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I cathedral and other parifh-churches, contained nine convents, 

 j a feminary, and a college. The old and new harbour lie 

 i contiguous, and, by means of a canal, communicate with one 

 I another, both having an outlet into the fpacious outer har- 

 bour, which is naturally almofl of a circular figure, and 

 I very large, being furrounded with hills. The entrance on 

 I both fides is defended by a fort, with flrong batteries. The 

 1 new harbour, which is a work of Louis XIV., is well de- 

 [ fended by batteries, and round it ftands the arfenal, where 

 I every man-of-war has its own particular Itorehoufe, but the 

 , guns and cordage are laid up feparate. In it are fpacious 

 working houfes for blackfmiths, joiners, carpenters, lock- 

 fmiths, carvers, &c. The rope-houfe is built wholly of 

 freeftone, being 320 toifes in length, with three arched 

 (walks, in which as many parties of rope-makers may work 

 at the fame time. The general magazine here, which fup- 

 phes whatever maybe wanting in the particular ftorehoufes 

 jfor (ingle (hips, contains an immenfe quantity of all kinds of 

 >ftores, difpofed in the greateft order and conveniency. In 

 jthe month of Auguil, 1793, the people of Toulon, and the 

 ; French vice-admiral Trugoff, entered into a negociation with 

 ;the Englifh admiral lord Hood, who was then cruizing in 

 ; the Mediterranean, and he took pofTeflion both of the town 

 and of the (hipping, in the name of Louis XVII., and under 

 the exprefs and pofitive ftipulation, that he was to afTifl 

 • in reftoring the conftitution of 1789. Great expeftations 

 •were formed on this occalion ; and general O'Hara was 

 ;fent with troops from Gibraltar, being appointed, under 

 ithe king of England's commiffion, governor and commander- 

 lin-chief : the republicans were not negligent in attempting 

 to recover a place of fo much confequence, and foon fuc- 

 ceeded. General O'Hara was wounded, and taken pri- 

 'foner, and the city and port abandoned. On the igrii of 

 December, the town was bombarded from noon till ten 

 'o'clock in the evening ; when the allies, and part of the in- 

 habitants, having fet fire to the town and (hipping, pre- 

 cipitated their flight. Two chaloupes, filled with fugitives, 

 'were funk to the bottom by the batteries. The precipita- 

 jtion with which the evacuation was effefted, caufed a great 

 part of the (hips and property to fall into the hands of the 

 French, and was attended with the moft melancholy confe- 

 'quences to the wretched inhabitants. Of thirty-one (hips of 

 'the line, which the Englifh found at Toulon, thirteen were 

 left behind, nine were burned at Toulon, and one at 

 I Leghorn, and four lord Hood had previoufly fent away 

 :to the French ports, Breft and Rochefort, with jooo re- 

 'publican feamen, whom he was afraid to truft; ; 7^ pcrfts E. 

 Jof Marfeilles. N. lat. 43° 7'. E. long. 6°. 

 ; Toulon, a townfhip of New York, near lake Ontario. 



Toulon en CharoUols, a town of France, in the depart- 

 'ment of the Saone and Loire, near the Arroux river ; 16 

 'miles N.W. of Charolles. N. lat. 46° 41'. E. long. 



'4° '3'- 



TOULOUSE, a town of France, and capital of the de- 

 partment of the Upper Garonne, on the Garonne. In the 

 ,fixth century, it was the capital of the kingdom of the Goths. 

 1 Before the revolution, it was the capital of Languedoc, fee 

 I of an archbifhop, and fecond parliament of France : it is re- 

 jcognized for fi/e next to Paris ; the ftreets are moftly broad, 

 jand the houfes are built of brick. The number of inhabit- 

 ants, by a late numeration, isfaid to be 50,171. Though fo 

 ■ finely fituated, its trade is inconfiderable, the principal 

 .article being Spanifh wool. The univerfity here was 

 I founded in 1228. The town-houfe is a fpacious building, 

 I and called the capitolium, whence the aldermen are termed 

 I capitouls ; and amongft other curiofities preferved here, are fif- 

 j teen large parchment folios, delicately written and illuminated. 



being annals of the city, commencing from the year 1 288, 

 and annually continued by the elde(l capitoul. Thefe were 

 drawn up originally in Latin, but under Francis I. were 

 altered to French. The three firft volumes are principally 

 fiUed witli the portraits and names of the capitouls, aad the 

 following contain all the memorable events and tranfaftions 

 throughout the whole kingdom. Here is alfo an academy 

 of the fciences and liberal arts. At half an horn'-, diftatice 

 below the city, the celebrated canal of Languedoc joins the 

 Garonne, which here becomes navigable. In this city are 

 made carpets, but of little value ; together with fome (light 

 filk and woollen (luffs ; 34 pofts S.E. of Bourdeaux. 

 N. lat. 43° 35'. E. long, i--^ 32'. 



TOUM, a town of Syria ; 6 miles N.E. of Damafcus. 



TOUMANDI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia; 

 32 miles W. of Kiutaja. 



TouMAXDl Dagh't, a mountain of NatoHa, part of the 

 ancient Olympus ; 20 miles S.E. of Burfa. 



TOUMANUGGREE, a town of Hindooftan, in the 

 circar of Kitchwaja ; 1 2 miles S. of Budawar. 



TOUMEN, a town of Chinefe Tartary ; 608 miles 

 E.N.E. of Peking. N. lat. 42° 27'. E. long. 128° 51' — 

 Alfo, a river of Corea, which rifes lat. 42° 8', long. 

 127° 34', and runs into the fea of Japan, N. lat. 42° 30'. 

 E. long. 130° 34'. 



TOUMET, a Tartarian ftandard of Chinefe Tartary. 

 N. lat. 41° 7'. E. long. 1 10° 49'. 



TOUN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Khoraffan ; 

 90 miles N.W. of Herat. 



TOUNA, or She'ii Mdallah, a fmall illand of Egypt, 

 in lake Menzaleh, on which are the ruins of an ancient 

 town ; 3 miles W. of Tenuis. 



TOUNATEA, in Botany, fomewhat arbitrarily con- 

 ftrufted by Aublet, out of the Guiana name Tounou. See 



SWARTZIA. 



TOUNSE, in Geography, a river of Hindooftan, which 

 rifes about 20 miles S.W. of Mahur, in the circar of 

 Gurrah, and runs into the Ganges, about 20 miles below 

 Allahabad. 



TOVOMITA, in Botany, an untenable name, altered by 

 Aublet, from the Caribbean Votomite. Juflieu has, we 

 prefume, according to his declared intention, afforded it 

 merely a temporary adoption, till the genus is fully under- 

 (lood. With the fame view we here admit this name, for 



the prefent only JufT. Gen. 256. Aubl. Guian. 956. 



Poiret in Lamarck's Dift. v. 7. 717. — Clafs and order, 

 Polyandr'ia Monogyma. Nat. Ord. Guttifern:, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of two roundifh, con- 

 cave leaves. Cor. Petals four, rather longer, ovate, acute, 

 concave, equal, inferted into the receptacle of the flower. 

 Stam. Filaments numerous, twenty to twenty-five, inferted 

 into the fame receptacle, ereft, linear, fhorter than the 

 corolla ; anthers of two diftinft ovate cells. Pyi. Germen 

 fuperior, feffile, ovate, with four furrows ; ftyle none ; 

 ftigma cruciform, in four deprelfed, rounded lobes. Fruit 

 unknown. 



EfT. Ch. Petals four. Calyx of two leaves. Stigma 

 feffile, four-lobed. 



I. T. guianenfis. Aubl. t. 364. — The only fpecies, found 

 in the inland forefts of Guiana, flowering in September. 

 This is a tree, whofe trunk rifes to the height of ten feet, 

 and is a foot in diameter, with a branching head. The 

 "uiood is compaft and hard. Bark reddifh, exuding drops 

 of a yellow tranfparent refin. Leaves on the young branches 

 only, oppofite, (talked, fmooth, three inches long, elliptical, 

 pointed, entire ; green above ; whitifh, with red parallel 

 veins, beneath. Floii'crs in little terminal three-forked pa» 

 K I nicies, 



