French Horn

(-horn.) (Mus.) A musical instrument consisting of a long, winding, copper tube, gradually expanding in size from the mouthpiece to the bell, or orifice. It po e es a compa of 30 octaves, and is capable of producing tones of great sweetne . French River, in Canada West, after rising in Lake Nipi ing, takes a W. course till it empties into Georgian Bay, in N. Lat. 51° 8', W. Lon. 81° 5'. [s. 386]