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At that end uf a tendon wlm-h is affixed to a in 

 each primitive fibre or fasciculus of the latter [MuscLk] 

 terminates in an abruptly-rounded extremity, which i~ 

 embraced by a fasciculus uf the filaments of the tendon. 

 expanding and enclosing it in a sheath, or in a manner 

 \\liK-h may be coarsely represented i 

 the fore fi'nirer of one hand within a V the 



of all the tins;ei> of the other hand. i 

 bundles of cellular and fibrous tissue in the tendon :n 

 continuous with the cellular tissue which is placed between 

 the secondary fasciculi of the in: 



At their opp unties the tendons nre usually 



affixed to bones. Their fibres are intermixed and firmly 

 muted with those of the periosteum, and often pass into 

 the very substance of (lie bone. 



iiough the chief and proper office, of tendons is to 

 serve as media for the action of muscles, yet many of them 

 fulfil other punxjses in the economy. Thus the aponeu- 

 roses of the abdominal muscles form a great part of the 

 walls of the abdomen, and, by their toughness, support 

 and protect the organs wit lun it s ca\ it v ; the tendons of 

 the muscles iif the fingers add strength to each joint mer 

 which the) pass; and many, in other parts, are arranged 

 to act like ligaments. 



TKNDKAC. [T>.MiKc-.] 



TENDRILS, or Cirr/ii, are those elongated and fila- 

 mentous organs of plants which possess a power of twisting 

 in one direction or another, and by which the plants on 

 which they grow are enabled to embrace other plant 

 thus to elevate themselves. Tendrils are only found on 

 those plants which are too weak in the stem to enable 

 them to grow erect. In must cases the tendrils are only 

 forms of the petiole; for although they may occur on the 

 parts of flowers, yd the flowers must be regarded as meta- 

 morphoses of the leaf. Tendrils are distinguished accord- 

 ing to the parts of the leaf from which they grow. When 

 the tendiil cnn-i-t- of the elongated petiole of a compound 

 leaf, it is called a i-irrhiix jn'tiolarix, as in the common 

 pea. When, as iu Smilax horrida, it branches off on each 

 side at the base of the lamina into a twisting branch, it is 

 called a cirrftux peduncularia. When it is extended from 

 the point of a single leaf, as in the Gloriosa superba, it is 

 a cirrhus and when it occurs in the petals of a 



flower, as inStrophanthus.it is call I'lurix. 



Those tendrils which are in connection with the stem alone, 

 as those of the passion-flowers and vines, are called < '/- 

 preoli. The type of these organs however is the same in 

 all cases. (Bischoif, ll'orterbuch der l> .' Bo- 



tanik.) 



TEREDOS (Tevtioc), an island in the Greek Archipelago, 

 off the coast of Troas,' in 39 47' to 51' N. hit. and - 

 to 'Jo'" 5' E. long. It is said to have been antiently called 

 Leucophrys, ana to have derived the name Tern-Jos from 

 Tennes, the son of Cycnus, king of Colone in Troas, who 

 reigned over the inhabitants, and was afterwards deified by 

 them. (Pausanias, x. 1 I : Schol. in Horn. //., i. .'17 

 more fully Diodor., v. K'5. , According to Homer ,ll.,\\. 



. it was sacked by Achilles, and occupied by the < 

 when they retired from the siege of Troy inimcdiat 

 fore its capture. i\ ., ii. 21.) This connection 



with the story of the Trojan war has given Tenedos some 

 celebrity. It was colonized by .liolians from Ann 

 Laconia, under the command f P.i-aud. r and (> 

 '. Pindar, .\''i//.. xi. 45 . i. 151. j Little mention i 



made of T- lory. It was independent in 



the time of Cyrus, king of I'er-ia. but wa.s made subject 

 to Persia after the revolt of Ionia in the time of 

 (B.C. 493): it is a tributary of Athens. 



and in the fourth year of the IVloponm -sian war took part 

 with the people of Metlnmna airan 



bians. (Thncy., iii. 2.) Paus; ' that the Tene- 



dians, becoming unable to defend themselves, subni: 

 some period of their hi.story to Alexandria in Troas. Aris- 

 totle (Rhi;l., i. lu' mentions Rome dispute as. having re- 

 cently occurred between them and the Sigeians, in which 

 they cited in support of their cause th .if IV- 



riander of Corinth. According to Cicero, Verres robbed 

 the Tenedians of a statue of Tennes, their founder, of most 

 beautiful workmanship. (In I'crrrm, i. 10.) i 

 (Aim., xi.) speak* of the Prytanes, or yearly mat: 

 of Tenedos, to one of whom, A Mrcsscs this 



ode. It appears from Slephanus liy/.antinus tl. 

 wrote on the constitution of Tenedos. On the antient silver 



coins of the island are the types of a double-edged axe of a 



>cculiar form; and on the reverse a I i like that 



if.lanus. The'Tenc, .vas a 



iroveih eX| . summary mode of executing justice 



ir dispatching an atl'air: derived from the law of a king of 



I'enedos, mentioned by Aristotle as quoted by Steph 



which permitted a pel-sou who caught others in adultery 



o kill both i an axe. Sec the passage* quoted 



'./. Quintain I'r., ii. 11.)" The head 



. On the worship of this 



deity here, :md its tiaiismission to Tenea near Connti 

 MiilJi i, i. -J47- 



According toStrabo p. IKM there were two harbours 

 at Tenedos. It was used by the emperor .lustiuiaii as a 

 depot for com goinir from Egypt to < .'onstantinople when 

 di-tained by contiary winds. Acconiinu' to .\\mph< 

 Athemi-us, xiii. 609) the women of the island were ot' 

 surpassing beauty. 



Tenedos was \isited by (.'handler, who 'found there but 

 few remains of antiquity' worthy of notice. In the si 

 the walls, and burying-grounds were pieces of n 

 fragments of pillars, with a few inscriptions." {Trurt-l* m 

 Asm Mi ii'ir. p. 20 : Inscriptions! AI/IK/., pp. 3. 4.) The 

 I the island is from cast to west : the town 

 with its harbour is situated in a low and sheltered spot 

 at the north-east corner. In the market-place is the v 

 of Attieus. father of Herodes Atticus. Clarke's Trarrlx, 

 ii. 178; who refers to an accurate plan and account of the 

 island in Tournefort, / 'ni/nifi 1 tin Li-ninl, i.. Pan-. 1717.; 

 It contains two hundred Turkish and three hundred 

 Greek houses. To the north of the harbour is a good 

 with forty-two pieces of cannon, but commanded 

 from the heights in the rear. i^Krankland's (.'<itintunt<n 

 i. i'i^. The aspect of Tenedos from the sea is barren, but 

 it is cultivated in the interior, and produces wheat and 

 me red wine. 



TENEMENT is a word employed in descriptions of real 

 property. Though in its usual and popular acceptation it 

 is applied only to houses and other buildings, vet in its 

 original proper and legal moaning it includes everything 

 of a permanent nature that may be holden, whether cor- 

 poreal or incorporeal. It is sometimes used in a more 

 confii'. in which it is appropriated to subjt 



feudal tenure ; but in general it includes not only land, 

 but every modification of right concerning it. Tims the. 

 word ' Liherum tenenientnin.' frank-tenement, or freehold, 

 is applicable not only to lands and other solid objects, but 

 nts, commons, and the like. \\.-.n. : Co. 

 Litt.. 154. a. u. 7.) 



TKNKKIFKK, or more properly TEXERIFE, called 

 Chinerfe by the original inhabitants, the Guam-lies, is the 

 largest and most important of the Canarv Islands. The 

 mo-t southern cape. Punta Koxa. is in 2s" \". Int. ; and the 

 most northern. Punta del Hidalgo, in 2s J :!/ N. lat. Tin- 

 most eastern part, Punta deAnaga, ism Hi-:")' \\'. lon-r. : and 

 the most western. 1'unla de Telia, in 17" 55' W. long. Its 

 h-nslh from south-west to north-east is about (JO n 

 Towards the south-eastern extremity it is nearly 'M miles 

 across, but it arrows gradually narrower towards the north- 

 that extremity hardly more than five 

 miles wide. In Huinholdt's Travels, the area of the island 

 is stated to be 73 maritime square leagues, or 8!I7 Knsrlish 

 miles,: bnl according to a more recent estimate, the 

 area is KJ-S05 Spanish square leagues, or 1012 English 

 square miles, which is nearly equal to the area ul 



About one-seventh of the area comprehending KKUKHI 

 or 15li 25 square miles) is available for agricultural 

 purposes. The remainder is covered with other 



volcanic productions, and a great part is destitute of \ 

 tation ; a small portion onlj is covered with ti 

 hiirhest ground of the island is the Peak of Tenentt'e. called 

 by the inhabitants Peak of Teyde. which name is derived 

 IM -beyde, by which term tlieGuanel, Hell. 



This mountain is situated towards the- north-western part 

 of the island, and is a volcano with two summits, of 

 which the south-eastern and more elevated, called Piton, 

 is 11, Dili feet above the sea-level, and the north-western, 

 Mount Chahoria. is lisss feet. Their bases are united by 

 ashort ndire, which is somewhat lnwcr than the summit of 

 Mount Cliahorra. Uoth summits are extinct, volca? 

 The cniterof the Piton, called ( 'aldera. is of oblong shape, 

 and only 3IHI feet long from south-east to north-west, and 

 200 feet in the opposite direction. It is distinguished by ft 



