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TAHIAO, a town of Corea j 35 miles S.S.E. of Long 

 Kouang. 



TAHIRAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak ; 

 45 iniles E.S.E. of Cafbin. N. lat. 35° 50'. E. long. 

 51°. 



TAHNUM, a town of Gorkah ; 20 miles N.W. of 

 Gorkah. 



TA-HOOROWA, one of the fmaller Sandwich idands, 

 fituated about nine miles Irom the S.W. part of Mowee ; 

 deilitute of wood, with a fandy, barren foil. N. lat. 21° 40'. 

 E. long. 199° 30'. 



TAHOU, a town of Africa, on the Grain Coaft. N. 

 lat. 4° 50'. W. long. 6° 50'. 



TAHRIE', a town of Perfia, in Farfiftan, on the coaft 

 of the Perfian gulf ; 12 miles E.S.E. of Konkum. N. lat. 

 27° 45'. E. long. 52° 20'. 



TAHTA, a town of Egypt, on the Nile ; 32 miles S. 

 of Siut. N. lat. 26' 57'. E. long. 31° 22'. 



TAHUK, or Tabuk, a town of Arabia, in the province 

 of Nedsjas ; 176 miles S.S.E. of Jerufakm. 



TAI, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chan-fi ; 

 175 miles W.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 39° 6'. E. long. 

 112° 30'. — Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Kiang-nan ; 22 miles E. of Yang-tcheou. N. lat. 32° 30'. 

 E. long. 119° 36'. — Alfo, a large lake. See Tai-hoo. 



TAi-j^rais, an ancient and noble tribe, the mention of 

 which often occurs in the Roman hiftory. They ftill con- 

 tinue in pofleffion of the fame traft of country which they 

 had in the time of Juhan, viz. between Moful, Niiibin, and 

 the Khadour. 



TAJACU, or the Sits tajacu of Linnxus, in Zoology, the 

 name of an animal common in fome parts of America, called by 

 many authors aper mofchiferus, or the mufli-boar. ( See Sus. ) 

 It is of the (hape of our hog, but much fmaller, and has no 

 tail, and its head is broader, and the fnout much lefs pointed 

 than in our hog ; it has two tuflis in each jaw, thofe in the 

 upper jaw pointing down, and hardly apparent when the mouth 

 is (hut, the others hid ; the neck is (hort and thick, and the 

 whole body of a grifly colour, or mixture of black and grey ; 

 its body is covered with hairs, much thicker and ftronger 

 than our hog's-briftles, fomething hke the briftles of the 

 hedge-liog, and like them alfo variegated with circles of 

 black and white ; thefe are four or five inches long on the 

 back, and gradually diminifh to the fides ; on the middle of 

 its head, between the ears, it has a fort of creft, made up of 

 black briftles ; the belly almoft naked ; from the (lioulders 

 to the breaft is a band of white ; its ears are fmall and ereft, 

 and its eyes fmall ; its fnout, feet, and hoofs, are juft like 

 thofe of the European hog ; but the two pofttrior or ex- 

 terior hoofs are longer than in any other of the cloven-footed 

 beafts. 



What is moft fingular, however, in this creature, is a 

 certain gland which he has upon the back, and which has 

 given occafion to fome to fay its navel was placed there. 

 This gland is fituated on the very ridge of the back near the 

 rump, and is fo clofely covered with long briftles, that till 

 they are removed by blowing, and keeping them back with 

 the hand, the gland is not to be feen : when thefe are re- 

 moved, there is feen a fpot almoft naked, in the middle of 

 which the top of the gland is feen ; the lips of this gland 

 ufually ftand a little way above the flefli, and its aperture 

 eafily admits a large ftylus ; and this gland, when lightly 

 preffed, fpews out a liquid fubftance of a brownilh-yellow 

 colour, and fcent fomething like that of muik or civet. The 

 gland itfelf is placed between the Ikin and flefti, and is not 

 wholly covered by its conftringing mufcle, but only fur. 

 rounded by it at its bottom. 



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Tliis animal inhabits the hotteft parts of South America, 

 and fome of the Antilles ; lives iji forefts, on the mountains, 

 is ver)- fierce, and if wounded, will turn on the hunter. It 

 feeds on fruits and roots, toads and ferpents, which it Ikint 

 with great dexterity. It is reckoned very good food ; but 

 unlcfs the dorfal gland be cut out as foon as it is killed, tlie 

 fiefh will be infeAed by it. The Indians call this animal 

 pequaris, whence its WdSiK pecary. Ray and Pennant. 



TAJAMENTO, or Tagliamknto, in Geography, a river 

 which rifes in Friuli, .ind runs into the gulf of Venice ; 10 

 miles S.S.E. of Concordia. 



TAJANJE, a river of Brafil, which runs into the At- 

 lantic, S. lat. 27" 35'. 



TAJARA, in 'ichthyology. See Raia. 

 TAIBEH, in Geography, a fortified town in the defcrt 

 of Syria, having near its gate a fountain of frelh water ; 85 

 miles E.S.E. of Aleppo. N. lat. 35° 10'. E. lonir. 

 38° 45'- 



TAI-CHAN, a town of Corea ; 20 miles W. of Hai- 



TAIDENT, a town of Africa, in Fezzan ; 130 miles 

 S.S.W. of Mourzouk. 



TAJE-ELT, a town of Algiers ; 35 miles S.S.E. of 

 Bona. 



TAIEZA, a town of Croatia ; 45 miles E. of Bihacs. 

 TAIGAREE. See Tf.gkrly. 



TAI-HOO, or Tai, a beautiful lake of China, faid to 

 be near fifty leagues in circumference, dividing the provinces 

 of Kiang-nan and Tche-kiang, and furrounded by a chain of 

 pifturefque hills. It fupphcs Sou-choo-foo, at a fmall dif- 

 tance from it, with fifti, and ferves the inhabitants alfo as a 

 place of pubhc refort and recreation. Many of the pleafure- 

 boats on this lake are rowed by a fingle female ; and the 

 rowers are faid to follow more than one profefiion. 



TAIIBI, in Zoology, the name of an American animal, 

 defcribed by Maicgrave and other authors, and fuppofed by 

 fome to be only the male of the opofTum. The Portugucle 

 in America call it the cachorro dc mato, and by the Dutch it 

 is called bofchratte. See DideH'HIS. 



TAIJEOURA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the 

 kingdom of Adel ; 15 miles N.W. of Zeilah. 



TAIL, Cauda, that part of an animal which terminates 

 its body behind. 



The tail is different, both in figure and ufe, in the various 

 fpecies. In land-animals it ferves to rid them of flics, and is 

 ufually covered with hair, and ftrengthened with bones : in 

 fifties it is cartilaginous, and ferves them as a helm to fteer 

 their courfe withal in fwimming. 



In birds it is covered with feathers, and greatly aflifts in 

 all afcents and defcents in the air ; as alfo to render their 

 flight fteady, by keeping the body upright in that fubtile 

 and yielding medium, by its ready turning and anfwering to 

 every vacillation of the body. 



Tail of Fijh. This part in the fifli-kind is the fubjeft of 

 very great diftinftions, among the charafters of the feveral 

 genera. It differs in the feveral kinds of fifti in a very obvi- 

 ous manner, in number, fituation, and figure. In regard to 

 the firft difference, the acus lumbr'iciform'u, and one of the 

 kinds of the ferpens marinus, have no tail at all ; in all otlier 

 fifti there is a tail, and it is never more than one on each 

 fift). 



In regard to fituation, there is this great difference, that in 

 fome it is placed perpendicularly, in others horizontally. In 

 almoft all the known fifties it is placed perpendicularly, ex- 

 cept in the dolphin, the phocaena, the orca, the nianali, and 

 all the whale-kinds ; for in all thefe it is placed horizontally, 

 wlieij the body is laid in its natural pofture. 



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