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* -"fe ftreams take their rife in tlie recefles of the mountains 

 v>f Fars ; the firfl at the foot of the high hill of Kamarah, 

 and the other near that of Ardicoone, 12 finfungs (tlie 

 furfung being- eftimated at three Englifh miles and three 

 qum-ters) N.W. of Shirauz. This branch of the river is 

 meationed by Arrian in the march of Alexander. It divides 

 Fars from Chufiftan, and pafTes through the centre of the 

 town of Eiidian, being navigable for boats of 20 tons burthen. 

 Nine miles above the town is a ford ; and 1 6 miles below it, 

 the Tab falls into the fea. When the river paffcs Zeitoon, 

 the waters are perfeftly fweet ; but in its courfe over the 

 hills, towards Endian, they become corrupted, and at that 

 place are fo brackifh as to be hardly fit for ufe. 



TABA, a town of Africa, on the Grain Coaft. 



Taba IJlatuls, four fmall iflands in the Eaft Indian fea, 

 lying north-weft and fouth-eail near the caft coaft of Borneo. 

 N. lat. 2° 6'. E. long. 1 18° 12'. 



Taba, or Tabo-feil, in Modern Hijlory, a name by which 

 the Negroes, who inhabit the Gold Coaft in Africa, de- 

 fcribe their king, whofe power is very arbitrary, infomuch 

 that they regard him as a being fuperior in nature to them- 

 felves. 



TABAB MANAM, in Geography, a town of Abyf- 

 fmia ; 100 miles S.S.E. of Gondar. 



TABACUM, in Botany, whence comes its common 

 Englifh name Tabacco, or, at prefent, Tobacco. (See 

 Nicotiana.) Bauhin fays, after Monardez, that this ap- 

 pellation is derived from an ifland fo called ; but it ftiould 

 feem to originate from the Indian name of the plant, Tubac, 

 or Tubacka. 



TABiE, in Ancient Geography, a town of Afia, in Ci- 

 licia. — Alfo, a town of Afia, on the confines of Pifidia, on 

 the coaft of the fea of Pamphylia. — Alfo, the name of three 

 towns in Afia Minor ; one in Caria, another in Perjca, and 

 a third in Lydia. 



TABAFRA, in Geography, a town of Africa, on the 

 Ivory Coaft ; 15 miles E. of Druin. 



TABAGO, an ifland in the Pacific ocean, near the coaft 

 of Mexico ; about three miles long, and two broad. It is 

 mountainous, and on the north fide the high land declines 

 with a gentle defccnt to the fea. Near the ftrand the foil is 

 a black mould, and deep, but towards the top of the moun- 

 tain ttrong and dry. The north fide of the ifland makes a 

 very pleaiant appearance', and feems to be a garden of fruit- 

 trees, inclofed with others of the foreft-kind. The prin- 

 cipal produ£ls are plantains and bananas, which grow very 

 well from the foot to the middle of the mountain ; but thofe 

 near the top are fmall, as wanting moiilure. There was 

 formerly a fmall town near the fea, on the north fide of the 

 ifland ; but it was ruined by the privateers that then fre- 

 quented thofe feas. Before it is a good road, about a mile 

 from the fliore, where fliips may ride very fafely in 16 or 

 18 fathom water ; 18 miles S. of Panama. N. lat. 8° 40'. 

 W. long. 80° 9'. 



TABAGUILLA, or LittleTabago, a fmall ifland in the 

 Pacific ocean, near Tabago. 



TABAJANA, a town of Africa, in the country of 

 Woolly ; 1 2 miles W.S.W. of Medina. 



TABALLAR Point, a cape on the eaft coaft of the 

 ifland of Borneo. N. lat. 2° 12'. E. long. 11 7° 4'. 



TABALTHA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, 

 en the route from Tuburbum to Tacapse, between Cella; 

 Picentinae and Septimunicia. Anton. Itin. 



TABALUM, a town of Afia Minor, in the vicinity of 

 Ionia. Herodotus. 



TABANA, Mankoup, a town in the interior of the 

 Tauric Cherfonefus. Ptol. 



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TABANIE', in Geography, a town of Egj-pt, on the 

 caft branch of the Nile ; 6 miles S.W. of Manfora. 



TAB ANUS, the 0.-c^ji,in£n/omo/o^j',agenusof theDip- 

 tera order of infetls ; the generic c-harafters of which are, 

 that the mouth has a flefliy probofcis, terminated by two 

 hps, and that the roftrum is. furniftied with two awl-fliaped 

 palpi, placed on each fide of, and parallel to, the probofcis. 

 Gmelin, in his edition of the Linna;an fyllem, enumerates 

 38 fpecies. 



The infefts of this genus very much refcmble thofe of 

 the Mufca; which fee. 



Species. 



RosTRATUS. With brownifti eyes, and fucker of the 

 length of the body. 



Baubatus. With black eyes, and fucker half the length 

 of the body. Both thefe fpecies are found at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Mauritanus. With blackifli eyes, a black fpot on the 

 fecond fegment of the abdomen, and fucker equal to the 

 body. Found in Barbitfy and Spain. 



BoviNUS. Greenifli eyes ; mark''d down the back by a 

 feries of large, whitilh, triangular fpots, and on each fide 

 Is a fimilar appearance, but lefs diilinft than that of the 

 dorfal row. This is the largeft of the Britifli fpecies, and, 

 like others of its fpecies, is feen generally in the hottcft part 

 of the day, during the middle and the decline of fummer. It 

 is very troublefome to cattle. Its larva is large and dufl<y 

 yellovvifli, like that of a tipula, marked by tranfverfe 

 blackifli ftreaks or rings ; refiding under ground in moift 

 meadows, &c. ; and changing into a cyhndric brownilh 

 chryfalis, with a roundifh or flightly pointed extremity, 

 from which within a month proceeds the perfeft infeft. 



Autumnalis. With glafly wings, and brown abdomen, 

 and a whitifli three-fold fpot. Found in Europe. 



Calans. With green eyes, a white line on the back, 

 and red antennx. Found in South America. 



Tarandinus. With green eyes and feet, and the feg- 

 ments of the abdomen yellowiflt at the margin. Found in 

 the north of Europe. 



ExjESTuans. With green eyes, the fegments of the 

 abdomen white at the niargin, and whitifh legs. Found in 

 Surinam. 



Fervens. With green eyes, yellow abdomen and an- 

 tennae, and brown head and thorax. Found in South 

 America. 



Mexicanus. With a livid body, green .antennae, and 

 greenifh wings. Found in Surinam. 



RusTicus. Cinereous, with grey eyes, and two black 

 points in the front. An European infed. 



Bromius. With a purple fafcia about the eyes, and 

 cinereous body. Found in Germany, and the northern part 

 of Europe. 



OcciPENTALls. With eyes having double brown fafciae, 

 a brown body, and the abdomen marked with three yellow 

 lines. Found in Surinam. 



Tuoncus. With eyes having triple purplilh fafciae, and 

 the fides of the abdomen ferruginous. An European infc(El 

 of a brown colour, fmaller than T. bovinus, and lefs com- 

 mon, troublefome to cattle, and efpecially to liorfes. 



Antarcticus. With eyes like the former, black ab- 

 domen, and fegments with whitifh margins. Found rarely 

 in Norway. 



Pu'VIALI.s. With eyes waved with four-fold fafciae, and 



brown-fpeckled wings. This is an European fpecies, very 



uoublefome with us in the latter part of fummer, faftenii\g 



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