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TOBORON, a town of Thibet ; 5^ mile* N. of Tourfas 

 Hotun. 



TOBOSO, El, a town of Spain, in New CalHk- ; 37 

 miles S. of Huutf. 



TOBRON A, a town of the illand of Cuba ; 148 miles 

 S.W. of Havannah. 



TOBRUS, in ylncicnt Geography, a town of Africa 

 Propria, iu the number of tliofe fituated between the river 

 BatTradus and the town of Thabraca. Ptolemy. 



TOBUI^I>A,in Geography, a town of Africa, on the 

 E. coall of Tunis ; 8 miles N.W. of Medea. 



TOBY, a town of Sweden, in Eall Botlniia, near the 

 Gulf ; 20 miles N. of Chrilliaufand. 



Tony's Criti, a river of Pennfylvania, which runs into 

 the Allegany, N. lat. 41° 8'. W. long. 79' 40'. 



TOCA, a central town of New Granada, E. of Bogota, 

 the capital. 



TOCAIGH, a bay on the W. coall of the idanj of 

 Owhyhee : the depth of water was 25 fathoms ; the bottom 

 a ftiff clay, and good holding ground, incommoded by a 

 patch of rocky bottom, which was found to flioal fuddenly, 

 and the depth to decreafe to 7, 4, and 3 fathoms, about 

 the fourth of a mile to the fouth-w ell ward of the anchoring- 

 place ; and confequently to be a very great inconvenience 

 to the roadftead, which at beft, in the opinion of captain 

 Vancouver, is but a very indifferent one, being entirely 

 expofed to the north-well winds, and the weftern oceanic 

 fwell, which beats with great violence in the reefs that 

 encompafs the fhores. Thefe reefs flretch out a mile or 

 upwards, leaving between them and the land a narrow 

 channel, that affords comfortable and commodious landing 

 for fmall boats and canoes ; but the landing is at too 

 great a diftance from the place of anchorage to allow of 

 profecuting any debarkation from the (hip. N. lat. 20° 3'. 

 E. long. 204° 4'. 



TOCAIMA, a central town of New Granada, in the 

 immediate proximity of Bogota, the capital, and W. of it : 

 founded in 1544, at fome diftance from the river Poti, 

 called Bogota, not far from its confluence with the river 

 Magdalena. Its fituation is bad, expofed to great heats, 

 and numerous venomous creatures, and even deftitute of 

 water. But the diftrift is very fertile in cacao, tobacco, 

 fugar, maize, yucas, plantains, potatoes. Sec. and tlie fifh 

 are abundant in the rivers of Bogota and Fufagafuga, 

 though there be many alligators. The inhabitants, about 

 700, are moftly poor. Here are mines of excellent copper, 

 though not worked. 



TOCANTIN's River, a river of South America, 

 formed by the union of a number of fmall rivers in Brafil, 

 which rife about the 1 8th or 19th degrees of fouth latitude, 

 and between the 50th and 51ft degrees of well longitude. 

 Its courfe is due north to the 2d degree of fouth latitude, 

 when it joins the Guanapu, about i 20 miles from the fea, 

 and takes the name of Para, from a city fo called. 



TOCAT, or ToKAT, a city of Afiatic Turkey, in the 

 pachalic of Sivas, anciently a city of Pontus, called Ber'ifa. 

 It is fituated on the river Tofanlu, in the corner of a valley, 

 and almolt furrounded with mountains, which afford quarries 

 of marble, and well fupplied with water from innumerable 

 fprings. On the top of a lofty rocky mountain, on the 

 W. fide of the town, are the remains of an old caflle. The 

 flreets are well paved, but frequently built on uneven 

 ground. The houfes are tiled, and moflly built with wood. 

 It is the refidence of a cadi, a waiwode, and an aga, com- 

 manding a thoufand janizaries, and fome fpahis, The inha- 

 bitants are computed to be 60,000, conlifting of 20,000 

 Turkifh families, 4000 Armenians, and about 400 families 



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of Greeks. The ArnK'iiians liave fcveu churches, the 

 Greeks only one. The Armenians ni;Jce an excellent wine, 

 refembling claret in flavour, but ilronger. Fruits are abun- 

 dant in this town, and the grape-vines are excellent. It is 

 the fee of a metropolitan, dependent on the archbifhop of 

 Nicfara, or Neocx-farea, an ancient city, almoll ruined, 

 about two days' journey from Tocat. Here are fome 

 manufadlures of filk and yellow Turkey leather ; but the 

 chief trade is in copp'r vefTels, kettles, candlefticks, &c. 

 which are fent to Conllantinoplc, Egypt, &c. Tocat may 

 be confidered as the centre of trade of Afia Minor. The 

 copper is obtained from the mines of Gumifcana, at the 

 dillance of three days' journey from Trebifond, and from 

 tliofe of Callan Boal, yet richer, and fituated ten days' 

 journey from Tokal, on the W., towards Angora. The 

 caravans from Diarbek arrive in eig'liteen days, from Sinob 

 in fix, from Burfa in twenty, from SmjTna in twenty-feven, 

 and propt)rlionally lefs ou horfeback, or on mules ; 40 

 miles N.W. of Sivas. N. lat. 39^ 35'. E. long. 36' 30'. 



TOCAYO. See Toct yo. 



TOCCATA, Ital. from loccai-c, lo touch: to prelude, to 

 touch an inllrumcnt, to play a fliort movement extempore, 

 previous to the performance of a regular piece. 



TOCCATINA, a fliort prelude, or trial of an inftru- 

 ment. 



TOCCAVIENSIS Boi.us, Bole ofToLiy, in the Materia 

 Medlca, a fine medicinal earth, dug about Tokay in 

 Tranfylvania, and efteemed a powerful allringent. Kent- 

 man calls it the belus Pannon'tca vera; and Crato, bolut 

 Htingarica. 



This lail author efleemed it fuperior even to the bole 

 armenic of Galen, and had a great opinion of it in malignant 

 fevers. It is a fine and pure earth, and very heavy, mode- 

 rately compadl in its texture, but not very hard ; and in 

 colour of a confiderably deep and flrong yellow. It is 

 naturally of a fmooth furface, and does not flain the fingers 

 in handhng. It ferments violently with acid menflrua, and 

 does not become red in burning. Hill. See Bole. 



TOCHEN, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 principality of Anhalt Zerbll ; 5 miles W. of Zerbfl. 



TOCHU, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Quoja. 



TOCKAY, in Zoalogy, the name of a fpecies of Indian 

 lizard, diftinguilhed from the other kinds, by being fpotted 

 all over. 



TOCKSDORF, in Geography, a town of Pruffia, in the 

 province of Bartenland ; fi miles N.W. of Railefiburg. 



TOCMIA, in Ancient Geography, a town of ArciJia, in 

 the fouthern part to the N.W. of Megalopolis, and E. of 

 the Alpheus. It flood upon an eminence ; but it was in 

 ruins in the time of Paufanias. 



TOCMOL, in Natural Hi/lory, a name given by fome to 

 the common turtle. 



TOCOCA, in Botany, a Caribbean name, nfed by 

 Aublet. — Guian. 437. t. 174. Jufl". 330. Sec Melas- 



TOMA. 



TOCOLOSIDA, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Africa, in Mauritania Tingitana. Ptolemy. The Itinerary- 

 marks it 48 miles from Tingis, and three miles from 

 Volubilis. 



TOCORARY, or Tukorari, in Geography, a town of 

 Africa, in the country of Ante ; 10 miles E. of Infuma. 



TOCORT. See'TtGCURT. 



TOCOSANNA, in Ancient Geography, a river of India, 

 on the other fide of the Ganges. Ptolemy places its mouth 

 in the Ganges. 



TOCOYENA, in Botany, an unexplained name Aubl. 



Guian. 131. t. 50. Juff. 201. Lamarck Illuftr. t. 163, 

 5 E See 



