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a fevr broad patches of verdure, of a deep red cplour, and 

 mount in rude irregular fhapes to the height of feventy or 

 eiehty feet. Nc-ar the centre of Weft 1 e.gnmouth is the 

 church, a very ancient ttune fabric, buih in the form of a 

 crofs : the roof is fupported in a fingular manner by the 

 ramifications of a wooden pillar, that was formed from the 

 trunk of a fmgle tree. Eaft Teignmouth church is a vene- 

 rable pile near the beach, and, from the appearance ot 

 its architeaure, was probably one of the earheft ftrudures 

 crefted after the coming of tlie Normans. The trade ot 

 Teignmouth confills chiefly of commercial intercourfe 

 with Newfoundland ; the exportation of clay, and the 

 importation of co:d ; and is carried on principally ui craft 

 built at the place, where are conveniences for launching vei- 

 fels of a hundred tons. The clay exported is brought from 

 Bovcy, for tiie moft part by a canal ; and dug on the eftate 

 of James Templar, efq., who, with true patriotifm, is em- 

 ployed indefatigably in promoting the folid interefts of his 

 country, by improving agriculture, and encouraging manu- 

 faftures. Weft; Teignmouth had anciently a chartered mar- 

 ket, held on Sundays ; but this was difcontinued by order 

 of the (heriff in the reign of Henry III. The market 

 is now held on Saturdays. Salmon, trout, whiting, mac- 

 karel, and various other kinds of filh, are taken here ; and 

 by fome excellent local regulations, the inhabitants have the 

 privilege of fupplying themfelves before any can be fold to 

 the dealers. The lord of the manor holds a court -baron, 

 or court -leet, in the town once every year : at which court a 

 jury is nominated, two confl;ables deputed and fworn, and a 

 portreve chofen, who is inverted with confiderable authority. 

 In the population return of the year 1811, Weft Teign- 

 mouth was ftated to contain 441 houfes ; Eaft: Teignmouth, 

 188; the inhabitants of the former being 2080; of the 

 latter 813 : making an aggregate of 2893 perfons, occupy- 

 ing 629 houfes. 



Nearly oppofite Teignmouth, and almoft under the pro- 

 montory called the Nefs, is the hamlet of Shaldon, the pro- 

 perty of lord Clifford, which has lately become a favourite 

 fummer refidence for many families who vifit the watering 

 places on this coaft. The chapel, erefted about the year 



1670, ftands in a beautiful fituation, a little above the 

 Teign, about three quarters of a mile from the hamlet, and 

 is approached by a level walk (haded with luxuriant trees. — 



Beauties of England and Wales, vol. iv. Devonfliire. By 

 J. Britton and E. W. Brayley, 1803. Warner's Walk 

 through the Weftern Counties, 1 800. 



TEIJEUT, a town of Morocco ; 15 miles S.E. of Mo- 



godor. 



TEIL, a river of France, which runs into the Atlantic, 



N. lat. 47= 39'. W. long. 3° 8'. 



Teil, Le, a town of France, in the department of the 



Ardeche, on the Rhone ; 1 2 miles S. of Privas. — Alfo, a 



town of France, in the department of the Ille and Vilaine ; 



15 miles S.E. of Rennes. 



TEILLEUL, Le, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Channel ; 6 miles S. of Mortain. 



TEIN, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Pilfen ; 



6 miles N.E. of Tachau. 



Tein, or Teyn, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 



Bechin ; 4 miles S. of Bechin. 



TEINITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Pilfen ; 



26 miles S.W. of Pilfen. N. lat. 49° 30'. -E. long. 12'' 



^7'. — Alfo, a tovrn of Moravia, in the circle of Brunn ; 27 



miles S.S.E. of Brunn. 



Teinitz Jungfern, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 



Schlan ; 8 milts W. of Sc'ilan. 



TEINTS, and Semi-Teints, in Painting, denote the fe- 

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veral colours ufed in a pifture, confidered as more or lefs 

 high, or bright, or deep, or thin, or weakened, and dimi- 

 nilhcd, &c. to give the proper relievo, or foftnefs, or dif- 

 tance, to the feveral objefts. See Colouring. 



The word is pure French, where it fignifies the fame. 



TEIRCE, or Teirs. See TlEKCE. 



TEISBACH, in Geography, a town of Bavaria, on the 

 Ifer ; i mile W. of Dingelfingen. 



TEISENDOPvF, a town of the archbifhopric of Salz- 

 burg ; 1 2 miles W.N. W. of Salzburg. 



TEISKO, a town of Sweden, in Tavaftland ; 45 miles 

 N.N.W. of Tavafthus. 



TEISSIER, Anthony, in Biography, a voluminous 

 French writer, was born at Montpellier in the year 1632. 

 Having ftudied Greek and philofophy at Orange, and being 

 deftined for the miniftry among the Calvinifts, he applied 

 to Hebrew and theology at Nifmes ; and after fpending 

 fome time in the academy at Montauban, he removed to that 

 of Saumur. From thence he went to Paris, where lie cul- 

 tivated an acquaintance with feveral learned men ; but 

 giving up his defigns for the miniftry, on account of a dif- 

 order under which he laboured, he turned his thoughts to 

 jurifprudence, and took the degree of LL.D. at Bruges. 

 In 1683 he married ; but upon the revocation of the edift of 

 Nantes, he was obliged to quit France. He then retired 

 with his wife to Switzerland, and was recommended by 

 Turretin and Heidegger to the family of Efcher, a burgo- 

 mafter of Zurich. Declining to accept advantageous offers 

 if he returned to France, he engaged with the fenators of 

 Berne for two years in condufting a French gazette in tliat 

 city. In 1 69 1 he quitted Berne aijd went to Zurich ; and 

 from thence he proceeded to Brandenburgh, where refugees 

 enjoyed common privileges with thofe of the natives of the 

 country. At Berlin, the eledlor appointed him hiftoriogra- 

 pher, with an annual penfion of 300 crowns, which was fuc- 

 ceflively augmented. He was alfo honoured with the title 

 of counfellor of legation, and ordered by the elettor to tranf- 

 late into French the life of his father, Frederic WilHam, 

 written in Latin by Puffendorf. For this fervice he was 

 liberally rewarded, though his tranflation was never printed. 

 He was afterwards employed in compofing many works for 

 the inftruflion of the prince royal ; and though his confti- 

 tution was delicate, he enjoyed good health till his death, 

 which happened in 1715, in the eighty -fourth year of his 

 age. It would exceed our limits to enumerate all his works ; 

 an ample account of them may be found in the General 

 Biography. 



TEI-TCHANG, in Geography, a town of Corea ; 13 

 miles N.N.E. of Haimen. 



TEITEI, in Ornithology, the name of a Brafilian bird, a 

 fpecies of tanagra, in the Linnxan fyftera, called alfo gui- 

 ranheemegeta, and guraundi. 



It is of the fize of our red-breaft, and beautifully co- 

 loured. 



It fings very fweetly, and is kept in cages, five or fix to- 

 gether in the fame cage. Marcgrave's Hift. of Brafil. 



TEITH, in Geography, a river of Scotland, formed by 

 ftreams from feveral lakes, in the county of Perth, which 

 runs into the Forth, two miles above Stirhng. 



TEJUCO, the capital of the Diamond diftria in Brafil, 

 fituated in a ravine at the foot of a mountain. Tejuco is 

 feparated by the fmall rivulet of St. Francifco from the op- 

 pofite mountains. The greateft of the diamond works, called 

 Mandanga, is fituated on the river Izgitanhanha, and employs 

 about 1000 negroes, fometimes double this number. This 

 rich river, formed by the junaion of feveral ftreams, is as 

 wide as the Thames at Windfor, and in general from three 



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