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. Koei-tcheou ; 967 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 27" 5'. 



E. lonir- 10;' 14'. . 



TAI-TONG, a city of China, of the hrft rank, in 

 Chan-fi. It is fituatod in a mountainous country, and is the 

 only place expolVd to the incuriions of the Tartars : it is 

 ver)- well fortified, according to the manner of the Chinefe, 

 and has a very ftrong garrifon ; its territory is furrounded 

 by the great wall, wliich has forts from place to place ; Us 

 jurifdiaTon is very large, and extended over four great cities 

 of the fccond order, and feven of the third : its mountains 

 abound with all kinds of fimple and medicinal herbs, which 

 the botaniils gather with great care. Lapis lazuli is in great 

 plenty here ; and there is a kind of jafper, which is tranf- 

 pan-nt, and as white as agate : porphyry, marble, and jaf- 

 per of all colours are very plentiful ; and here is alfo a great 

 trade for fi<ins ; 155 miles W. of Peking. N. lat. 40° 5'. 

 E. long. 112° 44'. 



TAITOU SAHA, a fmaU ifland in tlie fea of Japan. 

 N. lat. 42^ 32'. E. long. 1 30° 42'. 



TAI-TSANG, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Kiang-nan ; 567 miles S.S.E. of Peking. N. lat. 31° 30'. 

 E. long. 120'^ 24'. 



TAIVERAM, a town of Hindooftan, in the province 

 of Dindigul ; 8 miles N.W. of Outampaleam. 



TA.IUNA, a river of Spain, which rifes in the north 

 part of New Cartile, and runs into the Xarama, a little be- 

 fore its union with the Tagus. 

 TAIWAN. Sec Formosa. 



TAI-Y, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Quang- 

 fi, on the fouth fide of the Pofoi ; 1125 miles S.S.W. of 

 Peking. N. lat. 23° 24'. E. long. 106° 18'. 



TAI-YUEN, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Chan-fi ; 230 miles W.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 37° 54'. 

 E. long. 1 11° 56'. 



TAIZALUM, in ylncient Geography, a promontory of 

 the ifle of Albion, between the mouth of the Celnius and 

 that of the Diva. ( Ptol. ) This is fuppofed to be Kynaird- 

 Head, near Fraferburgh, in Buchan ; the Celnius being the 

 river Spay, in the (hire of Elgin, and the Diva the river 

 Dee at Aberdeen. 



TAK, El, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro 

 vince of Segeftan ; 1 5 miles N. of Zareng. 



TAK A, a town of Nubia, capital of a diftrift, called 

 Takaki, on the Belefe ; 50 miles S.E. of Ilak. 



TAKAGUS, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 

 60 miles N.W. of Meaco. 



TAKAIsLAKKAN, a fmall ifland in the Eaftern Indian 

 fea, near the eaft coaft of Borneo. N. lat. 3° 8'. E. long. 1 1 6^5 1 '„ 

 TAKALUOTO, a fmall ifland on the E. fide of the 

 gulf of Bothnia. N. lat. 61° 39'. E. long. 21° 10'. 



TAK AMID JA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ni- 

 phon ; 150 miles S.W. of Meaco. 



TAKAUL, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Caramania ; 

 40 miles N. of Cogni. 



TAKE and Leave, in Sea Language. The failors fay, a 

 fliip can take and leave upon her when Jhe will ; when {he 

 fails fo well, that (he can come up with another, or outfail 

 her at pleafure. 



Take, Thiflte. See Thistle. 



Take-Z/i, To, in Ship-Building, is to come-up a fett and 

 make it fail again clofer to the plank, as it works nearer to 

 the timbers. 



Take-Zh Sail, To, is to diminifh its furface by reefing, 

 &c. particularly when the wind increafes too much. See 

 Takixg-in. 



TAKENO, in Geography, a town of Japan, in the 

 ifland of Ximo ; 40 miles E.S.E. of Ikva. 



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TAKERS— C<wr-7a(fc»-j. See CAHR-TAKEns, 



TA-KIA-TCHE, in Geography, a town of China, on 

 the W. coaft of the ifland of Formofa. N. lat. 24° 22'. 

 E. long. 119°. 



T A KING-IN, in Sea Language, denotes the aft of 

 brailing-up and furling the fails at fea, particularly when 

 the wind increafes. It is generally ufed in oppofition to 

 Jetting. 



TA-KIRON-HOTUN, in Geography, a town of the 

 kingdom of Corea ; 425 miles E. of Peking. 



TAKLACOT, a town of Thibet ; 60 miles N.E. of 

 Kerion. 



TAKMITZSKAIA, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Tobolfli, on the Irtifch ; 36 miles S. of Tara. 



TAKPO, a large province of Thibet, which is fub- 

 divided into feven takpos. On the N. it has the province 

 of U, on the S. Combo, on the E. Cobang, and on the 

 W. Tzhang. 



TAKTANG, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the 

 Lis, N. lat. 62° 24'. E. long. 89'' 44'. 



TAKY, a town of Bengal; 30 miles E. of Calcutta. 



TAL, a name ufed by fome writers on the materia 

 medica to exprefs the dung of peacocks ; and by fome of 

 the chemical writers for any alkali fait. 



TALA, in Botany, a name by which fome authors call 

 the plant, whofe feed is the fefamiun, or oily purging grain 

 of the fliops. 



TALABON, in Geography, a town on the W. coaft of 

 the ifland of Gilolo. N. lat. 1° 40'. E. long. 127° 20'. 



TALA BONG, in Ornithology, a name given by the in- 

 habitants of the Philippine iflands to a fpecies of heron, 

 common among them ; which is much fraaller than our 

 heron, and perfefUy white all over. 



TALABRIGA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Spain, 

 in Lulitania, towards the fouth, upon the Vatna, not far 

 from the fea, S.W. of Langobriga. 



TALABROCA, the name of one of the moft cele- 

 brated towns of Hyrcania. Strabo. 



TALACACHA, in Geography, a town of South 

 America, in the province of Tucuman ; 15 miles S. of St. 

 Miguel de Tucuman. 



TALACOUAN, a town of Lower Siam, on an ifland 

 in the Mecon ; 30 miles S. of Juthia. 



TAL^DITES, TxXaioiTHf, in Antiquity, gymnical ex- 

 ercifes in lionour of Jupiter Ta^«lO;■. 



TALAFA, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the South 

 Pacific ocean, among thofe called Hapaae, S.W. of Ho- 

 laiva. 



TALAGIR, a fmall ifland among the Philippines; 25 

 miles W. of Samar. 



TALAGOS, a town of Africa, in the country of 

 Sierra Leone. N. lat. 10° 20'. W. long. 13° 40'. 



TALAGUADA, a town of South America, in the 

 province of Carthagena ; 10 miles N.N.W. of Mompox. 



TALAHSECHTE, an Indian town of Eaft Florida, 

 on the river St. Juan, near the bay of Apalache, in the 

 gulf of Mexico ; 52 miles N. of St. Mark. This town 

 contains about 30 habitations, conftrucled of frame-work ; 

 and covered with the bark of the c)-prefs-tree. The in- 

 habitants form large handfome canoes of the trunks of 

 cyprefs-trees, capable of holding 20 or 30 warriors. In 

 thefe they defcend the river on trading or hunting expedi- 

 tions on the fea-coaft, iflands, and keys as far as the point 

 of Florida ; and fometimes they crofs the gulf and fail to 

 the Bahama iflands, and even to Cuba, returning with car- 

 goes of fpirituous liquors, coffee, fugar, and tobacco. 



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