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TW* art Ore* faUe, which are defended by ttrong Wockhou.ee. 

 Tfce oumU are capable of containing 3000 men. Teme*war u 

 tfce tea* of the BoMUlCkUtoUe bnhop of Csanod, and of the *chis- 

 ^aalfa (jnok bishop of Tfiti " jr : tere too are the mperior courts of 

 jwliM fur the CrowuUmi aoil the office* of tht governor, a military 

 a great anenal, and many other office* connected with the 

 itliin The most remarkable buildingi are, the old castla 



of John Hunyady, the 6oc Gothic cathedral of St George, the cathe- 

 dral of th trtiitmelln Greek*, the Roman Catholic pariah church, the 

 ikarrtll of the Fairitto. and of the eemioary ; the elegant resilience 

 of the JN*I*HT of Catnad. the remarkably fine building in which the 

 chapter roidea, the hoaw of the commander of the military frontier 

 on the panda, the Urge and handsome county-hall in the great square, 

 the barrack*, the military and civil hospitals, the synagogue, and the 

 ffterita town ball, wbich contain* a theatre and aeembly-rootin. 



Teneewar haa three suburb*, one before each gate, at the distance 

 of SOO pact*. with fine avenue* of tree* leading to them. Before the 

 VVaoa gate is the suburb Mkh.ili, inhabited by Wallachians, who 

 ban their own churobw, and whoso occupations are agriculture aud 

 the breeding of cattle. Before the Peterwardein gate is Joeephstadt, 

 a* extremely plraaant suburb, with very broad straight streets, and 

 tr*ee planted in front of the houses. The inhabitants of this suburb 

 are Germans. The fine Bega Canal passes through the mid.ile of this 

 oburb, and communicates with the Danube. Before the Transyl- 

 vania gate lie* the manufacturing luburb, to called from the great 

 manufactories that were formerly established here, but most of which 

 were broken up in 1733, when a Turkish war was apprehended. In 

 Uiis suburb there is a hydraulic engine, by means of which water is 

 eoDTeyed in iron pipes underground into the fortress. There is a con- 

 siderable trade at Temeswar in the productions of the country, and 

 some manufacture* of cloth, paper, iron-wire, and silk. Under the 

 walls of Temeewar, the Magyar insurgent* were utterly and finally 

 debated by tho Austrian* under Marshal Haynau, August 9, 1S49. 



Luget, or Lujfotek, capital of tho circle of the same name aud of 

 the Kraaeova dittrict, U situated about 20 miles E. from Temoswar, 

 on the Teme*, which divides the town into two parts, one of which 

 oo the left bank U inhabited chiefly by Germans, while the part on 

 the right bank U inhabited chiefly by Wullachiaus and Rascians. 

 The population U about 10,000. 



Btattnt, or rather Gnat liectktrei; chief town of the circle of 

 that name and of the district of Toroutal, U situated on the Bega, a 

 little below the junction of the Bega CanaL It is a place of some 

 trade, and has about 12,000 inhabitant*. 



Zombor, in the Bacsca, is situated on the Mosztuukn, near tho 1'ranzen 

 Canal and the Danube, by means of which it carries ou some trade 

 in corn and cattle. It has important silk manufactures and about 

 22,000 inhabitants, mostly Illyriana. The town is the seat of a Greek 

 bishop, hat several Catholic and Greek churches, and a gymnasium. 



Xtutali, also on the Bacsca, U situate.! nearly opposite Peterwardein, 

 on the left bank of the Danube, and has about 20,000 inhabitants, 

 who trade extensively on the Danube, the Tht-iss, aud the Save, with 

 the principalities and the frontier provinces of Turkey. The town, 

 which is iucloaed by walls, and is joined to Peterwardein by a cause- 

 way and a bridge of boats, hat numerous churches belonging to 

 Catholics, Greek*, and Armenians, a synagogue, a gymnasium, and 

 several special schools. Danube steamers put in at Meusatz. 



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TKN'ASSKIUil is a long slip of country lying along the upper 

 part of the wett coast of the Malay Peninsula, acquired from the 

 I'.irtnan empire by the peace of Yandobo, in 1820, and forms now a 

 province of the government of Penang, in the presidency of Bengal. 

 A continuous range of mountains, varying in elevation from 3000 to 



900 feet, runt along the peninsula, and forms the division between 

 Tenaaterim and Siam ou the east, while the Saluen, which falls into 

 the Gulf of MarUban, forms for tome distance the boundary of 

 Hirmah on the wett At iU southern extremity it narrows to a poiut 

 where the rivrr Pake-bain, which u navigable for 40 miles, by a portage 

 of about 20 mile*, rcachea to a Siamese river which falls into the Gulf 

 of Siam near the town of Bardia. At this point the ridge of moun- 

 tain* which trparaUt Tonatterim from Siam appoaches the shore, but 



i the north it extend* backward* to a distance of about 100 miles. 

 The total ana i* about 30,000 square miles, and tho population has 

 been estimated at about 100,000. The toil U. on tho whole, fertile, 

 bat Uw production* are few and inconsiderable, and the chief exports 

 have been a .in ill quantity of rice and tome teak timber ; cofleo and 

 nrtattg*. have be-n cultivated with *ome success. Domestic animals 

 araiK* numerous, exc -pt the bnflalo, wbich U of large size. Tigers, 

 uphill la, and rbioootroeet are numerous, a* ara also various species 

 of deer. Among the bir-1* are found parrots, the In.iian peacock, 

 .*MU aitt. hawk*, aud pigeom; and the Jfirundo CKKUntiu 

 breeds in the cliff, of tho inUnd* of the Mergui Archipelago, the nests 

 ch are collected in considerable number* aud told to the 



hinee; fish b abundant i b vhe neighbouring sra, aud tropoug, tor- 



tttuU, and ambergris are obtained. Tho climate i* considered 



r. There are two teatou* at Moulmeiu ; the rains commence 



towards tho end of May, and for three months are heavy and incei- 

 sant, but they diminish in September, and ceaw in October, wliich is 

 the hottest part of the year. Tlie thermometer has never been known 

 la rise above 90 j in June it varies between 72 and 76. 



The country is known to be rich iu minerals. Gold is found in 

 small quantities in some of the rivers. Tin is the only metal which 

 has been worked. Iron-ore of good quality i found iu abundance in 

 several place*, especially in the districts south of the Tenasserim 

 river. Antimony occurs in the neighbourhood of Moulmein. There 

 are extensive coal-measures on the bank!) of the Tenasserim River. 

 The coal is generally of good quality, and the best kind is near the 

 banks of tho river below the last rapids, so that it can be brought to 

 Mergui at moderate expense. 



The rivers are numerous, but those in the southern parts have very 

 short courses, descending from the mountains which form the v. 

 shed between it and Siam. The most important are those whi.'h 

 run parallel with the mountains, such as the Tenasserim, which rise* 

 iu about 15 N. lilt, and flows in a southern direction for more than 

 200 miles in a straight Hue. Tho upper part of its course ia broken 

 by rapids as low down as 13 15' N. lat, up to which the tides ascend, 

 but in the dry season it becomes there very shallow. At its confluence 

 with the Little Tenasserim it becomes deeper, and here the town of 

 Tetiosscritn is built, up to which vessels of 100 tons burden can 

 ascend. It then takes a turn to the north and disembogues itself by 

 several mouths a little south of the town of Mergui. The river 

 Tavoy, which rises near 15 N. lat, has a course of not less than 1 00 

 miles. The town of Tavoy is in 14 J 7' N. lat, and so far vessels of 

 120 tons burden may ascend. The navigation is intricate, owing to 

 tho numerous shoals and low islands. The Saluen rises in YUM n:in 

 in China, and runs in a southerly direction between Biruiah and the 

 Shan states (Laos) subject to Siam. At its confluence with tho 

 Thoung-Yin, though it brings down a great volume of water, an 1 H 

 only 100 miles from the Gulf of Mortaban, it is not navigable, owing 

 to the numerous rapids. In 17 N. lat. it is divided into two streams 

 by Colan Island, aud the eastern branch then becomes navigable. The 

 Zitang, the Atta-yan, and the Gyeng, fall into the Saluen nsar it) 

 mouth. The confluence of these rivers forms a broad sheet of water, 

 15 miles long from north-east to south-west, and from 5 to G miles 

 wide, interspersed with numerous small islands, and separated from 

 the sea by the island of Pelew Gewen, 20 miles long and 10 niilrs 

 wide. The channel running westward along the end of the island is 

 called the Martaban River : the eastern channel runs due south past 

 Moulmein. Amherst is lower down, and though there are nome 

 dangerous sands, there is from 11 to 5 fathoms water up to the town. 



Numerous islands occur along the western coast of the peninsula 

 without the Ganges, between 14 40' and 8 N. lat. North of 12 

 N. lat. they extend to the distance of 70 or 80 miles from the shore, 

 but south of 12 N. lat. they occupy a space of only 30 miles iu width. 

 These islands are comprehended under the collective name of tho 

 Mergui Archipelago. The larger islands from north to south are 

 Tavoy Island, King's Island, Ross Island, Domel Island, Kisseraing 

 Island, Sullivan Island, and Kalegouk, or Beutinck Island. Tavoy 

 harbour, on the east side of that island, is safe and good, and nll'ords 

 on abundant supply of wood' aud water, aud with the other islands to 

 tho southward affords a continuous anchorage for 50 miles. Tho 

 spring-tides rise here 50 feet The harbour of King's Island Bay, 

 opposite the town of Mergui, is spacious and safe, but the entrance 

 has some difficulties, as a shoal extends over a part of it Beutiuck 

 Sound, on the east side of the island, also affords good anchorage. 



The inhabitants of the province are a mixed race ; Birnians, Th.v 

 lians, Siamese, and Karens. The greater part of them are Buddhists 

 in religion. Of the towns, which are few, AMHERST and MOULMEIN 

 have been noticed. Tavoy is small, but it has some commerce with. 

 Rangoon and Mergui. Mergui has the advantage of a safe and well- 

 protected harbour. The roadstead is between the mainland aud 

 Madramacau Island, with a soft bottom in from 6 to It! fathoms 

 water, where large vessels are sheltered from all winds. The neigh- 

 bourhood is well adapted for plantations of spice-trees, aud is con- 

 veniently situated for commercial intercourse overland with Bangkok 

 and the countries of Siam which surround the gulf of that name. 

 Tenasserim, an ancient town, was destroyed in the wars between the 

 Siamese and the Birmaus ; it is now iu ruins. Coal has beeu found 

 iu the neighbourhood. 



TENBURY, Worcestershire, formerly called Temobury, a small 

 market-town, and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, in the parish of 

 Teubury, is situated in a fertile district ou the right bank of tho river 

 Teme, in 52 18' N. lat, 2' 35' W. long., distant 22 miles N.W. by \V. 

 from Worcester, and 133 miles VV.N.W. from London. The pomilii- 

 tiou of the parish of Tenbury in 1851 was 1786. The living is a 

 vicarago in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Hereford. Ten- 

 bury Poor- Law Union contains 19 parishes and towusbips, with an 

 area of 35,911 acres, and a population iu 1851 of 7017. 



At Teubury the river Teme separates Worcestershire from Shrop- 

 shire, and is crossed by a stone bridge of six arches. The Kyre, a 

 small but rapid stream, wliich falls into tho Teino at the upper end of 

 Teubury, often occasions inundations iu the town : this river is also 

 crossed by a handsome bridge. The Leominster Canal pa-i-cn near th-.; 

 town. There is a considerable trade in hops, cider, and perry. A 



