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fruit was feen but cocoa-nuts. The iahabitacts of this temple of Hercules, whofe feaft was annuaUy celebrated 

 ifland, and perhaps of all tlie low ones, are of a much darker Paufanias. 



colour than thofe of the higher iflands, and feem to be of a 

 more favage difpofitioii. This may be owing to their fitu- 

 ation, nature- not having beftowed her favours on thcfc low 

 iflands with that profufion flie had dt)nf to fome of the 

 others. The inhabitants are chiefly beholden to tlie fea for their 

 fubfiftenco ; confequently are much expofcd to the fun and 

 weather, and by that means become more dark in colour, 

 and more hardy and robuft, for there is no doubt of their 

 being of the fame nation. Captain Cook's people ob- 

 ferved tliat they were ftout well-made men, and had marked 

 on their bodies the figure of a fifh, a very good emblem of 

 their profeffion. S. lat. 14° 27'. W. long. 144° 56'. 



TIORA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Italy, in the 

 country of the Sabines, on the route from Reate to Lifta, 

 between Vatia and Lifta. 



TIORN, in Geography, an ifland in the North fea, near the 

 weft coaft of Sweden, about 25 miles in circumference, con- 

 taining three parifties, and abounding in excellent paftures. 

 N. lat. 58°. E. long. 11° 29'. 



TIORNEBIERG, a fmall ifland in the Baltic, near 

 the fouth coaft of Laland. N. lat. C4° 42'. E. lone. 

 11° 18'. ^ 



TIORNEHOLM, a fmall ifland in the Baltic, near the 

 fouth coaft of Laland. N. lat. 54° 39'. E. long. 1 1° 37'. 



TIOS, TiEUM, or Tion, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Afia, in Paphlagonia, which lay, according to Ptolemy, on 

 the coaft of the Euxine fea, between Pfyllium and the 

 mouth of the river Parthenius. 



TIOUGHNIOGA, in Geography, a river of New York, 

 which runs into the Chenango, N. lat. 41° 56'. W. long. 



76° 53'- 



TIPARA, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude ; 10 miles 

 S.E. of Gooracpour. 



TIPARENUS Insula, now Specia, in Ancient Geo- 

 graphy, the ifle of Tiparena, fituated in the Argolic gulf, 

 feparated by a fmall canal from the continent, which efta- 

 bliftied a communication between the gulfs Hermione and 

 ArgoLc. 



TIPASA, TiPSA, a town of Africa, in Mauritania Cafa- 

 riana, according to Ptolemy and the Itin. Anton, having 

 the title of colony, and fituated on the route from Carthage 

 to Tingis, between Caefarea Colonia and Cafas Caluenti. 

 It ftill preferves its ancient port, and has fome remains of 

 ancient walls. 



TIPE, or Type, in R^ral Economy, a trap or device of 

 the wooden box, or excavated earth kind, for catching or 

 taking rabbits, &c. Thefe tipes or traps are fet or formed 

 in a particular track at the time the rabbits have departed 

 from the warrens, or parts of them, in fearch of food, all the 

 other holes or ways of return being ftopped up. Dogs are 

 then employed in forcing the rabbits to return, when they 

 are taken in the tipes or traps. The tipes are formed of dif- 

 ferent numbers and fizes, according to the nature and extent 

 of the warren. 



TIPER, or TiPRA, in Geography, a country of Afia, an- 

 nexed to Bengal, bounded on the N. by Silhet, on the E. 

 by Ava, on the S. by Chittigong, and on the W. by 

 Dacca, about 100 miles long, and 50 broad : the inhabitants 

 are faid to be moft fubjeCt to goitres or wens in the throat, 

 a difeafe generally attributed to the water drank. Comillah 

 feems the chief town. A town of the fame name is laid 

 down in fome maps, as fituated on the river. N. lat. 24° 20'. 

 E. long. 1 10°. 



TIPHA, in Ancient Geography, a fmall town of Greece, 

 in Boeotia, fituated on the gulf of Corinth, in which was a 



TIPHCA PRiNCEPs,one of the Hebrew accents, fome- 

 times ferving for a comma, and marked under a letter 



thus (' ). 



TIPHlA,in.En/OOTo/o5'ji, a genus of the Hymenoptera order 

 of infefts, in the Gmelinian fyftcm of Linnasus ; the characters 

 of which are, that the mouth has a membranaceous roundifh 

 jaw, a mandible arched, and acute, a ftiort tridentated lip, 

 and no tongue ; the feelers are four, filiform, unequal, 

 ftretched out in the middle of the lip ; and the antennjc un- 

 filiform and arched. This genus includes the following 

 Species. 



Vespiformis. Black, with a ferruginous abdomen, 

 black at the bafe, and cyaneous wings. The fphex vcfpi- 

 formis of Fabricius. Found in Malabar. 



Crassicornis. Black, the abdomen with three bands, the 

 legs ferruginous, and the wings cyaneous. Found in Spain. 

 Nigra. Black, without fpots. An European infeft. 

 Femorata. Black, with the four hinder thighs angu- 

 lated and red. Found in England. 



HisTRiONiCA. Black, thorax maculated, abdomen with 

 five yellow bands, the two foremoft interrupted. Found in 

 China. 



QuiNQUECiNCTA. Black, thorax fpotted, abdomen with 

 five yellow bands, the fecond interrupted. Found in 

 England. 



Variegata. Thorax black, varied with yellow, ab- 

 domen yellow. A Siberian infedl. 



Ciliata. Black, the fegments of the abdo;nen yellow, 

 with ciliated margin. Found in Spain. 



H/EMORRHOiD.A.Lis. Black, the abdomen with five yel- 

 low fpots on each fide, the toes and legs red. Found in 

 South America. 



Epiiippium. Black, the thorax with a red dorfal fpot. 

 Found in South America. 



Radula. Hairs black, thorax reddiflr before, the fecond 

 and third fegments of the abdomen yellow. Found in New 

 Holland. 



DoRSATA. Black, the fecond and third fegments of the 

 abdomen yellow. A Coromandel infeft. 



RuFicoRNis. Ferruginous fpotted with black, yellow 

 abdomen, and four black bands. Found in Tranquebar. 



Tricincta. Black, the abdomen with three yellow 

 bands, the anus and legs ferruginous. Found in South 

 America. 



Collaris. Black, the thorax on the fore-part cinereous 

 villous, behind retufe, with cinereous wings. Found in 

 Malabar. 



MoRio. Black, with brown wings, pofterior thighs 

 banded with cinereous. Found in Spain. 



Pedestrls. Apterous, black variegated with yellow, 

 thorax comprefled. Found in New Holland. 



TIPHLE, in Ichthyology, a name by which fome authors 

 exprefs the acus, or tobacco-pipe tifti. 



TIPICA, in Geography, a town of Peru ; 30 miles E. of 

 Lipes. 



TIPING, a town of Corea ; 25 miles S.E. of King- 

 ki-tao. 



TIPIOCA, or Tapioca, a name given by fome authors 

 to a fort of cream or flour made from the yucca or manihot- 

 root, by maceration of it in water, after expreffing the 

 juice. 



TIPOR, in Geography, a town on the weft coaft of 

 Celebes. S. lat. 2° 5'. E. long. 1 19° 22' 



TIPPACANOE Ckee£, a river of North America, 



which 



