resigned to become presi- dent of James Millikin University. In