Fayal, one of the Azores (q.v.). The island (area, 69 sq. m.; pop. 26,264) is fertile, has a mountain 3000 feet in height, and on its south-east coast a bay with good anchorage, on which stands the town of Horta.
Fayal
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 568
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