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TARUSCO, a town of Gallia Narbonnenfis, near 

 Cleiium, 



TARUSCONIENSES, a people of Gallia Narbon- 

 nenfis, mentioned by Pliny, who occupied part of the tcr- 

 ritoi-y of Tarafcon on the Rhone. 



TARWAS, in Geography, a town of Bengal ; 28 miles 

 E. of Nattore. 



TASAGORA, in ylncicnt Geography, a town of Africa, 

 in Mauritania Ca;farieniis, on the route from Cula to Ruiu- 

 curum. Anton. Itin. 



TASAPAN, in Geography, a fniall ifland in tlie Eaft 

 Indian fea, near Juukfeilon. N. lat. 3° 20'. E. long. 

 98^ 14'. 



TASCA, LiJiGi, in Biography, an opera finger with a 

 powerful bafe, or rather baritono voice, who arrived in 

 England in 1 782, was a good mufician, and not only a ufe- 

 ful performer at the opera, but at the oratorio, and in the 

 performances at Weftminiler Abbey in commemoration of 

 Handel. His voice, however, wanted mellownefs and flexi- 

 bility : for like an oaken plant, though ftrong, it was llifF. 

 TASCHENMUL, in Ornithology, a name given by au- 

 thors to the anas clypeata, a fpecies of duck, remarkable for 

 the breadth of the end of its beak, and called in Enghlh the 

 Jhoveller. See B road-beaked \ivciS.. 



TASCHIEN, in Geography, a river of Bavaria, which 

 runs into the Regen, 2 miles W. of Cliam. 



TASCHOW, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Leit- 

 meritz ; J miles N. of Leitmerit/.. 



TASCIO, or Tascia, in Coinage, is a term, which 

 either wholly or in part, appears on majiy ancient Britifh 

 coins, and which has puzzltid our antiquaries, who have 

 formed feveral different opinions concerning it. Mr. Cam- 

 den, Mr. Baxter, Dr. Pettingal, and others, have tliought 

 that this word is derived from Tajl or Tafcu, fignifying in the 

 original language of Britain any land-burthen or tribute im- 

 poled by the Tag, or prince, and that all the money whicii 

 had Tafcia or any of its abbreviations upon it, had been 

 coined for no other purpofe but to pay the tribute which 

 had been impofed on the Britons by Julius Ca^far, and the 

 portaria or duties upon merchandize, which had been exafted 

 by Auguftus and his fuccefTors. Againll this opinion, 

 however, others have urged ftrong objeftions. The deriva- 

 tion of Tafcio from Tag, a prince, by the intervention of 

 Tafcu, a burthen or taflc, it has been faid, is far from being 

 clear. Money coined for the fole purpofe of paying tri- 

 bute, is a tiiing, fay the objeftors, unknown in the hillory 

 of mankind ; nor is it probable that Cunobeline, who was a 

 free and independent prince, the friend but not the fubjeft 

 of the Roman emperors, would have admitted a word of 

 fuch ignominious import ^s Tafcio is in this fenfe of it, upon 

 bis corns. 



A nvodern author (fee Wife Differt. in Numm. Bodl. 

 CataU p. 227.), diffatisfied with the above interpretation of 

 the word Tafcio, has propofed another. He fuppofes that 

 Tafcio is an abbreviation of fome nation or people to whom 

 this money belonged, and of which Cunobeline was king ; and 

 finding in Pliny (lib. iii. c. 4. ) a people of Gallia Narbon- 

 nenfis, called " Tafcodunitari Conorienfes," in the MSS. 

 " Tafcoduni Taruconienfes," he conjeftures, that Cunobelin 

 Tafcio may mean Cunobelin Tafcodunonun. But this mean- 

 ing is far-fetched, and depends upon improbable conjefture. 

 Another modern writer (fee Pegge's Efl". on Cunobeline's 

 Coins, p. 55.) has conjefturcd, that Tafcio waa the name of 

 Cunobeline's mint-mailer, who ilruc,k all thefe coins. Al- 

 though this opinion is more probable than the former, it is 

 iieverthelefs ftrangic, that this word, if it was a proper name, 

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fliould have been fpelled by tlie perfon to whom it belonged 

 in fo many different ways, as Tafcio, Tafcia, and Tafcic. 



TASCO, in Geography, a town of Mexico, in the pro- 

 vince of Meciioacan ; yo miles .S.E. of Mechoacan. N. 

 lat. \<f j'. W. long. 101036'. 



TASCONI, in Ancient Geography, a people of Gallia 

 Narbonnenfis, mentioned by Pliny, who occupied part of 

 the diocefe of Montauban. Their city bore the fame name, 

 and was fituated N. of Tolofe.. 



TASGOM, ill Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in Vifia- 

 pour ; I o miles N. of Merritcli. 



TASHAM Daoiii, a mountain of Afiatic Turkey, be- 

 tween Amafreii and Samfoun. 



TASHKUND, Tasliikumd, or Al Shajh, 3. town of 

 Turkeftan, on the Sir. This town has been often dellroycd 

 and rebuilt; 210 miles N. of Samarcand. N. lat. 42'' 40'. 

 E. long. 64" 48'. 



TASHKUPRI, a town of Natolia ; 14 mile* S.E. of 

 Caftamena. 



TASIEVA, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the 

 Tchiuma, about 20 miles N.W. of Tafievfkoi. 



TASIEVSKOt, a town of RufTia, in the government 

 of Tobolil<, on the Tafieva; 820 miles E. of Tobollk. 

 N. lat. 57^ E. long. 94° 14'. 



TASIO, a river of Sweden, which joins the Angermann 

 at Liden. 



TASIS, Tsttric, in Rhetoric, is ufed for the continuation 

 of a period longer than the breath can bear. VolT. Rhet. 

 lib. iv. p. 66. 



TAS-KUJE, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the 

 province of Lariftan ; 84 miles N.E. of Lar. 



TASLUI, a town of Moldavia ; 20 miles S. of Nic- 

 mecz. — Alfo, a river of Moldavia, which runs into the 

 Siret, near Adzud. 



TASMAN's Head, a cape on the coaft of Van 

 Diemen's Land. N. lat. 43° 33'. E. long. 147'' 28'. 

 TASMANIA. See Van Diemen'j Land. 

 TASOPIUM, in Ancient Geography, a to.vn of India, 

 on this fide of the Ganges, near Caricardama, affigned by 

 Ptolemy to the Sabarx. 



TAS-POULSASON, in Geography, a iovrn of Chinefe 

 Tartary, in the country of HamL N. lat. 40° 22'. E. 

 long. 95° 54'. 



TASPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar; 27 miles 

 E, of Hajypour. N. lat. 25° 52'. E. long. 85° 51. 



TASSA Point, a cape on the coaft of Guinea. N. 

 lat. 8°. W. long. 12° 10'. 



TASSA-CORTA, or Tassa-Croda, a town on the 

 W. coail of Palma, one of the Canary illands, wiiich is an 

 inconlidcrable loading-place for veficls. N. lat. 28"^ 37'. 

 W. long. 1 7° 58'. 



TASSASUDON, Tassisudo.v, or Tafey-Seddein,a town 

 of Afia, aiid capital of the Bootan country, fituated in a 

 valley, computed to be about three miles in length, and one 

 in breadth, lying N. and S., through which runs the river 

 Tehintchieu. This valley is in a high ftate of cidtivation, 

 bearing various kinds of grain, and diverfificd by clufters of 

 houfes. The callle, or palace of Taffifudon, ftands r.ear 

 the centre of the valley, and is a building of ftone, of a 

 quadrangular form ; the walls are upwards of 30 feet high, 

 lloped a little from the foundation to the top ; above the 

 middle fpace is a row of projcdling balconies, to each of 

 which are curtains made of black hair ; which arc always 

 drawn at night : the walls are pierced below withfmall win- 

 dows, for the admiffion of air rather than light ; and there 

 are two entrances to the palace : the one facing the fouth by 

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