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Glamorgan. It rises among the hills in Brecknockshire, 
from two sources, forming two streams, the Greater and 
Lesser Taf, which unite their waters below the village of 
Coed-y Cymmer, on their entrance into Glamorganshire: 
and from thence proceed by Merthyr Tydvil. About 12 
miles below this town the Taf receives the Bangoid Taf, a 
mountain stream which flows into it from the eastward. 
Lower down it is joined by the Cynon from the west, and a 
few miles lower by the united waters of the two Rhonddas. 
It then proceeds nearly southwards by the ancient city of 
Llandaff, and afterwards by Cardiff, towards the southern 
sea, which it enters in the small bay of Pinarth. In dry 
weather the Taf contains but little water. It is a handsome 
stream, however, and when swollen by the land floods 
from the mountains which rise from it shores, it rolls over 
its rocky bed in an impetuous torrent. It is navigable for 
small craft as far as Cardiff, to which the tide-water ascends. 
It is over this river that the noted bridge of Pont-y-Prydd is 
built, which consists of a single arch 140 feet span, and 55 
feet above the level of the river. Its appearance is exceed¬ 
ingly beautiful and picturesque, rising like a rainbow from 
the steep banks on each side. It was designed and executed 
by William Edwards, a common mason in the country. 
TAFAL1SGA, a town of the kingdom of Gallam, in^Cen- 
tral Africa, situated at the junction of the Faleme with the 
Senegal. 
TAFALLA, a small but ancient town of the north-east 
of Spain, in Navarre, on the river Cidacos; 27 miles north 
of Tudela, and 19 south of Pampeluna. It has 3000 inha¬ 
bitants, was formerly the residence of the kings of Navarre, 
and the seat of an university. It stands in one of the most 
healthy and fertile parts of Spain. 
TAFARA, a walled village of Bambarra, in Central Af¬ 
rica, where pure Mandingo is spoken. 
TAFELBERG, a town on the east coast of the island of 
Ceram. Lat. 3. 20. S. long. 131. 10. E. 
TAFELFICHTE, a mountain of Germany, situated at 
the point of meeting of the three mountains of Bohemia, Si¬ 
lesia, and Lusatia. Its elevation is 3370 feet, and the pros¬ 
pect from the top, on the side of Bohemia, is immense. 
TA'FFATA, or Taffeta, s. [taffetas, Fr. ; taffetar , 
Spanish ; Ta.fa.ra, Graeco-barb. V. Critop. Emend, in 
Meursii Gloss, p. 88.] A thin silk. 
All hail the richest beauties on the earth ! 
—Beauties no richer than rich taffata. Shakspeare. 
TA'FFEREL, s. The upper part of the stern of a ship. 
Scott. 
TAFILELT, a large district or kingdom, situated to the 
south-east of the mountain chain of Allas, and tributary to 
the empire of Morocco. It consists of a vast plain, present¬ 
ing an unvaried surface, like the sea out of sight of land. It 
is traversed by two rivers running in opposite directions, one 
of which loses itself in the desert of Angad, the other in the 
loose sands of the Sahara. Water, though brackish, is every 
where to be found at the depth of 12 feet. The inhabitants 
live in a patriarchal manner, like the Arabs, and are described 
as remarkably honest. The country possesses also a nu¬ 
merous breed of sheep and goats, from the wool of which 
the women manufacture stuffs and carpets, which are held in 
considerable estimation. 
TAFNA, a river of Algiers, which falls into the Mediter¬ 
ranean, near Tackumbreet. 
TAG, s. [tag, Icel., tagg, Su. Goth, cuspis, aculeus, a 
point. ] A point of metal put to the end of a string.—It was 
the fashion, in those days, to wear much ribbon ; which 
some adorned with tags of metal at the end. Richardson. 
—Any thing paltry and mean. 
Will you hence 
Before the tag return, whose rage doth rend 
Like interrupted waters. Shakspeare. 
A young sheep. 
To TAG, v. a. To fit any thing with an end, or point 
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of metal; as, to tag a lace.—There was hardly a thread of 
the original coat to be seen, but. an infinite quantity of lace, 
and ribands, and fringe, and embroidery, and points; I mean 
only those tagged with silver; for the rest fell off. Swift. 
—To fit one thing with another, appended. 
His courteous host 
Tags every sentence with some fawning word, 
Such as my king, my prince, or least my lord. Dryden. 
The word is here improperly used. 
Compell’d by you to tag in rhifties 
The common slanders of the times. Swift. 
To join. This is properly to tack. —Resistance, and the 
succession of the house of Hanover, the whig writers per¬ 
petually tag together. Swift. 
TAGABONA, a river of West Florida, which runs into 
the St. Mark. Lat. 30. 22. N. long. 84. 34. W. 
TAGADEMPT, a village in the territory of Algiers, 
round which are the remains of a very large city, supposed 
the ancient Vaga. The edifices have been entirely defaced 
by the Arabs; 105 miles south-west of Algiers. 
TAGAI, a small town of the east of European Russia, in 
the government of Simbirsk; 46 miles west of Simbirsk. 
TAGALAZ, one of the Fox islands, in the North Pacific 
ocean. Lat. 53. 30. N. long. 185.26. E. 
TAGAMA, a district in the African desert, to the south 
of Fezzan. 
TAGANROG, a town of the south-east of European 
Russia? in the government of Ekaterinoslav, near the north¬ 
west extremity of the sea of Azoph. It stands on the cliff 
of a lofty promontory, containing 6000 inhabitants; and 
being the staple of all the mercantile intercourse between 
the interior of Russia and foreign countries, through the me¬ 
dium of the Don, its traffic is extensive, and it contains 
several public establishments connected with its trade. It 
has a harbour and fortress, maritime and commercial courts, 
a naval hospital, and a lazaretto. The exports are corn, 
Siberian iron, leather, fish, and caviar; the imporls are 
Greek wines, fruit, and manufactured articles. The vessels 
that arrive annually are between 200 and 300 ; they are in 
general of a small draught, the sea of Azoph being shallow. 
Taganrog was fortified by Peter I., in 1697, but dismantled 
after the treaty of Pruth, and given up to the Turks, in 
whose possession it remained till 1768. Here died Alexan¬ 
der I. The environs are extremely fertile; 27 miles west- 
north-west of Azoph. Lat. 47. 12. 40. N. long. 18. 39. 
0. E. 
TAGAPOLA, a small island among the Philippines; 25 
miles west of the island of Samar. 
TAGARDI, a small town of European Turkey, in Ro¬ 
mania. 
TAGARIPE, a castle which has been built upon a point 
of land in the bay of Todos Santos, in Brazil. 
TAG ASA, or Tagasta, a poor town of Fez, situated on 
a river about three leagues from the Mediterranean; 20 miles 
north of Melilla. 
TAGAZOUTE, a village of Algiers; 45 miles south-east 
of Oran. 
TAGAZZE, a station of the desert of Sahara, in Central 
Africa, in the route of the caravans from Fez to Tombuctoo. 
TAGETES [from Tages, grandson of Jupiter and son of 
Genius, who first taught the Etruscans the art of divination.— 
Apuleius, who first used this name, applied it to the Tansey. 
Dillenius\, in Botany, a genus of the class syngenesia, order 
polygaraia superflua, natural order of compositae oppositi- 
fohae, corymbiferse (Juss.) —Generic Character. Calyx: 
common quite simple, one-leafed, tubular, oblong, five¬ 
toothed. Corolla: compound radiate ; corolletshermaphro¬ 
dite, tubular, many, on an elevated disk. Females ligular, 
five, in the ray. Proper in the hermaphrodites, tubular, 
half-five-cleft, erect, longer than the calyx ; segments linear, 
inwardly villose. In the females ligular, longer than in 
the hermaphrodites, almost equal in length and breadth, 
very blunt, narrower towards the tube, tomentose, permanent. 
Stamina: 
