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TAI-WAN. See Formosa. 



TAPA.IOS. One of the great arms of the 

 Amazon, in Para, northern Brazil. 



TARTARIA CHIENSIS. Chinese Tar- 

 tary includes Mantchooria, Mon- 

 golia, etc. 



TASMANIA, OR VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. 

 A large island, south of New South 

 Wales, Australia. 



TENASSERIM. A district on the west 

 coast of Farther India, above Ma- 

 laya. 



TENERIFFE. The largest of the Ca- 

 nary Islands ; its peak is over 

 12,000 feet high. 



TENNESSEE. One of the United 

 States of N. Am. ; it lies south of 

 Kentucky and north of Mississippi, 

 Alabama and Georgia. 



TERIOLIS. Tyrol. 



TERNATE. One of the Moluccas- 

 west of Gilola. 



TERRA DEL FUEGO. Land of Fire ; 

 south of Patagonia, from which it is 

 separated by Magellan's Strait. 



TEXAS. The largest of the United 

 States of N. Am. ; it joins Mexico 

 on the south-west, Indian Territory 

 on the north, Louisiana on the east, 

 and its south-east borders on the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



THIBET. Part of the Chinese Empire ; 

 lies north of eastern Hiudostan, west 

 of China proper and south of Mon- 

 golia. 



TIMOR. An island in Malaysia, south- 

 west of New Guinea, south of 

 Moluccas and south-east of Celebes. 



TOCANTIUS. A large river in north- 

 western Brazil. 



TONDANO. An island near Celebes. 



TRANSCAUCASIA. The country lying 

 between the Caspian and Black 

 Seas, south of the Caucasian Moun- ; 

 tains and north of Asiatic Turkey 

 and Persia. 



TRINIDAD. An island naar the north- 

 east of Venezuela. 



TULBAGH. A town in Worcester, 

 Cape Colony, southernmost part of 

 Africa ; named after the old colonial 

 governor, Ryk Van Tulbagh, who 



was much devoted to Natural His- 

 tory. 



TURCIA. Turkey ; the Turkish Em- 

 pire. 



TURAN, ^| Independent Tar- 



TURCOMANIA, > tary ; lies south-west 



TURKISTAN. J of Siberia, west of 

 Chinese Tartary, east of the Caspian 

 Sea and north of Persia and Afghan- 

 istan ; its northern part is occupied 

 by the Khirguis and its southern by 

 the petty kingdoms of Bokhara, 

 Khokan and Khiva, each ruled by 

 a Tartar chief or king. It is here 

 that the rare and gloomy-looking 

 Axiopena Maura, one of the largest 

 of the Arctiidse, is found. 



TY. Territory. 



TYROL. The most western province 

 of Austria, bordering on north-east 

 Italy. 



UCAYALI. A district in the north- 

 east of Peru ; it is watered by a 

 branch of the Amazon, of the same 

 name. 



UKRAINE. Regions on the River 

 Dnieper, Little Russia. 



UNIO AMER. United States of North 

 America. 



URAL MOUNTAINS. Great range of 

 mountains in east Russia, and be- 

 tween Russia and Siberia. 



URUGUAY. A state of S. America, 

 south of Brazil and east of Buenos 

 Ayres. 



U. S. Abbreviation of United States 

 of N. America ; also of Uncle Sam, 

 the familiar name by which the 

 people of the United States designate 

 their government. 



UTAH. See Mormon Land. 



VALAIS, [ One of the southern 



VALESIA. j Cantons of Switzerland. 



VALPARAISO. The most noted port 

 of Chili, on the west coast of South 

 America. 



VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. A large island 

 south-west of British America and 

 north-west of Washington Territory. 



VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. See Tasmania. 



VANNA VALAVA. One of the Fiji 

 Islands. 



