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SuRUGA Bay; deep indentation on the south coast of Hondo, west of the peninsula of 



Idzu. 

 Suwo; province near the extreme western point of Hondo, facing the; Inland Sea. 

 SuzuGA YAM a; samc as Sudzaka yama. 

 Taihoku; Japanese name for Taipa or Taipe, especially the inner walled purliou of 



the town. 

 Tainan; same as Taiwan-fu. 



Taipa, or Taipe; Japanese Taihoko, the capital of Formosa, near the northern extrem- 

 ity of that island. 

 Taiwan; Chinese and Japanese name for Formosa. 

 Taiwanfu; former name of Tainan, the capital of southern Formo.sa, on the west coast 



of the island under 23° North latitude. 

 Tajima; same as Tazima. 



Takao; port in south Formosa, south of Taiwanfu. 

 Takow; same as Takao, Formosa. 

 Tamba; province at the base of the western extension of Hondo, not far from Kyoto 



and Osaka. 

 Tamsui; seaport near the northern extremity of Formosa. 

 Tanega shima; one of the islands of the Osumi group, Riu Kiu. 

 Tango; province near the base of the western extension of Hondo, facing the Sea of 



Japan. 

 Tazima; province on the western extension of Hondo, west of Tango, and facing the sea 



of Japan. 

 Tchi-tchi-shima; same as Chichi shima. 



ToKARA group; a series of small islands in the Riu Kiu Archipelago between Yaku 



shima and Amami-6-shima. The southernmost island of this group is Yoko shima. 



Tokuchimura; village on the west side of Okinawa shima, the type-locality of 



Callophis boettgeri Fritz e. 

 Tokuno shima; one of the islands of the Amami-o-shima subgroup, Riu Kiu. 

 Tokyo ; capital of Japan. 



Tori shima; small, volcanic island, lying due west of Tokuno shima, of the Amami- 

 o-shima .subgroup, but geologically reckoned to the Okinawa subgroup, Riu Kiu. 

 TosA, or Toza; province in Shikoku, occupying nearly the entire southern coast of the 



island. 

 ToTOMi; province on the south coast of central Hondo, between Suruga Bay and 



Owari Bay. 

 Toyokagawa; river in the pi'ovince of Tazima. 

 Toza; Same as Tosa. 



TsuKUBA Mountain; northeast of Tokyo, in the province of Hitachi. 

 Tsu-shima; two large islands in the strait separating Japan from Korea. 

 Unzen-dake; same as Mount Onsen. 

 Vries Island; same as 0-shima, Idzu. 

 Waheizan; Japanese name for Hoa-pin-su. 

 Yaeyama Island; same as Ishigaki shima. 



Yaeyama Islands; subgroup of the Saki shima group, consisting of the Ishigaki 

 shima, Iriomote shima, Yonaguni shima, Hateruma shima, etc. Sometimes used 

 in the same sense as Saki shima, thus including M'yakoshima. 

 Yaku shima; one of the islands of the Osumi group, Riu Kiu. 

 Yamagawa; town in the province of Satsuma, at the western entrance to Kagoshima 



Bay near the south end of Kiusiii. 

 Yamashiro; province in southwestern Hondo, in which Kyoto is situated. 

 Yamato; province in the center of the large peninsula of southwestern Hondo, between 



the Bays of Owari and Osaka. 

 Yayeyama; same as Yaeyama. 



