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!>aVing fometimes fucceeded. See Works abr. vol. i. p. i6o. 

 but vide fupra. 



Talc, Phllofophlc, a name given by fome of the chemical 

 writers to the flowers of zinc. 



This fubftance, difTolved in vinegar, affords what they 

 have in their unintelhgible language called oil of talc, and 

 extolled as a thing of vaft power in the fixing of mercury, 

 and many other imaginary operations ; and befides this, they 

 call it a fovereign remedy for all difeafes. 



TALCAGUANO, or Talcagiana, in Geography, a 

 fea-port of Chili, nine miles within the point of the fame 

 name, and about fix from the town of Conception. This is 

 the principal port in the bay of Conception, and is much 

 the mod frequented, as fhips that anchor here have not only 

 better gi'ound than in any other part of the bay, but are in 

 fome meafure fheltered from the north winds. The town, 

 or village, as Peroufe calls it, has been built fince the city 

 of Conception was deftroyed by an earthquake in 1751 : it 

 ftands on the river Biobin, and is faid to contain 10,000 in- 

 habitants. Here are the epifcopal cathedral, the feat of the 

 bifiiop, and all the religious houfes. The government of 

 the adjacent diftrift has been wholly military and ecclefiaf- 

 tical. The country round it is very healthy and fertile. 

 Great numbers of cattle are annually killed for their hides 

 and tallow, which are fent to Lima. About 200,000 dol- 

 lars' worth of gold is annually coUefted from the fands in 

 the rivers of this bifhopric. The Indians of the country 

 have numerous herds of cattle, and plenty of horfes, and 

 live more like the Tartars of Afia than the favages of North 

 America. Ships are here fupplied with water, wood, and 

 other neceflaries. N. lat. 36° 42'. E. long. 73° 6'. 



Talcaguano Point, a cape on the coaft of Chili, 1 1 

 leagues N.E. of the ifland of Santa Maria, and 2 N. of 

 Port St. Vincent. 



TALCAN, a town of Afia, in Tokariftan, befieged by 

 Gengis Khan in the year 1221, and taken after a fiege of 

 feven months ; 100 miles S.E. of Termed. N. lat. 36° 45'. 

 E. long. 67^ 9'. 



TALCKENSTEIN, a mountain of Silefia; 4 miles 

 NiN.E. of Loewenberg. 



TALCONAH, a town of Bengal ; 30 miles E. of 

 Goragot. 



TALCOT, a town of Hindooftan, in Concan ; 25 miles 

 N.E. of Goa. 



TALCOTE, a town of the ifland of Ceylon ; 20 miles 

 W.S.W. of Candy. 



TALCOUS Slate, in Geology, is confidered by fome 

 geologifts as a variety of clay-date, but it has a nearer re- 

 lemblance to mica-flate. The colour is generally a grcenifii- 

 grey, with a fhining luftre, like that of the finer kinds of 

 mica-fiate. It is fofter than mica-flate, but is frequently 

 divided into laminae by thin feams of quartz, and has a 

 twilled or contorted form. The flate on fome of the moun- 

 tains of the higher Alps, as defcribed by SaufiYire, feems 

 to be of an intermediate kind between mica-flate and talcous 

 flate. Talcous flate occurs on the weftern fide of the ifland 

 of Anglefea, and in many alpine diftrifts, forming beds in 

 clay-flate. See Slate. 



TALDINGA, in Geography, a town of Bengal; 15 

 miles W. of BifTunpour. 



TALE, in Lata, See Count aiid Declaration. 



Tale, or Tael, in Commerce, a weight for gold and 

 filver in China, and certain parts of the Eafl Indies ; and 

 alfo a money of account. In China, each tale is 10 maces := 

 100 candareens = 1000 cafh. A tale of fine filver fhould be 

 worth 1000 cafh, which cafh is compofed of fix parts of 



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eoppef, and four of lead, having a fquarc hole in the middle, 

 fo that they may be ftrung on a firing or wire ; but on ac- 

 count of their convenience for common ufc, their price is 

 fometimes fo much raifed, that only 750 cafh are given for 

 the tale. 



Gold is not confidered as money, but as merchandize ; and 

 it is fold in ingots of a determinate weight, called by the 

 Englifh " fhoes" of gold ; the largeft of which weighs 10 

 tales, and the gold is reckoned 94 touch (/. e. 94 parts fine 

 in 100), though it is only 92 or 93. Of late, from 100 to 

 1 10 tales of filver of 94 touch, have been given for 10 talci 

 of gold of 92 or 93 touch ; and fometimes from 1 10 to i 20 

 tales, or even more, of Spanifh dollars, reckoned at 92 

 touch, have been paid for 10 tales of gold. When gold it 

 exchanged for filver, its price is always valued by the ten. 

 tale weight, and it is fold either above or below touch, at 

 follows : -viz. if the gold be 96 touch, and fold at 5 under 

 touch, fubtraft 5 from 96, and 91 remains: then 91 talcs 

 of filver are paid for 10 of gold : if gold be fold at 10 above 

 touch, the finenefs being flill 96, add 10 to 96, and 106 

 tales of filver are paid for 10 tales of gold. Silver ingots 

 are ufed as money, and are from ^ to 100 tales, their, 

 value being determined by their weight. In payment of 

 fmall fums, they fometimes lay the ingot on the fire, and by 

 finking it with a hammer, detach fmaller pieces from it. 

 The Enghfii reckon the tale of filver at 6s. Sd. fterling, fo 

 that il. fterhng is =r 3 tales. The catty of 16 tales weighs 

 19 oz. 6 dwts. 4 grs. Englilh troy ; fo that 10 tales would 

 weigh 5792 Enghfh grains. Upon the whole, the weight 

 of a Chinefe tale may be taken at about j8o grains Englifh 

 troy ; and therefore 48 tales = 58 ounces troy weight. 

 One hundred Spanifh dollars weigh about 722 tales. The 

 heavielt weight for merchandize (peculiar to the coafl of 

 Canton) is called pecul, and contains 100 catties or 1600 

 tales, with the fame decimal divifion as above. Hence a 

 pecul = 132 lbs. 8 oz. 9 dr. avoirdupois: and a catty 

 =: 21 oz. 35dr. avoirdupois. 



At Acheen, in the ifle of Sumatra, accounts are kept in 

 tales, pardows, mace, copangs, and cafhes. A tale = 4 par- 

 dows =: 16 mace = 64 copangs. The coins of the country 

 are mace and cafhes. The mace is a fmall gold coin 

 weighing nine grains, and worth about 14//. fterling. The 

 cafhes are fmall pieces of tin or lead, 2500 of which ufually 

 pafs for a mace, fubjeft to occafional variation. In Si.im, 

 accounts are kept in catties, tales, ticals or tuals, miams» 

 fanangs, and cowries. The catty is 20 tales : the tale = 4 

 ticals =16 miams =32 fanangs : the fanang is = 800 

 cowries. In Tonquin, accounts are kept in tales of 10 

 mace or 1 00 candareens. The tale weighs here I oz. 4dwt. 

 HI g""*- Englifh, which is about 10 grs. more than the 

 Chinefe tale. Kelly's Cambift. 



TALED, in the Jewijh Antiquities, a fort of habit that 

 the Jews wore, chiefly when they repeated their prayers in 

 the fynagogue. Numbers, xv. 38. Deuteronomy, xxii. 12. 



It ferved inftead of that fquare garment they wore here- 

 tofore, to wliich Mofes had appointed that they (hould 

 faften borders of blue to the four quarters, and fringes or 

 ribbands all along the borders. But at prefent, that they 

 may not be expofed to the laughter of tlie people for the 

 too great fingularity of their drefs, they content themfelves 

 with wearing a fquare piece of cloth underneath, with four 

 tufts at the fourcorners, and when they meet in the fynagogue 

 to fay their prayers, they cover their heads with a iquarq 

 woollen veil, which has four tufts at its four corners. It is 

 this they call thald, or taled. Calmet, Did. & Leo of 

 Modena, Ceremonies of the .lews, p. i. ch. 11. 



G TALEGONG, 



