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ftituent parts of this mineral, from different fituatlons, a^rce 



more nearly tl.an is frequently the cafe with other minerals. 



FromiheVal.is. FiomOifcna. From Arundel. 



SileK - - 37-0 37-0 37 



Aluminc - - 26.6 27.0 21 



Lime - - 20.0 14-0 15 



Oxydofiron - 130 '7-o ^4 

 Oxyd of maiiganefe 0.6 i.J i-5 



Water - - \i-8 3-S '-5 



Lofs - - I. o o 



It differs in chemical compofition from hornblende and 

 aainolitc, by the abfcnce of magncfia, and by the large 

 proportion of alumine which it contains. 



THALLOPHORI, 9«XXo?)opo., in jlntlquity, the old 

 men and women, who, in the proceflion of the feftival pana- 

 thenaa, carried olive-boughs in their hands. 



THALLUS, in Botany and Vegetable Phyjwlogy, SaW.oc, 

 an olive bud, or a green bough ; from SajA^w, to be verdant, to 

 float forth, or fpread abroad; a term aptly enough chofen 

 by the diftinguiflied profeffor Acharius, for the froad, or 

 foliage, of a Lichen, whether that part be of a leafy, fibrous, 

 fcaly, or cruliaceous nature. But this term, however apt, 

 is fuperfluous, /row, ufed by Linnsus, being fynonimous 

 with it, and fufficient for every requifite purpofe. See 

 Lichen and Liciienes ; alfo Frond. 



THALMANSFELD, in Geography, a town of Ger- 

 many, in the marggravate of Anfpach ; 4 miles W. of 

 Thalmeffiug. 



THALMESSING, or Thalmessingen, a town of 

 Germany, in the principality of Anfpach ; 31 miles S.E. 

 of Anfpach. N. lat. 49° l'. E. long. 11° 10'. 



THALMIS, or Talmis, in Jncient Geography, a town 

 of Egypt, between Taphis and Tutzis. Anton. Itin. 



THALPUSA, atown of the Peloponnefus, in Arcadia ; 

 which belonged to the Orchomenians. 



THALSEA, or Thelsea, a town of Phoenicia, marked 

 on the route from Remmaris to Neapoli^, between Geroda 

 and Damafcus. 



TH ALUD A, a river of Africa, in Mauritania Tingitana, 

 the mouth of which is placed by Ptolemy on the coaft of the 

 Iberian fea, between Jagath and the promontory Oleaftrum. 

 THALYSIA, SxXu^ia, in Antiquity, a facrifice offered 

 by the hufbandmen after harveft. For the origin and cere- 

 monies of which, fee Potter, Archacol. Grscc. torn. i. p. 400. 

 THAMALAPATHRA. See Folium Indicum. 

 THAMAR, a word ufed by the Arabian phylicians to 

 exprefs a date. Hence a peftoral decoftion, made with 

 dates and other ingredients, was called diathamyron ; and 

 the word was afterwards corruptly written dicameron. 



Thamar, in Ancient Geography, a town of Judea, near 

 Malis or Malath, which, according to Eufebius, had a 

 Roman garrifon. 



THAMARITA, a town of Africa, in Mauritania 

 Csefarienfis. 



THAMARO, a town of Paleftine, on the weftern fide 

 of Jordan. Ptolemy. 



THAMASCHALTIS, a town of Africa Propria, on 

 the route from the Greater Leptis to Tacapas, between 

 Thramufdifis and Thentei. Anton. Itin. 



THAMBES. in Geography, a mountam of Algiers ; 30 

 miles S. of Bona. 



THAME. See Team. 



Thame, or Tame, in Geography, a market -town in a hun- 

 dred of the fame name, and county of Oxford, England, is 

 fituated on thebanksof theriverThames (whence it derives its 

 name), at the north-eaftern extremity of the county adjoining 

 to Buckinghamfhire, 1 3 miles E. front Oxford, and 46 miles 



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N.W. by W. from London. Dr. Stukeley calls thi« place 

 Tamefe, and it is unqueflionable that a Roman military- 

 road went tlirough the town, though it was by degrees ne- 

 glefted in the latter times of the empire. Thame was a 

 place of fome confequence in the tenth century ; for wo 

 find that Wulfere, king of Mercia, granted a charter " in the 

 vill called Thama ;" and in the year 970, Ofl<etyl, archbifhop 

 of York, is known to have died here. In 1010, when the 

 Danes over-run thefe parts of the kingdom, this town, 

 among others, fuffered feverely. The Domefday record 

 defcribes the manor of Thame as a part of the bifliop of Lin- 

 coln's extenfive poffefiions in Oxforddiire. Lcland fays, 

 " about Alexander, bifliop of Lincoln's time, the town of 

 Tame, being the king's, was given for rent, in fee-farm to 

 the bifhop of Lincoln and his fucceffors." To the patron- 

 age of the bilhops the town was indebted for numerous ad- 

 vantages. By them the church was erefted, the vicarage 

 and a prebend endowed, and a neighbouring abbey reared. 

 Through th.eir intereft the fairs and market were granted ; 

 and Henry Lexington, bifhop in Henry the Third's reign, 

 rendered an important fervice, by turning the high road 

 through the middle of the town. Thame continued depend- 

 ant on the bifhops till the reign of Edward VI., when the 

 fee was difmembered of many of its valuable poffeffions. 

 Sir John Wilhams obtained a grant of the eftate, which de- 

 fcending by marriages to the family of Bertie, it became 

 veffed in the earls of Abingdon, the prefent poffeffors. 

 During the civil wars of the feventeenth century, Thame was 

 furrounded by garrifons of the contending parties, and 

 confequently experienced its full fhare of the miferies of that 

 period. The town confifts principally of one long and fpacious 

 itreet, gently rifing from the river. The church is a large, 

 well-built ftrufture, of the cruciform defcription, and com- 

 prifes a nave, two aifles, a north and fouth tranfept, and a 

 chancel ; with an embattled tower fupported by four maffy 

 pillars. The interior exhibits numerous tombs and memo- 

 rials of families once important in this neighbourhood. 

 Near the church are the remains of the prebendal houfe, • 

 which .evince confiderable former grandeur, and confifl of 

 nearly tliree fides of a quadrangle. A fchool, once of great 

 celebrity, was founded here by John, lord Williams : the 

 houfe is a fpacious building, and the fchool of noble dimen- 

 fions. Through the whole of the feventeenth century, this 

 eftablilhment maintained a high charafter : but has now 

 fallen into difufe ; though the building is in excellent pre- 

 fervation. There is likewife a charity-fchool of an humble 

 defcription for tb.e education of twenty -five boys. Thame 

 has a good weekly market on Tuefdays, and two annual 

 fairs : the market is of ancient date, for we find that the 

 prior of Rufford was reftrained from holding a market at 

 Haddenham, to the prejudice of that of Thame. In the 

 year 181 1, the number of houfes was returned as 460 ; the 

 population as 2328, of which more than half were paupers 

 receiving alms from the parifh. By the return of the ex- 

 pences attending the maintenance of the poor in 1811, thofe 

 of this parifh amounted to 3686/., a fum exceeding the ex- 

 penditure of any other parilh in the county. The parifh 

 contains about 4600 acres of land, and is divided into fix 

 hamlets or liberties. Old Thame, New Thame, Prieft End, 

 Thame Park, Mofeton,and North Wefton : the town com- 

 prifes the three firfl. In Thame park, about a mile from 

 the town, ftood an abbey of fome importance, eitabhflied by 

 bifhop Alexander in 1 1 38. At the diffolution, the fociety 

 confifted of an abbot and fixteen monks ; and the annual 

 revenue was 25.6/. I4f. "jd. The abbey, with all its poffef- 

 fions, was furrendered to the crown by Robert Kyng, the laft 

 abbot, who, for his ready compliance, was on the ereftion of 

 the fee of Oxford appointed its firft bifhop. On the fcite of 



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