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for a year by the Porte, but is generally comimicd in his 

 office many years. This oHice is romctimes given to one ot 

 the poorer beys, to help him to fupport his dignity ; and fre- 

 quently to a quiet one, who is not likely to enter into in- 

 trigue;. For one party never cares that a Ihrring man of 

 the oppofite party Ihould be invelted with an office of this 

 dignity. See DKKTAnnAR. 



■ TEFUT, in Gevgruphy, a town of Africa, in the country 

 of Darah, formeriy the capital of the ancient kings of 

 Darah, now gone to deciy. 



TEFZA, a town of Morocco, built by llie Arabians 

 on the fide of a mountain : the funounding walls are com- 

 pofed of blocks of marble ; 70 miles N.E. of Morocco. 

 N. lat. ^i'4o'. 



TEFZRA, a town of Algiers; 15 miles S. of Tre- 

 mecen. 



• TEG, a term ufed in fome parts of the kingdom by the 

 farmers, to exprefs a lamb of a year old. Among fportfmen 

 it denotes a roe of two years old. When a flock of ewes 

 and lambs are turned into a turnip-iield, the young lambs 

 of three weeks old will immediately fall to eating the turnips, 

 and fcoop them very prettily ; but thefe tegs will not touch 

 them for feveral days. They ufually ftay till almoft ilarved 

 to death before they begin, but when they have begun, they 

 foon grow fat. 



In the Romney Marfli fyftem of management, both the 

 ewe and the wether tegs are kept upon the upland grafs 

 farms during the winter feafon, by which advantages aie 

 gained in various ways. They are by this means enabled to 

 keep more ewes and fattening fheep on their marth-lands, 

 and to have the tegs when the pallures require them. See 

 Sheep. 



TEGADOO Bay, in Geography, a bay on the eaft coaft 

 of themoft northern iflands of New Zealand, difcovered by 

 captain, then lieutenant Cook, in 1769. S. lat. 38° 10'. 

 W. long. 181° 14'. ■ 



TEGiEA, JiMMEL, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Africa, mentioned by Hirtius, fituated S.W. of Leptis. 



TEGANAN, an illand of the Mediterranean, in the 

 vicinity of that of Rhodes. 



TEGAPATAM.in Geography. See FoRT St. David. 

 TEGAREE, a town of Bengal; 11 miles N. of 

 l\.i(henagur. 



TEGAZA, a town of Africa, capital of a diftrift in 

 Zenhaga ; near it is a falt-mine, about 300 miles from the 

 Atlantic, and 4CX3 S. of Cape Non. N. lat. 22° 20'. 



TEGE, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa Propria, 

 between the two Syrtes. Ptol. 



TEGEA, a town in the S.E. part of Arcadia, at a 

 fmall diftance from the Argolide ; and placed by M. D'An- 

 ville on the fcite of the modern Mokha. In this place was a 

 famous temple of Minerva Alea, in which was a ftatue of 

 the goddefs, which was removed to Rome by Auguftus. 

 This temple contained a number of other curiofities ; and the 

 priefthood in it was exercifed by a young female under fifteen 

 years of age. Near this temple was a ftadium, in which 

 were celebrated games in honour of Minerva, and others in 

 memory 'of a viftory gained over the Lacedaemonians. The 

 public place was ornamented with ftatues, and particularly 

 one of Mars Gynecothoene, (yt/mxoS&iB!,) fculptured upon 

 a column. The epithet ferved to maintain the remembrance 

 of a viftory obtained by the valour of the females of Tegea. 

 At a fmall diftance from the public place was a magnificent 

 theatre, encompaffed with bronze ftatues. This city fuffered 

 much in the wars which raged in Arcadia in the time of the 

 Achaean league. Paufanias fays that here was a temple of 

 Venus Urania, near that which was dedicated to Ceres 



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and Proferpine. The Tegeates were a valiant people. 

 Herodotus (1. i. c. 61.) mentions them with commendation. 

 The Lacedarmonians ravaged the territory of Tegea, and 

 at length obtained a fuperiority over its inhabitants. 



Tkgea, a town of the iile of Crete, faid to have been 

 inhabited by Agamemnon. — Alfo, a town of Macedonia. 



TEGEHET, or Tegegilt, in Geography, a town of 

 Africa; 120 miles S.S.W. of Fez. 



TEGEL, Eric, in Biography, a Swedifh hiilorian, and 

 principal fecretary to Eric XIV. His father, having in- 

 curred the juft refentment of Eric, as the caufe of the mif- 

 fortunes that occurred during his reign, was apprehended by 

 Charles, duke of Sudermania the brother of Eric, aad 

 put to death at Stockholm in 1568. Charles, however, 

 took the fon under his protetlion, and fent him to Germany 

 for improvement ; and when he had vifited Spain and Poland, 

 appointed him his fecretary. In 1614 he was nominated by 

 Guftavus Adolphus hiftoriographer of the kingdom, and in 

 161 7 a privy-counfellor. He died at Stockholm in 1636, 

 and left feveral works, of which the following were printed 

 in Swedilh : viz. " The Hillory of Guftavus I. in two 

 Parts." Stockholm, 1622, fol. " TheHiftory of Eric XIV. 

 with Stiernman's Remarks ;" 16-172 1, 4to. 



TEGENUM, or Tegianum, in Ancient Geography, a 

 town of Lucania. 



TEGERHY, or Teigarea, in Geography, a town of 

 Africa, in the country of Fezzan ; 80 miles S.W. of Mour- 

 zouk. It is a fmall town, and collefts from its lands little 

 produce beCdcs 'flates and Indian coru. N. lat. 26° 17'. 

 E. long. 15° 5'. 



TEGERN, a town of Bavaria, on a lake called the 

 Tegcrn See, anciently Lacus Tigurinus. Here is a cele- 

 brated abbey, founded by Albert and Ockar, two Bavarian 

 princes; 28 miles S. S.E. of Munich. 



TEGESSUS, in Ancient Geography, a town of the 

 ifland of Cyprus. 



TEGEWSE, in Geography, a town of Africa, near 

 the lake of Marks, anciently c;dled Tichafa ; 38 miles 

 S.S.W. of Gafsa. 



TEGHURI, a large river of Mingrelia, which rifcs be- 

 tween the Alani and Soanni hills, and diferobogues into die 

 Phafis, 10 verfts above the Schariftkali. 



TEGIANUM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Italy, 

 in Campania, according to Gluvier ; though others affign it 

 to Lucania, and call it Tegenum 



TEGIUM, a town of Afia Minor, in the Troade. 



TEGLA, in Geography. See TtGGALA. 



TEGLIO, a town of Italy, in the Valtehne, fituated 

 upon the top of a mountain, is a long ftraggling place, con- 

 taining about 300 houfes, about 9 miles from Tirano, and 

 12 from Sondrio. Cloie to the town arc the ruins of a 

 fortrefs, ftanding upon an infulated rock, and formerly 

 efteemed of great ftrength. This elevated fpot com- 

 mands a rich and extenfive profpeft from Tirano to the 

 lower part of the valley, beyond Sondrio, as far as Mor- 

 begno. The government of Teglio is faid to contain the 

 12th part of the Valteline ; it is the moft populous diftrift, 

 and contains about 8000 fouls. In a good feafon, it pro- 

 duces much more corn than is fufKcient for the confumption 

 of the inhabitants, and rivals Sondrio and Tirano in the 

 goodnefs of its wine. 



TEGNA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Gaul, on the 

 banks of the Rhone, not far from Valentia, to the north ; 

 the modern Tein. 



TEGOM A, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the country 

 of Afoudan ; 50 miles S. of Agades. N. lat. 19° 10'. 

 E. long. 12° 20', 



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