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try, as he states, at his visit almost a terra incog- 

 nita to Europeans, and peopled by a race wbose 

 rudimental qualities, though obscured by the vices 

 engendered through misgovernment, were in har- 

 mony with those of his own character. Almost 

 immediately upon his arrival in that country (as he 

 tells us in his Geographical Memoir) he began its 

 survey, the details of which he has stated in the 

 Memoir, and the result is given in the magnificent 

 map which graces his annals of Rajast'han. In 

 the maps prior to this survey, Rajpootana was al- 

 most a total blank; nearly all the western and 

 central states are wanting; the rivers were sup- 

 posed to have a southerly course into the Nerbudda, 

 and the position of the two capitals (the ancient, 

 and the modern) of Mewar was precisely reversed; 

 Cheetore being placed in the best maps S. E. of 

 Oodipore, instead of E.N.E. The map of colonel Tod 

 was completed in 1815, and presented to the mar- 

 quis of Hastings : it is worth remarking that the 

 author first bestowed the name of Central India 

 upon the country, which it has since retained. The 

 map was of vast utility to the government, being 

 made one of the foundations of lord Hastings' plan 

 of operations in the year 1817. His surveys were 

 continued without interruption, except by his in- 

 defatigable researches into the history and anti- 

 quities of the Rajpoot states, till 1817, when he 

 was appointed political agent of government, hav- 

 ing the sole control over the five principal states 

 of Rajast'han ; Mewar, Marwar, Jessulmer, Kotah, 

 and Boondi. 



The results of his administration, as restorer of 

 Rnjpootaiia, are exhibited in his great work, and 

 are traced in still more unexceptionable characters, 

 in the gratitude of the people. The extraordinary 

 and enthusiastic attachment of the Mewarees, in 

 particular, to him, are painted in very delightful 

 colours by bishop Heber, who, during his journey 

 through this part of India, heard incessant in- 

 quiries respecting " Tod Sahib," and whether it 

 was likely that they should see him again. " His 

 name," the bishop observes, " appears to be held 

 in a degree of affection and respect by all the upper 

 and middling classes of society highly honourable 

 to him." Speaking of Bheelwara, which colonel 

 Tod had almost re-created, he says, " In short, 

 as" one of the merchants who called on me said, 

 ' It ought to be called Todgunge; but there is no 

 need, for we shall never forget him.' Such praise 

 as this," he continues, "from people who had no 

 further hopes of seeing or receiving any benefit 

 from him, is indeed of sterling value." The fact 

 is, that the place was called Todgunge, but this 

 name was withdrawn at the instance of colonel 

 Tod himself. 



In the year 1822, after two-and-twenty years of 

 service, eighteen of them spent amongst the Raj- 

 poots of western India, and five as political agent, 

 colonel Tod's shattered health called upon him im- 

 peratively to suspend his toils and quit the climate 

 of India. But the ruling passion forbade him to 

 proceed direct to the port of embarkation. In 

 1819, he had completed the circuit of Marwar, 

 visiting its capital, Joudpoor vid Komulmer, thence 

 returning by Mairta and Ajmer to Oodipoor. Next 

 year, he visited Kotah and Boondi, the latter of 

 which he revisited in 1821, having received intelli- 

 gence of the death of his friend, the Rao Raja, 

 Ram Sing, who had left colonel Tod guardian of 

 his infant son, the prince of the Haras. He re- 

 turned to Oodipoor in March, 1822, and took final 



leave of the valley in June of that year. He pro- 

 ceeded across the Aravulli to Mount Aboo, and 

 inspected the wonders of that sacred place. He 

 discovered the ruins of an ancient city in the skirts 

 of Marwar; explored the ancient city of Anhul- 

 warra, the capital of the Balhara sovereigns; 

 crossed the peninsula of Satirashtra to its extreme 

 western point, visiting in his way Puttun Somnath 

 and its celebrated temple, and the Jain shrines of 

 Girnar;%nd embarked for England, at Bombay, in 

 the early part of 1823. From the period of his 

 return, his time, fortune, and health were devoted 

 to literary pursuits. Indeed, to his ardent and un- 

 remitting exertions, whenever he was not actually 

 disabled by suffering, must be ascribed the fatal 

 attack which terminated his existence in the vi- 

 gour of life. He was seized with apoplexy on the 

 morning of Monday, the 16th of November, the 

 anniversary of his marriage, while transacting busi- 

 ness at his bankers', and expired in the afternoon 

 of Tuesday, the 17th of November, 1835. He 

 had latterly passed twelve months abroad, in the 

 hope of conquering a complaint in the chest, and 

 returned to England only on the 3d of September. 

 During his last winter, in Rome, he was daily oc- 

 cupied on a work, to be entitled " Travels in 

 Western India," being the result of observations 

 in a journey he made to the peninsula of Guzerat 

 just, before he finally quitted the country. 



TRIM; an ancient town of Ireland, the capital 

 of the county of East Meath, in the province of 

 Leinster ; is situated in the parish of the same 

 name, which is partly in the barony of Lower 

 Moyfenragh, and partly in that of Upper Navan. 

 It lies to the north-west of Dublin, from which it 

 is distant thirty-two miles. It is built upon the 

 banks of the river Boyne, and is surrounded by a 

 productive and populous district. It formerly re- 

 turned two members to the Irish parliament. The 

 trade carried on here is very trifling ; a few persons 

 are employed in the manufacture of ticken and 

 woollen for home consumption. Trim is remark- 

 able for its ancient ruins; among them the castle 

 is the most prominent, both from its dimensions, 

 and its situation on the banks of the Boyne. It is 

 said, indeed, to be the most spacious edifice of the 

 kind, of which there are any remains in Ireland. 

 Besides the castle, there are the ruins of several 

 monastic establishments in the town and neigh- 

 bourhood. Population of parish of Trim, 5926, 

 of which 3282 are in the town. 



TROT TFR, THOMAS, M.D. formerly physician 

 to the channel fleet ; was a native of Roxburgh- 

 shire, and was educated at the university of Edin- 

 burgh with a view to the medical profession. In 

 1782, when very young, he was appointed surgeon 

 in the royal navy; and in his treatise on the scurvy 

 (first published in 1786) he says that he was the 

 first member of his corps who was obliged to seek 

 employment in the African trade. On his return 

 from Africa in 1785, he settled at a small town in 

 Northumberland ; and, during his residence there, 

 he obtained, in 1788, his doctor's degree at Edin- 

 burgh, the subject of his thesis being De Ebrietate, 

 which was praised by Dr Cullen. In 1789, by the 

 friendship of admiral Roddam, he was appointed 

 surgeon of his flag ship. In the same year he was 

 examined before a committee of the House of 

 Commons appointed to inquire into the slave-trade. 

 In 1790, he published a "Review of the Medical 

 Department of the British Navy;" in 1793, he 

 was appointed physician to the royal hospital at 



