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Nova .Scotia, on a short bay which sets up southerly from 
the straits of Northumberland ; about 25 miles trom Onslow, 
and 21 from the island of St. John’s. It has a very good road 
for vessels, and is known also under the name of Tatamaga- 
nabou. 
TATNAM, Cape, the eastern point of Haye’s river, in 
Hudson's bay. Lat. 57. 35. N. long. 91. 30. W. 
TATON HILL, a parish of England, in Staffordshire ; 3 
miles west-south-west of Burton-upon-Trent. 
TATOOTCHE, a barren island, on the north-west coast 
of North America, situated at the entrauceof Juan de Fuca’s 
straits. 
TATRA, that part of the Carpathian mountains that lies 
in the Hungarian counties of Zyps, Liptau, and Arva. It 
contains the highest part' of the chain. The peaks are co¬ 
vered with perpetual snow, the Krivan and Lomnitz rising to 
the height of at least 8500 feet above the level of the sea. 
TATSFIELD, a parish of England, in Surrey; 6miles 
north-east-by-east of Godstone. 
TATTA, or Akica, a station on the southern frontier of 
Morocco, forming the point of assemblage for the caravans 
that'are to proceed to Tombuctoo; 150 miles south-south¬ 
east of Morocco. 
TATTA, an extensive district of Hindostan, province of 
Sinde. Its limits comprehend the whole of the Delta of the 
river Indus, calculated at 150 miles in length, by 50 in 
breadth. 
TATTA, an ancient and celebrated city, and capital of 
the above mentioned district. It is situated near the bank of 
the Indus, about 130 miles from the sea. The town stands 
in a fertile valley, formed by a range of low hills, which, 
during the freshes of the river, is frequently inundated; which 
circumstance often gives the city the appearance of an island. 
Some of the houses are built of brick and mortar, but the 
greater number are constructed of mud and timber. The old 
English factory, purchased in 1751, is still reckoned the best 
house in the town ; it was formerly surrounded by a brick 
wall, and had a small citadel, but both are fallen to decay. 
The circumference of the modern town is four miles, and is 
supposed to contain 15,000 inhabitants. Doctor Robertson 
was of opinion, that Tatta was the Pattain of the Greeks; 
but this name more probably refers to the ancient capital of 
Brahminabad. Lat. 24. 44. N. long. 68. 17. E. 
TATTARAN, a small island in the Sooloo archipelago. 
Lat. 6. 10. N. long. 121.58. E. 
TATTENHALL, a parish of England, in Cheshire; 5£ 
miles south-west-by-west of Tarporley. Population 809. 
TATTENHALL, a parish of England, in Staffordshire, 
near Wolverhampton Population 1168. 
TATTENHOE, or Tottenhoe, a parish of England, 
in Buckinghamshire ; 2| miles west of Fenney Stratford. 
To TA'TTER, v. a. [cocaepan. Sax.] To tear; to rend; 
to make ragged. Tattered is perhaps more properly an 
adjective. 
Through tatter'd cloaths small vices do appear, 
Robes and furr’d gowns hide all. Shakspeare. 
TA'TTER, s. A rag; a fluttering rag.—This fable holds, 
from him that sits upon the throne, to the poor devil that 
has scarce a tatter. L'Estrange. 
TATTERDEMA'LION, s. A ragged fellow.—As a poor 
fellow was trudging in a bitter cold morning with never a 
rag, a spark that was warm clad called to this tatterdema¬ 
lion, how he could endure this weather? L'Estrange. 
TATTERFORD, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 
miles west-by-south of Fakenham. 
TATTERSETT, a parish in the above county, adjoining 
to the foregoing. 
TATTERSHALL, a market town of England, in the 
county of Lincoln, situated in a marshy country on the river 
Bain, which is navigable by boats to its confluence with the 
Withan. The town is small, and the houses mostly built 
of brick. The church, in the form of a cross, is a beautiful 
and spacious edifice, though few have suffered more dilapi- 
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dations. It consisted of a nave, transept, and a magnifi¬ 
cent choir. The castle stands on a level moor, and is sur¬ 
rounded by two great fosses, one of which is occasionally 
filled with water from the river. It was originally intended 
as a place of defence, and was progressively raised to great 
height and extent. In the civil wars, however, it was di¬ 
lapidated ; and the only part now remaining is a square 
tower of brick, above 200 feet high, and divided into four 
stories. It is flanked by four octangular embattled turrets, 
which are crowned with spires. The castle was built by Sir 
Ralph Cromwell, who was made treasurer of the exchequer 
by king Henry VI., in 1433. Tattershall formed part of the 
possession granted by William the Conqueror to Eudo, one 
of his Norman followers. Robert Filz-Eudo obtained a 
grant from king John, by presenting that monarch with a 
well-trained gos-hawk, for the inhabitants of this town to 
have the privilege of holding a market weekly on Fridays; 
and his son, in the time of Edward III., received the royal 
licence to erect a castle within the manor. Tattershall 
contains 104 houses, and 506 inhabitants. Market on 
Friday, and two annual fairs; 12 miles north-west of Bos¬ 
ton, and 127 north of London. 
TATTERSHALL, Thorpe, a parish of England, in 
Lincolnshire, about three quarters of a mile from the town 
of Tattershall. 
TATTINGSTONE, or Tadingstone, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, in Suffolk; 5j miles south—west—by—south of Ipswich. 
Population 519. 
To TA'TTLE, v. n. \tateren, Dutch.] To prate; to 
talk idly; to use many words with little meaning.—The one 
is too like an image, and says nothing; and the other too 
like my lady’s eldest son, evermore tattling. Shakspeare. 
TA'TTLE, s. Prate; idle chat; trifling talk. 
They ask’d her, how she lik’d the play ? 
Then told the tattle of the day. Swift. 
TA'TTLER, s. An idle talker; a prater.—Going from 
house to house, tattlers, busy bodies, which are the can¬ 
ker and rust of idleness, as idleness is the rust of time, are 
reproved by the apostle. Bp. Taylor. 
TATTON, a hamlet of England, in Cheshire; 2 miles 
north of Nether Knutsford. 
TATTO'O, s. [from tapotez tons, Fr.] The beat of 
drum by which soldiers are warned to their quarters. 
All those whose hearts are loose and low^ 
Start if they hear but the tattoo. Prior. 
TATTOOING, a name given at Otaheite, and other 
islands of the South sea, to the operation of staining the body. 
For this purpose they prick the skin, so as just not to fetch 
blood, with a small instrument, somewhat in the form of a 
hoe, or blade of a saw; that part which answers to the blade 
is made of a bone or shell scraped very thin, and from a 
quarter of an inch to an inch and a half wide: the edge is 
cut into sharp teeth or points, from the number of three to 
twenty, according to its size. When this is to be used, they 
dip the teeth into a mixture of a kind of lamp-black, formed 
of the smoke that rises from an oily nut which they burn in¬ 
stead of candles, and water, or charcoal-dust diluted with 
Water; the teeth, thus prepared, are placed upon the skin, 
and the handle to which they are fastened, being struck by 
quick smart blows* with a stick fitted for the purpose, they 
pierce it, and at the same time carry into the puncture the 
black composition, which leaves an indelible stain. 
TATTORA, a town of Hindostan, province of Beja- 
poor, belonging to the Mahrattas. Lat. 17. 53. N. long. 74. 
29. E. 
TATTUBT, the remains of a considerable town in Al¬ 
giers, the ancient Tadutti, where some beautiful granite 
pillars were some years since dug up, and placed in a mosque 
at Constantina; 25 miles south of Conslanlina. 
TATU, in Zoology, the Brasilian name for the arma¬ 
dillo, or shell-hedge-hog, or dasypus of Linnaeus. See Da- 
sypus. 
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