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T O W 



Cnds^Mrw me^ A BMmeaUe towa was ccmdnided by tlia 

 lojaEfts ib has as tbe tTonbles ooder kb^Cbaiks I^ wloch 

 was fisprifed and takes fay tbe tuilLm i m taiy fcwaes. Tt 

 was mafDamed ajwmr ; which Cee. 



Towers are aUb boflt to enable peO|^ by tbeireleTadioii, 

 to TJev to a great diftanrr. Thefe are oF all ^nres, as 

 fqnzs^, romid, pent^jooal, &c (See Phabos.) In China 

 is a haoooB tower <^ povcdan, of wlndi the Dutch idate 

 wonders. 



Towers are aUb bmh for fbrtrefles, priCoBS, &c. as the 

 Tower of Losidoa, the towers of the biE Bafiik, &c. 



"Tbe Tower of Ixjodoo is not ooIt a citadel to defend and 

 ttmmitLmA tbe otT, rirer. Sec but 2dfo a roral paiace, where 

 cor kmgs with thesr conrls have looiesiisies lodged- 



It coataJBS a roral ar&nal, in whidi ate anus and aiBiBa- 

 aitioa for 8c,aoo Soldiers; thec^cesof aedQaiice;atieafiBy 

 fcr the jewds and omanests of the crown ; futuital) a nnnt 

 ferm iui B g of moneT; the great anhne, in which are pre- 

 lerred aD the aDcicit leooeds of die coorts of WeSniafter, 

 &c asd is thednefpd&o for late uimimk . 



In themidft (^!t h the great fqnaicidiite tower, buik by 

 William the Conqoeiar, about the year 1079. Within the 

 Tower B a parochial dmrch, foeooded by king Edward IH. 

 aad dei&ated in the name of St. Peta- in Chains, exempt 

 froBOL aD jnrii dJcliig i of the arcjihcfiKHi, sid a roral ch^iel, 

 BOW £faKd. 



The dsef oSoer of the Tower is a coolhUe, w dnef 

 goveroor, under wbran k the Beatenant- guwauoi , who ads 

 by hk diredioo, and m lis Ateace. He had, by grant of 

 iereral <^ oar kicgs, mmjm Img mmm , two gaQoos and a pint 

 of wine before, and as mncfa behind the maft of aU wine 

 ftq» thai come to Loedoo ; and a ea trtjiu ^lantity ont d[ 

 enay host ladea with kibftos, oy&en, znA other fteO-fiA, 

 and donblp the quantity oot of etery aheo's boat poSn^ by 

 the Tower. Under the mnftahlf, befides the friHt^MHl, ai^ 

 a depoty-jKotesant, a tower.ii!^ar, a rJia^AzoK^ a i^iyfician, 

 ^ntlonzn-pcKter, geBtkiDan.gaakr, fur g e o a i, zid fotty 

 varoers. Tlie gentlemai-pazter hzs-charge of the gates to 

 lock and irolnrk them, and define the keys ererr ni^it to 

 the cao&zble or liemenant, and lecetre them of lam the 

 next nonsng'; d& comnszods the wacders in waiting atwl zt 

 Ae pntr a nce of aprifiner hasfbrhsfeeggfiMiiay i i j io iwa, 

 ordfe acosqiirfniaD lor the &me. 



For the yeomen warden of the Tower, fee Wahoeb. 



Ib the Town- is likewise kept a codt of leciEd br pre- 

 fet^boB focthe fibeity of the Tower, (^dd>t, tiefpa^ and 

 other adioDS of asr fom. 



The Tower Eberty, fcbj:^ to no jmifSdioa bnt that of 

 the Tower fcldf, inciides both the Tower JiiBs, part of Eaa 

 SmirhnfM, RcrfiEmaryJaoe, Weiklofe Jqnare, T Wrb. Mioo- 

 ries, ArtSery-ftieet,' FcBich-aaey, I>ake.tiE£t, Stewaid- 

 ftieet, GaB.ftreet, Fme-fizeet, aid the other courts asd 

 aBeys within dieircampau, in Spital&l^ 



TowEH, ia Gl^ mtl'ni. See Lees. 



TowES.^^/Bav, in Fartj^Cctfin, are fa^H tewsrs, maoe 

 m the f(Bm of tt afli < »g. by M. Vaabaa in fais fecood and 

 tbd BKtfaod; with rooms or cdhrs undeimeadi, £ar accom- 

 modatuig mec and gms. See Forttficatios. 



TowEa, ifaa^a:. See Hoixow r«ai9-. 



TowESs, JazSxd, are thole wfaoie tops hang fi> far o^er, 

 as to appear ia daiigsr to people walking fadow. Sadi is 

 that of Pifa, 138 feet "tegh, wfao& t<q> oveihsags the ba& 

 15 ^^ ; '^ ^^s** °^ Bologna, 130 feet high, whofe top 

 owdaigs the bale 9 feet ; and tie reaiba why they do not 

 &I ii, that their centres of gtdiity aie fi^postcd, or the 

 faes of ihit'Gjua in thfm £dl widen their bafe. Bat if 

 towers of this kind, that iixjine, weze to be grated in 

 he^fat fay ^ay addfikaal wd^tt oa their tops ; ia ^'f^r czJe 

 II. 



the centres of gia%ity woold be r2a&d, and their lines of di . 

 redion &I1 without the bale, fo that the toweis tfaesnfebef 

 muft faH. 



TowEX Mm^ard, sid B^ardTmwa- Mm^Mrd, m Bt^ 

 SeeMcsTAKB. 



TowsR P&mmJ, am old Ei^iA we^t £dt cmns. lliis 

 tower or nMrneyen* poond, with which g<^ and &l«er 

 woe tj ^h e d in Esgk:^ before tbe le^n <^ Henry V'lII. 

 aad wiudi is fiiD occafioBaDy le&xied to on tbe f objed of 

 coins, was l^fater than the pound troy by nftcen pensy- 

 we^fats troy. 



"TowESrSiS, in Gagnffyt a tows of tiie 2ate < 



ifland, with a poA-oSoe; i; miks S. <^ Frorideacs. — 

 Alfo, a town of North Carohna, on the Neofe ; 30 ank-; 

 W. of Newbem. 



TowzK Ifitmi, a {knall ifland in the £a£: ladbn Sea, 

 near the S. cool: <tf the iiland of Fkxes. S. lc:.9'2'. £. 



TOWIACHES, called Pa^ by the Fieccfa, a tiif 

 <^ Indians in Lonifian?, who fire on tbe S. bank vi d^; 

 Red river, by die coorfe <£ the lirer npward of 800 m3e^ 

 above Natchitoches, aad by die neare& land '*i*-"»'-^ aboo: 

 340 miles. They have two towcs cear ooe another: tbe 

 lower town, where the chief Hies, is called I'Qtcbera, aid the 

 other is called Towaahadh. Their piie&Bt daef is dftWH- 

 nated the Great Bear. Tliey are at warwiththe Spzmavds, 

 bat friendly to thofe French aad American boaters who hare 

 laldy been among tbeiB, according to the ftatoaest of Mr. 

 JeSsfeo in theyear i8c6. TIkt are likewife at war with 

 the Oiages, as is eccry other nannn. For many handreds 

 <^ mdes nMmdthem, tfaecoontry is a rich jxziiie, ooieted 

 with InxnnasSt grals, whioi is green umuner and wmter. 

 with fldrts of wood oo the riier bank, by the fprings akd 

 creeks. They hare many hoifes ssd mules. They raike 

 mate com, pompkiz^ b^ns and tobacco than they waatj 

 for their own cosfomptiao, £a thai, fome of thele < <miiii)iJ 

 dities fanilh articles of trade. They hz^e but fewgima 

 aad verr Iktle aauBmntioa, wludi they keep fior wsr, and 

 hnnt with tbe bow. Hidr meat is jKinc^tally bo&loe, ace 

 they feldom k31 a deer, thoo^ pkstifiiL They bane aUb 

 elk, bears, wolves, azitdc^KS, aid w3d bogs ia abnadaace, 

 aad wlaterdilats and hares, aswdl as tbe cammoB labfaits. 

 llie men are geoeiaDy ahqgether naked, and die 

 nearly fo, with ths esceptioo fA a CmaD fl^ of a piece 1 

 ftin. Tbey hai^ s^ajiy Spacizrds a^nong them, taken I 

 the felllement of Szsta Fe, when they woe chikbea. Their 

 I jugUi^ di&TS &aui tiiat of rcery other aatioo, the Tow- 

 jlrjomix excepted. Mr. JeSeriba Sates the nnmba' of men 

 at about 400 ; a great nmnber cf them isring been fwepi 

 awar, zbout ibor vears be&ie, bT the fimall-pox. 



TOWING-Fath, the road or path which is fonned 

 aloi^ on the borders of narigabie lieexs and ranaVi, for the 

 porpole of dtawiog disisent f<Hts of ■nj^j-miU for farm ia&. 

 other sjes, ia fame kind of tiBzIlTe&ls, oa thEin, either by 

 raenorhorfes. (See EC,^. 16. i*ikc L. Caea^r, aad^.^c 

 Plait V.) Tieie piihi caziuttCE ooe <^ the great im» 

 pfovemeats in thi$ iaet 01 nangation, by reoiOTing the ic. 

 coniecience and cifgnfi aSorded by tbe mode of hanling the 

 barges by means of men infieaddF hoi&s, where they are 

 firmed with that mte&ticKk. 



In fpeckiag of the mlaid nav^atioa of the river Sererc, 

 zz;d ibe cooaty, in the Staop3iiie ^;T3CiiItnral report, Mr. 

 Tdfb^ ob££r«es, that with r^ard to adopting tie mode of 

 hanlisg baige s by wp^n»g of hories, igftfja^ of the pfe£ert 

 barbaroQs aad expenfiie mftom of perfomBing this flare-Jike 

 cAoe by men, it is ody neoeSary that a good towing-path 

 for hoifes ihoaid be ibemcd alo^ die banks of the riner, 

 sad whidi'iriQ ao doobt take pbce, if any fcbeme of gene • 



