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TSl, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Ho-nan ; 

 242 miles S. of Peking, N. lat. 34° 30*. E. long. 



"4° 34'. . ^ ^ 



TSIA, in Botany, a name taken from the Japanefe, and 

 ufed by feme authors for the tea-tree. 



TSJAKELA, H. M. — Ficus Malabarka, femel in anno 

 fruBlfera, fruda minima, a fpecies of fig-tree growing in 

 Malabar. Of the bark of this tree they make firings for 

 their bows, and prepare a red colour for dyeing the Cambavan 

 cloths. 



TSIAM Pangam, a name ufed by fome authors for the 

 tree whofe wood is the log-wood, ufed in dyeing, and in 

 medicine. 



TSIAMAJA, in Geography, atown of Laos ; which fee. 



TSIAMPA. See Chiampa. 



TSIANA EuA, in the Materia Medica, a name given 

 by fome authors to the coftus root. 



TSIAO, in Geography, a city of China, of the fecond 

 rank, on the fouth coaft of the ifland of Hai-nan ; 125 

 miles S.S.W. of Kiong-tcheou. N. lat. 18° 20'. E. long. 



ic8' 25' Alfo, a town on the weft coaft of the ifland of 



Morty. N. lat. 2'= 5'. E. long. las'-' 18'.— Alfo, a lake 

 of China, in Kiang-nan, about 60 miles in circumference ; 

 42 miles S.W. of Nang-king. 



TSIAO-TING-CHAN, a town of Corea ; 50 miles 

 E.N.E. of Koang-tcheou. 



TSIAO-TONG, a town of Corea, on an ifland of the 

 fame name. N. lat. 37° 48'. E. long. 124' 14'. — Alfo, an 

 ifland in the Hoang-hai, or Yellow fea, near the coaft of 

 Corea, about 35 miles in circumference. N. lat. 37° 44'. 

 E. long. 124° 54'. 



TSIASSEM, a kingdom of the ifland of Java, on the 

 north coaft, E. of Carawang. 



TSIBBA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 

 30 miles E.S.E. of Jedo. 



TSI-CHU, in Botany, the name of a Chinefe tree, which 

 furnifhes the liquor of which they make their celebrated 

 varnifli. 



TSIEN, in Commerce, a weight in China. The Chinefe 

 weigh gold and filver by the gin or catty, of 16 lyangs 

 or tales ; and the lyang is fubdivided into 10 tfiens 

 or maces, 100 fwens or candarines, and 100 lis or cafli. 

 The gin is the Chinefe denomination for this weight, and 

 the catty that of the European. See Tale. 



TSIEN-OUEY, in Geography, -a. tovin of Chinefe Tar- 

 tary ; 40 miles S.W. of Ning-yuen. 



TSIERIBON. SceCHERiBON. 



TSIJA, a town of Thibet ; 48 miles W. of Con- 

 tchoudfong. 



TSIKUMMA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ni- 

 phon ; 88 miles W. of Meaco. 



TSILI, a town of Corea ; 35 miles W. of Sing. 



TSILKANI, a town of the principality of Georgia, in 

 the province of Carduel ; 20 miles N.W. of Teflis. 



TSILON-PALHASIN, a town of Chinefe Tartary, 

 m the country of the Monguls ; 13 miles S. of Oulan. 



TSIM-YUEN, a town of Corea ; 650 miles E.N.E. of 

 Peking. N. lat. 42° 28'. E. long. 129° 54'. 



TSIN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chen-fi ; 

 620 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 34° 35'. E. long. 

 105° 24' — Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Hou-quang ; 645 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 26° 

 36'. E. long. 109° 2'. 



T.SIN, or Tcin, a town of Corea; 188 miles S.S.E. 

 of King-ki-tao. N. lat. 34° 52'. E. long. 127° 44'. 



Tsis, in Natural Hi/lory, the name given by the Chinefe 

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to a ftone which they make great ufeof in their manufacture 

 of porcelain ware. It is of a deep blue colour, much re- 

 fembling Roman vitriol in appearance, and is found in lead- 

 mines, and fuppofed to contain fome particles of lead ; its 

 effects being the fame in the porcelain manufafture as thofe ■ 

 of cerufs, or white lead, in making the other colours pene- 

 trate into the fubftance of the veflels. The deep violet co- 

 lour that we fee fo beautiful on the china-ware, is ufually 

 made with this ftone. They find it about Canton and Peking ; 

 but the latter place aff^ords the beft, and it fells at greatly 

 the beft price. 



The painters in enamel melt this ftone in their way, and 

 ufe it very much ; they form many beautiful works, by lay- 

 ing it upon filver ; but it is apt to come off in time. When 

 the tfin is ufed in the porcelain manufafture, it is only ufed 

 to the vafes that pafs a fecond baking, and are intended as 

 the beft kinds. 



The tfin is prepared by only beating it to powder, not 

 roafting it in the common way. They mix the powder with 

 large quantities of water, and ftirring it together, they let 

 it fubfide a little, to feparate any earthy or extraneous mat- 

 ter that might be among it. They then let the powder fub- 

 fide. The water which is thrown away has no colour from 

 this matter, and the powder itfelf is not of that fine blue it 

 was in the lump, but of a pale afli-colour ; but this recovers 

 all its beauty when it is laid on the china and baked. The 

 fettlcment taken from the water is dried and prefcrved in 

 powder, and when it is to be ufed, they only mix it up with 

 gum-water, or a folution of glue, and lay it on with a 

 pencil. Obferv. fur Ics Coutumes de 1' Afie. 



TSI-NAN, in Geography. See Tci-nan. 



TSINCHAN, a town of Corea; 13 miles N.W. of 

 Sing. 



TSIN-CHOUI, a river of China, which runs into the 

 Yuen, near Meyang. 



TSINEH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natoha ; 16 

 miles W.N.W. of Mogla. 



TSING, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chan-fi ; 

 267 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 36'^ 42'. E. long. 

 112° 24'. — Alfo, a lake of China, in Kiang-nan, 22 miles 

 in circumference ; 45 miles N. of Hoai-ngan. 



TSING-HING, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 

 in Yun-nan ; 1162 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 24° 

 47'. E. long. 102° 3c'. 



TSING-KIANG, a town of China, in Kiang-nan, on 

 the Yang-tfe river ; 50 miles S.E. of Yang-tcheou. 



TSING-LAN-OUEI, a town of China, in Hou-quang, 

 near the fource of the river Yuen ; 25 miles S.W. of 

 Hoang. 



TSIN-KIEN, a river of China, which runs into the 

 Hoang ; 12 miles E.S.E. of Yen-tchan. 



TSIN-NING, a citv of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Chen-fi ; 585 miles W.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 35° 36'. 

 E. long. 105° 25'. 



TSINO, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Awafi ; 10 

 miles N. of Awafi. 



TSINRAMA, a town on the weft coaft of the ifland 

 of Celebes. S. lat. 3^ 10'. E. long. 119° 14'. 



TSIN-TCHUEN, a town of Corea; 40 miles S.E. of 

 Hoang-tcheou. 



TSIN-YANG, a river of China, which rifes near 

 Tci-hia, in Chan-tong, and runs into the Eailern fea, near 

 Fou-cha. 



TSIN-YUEN-OUEI, a fortrefs of China, in Chen-fi, 

 near the great wall, on the river Hoang ; 75 miles N. of 

 Linfftao. 



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