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TAPOLTLA, a small town in the west of Hungary ; 10 
miles north-north-east of Keszthely. 
TAPOLTZAN, Great, a small town in the north of 
Hungary; 55 miles north-east of Presburg, and 17 north of 
Neutra. Population 2700. It has some traffic in iron, and 
the environs produce saffron ; also good pasturage for horses, 
TAPOLTZAN, Little, a small town of Hungary; 15 
miles south-east of Great Tapoltzan. 
TAPOOAMANOO, See Sir Charles Saunders’s 
Island. 
TAPOOL, a small island, one of the Sooloo archipelago, 
situated due south from the principal Sooloo isle. This is a 
small island, with plenty of fresh water, and abounding with 
small cattle, goats, and yams, being cultivated to the top, 
TAPOPO, a small low island in the Eastern seas, on the 
■west coast of the island of Waygiou, covered with tress to the 
water’s edge. 
TAPORICA, or Itaporica, a large island in the bay of 
Todos Santos, in Brazil, the largest, most populous and fertile, 
of all those in the bay. As it has the continent on the east 
side, this island defends the entrance of the bay, the distance 
between the island and the mainland, that is, between this 
island and point St. Antonio, being 7| miles. Upon the 
point or extremity is the fort of San Antonio, and a town 
called Vieja, in lat. 13. S. 
TAPORO, a settlement of New Granada, in the province 
of Maracaibo, on the east coast of the lake of that name. 
TAPP A, one of the small Molucca islands, separated from 
that of Lata by a channel, in some places not above 40 yards 
yards wide, and about U miles in length, with deep water. 
It has a small harbour on the south east, where a vessel may 
lie in perfect security in 4 fathoms. Lat. 0. 6. N. long. 123. 
35. E. 
TAPPAHANNOCK, a part of the entry of the United 
States, and capital of Essex county, Virginia, on the south¬ 
west bank of the Rappahannock. Its situation is low and 
unhealthy. It contains a court-house, a jail, and an Epis¬ 
copal church. All the shipping belonging to the towns on 
the Rappahannock is entered at the custom-house of this 
place. It amounted, in 1816, to 7625 tons. Very little of 
it belonged to this town; 55 miles south-east of Fredericks¬ 
burg, and 50 north-east of Richmond. Lat. 38. 2. N. long. 
76. 57. W. 
TAPP AN, a post village of the United States, in Rockland 
county. New York. 
TAPPAN SEA, an expansion of the Hudson, in the 
United States, opposite to Orangetown, from 25 to 35 miles 
above the city of New York; 10 miles long, and 4 broad 
where widest. It has on the north side four quarries of stone 
which are a source of great wealth to the proprietors. 
TA'PROOT, s. The principal stem of the root. 
TA'PSTER, s. [caeppepe, Saxon; and caappeffcpe, he 
who had the care of the tap in a public-house. One whose 
business is to draw beer in an alehouse.—The oath of a 
lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster ; they are 
both the confirmers of false reckonings. Shalcspeare. 
TAPPLE, a very considerable river of Hindostan, formed 
by the union of a number of streams, chiefly rising in the 
province of Khandeish. It runs nearly from east to west, 
and falls into the sea about 12 miles below the city of Surat. 
TAPTON, or Tupton, a township of England, in Der¬ 
byshire, 1J mile norlh-east-by-east of Chesterfield. 
TAPUAS, a village of Brazil, in the province of Maran- 
bam, situated on the west coast of the bay of Maranham. 
TAPUCA, a small river of Brazil, in the province of Rey, 
which runs east, and enters the sea in the bay of Tapicu. 
TAPUI-TAPERA, a settlement of Brazil, on the coast; 15 
miles north-west of St- Louis de Maranon. 
TAPUONGA, a river of the province of Buenos Ayres, 
■which runs north-north-west, and enters the Yumeri. 
TAPUREGENEN, a river of the Caraccas, in the pro¬ 
vince of Cumana, which runs south, and enters the Cuyuni. 
TAPURU, a small river of Cumana, which runs south, 
and enters the Cuyuni by the north side. 
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TAPUYAS, a village of Brazil, in the province of Porto 
Seguro, on the shore of the river Verde. 
TAQUARI, a river of Brazil, on the borders of Paraguay, 
which runs a western course Irom the mountains, and falls 
into the Paraguay, opposite the lake of Marmore, by many 
mouths, the largest of which is in Lat. 19. 15. S. long. 
54. W. This river is annually navigated by flotillas of 
canoes and other craft, which come from St. Paul’s to Cuiaba. 
For about 10 leagues previous to its entrance into the Para¬ 
guay, the channel of the river is lost, as it crosses some large 
plains, which are inundated with water to the depth of several 
feet. The country being indeed flat, it is annually covered 
to a great extent during the season of inundation. 
TAQUASO, a large river of South America, in the pro¬ 
vince of Darien. Its course is from north-east to south-west 
for a great distance, when it turns west, and enters the sea in 
the gulf of San Miguel. This river carriesalong in its sands 
much very fine gold, and all the territory on its shores is 
particularly fertile and well cultivated by the Indians: but 
the climate is hot and unhealthy. The river is navigable by 
canoes for seven leagues from its mouth, this being in Lat. 
8 . 20. N. On its shore stood formerly the city of Santa 
Maria. 
TAQUILE, or Taquuna, an island of the great lake of 
Chucuito, Titicaca, in the district of the province of Pouca- 
rolla, in Peru. In the higher grounds of this island are some 
plains, on which are to be seen the ruins of some large old 
towns; and, what is extraordinary, the houses of the same ap¬ 
pear to have been built uniformly, and of stone, over stone 
domes and observatories, and altogether with great regularity. 
This island, which is three leagues in circumference, is full 
of gardens and orchards, which produces many green shrubs, 
flowers and fruits. 
TAQUIR, a small island near the coast of Brazil, in the 
province of Rey, close to the island of Canamea. 
TAR, s. [cape, Saxon; terre, Teut., tiers, Danish; 
from toere, tyre , Swed., taeda, lignum pingue, ex quo hoc 
liquamen coquiter. Serenius.] Liquid pitch; the turpen¬ 
tine of the pine or fir drained out by fire. 
Then, foaming tar, their bridles they would champ, 
And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp. 
Spenser . 
TAR, s. A sailor; a seamen, in colloquial language. 
In senates bold, and fierce in war, 
A land commander and a tar. Swift. 
To TAR, v. a. To smear over with tar. 
I have nointed ye, and tarr'el ye with my doctrine. 
And yet the murrain sticks to ye. Beaum. and FI. 
To tease; to provoke. Unused .—There has been much 
to do on both sides; and the nation holds it no sin to tar 
them on to controversy. Shalcspeare. 
TAR, or Pamlico, a river of the United States, in 
North Carolina, which rises in Caswell county, flows through 
Granville, Franklin, Nash, and Edgecomb counties, and 
passing by Tarborough, Greenville, and Washington, runs 
south-east into Pamlico sound, in Lat. 35. 22. N. It is 
navigable for vessels drawing 9 feet water to Washington, 
40 miles, and for boats carrying 30 or 40 hogsheads of to¬ 
bacco, to Tarborough, 90 miles. 
TARA HILL, a mountain of Ireland, in the county of 
Wexford, near the sea-coast; 4 miles north-east of New- 
borough. 
TARA, Abad, a town of Hindostan, province of Au¬ 
rangabad, recently belonging to the Mahrattas, but now 
probably in possession of the British. Lat. 20. 38. N. long. 
74. 20. E. 
TARABENI, a river of Peru, which rises in the province 
of Pomabamba, and runs, after various windings, into the 
abundant stream of the Beni. 
TARAGUA, a small port in the island of Cuba, on the 
north-north-east coast, between the port of Taxa and the 
islet of Mona. 
TARAMA, a river of new granada, in the province of 
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