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coast of Greece and the island of Negroponte. It is oppo¬ 
site to the town of Talanda, and has a village of the same 
name. 
TALANDRE, a large village, or rather town, of France, 
in Auvergne, department of the Puy de Dome, containing, 
together with the village of Veyne, 3300 inhabitants. It has 
a traffic in corn, wine, and hemp, and in the neighbourhood 
there are coal pits. 
TALARIUS Ludus, among the Romans, a game some¬ 
what resembling our dice-playing, and performed with a 
kind of gold or ivory dice, which they shook, as we do, in 
a box, before they threw them. There was this difference, 
however, between their game and ours, that their dice had 
but four sides, and were conically shaped. 
TALARN, a small town of the north-east of Spain, in 
Catalonia, with 1000 inhabitants; 28 miles north-by-east of 
Balaguer, and 78 north-west of Barcelona. 
TALAVERA DE LA REYNA, an ancient town in the 
interior of Spain, in New Castile, on the right bank of the 
Tagus, over which there is a bridge of 35 arches, 1200 feet in 
length. Few towns are more advantageously situated, in 
point either of climate or of the neighbouring country, being 
surrounded by a fertile plain of vast extent, intersected by 
the river. Part of the old ramparts are still in preserva¬ 
tion, but they are little more than an object of curiosity; and 
it is, in a military sense, altogether an open place. It con¬ 
tains several well built churches, in particular that of the 
Hieronymites; has two public walks, one on the north, the 
other on the south of the town; but nothing can be poorer 
than the general appearance of the place. The dwelling- 
houses are seldom more than one story in height. The 
streets are badly paved, and are crossed by a number of 
narrow lanes. The pavement is wretched, and the town is 
full of pools after a heavy fall of rain. Its population, in¬ 
cluding the suburbs, is about 8000. Silk manufactures, 
established here about the year 1748, are still carried on in 
the town, and in the neighbouring village of Cervera, as well 
as manufactures of soap, hats, and earthenware. 
Talavera is a place of great antiquity, and contains many 
Roman monuments. In the present age, it is memorable 
for the battle fought on 27th and 28th July, 1809, between 
a French army amounting to 47,000 men, and an allied 
force, in which there were 19,000 British, and between 
30,000 and 40,000 Spaniards. The French, after making 
several desperate attacks on the British positson, were re¬ 
pulsed ; 63 miles west-south-west of Madrid. 
TALAVERA LA REAL, a small town of the west of 
of Spain, in Estremadura, on the Guadiana; 13 miles south¬ 
east of Badajos. 
TALAVERA LA VIEJA, a small town of the west of 
Spain, on the Tagus. Here are found the ruins of an ancient 
Roman town, supposed to have been called Ebury or 
Ebora ; 70 miles west-by-south of Toledo, and 34 west- 
south-west of Talavera de la Reyna. 
TALBERT, Pointe de, a cape of France, on the coast 
Brittany, in the English channel. Lat. 48. 52. N. long. 2. 
59. W. 
TALBERT’S ISLAND, a small island in the Atlantic, 
on the coast of Georgia. Lat. 30. 44. N. 
TALBOT, a county of the United States, in Maryland, 
bounded north by Queen Anne county, east by Caroline 
and Dorchester counties, south by Dorchester county, and 
west by Chesapeake bay. Population 14,230, including 
4875 slaves. Chief town, Easton. 
TA'LBOT, s. [It is borne by the house of Talbot in 
their arms.] A hound: so used in Wase’s translation of 
Grotius: a sort of hunting dog between a hound and a bea- 
The bold talbot kind. 
Of these the prime, as white as Alpine snows. Somerville. 
TALC, in Mineralogy. See Mineralogy. 
TALCA, or St. Augustine, a town of Chili, in the 
province of Maule, of which it is the capital. It was 
founded in 1742, and is situated on the shore of the river 
Maule. Its population is considerable, owing to the rich 
mines of gold in the mountains, and to the low price of pro¬ 
visions, which has induced many families to leave the other 
towns, and settle in Talca ; 113 miles north-north-east of 
Conception, and 105 south of Santiago. Lat. 35. 13. S. 
long. 71. 1. W. 
TALCAGUANA, Punta, a projection of land on the 
coast of Chili, which bounded the bay of Conception to¬ 
wards the west. Lat. 36. 35. S. 
TALCAGUANO, a part of the coast, of the kingdom of 
Chili, within the bay of La Conception. It is much fre¬ 
quented by small vessels, as well for its good bottom, as for 
its being completely sheltered from the north winds; and 
although the disembarkation be, during the prevalence of 
those winds, somewhat difficult through the breakers, it is 
attended with no danger. 
TALE, s. [cale, from cellan, Sax., to tell, ] A narrative; 
a story. Commonly a slight or petty account of some tri¬ 
fling or fabulous incident; as, a tale of a tub.—This story 
prepared their minds for the reception of any tales relating 
to other countries. Watts. —Oral relation. 
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, 
And every tongue brings in a several tale, 
And every talc condemns me for a villain. Sha/cspeare. 
[cale, Sax., reckoning, from celan, to count; tala, Icel. 
number.] Number reckoned. 
For ev’ry bloom his trees in Spring afford, 
An autumn apple was by tale restor’d. Dry den. 
Reckoning; numeral account. 
Money being the common scale 
Of things by measure, weight and tale ; 
In all th’ affairs of church and state, 
’Tis both the balance and the weight. Butler. 
Information; disclosure of any thing secret. 
From hour to hour we ripe and ripe, 
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; 
And thereby hangs a tale. Shakspeare. 
To TALE, v. a. To relate stories. Obsolete. —And 
namely when they talen longe Gower. 
TA'LEBEARER, s. One who gives officious or malig¬ 
nant intelligence.—The liberty of a common table is a tacit 
invitation to all intruders; as buffoons, spies, talebearers, 
flatterers, L'Estrangc. 
TA'LEBEARING^ s. The act of informing; officious or 
malignant intelligence.—The said Timothy was extremely 
officious about their mistress’s person, endeavouring, by flat¬ 
tery and talebearing, to set her against the rest of the ser¬ 
vants. Arbut/mot. 
TA'LEFUL, adj. Abounding in stories. A bad word. 
The cottage hind 
Hangs o’er the enlightened blaze, and taleful there 
Recounts his simple frolics. Thompson. 
TALENT, s. [ talentum, Lat.] A talent signified so 
much weight, or a sum of money, the value differing accord¬ 
ing to the different ages and countries. Arbuthnot. 
Five talei\ts in his debt. 
His means most short, his creditors most straight. 
Shakspeare. 
Faculty ; power; gift of nature. A metaphor borrowed 
from the talents mentioned in the holy writ. It is used 
sometimes seriously, and sometimes lightly.—He is chiefly 
to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, 
satyrist, and writer of odes. Dryden. —Quality; dis¬ 
position. An improper and mistaken use.—Though the 
nation generally was without any ill talent to the church 
in doctrine or discipline, yet they were not without a jea¬ 
lousy that popery was not enough discountenanced. Cla¬ 
rendon. 
TA'LENTED, adj. Endued with talent; a recent 
affectation, used however by some respectable writers. 
TA'LES, s. [Latin.] A supply for men impannelled 
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