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Terra Tiirchn. See Turcica Terr/i. 

 Tf.rka Virghie ylurea, in N a! lira! i'ljlory, llie name of a 

 medicinal eartli, meutioned by Boccone. 



It is found at a place called Sanfto Paolo, in the (late of 

 Modena ; and is thence fent to Venice, and many other 

 places, where it is eileemed a very famous medicine. 



Its great ufe is in hsemorrhages of all kinds ; but it is alfo 

 given witli fuccefs in malignant fevers. Boccone, Muf. de 

 Filic. 

 Terra Vlrldis, See Terrk Ferk. 

 Terra Umbri. See Umber. 



Tkrra Zoica, a name given to the alkaline red mould, 

 called alfo Adamic earth. 



Terra Petita, in Law. See Summons. 

 Terra, in our Ancievt Laiu-Boohs, occurs in the fenfe 

 of land, or ground, joined with divers additions ; as. 



Terra Normamwrum, the lands of fuch Norman noble- 

 men as were forfeited to the crown, by the owners taking 

 part with the French king againft Henry III. Terra 

 frufca, fuch land as had not been lately ploughed. Terra 

 gUliflorata, land held by the tenure of paying a gilliflower 

 j'early. Terra vejlita, land fown with corn, and the crop 

 ilill remaining thereon. Terra tejlamentalis, land held free 

 from feudal fervices, and devifable by will. Terra ciilta, 

 land that is tilled and manured, in contradiflinftion to terra 

 iticulta. Terra ajirmata, land let out to farm. Terra ilomi- 

 nica, or indom'wica, demefne land of a manor. Terra hydata, 

 was land fubjeft to the payment of hydage. Terra liicrabiUs, 

 land that may be gained from the fea, or enclofed out of 

 a wafte or common to particular ufes. Terra luairiabilis, 

 tillage-land. Terra auareda, fallow-land. Terra bofcalis, 

 ■wood-land, &c. 



Terra Extendenda, is a writ direfted to tlie efcheator, 

 &c. ordering him to inquire and find out the true yearly 

 value of any land, &c. by the oath of twelve men, and cer- 

 tify the extent in chancery. 



Terra or Tierra ^ujlralis del Efpirku Santo, in Geography, 

 an ifland in the South Pacific ocean, and the moil wefterly 

 as well as the largcll of thofe called New Hebrides: dif- 

 covered by Quiros, and vifited by captain Cook in the 

 year 1774; 22 leagues long, 60 miles in circuit, and 12 in 

 breadth. The land of it, efpecially the well fide, is ex- 

 ceedingly high and raoimtainous : and in many places the 

 hills rife direftly from the fea. Except the cliffs and 

 beaches, every other part is covered with wood, or laid out 

 in plantations. Befides the bays of St. Philip and St. Jago, 

 the ifles which lie along the fouth and eaft coafl cannot, in 

 the opinion of captain Cook, fail of forming fome good 

 bays or harbours. S. lat. 14° 40' to 15° 40'. E. long. 

 166' 45' to 167° 32'. 



Terra Firma is fometimes ufed for a continent, in con- 

 tradiftinftion to iflaiids. 



Thus Afia, the Indies, and South America, are ufually 

 diftinguifhed into terra firmas and iflauds. 



Terra Firma, in a m.ore reftridlcd feafe, denotes an im- 

 menfe extent of country under the authority and government, 

 direft or indireft, of the crown of Spain, comprehending 

 feveral extenfive provinces, and three audiences, fixed at 

 Panama, Quito, and Santa Fe de Bogota : the large pro- 

 vinces are Terra Firma Proper, Popayan, Quito, and New 

 Granada, all of which ai'e again fubdivided into feveral 

 fmaller provinces or jurifdiftlons. 



Terra Firma, or Tierra Firme, in a ftill more confined 

 fenfe, comprifes three diftrifts in the viceroyalty of New 

 Granada, T)iz. Darien, Panama or Tierra Fii'me Proper, and 

 Veragua. 



Terra Firma, or Tierra Firme, Preper. See Panama. 



Terr.a. del Fiiego, a largo ifland, feparatcd from the 

 foutliern extremity of America by a narrow fea, called 

 the " Straits of Magellan:" fo named from the volcanoes 

 obf^Tved on it. Capt. Cook was the firll navigator wiio 

 had the honour, from a ferics of the moll fatisfatlory ob- 

 fervations, beginning at the W. entrance of the Straits of 

 Magellan, and carried on with unwearied diligence round 

 this iiland, through the ftrait of Le Maire, to conftruft a 

 chart of the fouthern extremity of America. The fouth - 

 weft coaft of Terra del Fuego, fays this diftinguifhed navi- 

 gator (Second Voyage, vol. ii. p. 199, &c.) " with reipcft 

 to inlets, iflands, &c. may be compared to the coafl of 

 Norway ; for I doubt if there be an extent of three leagues 

 where there is not an inlet or harbour, which will receive 

 and fhclter the largeft fliipping. The woril is, that till 

 theie inlets are better known, one has, as it were, to fifh for 

 anchorage. There are feveral lurking rocks on the coaft ; 

 but happily none of them lie far from land, the approach 

 to which may be known by founding, fuppoling the wea- 

 ther fo obfcure that you cannot fee it. For to judge of 

 the whole by the parts we have founded, it is more than 

 probable that there are foundings all along the coaft, and 

 tor feveral leagues out to fea. Upon the whole, it is by no 

 means the dangerous coaft it has been reprefented. The 

 currents between Cape Defeada and Cape Horn fet from 

 weft to eaft, that is, in the fame direftion as the coaft ; but 

 they are by no means confiderable. To the eaft of the 

 cape, their ftrength is much increafed, and their diretlion is 

 north-eaft to Staten Land. They are rapid in Strait le 

 Maire, and along the fouth coaft of Staten Land, and fet 

 like a torrent round Cape St. John, where they take a north- 

 weft direAion, and continue to run very ftrong both v/ithin 

 and without New Year's Ifles. While we lay at anchor 

 within this iiland, I obferved that the current was itrongeft 

 during the flood ; -and that on- the ebb its ftrengtli was fo 

 much impaired, that the fhip would fometimes ride head to 

 wind, when it was at weft and weft-north-weft. This is 

 only to be underflood of the place vvhei'e the fhip lay at 

 anchor ; for at the very time we had a ftrong current let- 

 ting to the weftward, Mr. Gilbert found one of equal 

 ftrength near the coaft of Staten Land fetting to the 

 eaftward ; though probably this was an eddy current or 

 tide." 



Moft writers who have mentioned the ifland of Tej-ra 

 del Fuego, defcribe it as deftitute of wood, and covered 

 with fnow. The latter circumftance may occur (fee 

 Hawkefworth's Voyages of Cook, &c. vol. ii.) in winter. 

 And by thofe who faw it at that feafon, it might be con- 

 ceived to be without wood. Lord Anfon was there in the 

 beginning of March, anfwering to our September ; but 

 Capt. Cook was there in the beginning of January, cor- 

 refponding to our July ; and thus we may account for their 

 different ftatements. We fell in with it, fays Cook, 

 about 2 1 leagues W. of the ftrait of Le Mai'-e, and trees 

 were vifible with glafles ; and though upon approaching it 

 patches of fnow were difcoverable, yet the fides of the hills 

 and the fea-coaft appeared to be covered with a beautiful ver- 

 dure. The hills are lofty, but not mountainous, though 

 their fummits are quite naked. The foil in the vaUies is rich, 

 and of a confiderable depth ; and at the foot of almoft every 

 hill there is a brook, the water of which has a reddifti hue, 

 but it is not ill-tafted. The moft remarkable land in Terra 

 del Fuego is a hill, in the form of a fugar-loaf, which ftands 

 on the W. fide, not far from the fea ; and the three 

 hills, called the " Three Brothers," about nine miles W. 

 of Cape St. Diego, the low point that forms the en- 

 trance of the ftrait of Le Maire. ( Set Le Maire. ) In 



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