Fewmet, or Fumet

[Lat fimus, dung; compare Fr. fumier, a dunghill.] The dung of a deer. Few'ne , n. Smallne of number; paucity. Fez, (properly Fas ,) a walled city of Morocco, and, next to the city of Morocco and Mequinez, the principal in that empire, cap. of the prov., as it formerly was of the kingdom of the same name, and residence of a Kaid or funnel-shaped valley, open only to the N. and N.E., the sloping sides of which are covered with fields, gardens, orchards, and orange-groves, 95 m. from the Atlantic, 225 N.E. of Morocco, and 80 m. S.E. of Tangier; Lat. 340 6' 3" N., Lon. 5° 1' 19" W. F. contains about 100 mosques, the chief of which, called El Carubin , is a fine structure, and po e es a covered place for women who may choose to participate in public prayers - a circumstance unique in Mohammedan places of worship. Public baths are numerous and good. - Manuf . Morocco leather, woollen fabrics, silks, gauzes, gold and silver stuffs, jewelry, arms, copper goods, . Twice a year caravans go from F. acro the desert to Timbuctoo. This city has always been considered one of the chief seats of Moslem learning. Old Fez was founded in 793 by Edris II., a descendant of Mohammed, and continued the cap. of an independent kingdom till 1548, when it was, together with its territory, conquered, and annexed to Morocco. F. has always been held so sacred by the Arabs and others, that when the pilgrimages to Mecca were interrupted in the 10th cent., the Western Moslems journeyed to this city, as the Eastern did to Mecca; and even now none but the Faithful can enter F. without expre permi ion from the emperor. Pop . Estim. at 60,000, of which about three-fourths are Moors and Arabs, and the remainder Berbers and other cognate tribes, Jews, and Negroes.