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Europe ; and, notwithftanding this ncporution, fo much is 

 tek, that a complete fuit of filk may be bought here as 

 cheap as one of the coarfeft woollen-cloth in France. Ex- 

 cellent hams are brought from this province, and thofc fmall 

 gold fifh with which ponds are commonly (locked. The 

 tallow-tree grows here, and a Ipecies of mufhrooms, which 

 are tranfported to every province of the empire. In Tche- 

 kiang there are reckoned to be 1 1 cities of the firil clafs, 

 72 of the third, and 18 fortreflcs, which in Europe would 

 be accounted large cities. (Grofier's China, vol. i. p. 64. ) 

 According to fir George Staunton, the number of in- 

 habitants amounts to 21 millions, and the province includes 

 39,150 fquare miles, or 25,056,000 acres. See China. 



TCHELAO, a town of Perfia, in the province of Cho- 

 rafan, or KhoralTan : near it is a narrow defile in a mountain, 

 called, by the orientalifts. Hell, from the difficulty of the 

 pafTage. 



TCHELBOSCH, a river of Ruffia, which joins the 

 Bifuga, and runs with it into the fea of Azof ; 40 miles 

 S.W. of Eifl<oi. 



TCHELEH-DAGHI, a mountain of Natolia, N.E. 

 of Boli. 



TCHELGA, a town of Abyffinia ; 20 miles N.W. of 

 Gondar. N. lat. 12= 44'. E. long. 37° 18'. 



■• '""g- 37 

 wn of Rufi 



TCHELIABINSK, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Upha; 188 miles E. of Upha. N. lat. 54° 50'. 

 E. long. 62" 4'. 



TCHELMINAR, or Tchilminar. See Chilminar. 



TCHEMURTAESKOI, in Geography, a fortrefs of 

 Ruffia, in the government of Irkutlic ; 60 miles S.W. of 

 Selenginllc. 

 ^ TCHEN, a town of Corea ; 13 miles N.N.E. of 



Ping-hai Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 



Ho-nan ; 416 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 34° 46'. 



E. long. 110° 36' Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond 



rank, in the ifland of Hai-nan ; 57 miles S.W. of Kiong- 

 tcheou. N. lat. 19° 32'. E. long. 108° 49'. 



TCHEN-AN, a town of Corea; 35 miles S.S.E. of 

 Hetfin. 



TCHENBAR, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Penza ; 80 miles W.S.W. of Penza. N. lat 52'' 52'. E. 



iong- 43° 30'- . ■■ 



TCHENDEI, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the 

 Yana, near its mouth. 



TCHENE, a town of Egypt, on the right bank of the 

 Nile ; 18 miles N. of Enfeneh. 



TCHENG-TCHANG, a town of Corea ; 30 miles 

 ci.S.E. of Haimen. 



TCHENG-TE, an ifiand in the Eaftern fea, near the 

 fouth coaft of Corea ; about 10 miles long, and 6 broad. 

 N. lat. 34° 20'. E. long. 128° 37'. 



TCHEN-HAI, a town of Corea ; 30 miles S. of Tfin- 

 tcheou. 



TCHEN.TEE. See H.emus. 



TCHEOU-CHAN, or Chu-san, an ifland in the 

 Chinefe fea, near the weft coaft of China, belonging to the 

 province of Tche-kiang, about 24 miles long, and from 4 

 to I o broad. 



TCHEPAGIRSKOI, a town of Ruffia, on the Pod- 

 kamonfkaia Tungufka. N. lat. 61° 20'. E. long. 96° 44'. 



TCHEPETKINA, a river of Ruffia, which runs into 

 the Kolima, 88 miles N. of Verchnei Kovimikoi. N. lat. 

 tf SS'- E. long. 148° 14'. 



TCHER, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the Don, 

 near Tcherkovfkaia, in the country of the ColTacks. 



TCHERDAKLI, a town of Ruffia, in the government 

 ■of Ekaterinoflav ; 32 miles N. of Mariupol. 



TCHEREDOVA, a town of Ruffia, in the government 

 of Tobolflc, on the Irtifch ; i6 miles N. of Tara. 



TCHEREMISSES and Tciiki.wasses, tribes of peo- 

 ple occupying the vicinity of the Volga, in the government 

 of Regen. Thefe people ufe the horfe in their facrifices, 

 and chiefly white ones, efpccially in their gre.it annual folem- 

 nitics in autumn, of which none can partake, unlefs he has 

 firft bathed and put on a clean fliirt. 



TCHEREMSCHAN, a river of Ruffia, which runs 

 into the Volga, near Singiliev, in the government of Sim- 

 birlk. 



TCHEREPOVETZ, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Novgorod, on tiie Snla ; 1H8 miles E.N.E. of 

 Novgorod. N. lat. 59= 40'. E. long. 37" 34'. 



TCHERGONA, Fallry of, a fequeftered beautiful 

 valley of the Crimea, iniiabited by the richeft Tartars, who, 

 from their vicinity to Aktiar, find a ready market for the 

 produce of their lands ; carrying thither honey, wax, fruit, 

 and corn. Tiiis valley is defcribed as the retreat of health 

 and joy ; the pipe and tabor founding merrily among moun- 

 tains, thick fet with groves, which clofe them on every fide. 

 The performers confiil of parties of Tzigankies, or gipfies, 

 who, as mendicant artificers, muficians, and allrologers, are 

 very common all over the fouth of Ruffia. They have alfo 

 a wind-inftrumcnt refcmbUng a liaut-boy, made of the wood 

 of cherry-tree, and they carry with them the large Tartar 

 drum, charadlcrillic of the Cimbri in the time of Strabo. 

 Thefe gipfies are much encouraged by the Tartars, who 

 allow them to encamp among their villages and to exercife 

 their various occupations. Many of them are rich, poffeffing 

 fine horfes and plenty of otlier cattle ; but rich or poor, 

 their mode of hfe is the fame. 



TCHERIKOV, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Mogilev, on the Soz ; 80 miles S. of Mogilev. N. lat. 

 52° 36'. E. loufi. 30° 54'. 



TCHERKASK, a town of Ruffia, in the country of 

 the Coflacks, on the Don. The appearance of the town, 

 viewed from the river, affords a molt novel fpeftacle. Al- 

 though not fo grand as Venice, it fomewhat refembles that 

 city. The entrance to it is by broad canals, intcrfefting it 

 in all parts. On each fide, wooden houfes, built on piles, 

 appear to float upon the water : to thefe the inhabitants pafs 

 in boats, or by narrow bridges only two planks wide, with 

 pofts and rails, foj-ming a caufeway to every quarter of the 

 town. 



The town of Tcherkafl< is divided into eleven ftanitzas, 

 and contains 15,000 inhabitants, occupying about 3000 

 houfes, and allowing, upon an average, five perfons to each 

 houfe. Here are fcven churches, four built of ftone and 

 three of wood. One of thefe churches is appropri.ated to 

 the Mahometan worfhip of the Tartars. The firfl crcfted 

 in this place was founded by Peter the Great, and in tliig 

 they keep what they call their regalia, applying the term to 

 republican, rather than to regal, cnfigns of diitinftion. An- 

 other church is built in the Grecian t.afte, with fourteen 

 Corinthian columns, covered entirely with burnifhcd gold. 

 Almofl all the other public edifices are conflrufted of wood. 

 Here are fix prifons, four for males and two for females ; 

 and the prifoners are allowed to go about begging in their 

 chains. The fhops are very numerous, kept cliiefly by 

 Greeks, and containing the produce of Turkey, as pearls, 

 cloth, fhawls, tobacco, fruit, &c. Here are two public 

 baths, and each llanitza has its refpe<Elive tavern. The in- 

 habitants, according to Dr. Clarke in his Tnivels (vol. i.), 

 arc cleanly in their appearance, polifhed in their manners, 

 well inflrufted, hofpitable, generous, and difintereftcd, hu- 

 mane to the poor, good hufbands, good brothers, good 



wives. 



