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 FUMBINA with her needle. To withdraw Antony from Egypt, where the charms of Cleopatra de- tamed him, and to take revenge upon Octa- vius, who had affronted her by repudiating his wife, her daughter Clodia, she excited her brother-in-law Lucius Antonius to make war upon Octavius. The war was unsuccessful and Fulvia escaped to Greece, was reproached by Antony, who met her at Athens, and died of shame and regret at Sicyon FUMBINA. See ADAMAWA. ' FUNCHAL, a seaport town and the capital of the island of Madeira, on the S. E. coast, in lat. 32 37' N Ion. 16 54' 30" W. ; pop. about 25,000. It stands on a wide shallow bay, em- braced by the steep promontories of Punta da Cruz on the west and Cape Garajao on the east and enclosed in the rear by broken volcanic FftNEN 527 prefents a ' 7 M defended by f Ur forts ' It; walls of tl P; ctures( l 11 ?. appearance, the white walls of the houses, which are mostly of stone rn ? neV6r an * of > gaidens. The streets are narrow, with steep as- cents and paved with small stones. Travelling and the transfer of merchandise are done on sleds drawn by oxen. There are no public buildings of much elegance, and the numerous churches and convents have no architectural r 7 ' T T, cathedra1 ' however > ^serves mention. The harbor, which is covered by the forts, is indifferent. Fresh meat and poultry are sold at high prices, but the richest fruits, excellent fish, and vegetables may be had cheaply in abundance. The" town is resorted to by invalids from all countries on account of its delightful climate. The mean temperature Funchal. is about 68 F., and the difference between the hottest and coldest months (August and Febru- ary) averages only 10. The imports for 1871 amounted to $1,006,373 ; the exports to $796,- 800, of which wine constituted $633,000, near- ly the whole of which was sent to Great Brit- ain and the British colonies. The entrances to the port were 266 steamers and 205 sailing vessels. The trade is chiefly in the hands of the English residents. FUNDY, Bay of, a deep inlet of the Atlantic, separating the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It is about 170 m. long, and from 30 to 50 m. wide. From its mouth, between the S. W. extremity of Nova Scotia and the easternmost point of Maine, its coasts trend N. E. until near its upper extrem- ity it branches into two inlets ; the northern, called Chignecto bay, is about 30 m. Jong and 8 m. broad ; the southern bears the name of 341 VOL. vii. 34 Minas channel, and opens into Minas basin in Nova Scotia. At St. John, N. B., situated at the mouth of the river St. John, on the N. coast, the bay is 36 m. wide, and it continues of nearly uniform width from that point to its branching. It is deep, but difficult of naviga- tion. It is remarkable for its extraordinary tides, which rush up from the sea with such rapidity as sometimes to overtake swine feeding on shellfish on the shores, and rise in Minas basin 40 ft., and in Chignecto channel 60 ft. Grand Manan, Campo Bello, and Long islands lie at the mouth of the bay, which receives the rivers St. John and St. Croix. FUNEN (Dan. Fyen an island of Denmark, having on the N. the S. W. prolongation of the Cattegat, E. the Great Belt, W. the Little Belt, and S. the archipelago connecting the two Belts; area about 1,160 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 217,244, including the inhabitants of a