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h>iwtion "i tti. 



-.,,' i . 



. !,'.!- 



ud ' 



ill tin- 

 Ill' 

 ! Ollc- 

 le of till' t. 



also ret.., i.- his pah- 



of Snrbojce. who 



ous i. 



wus intrusted by him at I 



,,va:z. Of the circu: which the 



, vwcr was ultimately obtained by Sarboj. . 

 ,', the half-brother of Tuljajee, an account is 

 given in the ar VHZ. 



\--xt Iinliii Malcolm's '/' 



miuitun unit Chin.i in lKW-7: Mill's History of 

 !.\ II. II. Wilson. 



TAN. H IKK. the capital of the district ol ::i 1(1 



47'N.lat. and 7K" W E. lone., is about 40 miles ca,-l from 

 Trichinopoli, nnd about 57 miles we-t fioin the 1 



]. direct distances. The city is situated not far from 

 the south bank of the Cavery, and is live or six miles in 

 circumference, including the suburbs. It is a pi. 

 great strength, being defended by two foils, which are 

 connected, and both are surrounded liy wall.- built of large 

 stones, and by broad and deep wet ditches. The city is in 

 a flourishing i-tate : it is regularly built, and is said to con- 

 tain a larger proportion of good houses than any other 

 town in Southern Hindustan. The population is probably 

 not less than 70,000 or 80,000. The palace of the raja". 

 where he resides, is in the larger fort : in one of the halls 

 of audience is a colossal statue of Sarbojee. by Flaxman. 

 which was executed by commission from Sarbojee himself. 

 The pagodas of Tanjore are very large, with paved yards 

 and extensive irardens : one of the largest in Hindustan is 

 situated in the smaller fort : it contains a bull finely sculp- 

 tured in black granite. The Protestant Mission church 

 wa- built at the expense of the missionary Sehvvarx : it is a 

 spacious and handsome structure, and has been thoroughly- 

 repaired by the prc.-ent raja. Schwarx was buried behind 

 the pulpit : the spot is marked by a slab, on which is an 

 inscription in English poetry, ascribed to the raja Sarbojee. 

 ,- i- pei formed in the church on Sundays both in 

 Tamul and in English. The Protestant communicant- be- 

 longing to the Tanjore mission amount to about 7-">0, and 

 tin-re are also ln-lweeii 400 and "XMI Koinau Catholic con- 

 verts, under priests who are chiefly Jesuits from Gm. 



Hamilton's 1. '"er; Malcolm's YVn 



linulmt'ii: tii/rl China.) 



TAN K, a reservoir for water or other fluids. The name 

 is sometimes applied to large open receptacles, or ponds, 

 formed b. md and disposing 



moved earth in the form of bank- to retain the water; but 

 the tanks which will here be especially treated of are the 

 smaller covered reservoirs used to collect and retain water 

 and liquid manure for dorm- i','ricultinal pur- 



poces. Respecting the construction of ponds it will be 

 sufficient I EMUANKMKNT. vol. ix., p. :i7:, for the 



method of tin-min:: ling banks, and to < 



vol.vi.. p. 'Jl'J. ' - d the piocess of;il/(/(///jf 



with clay, v.hich i.s alwa. ry in Ionium; a 



voir in a porous soil, unless the more expen 

 of paving or lining with chalk, brick?, stone, or limber. 

 be resorted to. See also ol. \\n . p. lu 



notice of the means used to regulate the drawing oil of 

 water from ponds, and to prevent accident from their be- 

 coming over-filled. 



In high mountainous pastures, tanks are indispensable 

 to supply both men and cattle with water; and they 

 ought to be very carefully constructed of such material!. 

 a* are at hand. In the pastures of the Jura, I 

 France and Switzerland, the tanks are u-uallv n: 

 wood, in the following manner: a sqim 'ion is 



made in the L- .-.-niv. is lined with a 



IK of clay or impervious earth to prevent the 



tir-treeft, d. their bark, are then 



hud (hw together and fastened with wooden pin*, M as 



, m the floor, and the sides are lined in n .-.imila: 

 oer. The tank is coM-ml with a roof of the name 



i* made it tlii 

 thai it ;,,-'- a- a t.inuel to > 

 fulls upon it into th 

 .k cool, and , 



cow house, if there lie one : 



.'llowi-d out, to the I 



reijuired. 



1 ii and v. :, 



i abundant supply of wait 

 mcr.thirh \ lia\i to be supplied 



them. 



The importance oi rain-wat, 



cient or lie at a srreat depth, ha.- luxn much 0', 



this country. \Vaiatell, in the work n 



of this article, urges the importance of plae 



round all the buildings of a farm to collect tin 



which falls upon them into a tank 



that, be.-ides the \alne of the supply ol 



tained. the buildings will 



- being kept drier than when tin a the 



-.i'civd to fall upon them. He 

 (mantity of water that falls annually upn< 

 superlieial feet or siaiarv of building in ' 

 about 1400 imperial gallons; and this statement ap 

 to be fully borne out by the observations recorded in tlii 

 article RUN. \ol. xix., p. 270. If therefore the cv 

 .-.in laces of loot's were adapted to the collection 

 rain-water which falls upon them, and mean- 

 \ided for conveying it to covered tanks, in which it < 

 be preserved from evaporation, and kept free from a> 

 mixture of impurities, almost e\ei\ house miirhl I. 

 dily and cheaply supplied with a (juantn 

 water sufficient for the ordinan want- i ' r. - i 

 The extensive roofs of churches and other pi 

 ings might be employed in like wa\ to collect a- 

 i]ip!x of ponds or tanks I'or public, use. In 

 cases even the drainage of lands might, also be 

 available, as the water may be submitted to any rei. 

 process Qf filtration before il is allowed to enter the tank. 



Tanks or cisterns to hold water for domestic pir. 

 may be conveniently situated beneath th. if the 



ground, so that, being pa\ ed over, they occupj no va- 

 luable space. They are formed of 

 into each other anil .set in cement; of V 

 large paving-tile.- bedded in cement : of 1 

 plates of cast-iron: or of thick wooden p', 

 by charring and pitchimr. or lined with - 

 brick tanks dc.-ciilud b\ WiiUtcll aie eireniju 

 . built like a well, with In it loin- of an iu\ . 



.-hape, of very sU^ht convexity. I'he t,.; 



shajied, and has an opening in the centre 



receive a man, in order that the tank m;- 



cleaned out when necessary. Tin- opem-.n.'. 



be ii]ioil the surface of the ground, or a littl< 



-lion 1 ,-d with an oak tlaji pn-n-^d wiih a number 



of holes, or with an . ,:'!_'. The i!i \A\\ ami widl 



of the lank should, il is stated, be nearly equal. Il , 



sary.'a smaller brick 



side of the tank, in which the water ma\ i 



ilnouirh u' charcoal, &c. before entering it. It 



is rrcommcnded to make 



- the lank near the top. Hnck tank- . 

 tion may be rendered water-tiKht by laying tin- 

 COUI>i I in cement, and pla-H-iimr t 1 



the inside with the same to the Itnr 

 quarters of an inch. To enable them without inj< 

 bear the great weight of water when nearly full, tin- 

 should lw rammed closely round tli . k. and it 



should be allowed to settle thorouirhU 

 quantity of water is admitted. 



kind of brick tank, contrived by Mr. Malli t t,> UTi 

 pense in construction, by adoptmc a li-_'i .niuiii 



capacity and minimum surface. Mallet propose.-., when 

 the tank i- larirc. to adopt the spherical form: and when 

 of less than th . -ter. that of a short 



vertical cylinder with hemispherical ends. liy puddling 



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