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LEFT FIFTH-MONARCHY MEN 130 FILIBUSTER and a coast line of 108. The surface is for the most part a succession of valleys and hills. Agriculture is carried on in an adranced state. There are important coal and iron mines and lime quarries. The chief industries are the manufacture of linens, oil-cloth, paper, and malt liquors. The principal river is Eden, which flows N. E. into the North Sea. Pop. about 270,000. FIFTH-MONARCHY MEN, in Eng- lish history, a set of fanatics who formed a principal support of Cromwell during the Protectorate. They considered his assumption of power as an earnest of the foundation of the fifth monarchy, which should succeed to the Assyrian, the Per- sian, the Grecian, and the Roman, and in which Jesus Christ should reign with the saints on earth for the space of 1,000 years. Upon the restoration of the royal family, and the return of the kingdom to its former principles in Church and State, a party of these enthusiasts, head- ed by a man of the name of Venner, made a desperate insurrection in the streets of London, which was put down with the slaughter of a great number of them. FIGURE, in arithmetic, a character employed to represent a number. The Arabic figures are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, by combinations of which any pos- sible number can be represented. In as- trology, a horoscope; a diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. In dancing, the several steps which a dancer makes in order and cadence, considered as they form certain figures on the floor. In geometry, a diagram or drawing made to represent a magnitude upon a plane surface. In logic, the form of the syl- logism with respect to the position of the Middle Term. In music, a form of melody or accompaniment maintained throughout the phrase in which it is sug- gested. In a melody, figure is called se- quence. In harmony, a figure relates to the rhythmical observance of a certain form in all the accompanying chords to the melody. Also a musical phrase, or a florid melody. In rhetoric, any mode of speaking or writing in which words are distorted or deflected from their literal and primitive sense; the use of figura- tive language or expressions ; a deviation from the rules of analogy or syntax, FIJI ISLANDS, a group of over 250 islands belonging to Great Britain, in the South Pacific Ocean. Their total area is 7,083 square miles. The two largest are the Viti Levu, with an area of 4,053 square miles, and the Vanua Levu, with an area of 2,180 square miles. The islands are mostly mountainous, and have a fertile soil, and luxuriant vegetation. The forests contain valuable timber. There is a tropical climate, but it is healthy for Europeans, of whom there are about 3,500. In 1874 the group was voluntarily ceded to England by the king and chiefs. The government is admin- istered by a governor and an executive council. The legislative council consists of 7 elected and 12 nominated members, appointed by the governor. The prin- cipal exports are sugar, copra, and fruit. Besides two government grammar schools, there are many mission schools. The pop. on Dec. 31, 1919, was 163,84 (. FILAMENT, a slender, thread-like process; a fiber or fine thread of which flesh, nerves, skin, roots, etc., are com- posed. In botany, that part of the sta- men which supports the anther. The fila- ment is usually, as its name imports, fili- form or thread-like, cylindrical, or slightly tapering toward its summit. It is often, however, thickened, compressed, and flattened in various ways. It some- times assumes the appearance of a petal, or becomes petaloid. The filament is usually of sufficient solidity to support the anther in an erect position ; but some- times, as in grasses, Littorella, and Plantago, it is very delicate and capillary or hair-like, so that the anther is pendu- lous. The filament is usually continuous from one end to the other, but in some cases it is bent or jointed. In electricity, the carbon thread or conductor in an ex- hausted glass lamp bulb, which becomes incandescent by its resistance to the elec- tric current. FILANDER, in zoology, Halmaturns asiaticus, a species of kangaroo found in the N. of Australia, in the region of King George's Sound. It is about the size of a common rabbit, and has a scaly tail. It is also called the short -tailed kangaroo. FILARIA. in zoology, a genus of Entozoa, of the order Ccelelmintha, and family Nematoidea. The body is filiform, very long, and nearly uniform; head not distinct from the body; mouth round or triangular, naked or with papilse; it is white, yellowish, or red. They are most commonly found in the abdominal cavity and between the peritoneal folds of mam- malia and birds, in the air-cells of the latter. Species are also met with in reptiles, fishes, and insects. Filaria medmensis or gxiinea worm is common in hot climates. FILIBUSTER, a sea-rover; a pirate; a corsair; a freebooter, or buccaneer; sometimes applied to any military adven- turer who undertakes an expedition against a territory, unauthorized by law