TAR 



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TAR 



The tail has nearly the length of the body and head taken 

 IUT; it is somewhat thicker :it the base, nearly naked 

 two-:! ,^th. hut -o\crcd towards the extre- 



mity with a soft down, which form-, near the tip. a very 

 -.n. The fur is remarkably soli tn the touch : it 

 ii composed of a thiek and very delicate wool. \vhich en- 

 velopes the body, head, and extremities, forming a otfi at 

 an unp|iial Miriacc, IVom which irregular stra 

 project : at the root of t lie tail, and at the hands of both 

 nitics, it terminates abruptly in the form of a ring. 

 The general colour is brown, inclining to grey ; on the 

 breast, abdomen, and interior of the extremities it is grey, 

 inclining to whitish : a rufous tint is sparingly dispelled 

 over the upper paits, which shows itself most on the head 

 anil i - the naked parts of the tail near the root 



iat)lv darker than the extremity.' {Zoological 







Locality. Dr. Horefield obtained this animal in Banca, 

 near Jeboos, one of the mining distii,-(s. where, he says. 

 it inhabits the extensive forests in the vicinity. 



Tirtiii* llaneannt. (Ifonf.) 



M. F. Cuvier remarks that the dentition of the T 

 .approximates the animal move to the (inli-<iinthi'ci. and 

 even to the bats, than to the (Jitndrtiinuiin. '11 

 this genus are well represented in the excellent Osteo- 



'. M de lilaiiuille. 



TARSI'S, now TKKSOOS. a town on the Cydmi-. 

 ated in Itshili, a divi-imi of Caraman. and formerly 

 the chief tonnsol 'din ia. h is about twch e miles distant 

 liom the sea, and is n .11' K. long. The 



.mis about its on-. i. us. It has H, , 



Tarshish ol Sciipture, but neither Koebait. 

 iiintcnalices this 

 conjecture. 



wa* founded by Sardanapalus SIT the inscription nn the 

 toml) of that in- '7-. n!. Ca-aub. . Ainiuia- 



.. /V/I//IM/.. c. \li., assert 



that P '; T l.iiean. iii. 'J'J'i . and the 



name 



< lancifnl 



se Slcphanu-, I!)/.. Sti ,t it was i\ setlle- 



niade by those who accompanied Tnpt. 



l In |.. 7 ib. . The first 



historical notice of Ti Ins is in Xcnophon. 



it and flourishing city 

 t- taken and plundered by the younger ' 

 iflerward* com-; ,is. kinir of 



\\elcarn Uui in. i . that Alexander the. Grwt 



arrived at Tarsus just in time to save it iVom being burnt 

 by tin inhabitant* joined tin- 



party of Julius Casar, in honour of whom they took the 

 name Juliopplis ; they were in y pu- 



nishi d by Caani 

 who niadi e city. (D :. fol., 



."Veil the favour ol 



tutor Athenodorus. a Stoic, was a native of this 

 place, anil , .ntry- 



nn'ii liom all laxatioi;. i.I.ueian. M ..i;ii.n. 



Athe .ininir to hi> natue iilace in his 



old ate. e\|ielled a troublesome faction, at tfie head of 

 which wa.s Hoi-thus, an unprincipled dema:.''igiic. and re- 

 modelled tin- constitution. 



>Ollle cliriou;, details.. Hi \va- -iu -i-i cdi -a in lux L'oM-ni- 

 ment 1>\ NI--IHI. an Ai-ademician. 

 Tanu* continued to flourish under the < mdcr 



Whom it Jissnmed th. liino- 



diana, Antoninopolis. 



drinopolis, and finally, in the tune of Valerian. Hail 



.ma, Antoniniiina. Eekhel, /' 111.. Tar- 



au.') The Tni> irdinir to Strain), excelled in 



quickness of repartee and e\ery kind of ready wit : and 

 their schools of philosophy were not than 



those of Athens and Alexandria. The chief ainons; the 



were the two Athenodon : among the 

 i-ians. Nestor. Atheiueu.- \., 'Jl.'i. id. I'a-anl. 



an Kpicurcan. who w:is tynn 

 tune. The coins of this city inl'onn -. 



(.'ilieia and the adjacent provinces. The MI-.I nptiona 

 KOIMiv Kl \IKI \i'. on a ii :nple: KdlSdi 



'll'lt.'N KIIM'XI 1 .' i -0111111011 to the 



three provinei > of Isaiina. ('ana. and l.yeaonia. are to be 

 found in Muinnet. ]<ITII--I/ <!' McJui/lrx, iii. That < 

 a nu-ti(i|iolis appears from an inscription on a com, MH- 

 TI'OIIOAEUS T1XH. and from the testimony of Strabo; 

 and Appian's statement that it was a lice city i> eontirmed 

 by the title K.\ nti!-:i- A. St. Paul wa- a native ot this place. 

 (Acts, xvi. 37; and xxii. iV2s. Other interesting 

 and inscriptions occur on the coins of Tarsus. 



-ins there is iiKIIIII'KI A OA1MIIIV KIII- 

 NEIK1A, rceording his \n er in 



Ciliria. .lupitii Xii ephorus, Apollo, Hercule> engaged in 



of his labours. 1'. mrafl H nh I 1 



t\]ie. and continn the testimony of Dion 'hrys. 

 <Ji'tit..'.M. 'JO', uhu mentions these among the chief u 

 of the place. 



The figure of Triptolemus. the reputed founder. 

 occurs; and the name BOHtxn. referring perhaps to the 

 demagogue of that name. The imperial series 



. and contains some siher coins, a proof 

 of the great wealth and importance of Tarsus. In the 

 S\ ue -demusof Hieroeles. T. in the I'ruMiicia 



( 'iliciir Hiima, and stvled Metropolis; ( 'oiistantiiie 1'or- 

 phjrogennetus lib. ii.. Them. 13) places it in the Theme 



neeia. and adds, that it was an important outpost for 



al>s. It had been seized by them during the early 

 times of their empire, and had : ly fort i tied |i\ 



Harun al Kashid, wh ';d siicecs-or Al Mainun, 



was buried there. A.I). KU. It was rci-o\crcd by Nirepho- 

 rus Phocas. the MUCC--UI of < 'nnstantine I'oijih): 



Leo Diacoii.. iv.3 



llaukal. an Oriental geogiapher, who wrote in the tenth 

 centurv. thus desciifies it : I 

 town, with a double wall of stone. The inha: 

 valiant men. hoi-semen, and fond of warlike achicxei. 

 It K a strong and pleasant jilaee. From it to the 1" 

 nf Uoum an- many hills ami mrnintains of difficult ,T- 

 i\ that inTarsinis there are above a thousand h 

 men : and in all the chief cities of I- 



:iinan. and 1'ais. and Khiuistan. and ' 

 ami Kgvpt. there are inns, or public 

 the peo'ple of this town.' 



-wards retaken by ti but it v,a> 



I limn them In the ' under the command 



<il Tancred, the nephew of Moemond. wl, i hi.s 



coiupie I to Baldwin, afterwards count uf Kdessa. (.Gmbert 



de Nugent, lli.\tniri- iii' Iii l'i in. Ill's: 

 (iui/ir ',il. ,i I'llixl. ii iv. i \Villiamol 



at this time as a i ..icia, 



vv'ith i a |M>pulation - and 



Anne :> oppressed \>\ d'Aix 



il w;us pyjiulous, and well fortified. In the 



