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the strongest; and this naturally occasioned bloody wars 
in families; for which reason it was abolished under king 
James I. 
TANK, s. A large cistern or basin.—T saw a tanJc or 
magazine of water, a very stately work indeed. Sir. T. 
Herbert. 
T'ANKARD, s. [tanquaerd, Fr, tankaerd, Dutch; 
iancaird, Irish;] A large vessel with a cover, for strong 
drink. 
Hath his tankard touch’d your brain ? 
Sure they’re fall’n asleep again. B. Jonson. 
TANKERSLEY, a parish of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5 miles south of Barnesley. Population 1390. 
TANKROWAL, a town of Western Africa, considerably 
up the Gambia, and situated near the banks of that river. 
The English African company had once a factory here, 
which they have now abandoned. The chief trade is in 
wax. Lat. 13. 10. N. long. 14. 27. W. 
TANKSAL, a town of Hindostan, province of Delhi, 
belonging to the Seiks. Lat. 30.51. N. long. 76. 53. E. 
TA'NLING, s. One scorched by the heat of summer. 
The king 
Hath not deserved my service, nor your loves; 
Who find in my exile the want of breeding. 
The certainty of this hard life; aye hopeless 
To have the courtesy your cradle promis’d 
But to be still hot summer’s tanlings, and 
The shrinking slaves of winter. Shakspeare. 
TANN, a petty town of Bavarian Franconia, on the 
small river Ulster; 9 miles east-north-east of Fulda. Popu¬ 
lation 800; 
TANN, a small town of Bavaria; 28 miles west-south¬ 
west of Passau, and 50 east-by-north of Munich. Popu¬ 
lation 900; 
TANNA, a small town of Saxony, in the Voigtland, 
belonging to count Reuss of Schlaitz, with 1300 inhabi¬ 
tants; 6 miles south of Schlaitz, and 26 south-by-west of 
Gera. 
TANNA, a town and fortress of Hindostan, province of 
Aurungabad, district of Bombay. This place is situated on 
the east side of the island of Salsette. The fort, which is 
very strong, commands the passage between the island and 
the mainland, of about 200 yards broad. It is during war 
garrisoned by a battalion of native infantry, and a com¬ 
pany of European artillery. It was taken from the Mah- 
rattas by the British in December 1773, after an obstinate 
resistance. The town is straggling but not large, although 
it contains several Portuguese churches. The popula¬ 
tion consists of native Christians and Hindoos. Lat. 19. 11: 
N- long. 73. 6. E. 
TANNA, a fortress of Bengal, situated on the western 
bank of the Bhaggarutty or Hoogly river, about two 
miles below Calcutta. It was taken by the British in 1687, 
but was afterwards restored to the nabob. During the 
rebellion of 1686 it was besieged by the insurgents; but the 
British having sent a frigate to aid the garrison, compelled 
the rebels to decamp. It was again taken by the British in 
1756; but the erection of the fortress of Fort William 
having rendered Tanna unnecessary, the fortifications have 
been allowed to decay. Lat. 22. 33. N. long. 88. 22. E. 
TANNA, an island in the South Pacific ocean, and one 
of those called New Hebrides, discovered by Captain Cook 
in the year 1774; about 22 miles in length, and 10 in 
breadth. The inhabitants would not suffer Captain Cook, 
or any of his company, to advance far into the island. 
The produce, as far as could be seen, is bread-fruit, plan¬ 
tains, cocoa-nuts, a fruit like a nectarine, yams, tarra, a 
sort of potatoe, sugar-cane, wild figs, a fruit like an orange 
which is not eatable, and some other fruits and nuts. 
Captain Cook doubts not but nutmegs likewise grow in 
this island. The bread fruit, cocoa-nuts, and plaintains, 
are neither so plentiful nor so good as at Otr.heite; on the 
other hand, sugar-canes and yams are not only in great 
plenty, but of superior quality, and much larger. One of 
the latter weighed 561bs„ every ounce of which was good. 
Hogs did not seem to be scarce, but they saw not many 
fowls. These are the only domestic animals they have. 
Land-birds are not more numerous than at Otaheite, and the 
other islands; but they saw some small birds, with a very 
beautiful plumage, which they had never seen before. There 
is a great variety of trees and plants. The people are of 
the middle size, rather slender than otherwise; many are 
little, but few tall or stout; the most of them have good 
features and agreeable countenances, are, like all the tropical 
race, active and nimble, and seem to excel in the use of arms, 
but not to be fond of labour. Both sexes are of a very dark 
colour, but not black ; nor have they the least characteristic 
of the negro about them. They make themselves blacker 
than they really are, by painting their faces with a pigment 
of the colour of black lead. They also use another sort, 
which is red ; and a third sort brown, or a colour between 
red and black. All these, but especially the first, they lay 
on with a liberal hand, not only on the face, but on the 
neck, shoulders, and breast. The men wear nothing but a 
belt, and the wrapping-leaf, as at Mallicollo. The women 
have a kind of petticoat, made of the filaments of the plan¬ 
tain tree, flags, or some such thing, which reaches below the 
knee. Both sexes wear ornaments, such as bracelets, ear¬ 
rings, necklaces, and amulets. The bracelets are chiefly 
worn by the men; some made of sea-shells, and others of 
those of the cocoa-nuts. The men also wear amulets; and 
those of most value being made of a greenish stone, the 
green stone of New Zealand is valued by them for this pur¬ 
pose. Necklaces are chiefly used by the women, and made 
mostly of shells; ear-rings are common to both sexes, and 
those valued most are made of tortoise-shell. These people, 
besides the cultivation of ground, have few other arts worth 
mentioning. They know how to make a coarse kind of 
matting, and a coarse cloth of the bark of a tree, which is 
chiefly used for belts. The workmanship of their canoes is 
very rude; and their arms, with which they take the most 
pains in point of neatness, come far short of some others. 
Their weapons are clubs, spears or darts, bows and arrows, 
and stones. The clubs are of three or four kinds, and from 
three to five feet long. Captain Cook knew no more of their 
cookery, than that it consists of roasting and baking; for 
they have no vessels in which water can be boiled. Nor 
did he know that they had any other liquor but water, and 
the juice of the cocoa-nut. They were utter strangers to 
their religion, and but little acquainted with their govern¬ 
ment. They seem to have chiefs among them, at least some 
were pointed out to him by that title; but they appeared to 
have very little authority over the rest of the people. The 
island contains a very considerable volcano ; and some hot 
springs were discovered, which raised the thermometer from 
80° to 170°, and in one place to 202°. Captain Cook 
named the harbour where he lay Port Resolution, from the 
name of the ship, which was the first that had ever entered 
it, which is situated in lat. 19. 32. S. long. 169. 44. E. 
TANNA BALLOO, a small island in the Eastern seas, 
near the east coast of Borneo. Lat. 4. 52. N. long. 118. 
21. E. 
TANNA LABTJ. See Tulour. 
TANNA MERA, a small island in the Eastern seas, near 
the east coast of Borneo. Lat. 3. 45. N. long. 117. 5. E. 
TANNADYCE, a parish of Scotland, in Forfarshire, 
about 12 miles long, and on an average 4 broad, though in 
some places its breadth extendsto8 or 10. Population 1510. 
TANNAY, a small town in the central part of France, 
department of the Nievre. Population 1200; 9 miles south- 
by-east of Clamecy, and 32 north-east of Nevers. 
TANNE, a village of Germany, in the duchy of Bruns¬ 
wick, principality of Blankenburg, near Hasselfeld. The 
village is insignificant, but there are large iron-works in the 
neighbourhood. 
TANNENBURG, a village of East Prussia; 83 miles 
south-by-west of Konigsberg, and 68 north-east of Thorn. 
TA'NNER, s. One whose trade is to tan leather.— Tan- 
Tanners 
