T I C 





T I C 



the other pooms in thin book, almost all bear traces of I 



kind. 



In the earlier period 



Nvmrsu, ami their i 

 m his po. 



.ilia. Init those are tho ! 

 his \\nrk-, lor he iloe not aopcar to h 



Tibiillus is placed by Qiiinctilian at the head of the 



t. 'Inil., \ 



M of fccline, which 



same 

 warmest sympathies. He ~ecui^ ! 



eminent, and to lui\e looked at 



.;s from a gloomy point of view; hence we lintl the 

 subject of death " frequently introduced, and the enjoyment 

 ,,f |i interrupted by (lark forebodings of the 



future II. . o',-t ant ly describes the pleasures of a co 



f nature, for \vhieh lie had the mo-t 

 i-\i|iii-ite relish : ami tiiere is in these descriptions a natu- 



-s and truthfulness which place him above hi- 

 lemporury 1'ropcitins. His si vie too is not ol' the artificial 

 character which distiniruishcs the elegies of 1'ropcilius; 

 anil his subjects are not, like the latter, mere imita' 

 translations of the Greek poets, but essentially original 



Tihnllus was formerly edited together with Catullus and 

 I'l-opei-lius. the earlier editions of which are mentioned 

 undi ' The principul sepaiatc editions are 



by H Ani-t.. 17IK 4to. '.. Vulpii:s 1'adua. 174i, 



n reprinted, of which 



the fourth edition, containing the notes of \Vinulerlieh 

 and Dissen. appeared in 1S17-III, 2 



.1. H. Voss 'Heidelberg, lull. Kvo.\ Uach Lcipz.. 1SIJI, 

 (ini. ili.V .. ilcrlin. 



l2'.>. Kvo. . and Dissen idotlingen. KC>. 'J vol-. Svo.), of 

 which the two last contain the best text. 



Tibullns has been translated into Knglish by Dart 



I73i>, and d r59). The moft modem German 



Utions are by .1. II. Vi.s Tiibuiircn, Islil . Giinther 



..-.. 1*2.-.. arid Kichter ' Masjdcbiirg. ls:jl . There 



are also French nnd Italian translations. 



Respecting the' life of Tibullns and the Roman elegy in 

 Oder may con-nit with ad. uppc's 



Die Komische Elegie,' Leipz., IKW. 

 TIIJUK. FTr. 



TIC Don.oruKiA. i \.M-n\t.oiA.] 



'I'K HK1KI.D. [TirciiKiKi.D.] 



TICH(yDROMA. [CKKKPKH, vol. viii., p. 147.] M 

 rcnus in the Mibfamily Troglodylina 



lain Mr. Cr. H. 



:: under the siibfamily <'i-rthinn: h. 

 :nm..anil'. v.v. (Lilt of tin' <, 



of Bit 



TICI'NO. CANTON O! and Ger- 



man \. one of tin 1 cantons of the Swiss Confederation, is 

 I the I.epontiiu 1 and Khii'tian Al])s, and the 

 ;>c- towards and mcrces in the L'reat ])l:iin of 

 ai.lv. It ':ton in tin Contrdeia- 



.bard diHli 



Milanese, and are Italian in their hal'i 

 manners: they are all Uornan Catholics. The canton 



. om the inerTicino. which basitssoir 



the irrcat central irronp of the St. fiothanl, flows southward 

 nlon. it inn, pas.se> by llellin/ona. and then 



enters the Lairo M:i 's noithe' 



iiuc- . !il hy tin 



. 'iardy. [!' MIOUII- 



valle Mid -mall, lie ' 



lariT' ly pamlle 1 



Hi. The pnm i 



ineulione>>. iial in 



Inch nms in a southern direction through the 

 centre of the canton. Kast of the Val I.eventin:i 



and 



which i a 



w canton ol ' the VBJ Morobbia, winch 



down fron. iltel- 



lina, nnd 11 

 licllinzona. \\'. 



li d Val I.avi/zara ; il th.c river 



m, which . 







:icm.hu1 : . the 



i >ntcnione and 



.(ii'h the} both join at its lowi . the lAgo 



ore. 

 A lidge called M> 



bank 



basin of the lake of Lugano, which is thus from 



the rest or northern part of the canton, the hich 



run into tin ailed 



. lies within the territory of 11 with 



nity. whic'. 



. is about '20 miles, but the breadth is lit 

 than a mile, except in front of the town of Lug; 

 it is about two miles wide: the surface i- 



:d the greatest depth num- 



ber of trading-boats ply on the lake. Its outK' 

 by the riv. ,u-h runs into the I 



TTie lake of Lugano separates the 



canton, con-isii:ig of the district of Memhisio and the 

 circle. which form part of the district of Liu 



from the rest of the canton, which lies north of the 

 lake. 



Only the northern extremity of 1h 



''i the canton Tieino. [L.\<;u M\<:c;ir. 

 canton of Tieino is bounded on the north by the 



alais. and the Orisons; on the cast partly by tin 

 : and partly by the province of Como i 

 Lombardy, on the" soiilh by the province of Milan, and on 

 the west bv the Sardiniai The wirfa 



canton of Tieino mav he divided into five 

 region of the vine, the tig, and the peach, which in, 

 the lower valleys and hills, and extends 

 2100 feet above the Lap. . The oli 



and lemon-trees thri 



. of the chestnut, the pear, the apple, and i ' 

 ..hich rise-, about In.! 



. which rises to about -l.'j'JO fee! level 



lake. -1. The Alpine pastures, which reach a.s 1 

 6000 feet. 5. The region of perpetual snow. which iin 



! Alpine summits between HOOO nnd !HHX> feet high. 

 There is consequently a great variety of c' 

 of productions in the canton, but the people are not, . 

 rally speaking, as Indus' The 



horned cattle amount to about 52,000 head, 1! 

 i'J.(HH). goats to '>,( KK), and pigs to 27.<XH>. The number 

 of horses and mules is about 20OO. \Volves and be:. 



I in the mountain*. The rivers and :md in 



tish. The prim 



wine : n the nuin 



<|uarn Hie ninnu- 



imporlan. 



chief! cloth, leather, platted straw, and tobacco. 



Tlie silkworm is reared in some loeaii' 



The population of Tieino amounted ill 1833 to lOO.IHXt. 



jnited at about 1 1IH) square mi!, 

 nd peopl. ar to work in 



i"cola1c-n]. 

 < Hers of barometers. Many of them return homo 



p, bringing with them some sa . 

 n is div ided into eight districts, which are sub- 



ntina, 

 the no 

 the high Aljis; 2. liellinzonn, south of the ' 



lino, at the n. ly of the 1 



on the border-, of the canton of tin ' 

 which stretches on both banks of H. 



name 



upon the lowland of ' 



:i on the north- 



ine. in n lovely silua- 



I lion, enjoying an Italian climate, has some fine churches 



