TAUK1UA. 



TElUNMo 



sol 



... i 



oo. Aia.boTUB.orCape Aia OMO fort high); 

 i or the a*>irn pout M called Korax. 

 i* MTiesJ from UM eoart of Asia by th. 



, . ,* Strait of Kertoh or YeuikaU. In th. 



jttlo of UM Crimea * a mall peuinxila tanninaUd 

 mm. Mki iooloeod OB UM north by the Gulf of AebUar. 

 milrn Porto* Ktona* : ami on the aouth by the 

 the aaoiert Porto* Brmbolorum. OB thi. penin- 

 Boeof lOOotedio from the promontory Parthenion. 

 of Chexoeesua. whioh wa. a colony of Heraclea in 

 isfms dMtlH'l**"' ..the HermoUioUc Cbenonesu*. 

 ._ itMif wa* called the Small Chenononu, and the 

 r*unca th* Great Chereooeon*. for th. cake of di*- 

 tortl- The other important town* were, on the Mhmu*. TlapArw, 

 BOW niii*io. OB UM west coa*t fmpflonm, now facto*, built bv Mithn- 

 drt**J EeiMtor; OB UM out ooort Tktodotia, now Kt/it, A'a/a, or 

 JM***o, B colony of the Milori*n ; and near tho eastern extremity of 

 UM pMUMwU. OB UM Bosporus, J*mfip*JBn. BOW Ktrtek. There 

 wwerTrral town, in the interior, of which one wa* named Ciwrio. 



Tho earlieat inhabitant, of the peniiuula appear to hare been the 

 ChMMTtana. (HetwL. ir. 1. 11, 12.) Clear trace* of thi* people 

 nmslB ia UM name, of Cimmerian, the Cimmerian Bosporus, the 

 Oiiimasui Chononoma (at the peninaula waa eometimea called), and 

 to lei MiillssB B*m of Crimea and Crim-Tartary. A Scythian or 

 MM horde Men to hare early mixed with or partially expelled the 

 Ctmmrni. In the erlieH notice, of the Chenounu*. by Greek 

 lie.1*. wo tod the mountainous region of the south and mth-t *t 

 I by a piratical people, called Tauri, from whom the Cher- 

 ra* called Taurica, and whooe name remains in that of tho 

 TB Ro*Bun protinc* of Taurida, in whioh the Crimea is included. 

 ooto.1 (ir. W) aay* that the Tauri wrre a different people from 

 i Scythian*. It slims probable that the Tauri were a remnant of 

 i obi Cimmerian inhabitant*, who bad maintained themselve* in the 



and that they got the-name of Tauri from this very cir- 

 tau ' being an old root, meaning a mountain. The 

 Tauri wore reputed by the Greek* to be inhoepitable and cruel to 



they were said to offer human aaerifioea, especially of 

 d maiinari, to a virgin goddea*. whose temple stood on the 

 r of Parthenion. IB tbi* temple Iphigeneia, the datichter 



Men, wae a prieetee* ; and Herodotus says that the Tauri 

 Iphigetwia with the goddexa, His legend enters into the 



on of the Iphigeoeia in Tanri* ' of Euripides. 

 From about toe sixth century before Christ downwards, several 

 Oreek eolonUe were planted on the Chenonese, and these were 

 gradually formed into two states, that of Chenonesn*, comprehending 

 the seaallss pnunsul* on the *outh-wet, and the kingdom of Bosporus 

 on UM eouth*a*t. These two etatea were united under Hithridates. 

 [BovoBC*; CKIMBA.] 



TAURl'DA. a gorernmeot of South Uunia, situated on the Black 

 Baa, eooeiits of the Crimea or Tauric Pminrala and the Nogay Steppe. 

 It is bounded N.W. by Kherson, N.R by the country of the Don 

 Ooeiaka, B. by Oaoeaeia, a K. by the Kuban, and S. by the Black Sea. 

 The Crimea is described in a separate article. (CRIMEA.] The area, 

 KJielre of UM Seiwash, or Putrid Sea (which corers 900 square 



), i* 84,617 eqoar* mile*, with 678,200 inhabitant* of many 

 dinereat nation*. Tartan, CotMks, RuuiaM, Jew., Gipsies, German*, 

 aod other foreim colonUU, *c. It lie* between 44 80' and 47" 60' 

 K. lat, SI* 16' and 40' 23" E. long. The Nogay Steppe include, the 

 whole of UM exteoarc country from the Dnieper and it* liman* to the 

 ilerda. It is a dry elerated steppe, on a basis of granite. The soil 

 i* dry, poor, in part sandy, and saltish, without wood ; but there arc 

 her* and there *xten<ire hollow* with rich black mould, which pro- 

 doos the Boret graas. The climate U extremely mild, and differs 

 little from that of the penuwul*. The winter, though short, i* severe. 

 The only riven are thoee which form the boundaries : the Dnieper 

 oa UM north-won, the Kon.kaia on the north, and the Berda on the 

 east, Oo UM mth-eaat of the iteppe ia the Sea of Axof, and on the 

 outh-wo* th. Oulf of Perekop and th* Black Sea. [Rou.] In the 

 Xoay Steppe ire numerous lake*, some of them of oondderable lixe. 

 Lake Molotachnaia, into whioh the river MoloUchnaia run*, and which 

 ic eeparated from tho Sea of Axof by a narrow sandy *pit, cover* an 

 area of over 106 square mile*. The outhern coast of the steppe 

 premu a mat number of thoee remarkable long narrow projections 

 of aandv alluvial depoeit* called Koeaa, or tongue.. 1 

 Tho bog tongue wort of the Oulf of Perekop and south of the 

 *o*ry of UM Dnieper, WM anciently oalled Achille... Dromoe. or 

 no of Aohill**, from B legend, which gave it to Achilles a* a 

 on whioh to ozonise hi* celebrated awiftne** of foot This 

 . M Bailee ia length, including the part of the 

 it wa* attached near Ha centre. The weetem 

 of it is BOW iMlated by a Barrow gap, and forma the Koea 

 To the north of the Koea T.ndra I* another long but rather 

 broad aad oototwd projection, which separatee the Bay of Kil-buruu 

 from UM fjrtMry of UM Dnieper, and i* al*o called Kil-burun, which 

 i* I'irrupoi.B of ArhUI-bunm, or Cap. Achillea, for the name of the 

 ' with Mv.ral localities in the weet of the Black 

 buniB ia further corrupted in many map* and 

 Md Kioboum. Tbe |int of Kil-buruu and 



both aide* of UM bay bare been recently atrougly fortified by thu 



The country of the Teohernomonki, or lUack Si-a Conaka, incluiliug 

 the ULuid or peuiiuula of Tiuuan, U *e|>arxted from the I 

 by the Strait of Yuuikale. It was formerly included iu the g 

 ment of Tauridn. but now form* a separate region, territorially 

 connected with Ciroawia, and under the peculiar K ( the 



Couak diitrioU of the empire. ICnicigBU ; Coasio; KIHAN; 

 TAMAN.] The only town* worth oamiug in the government "i 'i'^nri <1 -i 

 are thoee of the Crimea, which are noticed either under that head or 

 in separate article*. [CniMi.v; I!AKI\ u:> si:.\i ; B.M..U.I.AVA; KAFFA; 

 orr.l 



TAUUOMKX1UM. [MKSSIWA, I'rovinoe of.] 



TAURUS, and ANli-TAURUS. [ANAIOLIA.] 



TAVASTEHUS. [FIKUASU.] 



TAVIRA. [Aui-viivK.] 



T.V \ 1 i 'evoushire, a market-town, parliamentary borough, 



and the neat of a Poor Law Union, in the parinh of Tuvietock, is M 

 on the riht bank of the river Tavy, in :>(> :!:'.' N. lat, 4 1 10' \V. long., 

 diatant 11 mile* N. from Plymouth, 31 miles S.W. by \V. from ICxeter, 

 and 133 mil** W.S.W. from London by road. The town is g<>\ 

 by a portreeve, and returns two member* to the Imperial Parliament. 

 The population of the parliamentary borough iu Ib51 wan 80o6. Tin- 

 living in a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Totnesa and diocese of 

 Ex< u-r. TavUtock Poor-Law Union contains 24 p.iiiihcs and twn- 

 hipe, with an area of 152,434 acre*, and a population iu lis.M of 

 27,860. 



At TavUtock the Tavy Bows rapidly through a narrow valley, from 

 which the ground rue* steeply on both sides to tho h<-iglit of . 

 hundred feet. The river U crowed by two bii'lc-s wiiliiu tin; tuwn. 

 A narrow valley, or gully, from the north, ii covered by house*. In 

 901 an abbey waa founded at TavUtock, which was burnt by tin- 

 Dane*, and afterwards rebuilt on a larger cal<-. Henry I. (11 

 granted to the abbot a weekly market and a fair. Iu 1039 tin 

 abbot surrendered the abbey to the kiue, when its revenue wo* esti- 

 mated at 902A A printing- press was established in the abbey soon 

 after the introduction of the art into England. Fragments of the 

 abbey Rtill remain, but they are chiefly incorporated with other 

 building*. The upper room of the gate-house contains a public library. 

 The parish church U a spaci HIS edifice, with n towr at the west end 

 supported on arches. The Independents, Unitarians, Quakers, and 

 Wesleyan and Association Methodists have places of worship. There 

 are in the town a Grammar school ; National, British, and Infant 

 schools; almshousea for 19 poor persons; and a havings bank. Tin: 

 Tavistock Institution has n small collection of Devonshire minerals. 

 Tavistock has had the privilege of returning two members to parlia- 

 ment since I'J'.O. (23 Edward I.). 



Tavistock is one of tho four stannary towns in the county of Devon. 

 A county court is held in the town. Friday is the market-day : * 

 fairs and great cattle markets are held in the course of the year. A 

 canal connects Tavistock with the rive T T.im.ir at Morn-ell Ham quay, 

 and with the town of Plymouth, Sir Francis Drake was a na: 

 Tavintock. 



TAVOUEKE. [CAI'IT.YNATA.] 



TAWI-TAWI. ISoouxj ISLANDS.] 

 TAWTON, NORTH. [DEVOXSIIIIIK.] 



TAV. IPBRTBBniRF..] 



TAYGETUS. [LACOKIOA.] 



TCHAD. LAKK. [AFRICA.] 



TCHADDA. fN'i.jER.] 



TC1IERNIOOV. ICxBiixiiior.] 

 \u. |LAVOR'), TKRRA U!.] 



TEATli (AmiuzTOl 



TKDDINUl'ON'. IJliDDi.iaBX.] 



TEDSI. [MAIIOCCO.] 



TKKS. (DritHAM.] 



TKKSDALE, a district extending on both sides of th.- river Tee', 

 in the North Hiding of Yorkshire and tho county of Durham 

 [GREAT BRITAIN ; I MIUIAM], which given name to a Poor-Law I'nioii. 

 The Union contains 44 parishes and 1 with an area of 



171. Hi2 acre*, and a population in 18.11 of 1U.813. The Union work- 

 housa is at UABXARD CASTI.K ; the district of which the Un 

 composed extends for several miles on each side of that town. 



TEESTA, HIVKIt. IBEHUAL.] 



TEFia.S. ITiFLU.) 



TI:K/,A. [MABOCCO.] 



TEOEA. IARCAIU\.| 



TEiiirCIGALPA ::.vs.] 



I KUAN. [1'KRSIA.] 



TEHUACAN. [MKXlco.l 



TKIII-A', I MEXICO.] 



TK1ONMOUTH, Deronahli ..wn.intl;. I'East 



and Went Teignmouth, i ituated at the mouth of the river Teign, nn 

 its left bank, in 60" 38' N. lat, 3 :U \V. lung., distant 

 from Exeter, 178 miles S.W. by \V. from London by road, nn 

 mile* by the Great- Western and Uriatol and Exeter railways. Tho 

 population of the town of Teignmouth in li-r,l WM 5013. The livings 

 are in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. 



