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I forty -nine. The whole treatife fills a hundred and twenty- 

 four folio pages : the diagrams, which are very numerous, 

 aire beautifully written, and illuminated with different co- 

 loured inks ; and it feems to be in all refpefts the moft 

 ample and complete work of the kind which the fourteenth 

 century can boaft. 



TUNUB, in Geography, a town of Egypt, on the weft 

 branch of the Nile ; 6 miles N.N.W. of Amrus. 



TUNUPOLON, in Zoology, the name of an Eaft 

 Indian fpecies of viper, found principally in the ifland of 

 Ceylon ; it is of a fmall fize, and of a fine fattin-like glofs, 

 beautifully variegated with Ihades of brown. Ray. 



TUONl EccLESiASTici, Ital., in Mujic, tones of the 

 church. (See Canto Fermo and Modi.) The modi autentki 

 are the odd numbers I, 3, 5, 7 ; and the modi plagali, the 

 even numbers 2, 4, 6, 8. 



TUONO, Ital., a mufical tone or found. ( See Tone. ) 

 " Tuoni," fays the Crufca, " appreflb a' mufici, fono i 

 gradi, per cui paffano fucceffivamente le voci e i fuoni nel 

 falire verfo I'acuto, e nello fcendere verfo il grave coUa rego- 

 lata interpofizione dc' femituoni a' loro luoghi per riempiere 

 gl'intervalli maggiori confonanti, e diffonanti." — " Tones 

 among muficians are thofe degrees or gradations by which 

 voices and inftrnments afcend and defcend fucceflively from 

 the grave to the acute, and defcend from the acute to the 

 grave, with the interpofition of the neceffary femitones to 

 fill the greater confonant and diflbnant intervals." Varchi. 

 In this arrangement of the fcale, all the fimple and perfeft 

 confonances are found, that is, the key-note, the fourth, 

 the fifth, and the diapafon or oftave. 



TUP, in Rural Economy, a term often applied to a ram 

 in different diftrifts. 



TUPELO Tree, in Botany. See NissA. 



TUPERSDORF, in Geography, a town of Saxony, in 

 the Vogtland ; 4 miles N.E. of Oelnitz. 



TUPES, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Chrudim ; 

 8 miles N.W. of Chrudim. 



TUPICA, a town of Peru ; 30 miles S.E. of Lipes. 



TUPINAMBAS, a nation of South American Indians, 

 who inhabited near Rio Janeiro ; but after the fettlement 

 of the Portuguefe, removed towards the river of the 

 Amazons, where the Tapayos are now their defcendants. 



TUPISTRA, in Botany, an unexplained name, ufed by 

 Mr. Ker, in Curt. Mag. t. 1655.— The plant which bears 

 it, T. fqualida, was imported by Meffrs. Loddiges from 

 Amboyna, in whofe ftove it flowered, for the Crfb time, in 

 April 18 14. The learned author did not examine the 

 fpecimen in a perfeft ftate, fo that his ideas, hke our's, muft 

 be chiefly derived from Mr. Edwards's figure, the accuracy 

 of which there is no reafon to doubt, and from which the 

 clofe affinity of this plant to Orontiiim japonicum is apparent. 

 No botanill however is as yet fufficiently acquainted with 

 the parts of frudification in either to determine their generic 

 charafter, or to dillingiiifh them generically from 0. aqua- 

 ticum. See Obontium. 



T. fqualida has a perennial tuberous root, with thick 

 fibres. Stem none. Leaves few, ercdt, equitant, lanceolate- 

 oblong, entire, coriaceous, fmooth, about two feet long. 

 Stali fohtary, ereft, not a fpan high, fimple, cylindrical, 

 fmooth, firm, purphfh, bearing a dt- nfe fpiie of numerous 

 fcentlcfs_y?oTOcrj-, of a pale dingy, or brownifh lead-colour, 

 quite feffile, with a braSea at the bale of each. Calyx 

 none. Corolla of one petal, bell-fliaped ; the limb in fix 

 or more fpreading fegments, each bearing on its diflc a 

 feffile, two-lobed, but feemingly imperfcft, anther. A 

 cylindrical body, four-lobed at the top, in the centre, looks 

 like a germen zndjligma. 



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TUPMAN, in Rural Economy, a term frequently ap- 

 phed to a breeder and dealer in tups, in fome diilrias, as 

 thofe of the midland parts of the kingdom. See Ram. 



TUPPA, a name given in Thibet to children, vvlio at 

 the age of eight or nine years are admitted into the monaf- 

 tery at Tefhoo-Loomboo, and who are occupied in receiving 

 the inftrudtion fuited to their age, and the duties for which 

 they are defigned. See Tohba. 



TUPPING, in Rural Economy, a term applied to the 

 impregnating of ewes by the tups or rams. 



TuPPlNG-ZiW, the period or feafon of putting tups or 

 rams to the ewes. It fhould be done neither too early nor 

 too late, as in the former cafe the lambs are dropped too 

 much in the cold weather, while in the latter they are 

 liable to be of inferior fize for the markets. It is confe- 

 quently befl done according to the nature of the fituation 

 and circumftances. See Sheep. 



TUQUILIGASTA, in Geography, a town of South 

 America, in the province of Tucuman, on the Salado ; 

 4 miles S. of St. Yago del Eflero. 



TUR Rabain, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the 

 government of Moful ; 20 miles E. of Nifibin. 



TURA, a river of Ruffia, which rifes about 40 miles 

 W. of Verchotura, in the province of Ekaterinburg, and 

 runs into the Tobol, oppofite Turchanfl<oi, in the govern- 

 ment of Tobolfl<. See Tobol. — Alfo, an ifland in the 

 Grecian Archipelago. N. lat. 39° 34'. E. long. 24° 15'. 

 — Alfo, a town of Hungary ; 24 miles W. of Topoltzan. 

 — Alfo, a town of the county of Tyrol ; 24 miles S.W. 

 of Trent. 



Tura Bamba, a fpacious plain, in which flands the city 

 of Quito. 



TURALINZES, one of the firft colonies which con - 

 ftruftcd for themfelves permanent habitations, when t!ie 

 Tartars fubjugated Siberia in the 13th century ; hence their 

 name (from Tura, fignifying in the Tartar language a town), 

 which fignifies the fame with fettlers. Ever iince their 

 arrival, they have inhabited the region on both fides of the 

 river, which from them is denominated the Tiu-a, between 

 the Tavda and the Ifer, in the Ekatarinemburg and To- 

 bolflioi diftrifts of the governments of Perme and Tobolfk. 

 Their oldeft fixed feat was the city of Tfchinghiden ; but 

 when Yermak made the conquefl of thefe parts, the khan 

 Yepanfa refided higher up the Tura in a city, which after 

 their refloration by the Ruffians was named Turenfk, and 

 bears this name at prcfent, though it is alfo called by the 

 Tartars Yepantfchina. 



TURAMIANA, in Jndent Geography, a town of 

 Spain, in the eaftern part of Bcetica, S.W. of Urfi. Ac- 

 cording to the Itinerary of Antonine, it w.is on the route 

 from Caftulo to Malacca, between Urfi and Murgi. 

 TURAN, in Geography. See Tahaz. 

 TURANCOURCHY, a town of Hindooilan, in Ma- 

 dura ; 1 2 miles N. of Nattam. 



TURANNO, a town of Hindooftan, in Malwa ; 18 

 miles N.E. of Ougein. 



TURANO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Citra ; 3 

 miles W. of Bifignano. 



TURAPHILUM, Siiiii-Ei.lah, in Ancient Geography, 

 a town of Africa, in Mauritania CKlarienfis, fituated in 

 the mountains of the interior, S. of Icofium. 



TURATTE, in Geography, a town of the ifland of 

 Celebes, and capita] cf a powerful kingdom ; 1 80 miles N. 

 of Macailar. 



TURBA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Novcmpo- 

 pulani, belonging to the Aquitains, in Gaul. 



TURBAN, TuRBANT, the head-drcfs of moft of the 



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