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TACUA, in Ancient Geography, a river of Italy, in 

 Liguria, E. of Rutuba. 



Tacua, in Geography, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of 

 Arequipa ; 20 miles E. of Arica. 



TACUBA, a town of Mexico, N.W. of the city of 

 Mexico. 



TACUMADARS, or Tigumedes, a town of Africa, 

 in the country of Darah, the original country of the reign- 

 ing (herifs of Morocco. 



TACZLI, a river of European Turkey, which runs 

 into the Danube, near Kilia, in Beffarabia. 



TADAPOOLY, a town of Hindooftau, in Myfore ; 

 ^ miles S.E. of Sattimungulum. 



TADC ASTER, a market-town in the Weft Riding of 

 the county of York, England, is nine miles S.W. from the 

 city of York, and 190 miles N. of London. In the year 

 181 1, it contained 382 lioufes, and 1483 inhabitants. The 

 name of this place implies a Roman ftation, and accordingly 

 we find, that the Calcaria of Antoninus was iituated on the 

 courfe of a Roman road, between Eboracum or York, and 

 Mancunium or Manchcfter, at nine miles diltance from the 

 former ; and this agrees with the fcite of the prefcnt 

 town. Dodfworth and fome other antiquaries, however, 

 place the Calcaria at Newton-Kyme, about a mile and a 

 half W. of Tadcafter. Hordey in " Britannia Romana," 

 and Drake in " Eboracum," are decifive in fixing the Ro- 

 man ftation at Tadcafter. It appears that many Roman 

 coins have been found here : fome banks and ditches fur- 

 round the town, and on the fouth fide of the river are re- 

 mains of intrenchments, called the Cattle. A confiderable 

 quantity of ftone was taken from this fortrefs to build a 

 bridge over the river Wharf at the beginning of the i8th 

 century. This bridge is generally defcribed as a very fine 

 ftrufture ; and its centre marks the union of the Weft 

 Riding of the county, with the Ainfty of York and liberty 

 of St. Peter. Tadcafter has a weekly market on Wednef- 

 days, and four annual fairs. 



Tadcafter and its vicinity have been twice diftinguiftied 

 and annoyed by the deftruftive efFefts of civil warfare : firft 

 in the conflifls between the houfes of York and Lancafter : 

 and fecondly, between the royalifts and the republicans, about 

 the middle of the 17th century. On the former occafion, 

 it is related, that between 30,000 and 40,000 Enghfhmen 

 " fell in deciding the queftion, whether a tyrant or an ideot 

 fhould be their matter." After Edward IV. had been pro- 

 claimed in London, Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI., 

 raifed an army, in the north, of about 60,000 men, all at- 

 tached to the Lancafterian interefts. Thefe were aflembled at 

 York. When Edward with his army arrived at Pontefraft, 

 feveral fkirmifhes foon took place on the banks of the Aire, 

 and on Palm-Sunday, 29th March, 1461, the memorable 

 and fatal battle of Towton enfued. On this day it is faid, 

 that Henry's army confifted of 60,000 men, and Edward's 

 of about 48,600. Thefe commenced an engagement early 

 in the morning, and fought with great fury during the 

 whole day, with various degrees of fuccefs. At length, 

 however, Henry's foldiers fell back, whilft Edward im- 

 pelled his forAvard with increafed impetuofity. Many of the 

 former were drowned, and feveral noblemen were llain, whilft. 

 Henry and Margaret fled into Scotland. Edward and his 

 foldiers retired to York, and afterwards went to London, 

 where the new monarch was crowned. In the year 1642 

 another battle occurred at or near Tadcafter, Sir Thomas 

 Fairfax, with about 700 men, occupied this town in behalf 

 of the Parliament, and were attacked by the royal army 

 under the earl of Newcaftle. After fighting a whole day. 



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the former retreated during the night, and left the royalifts 

 in polTefiion of the place. 



About five miles S.E. of Tadcafter is Scartliingwell- 

 Hall, the feat of lord Hawke, who has paid particular at- 

 tention to agricultural improvements ; and has fitted up a 

 farm with every convenient and ufeful accommodation. 

 (See Agricultural Survey of the Weft Riding of the County 

 of York.) Three miles fouth of the town is Haflewood- 

 Hall, the feat of the Vavafours, diftinguiflied for the finc- 

 nefs of its fcenery, and the variety and beauty of the pro- 

 fpeds from its grounds. Bramham Park, the feat of James 

 Lane Fox, efq., is about four miles S.W. from Tadcafter. 

 — Drake's Eboracum, fol. 1736. B-auties of England, 

 Yorkfliire, by J. Bigland, 8vo., 18 15. Hargrove's Hif- 

 tory, &c. of Knareftjorough, 6th edit. 1809. 



TADCUL, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore ; 6 milei 

 S.E. of Caveripatam. 



TADEMERI, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore; 

 100 miles N.E. of Chittledroog, N. lat. 14° 3 c' E 

 long. 78°. 



TADEN, a town of the duchy of Holftcin ; 14 mile» 

 E. of Meldorp. 



TADEPATRY, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 

 of Cuddapa ; 24 miles N. of Gandicotta. 



TADIPOODY, a town of Hindooftan, in Golcondaj 

 20 miles S.E. of Combamet. 



TADIVAN, or Taduan, a town of Perfia, in the 

 province of Farfiftan, fituated on a pleafant plain, in the 

 midft of ftreams, which defcend from the neighbouring 

 mountains, and planted with a variety of excelknt fruit* 

 trees ; 60 miles S. of Schiras. 



TADMOR. See Palmyra. 



TADORNA, the Anas tadorna of Linnaeus, in Orni' 

 thology, a name given by many authors to a fpecies of duck, 

 called by others I'ulpanfer, and in Englifh the Jhiel-Jraie, 

 or borough-duck ; and by fome the bergander. See DuCK. 



It is of a middle fize between the duck and goofe ; its 

 beak is broad, ihort, and red ; and at the origin of the 

 upper chop there is a large red tubercle of flefti ; the head 

 and upper part of the neck are of a fine blackifh-green, 

 the lower part of the neck white ; the breaft and upper 

 part of the back furrounded with a broad band of bright 

 orange-bay ; the coverts of the wings and middle of the 

 back are white ; the neareft fcapulars black, the others 

 white ; the greateft quill-feathers black ; the exterior webs 

 of the next are of a iine green, and thofe of the three fuc- 

 ceeding orange ; the coverts of the tail white, and the tail 

 of the fame colour, except the two outmoft feathers, which 

 are tipt with black ; the belly white, divided lengthwayi 

 by a black Une ; the legs are of a pale flefti-colour. 



They inhabit the fea-coafts, and build in deferted rabbit- 

 holes ; but their flelh is not well tafted. 



When a perfon attempts to take their young, they divert 

 his attention by flying along the ground as if wounded, till 

 the brood are fecure, and then return and colleft them to- 

 gether. Turner, therefore, concludes, that this bird is 

 the chenalopex, or fox-goofc of the ancients ; and tile 

 natives of tlie Orkneys at this day call it the Jly-goofe. 



Thefe birds lay 15 or 16 white roundifli eggs. In win- 

 ter they colleft in large flocks. Ray and Pennant. 



TADOUN, or Tadivan, in Geography, a town of 

 Afiatic Turkey, in Armenia, fituated on the weft coaft of 

 the lake of Van, having a harbour for boats ; 1 20 miles 

 S.S.E. of Er/.erum. 



TADOUSAC, a town of Lower Canada, at the mouth 



of the Saguenay, on the left fide of the river St. Lawrence, 



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