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TATU -Apara, the name of a creature of the armadillo 
kind, being three-handed or tricinctus dasypus of Linnaeus. 
See Dasypus. 
TAU, in our Ancient Customs, signifies a cross .—“ Tra- 
dendo dicto comiti Thau eboreum.” So Mr. Selden, in his 
notes upon Eadmerus, p. 159. « Ego Eadgisa praedicti 
regis ava hoc opus egregium crucis Taumate consolidavi.” 
See Mon. tom. iii. p. 121. 
TAU AG, a village of Farsistan, in Persia; 39 miles south¬ 
east of Bender Rigk. 
TAVAI POENAMMOO, an island in the South Pacific 
Ocean, being the most southerly of the two which form New 
Zealand, and separated from the northern island by a chan¬ 
nel called Cook’s Straits, discovered by Captain (then lieu¬ 
tenant) Cook, who sailed round them both in the year 1769. 
It is about 500 miles in length from south-west to north¬ 
east, and from 55 to 140 broad. The Endeavour passed 
nearer on the north-west coast than on the south-east. Cap¬ 
tain Cook says, “ On the 11th March, when we were off the 
southern part, the land then seen was craggy and mountain¬ 
ous, and there is great reason to believe that the same ridge 
of mountains extends nearly the whole length of the island. 
Between the westernmost land which we saw that day, and 
the easternmost, which we saw on the 13th, there is a space 
of about six or eight leagues, of which we did not see the 
coast, though we plainly discovered the mountains inland. 
The sea-coast near Cape West is low, rising with a gradual 
and easy ascent to the' foot of the mountains, and being in 
most parts covered with wood. From Point Five Fingers 
down to lat. 44. 20. S., there is a narrow ridge of hills that 
rises directly from the sea, and is covered with wood. Close 
behind these hills are the mountains, extending in another 
ridge of a stupendous height, and consisting of rocks that 
are totally barren and naked, except where they were co¬ 
vered with snow, which was seen by Captain Cook in large 
patches upon many parts of them, and has probably lain 
there ever since the creation of the world. A prospect more 
rude, craggy, and desolate, than this country affords from 
the sea, cannot possibly be conceived ; for as far inland as 
the eye can reach, nothing appears but the summits of rocks, 
which stand so near together, that instead of valleys there 
are only fissures between them. From lat. 44. 20. to lat. 42. 
8. S., these mountains lie farther inland, and the sea-coast 
consists of woody hills atyi valleys of various height and 
extent, and has much appearance of fertility. Many of the 
valleys form plains of considerable extent, wholly covered 
with wood ; but it is very probable that the ground in many 
places is swampy, and interspersed with pools of water. 
From lat. 42. 8. to 41. 30. S., the land is not distinguished 
by any thing remarkable: it rises into hills directly from the 
sea, and is covered with wood; but the weather being 
foggy while we were upon this part of the coast, we could 
see very little inland, except now and then the summits of 
the mountains, towering above the cloudy mists that obscured 
them below, which confirmed my opinion that a chain 
of mountains extended from one end of the island to the 
other.” Lat. 40. 36. to 47. 20'. S. long. 184. 45. to 193. 
18. W. 
TAVALARO, Cape, a' promontory at the southern ex¬ 
tremity of Sardinia, Lat. 38. 53. N. long. 8. 27. E. 
TAVANDA, a river of Quito, in the province of Ibarra, 
which rises in the mountain desert of Cayamburu, and pass¬ 
ing through the town of Ibarra, the capital, turns east, and 
enters the Mira. 
TAVASTHUS, or Kroneburg, a small town of Euro¬ 
pean Russia, in Finland, formerly the capital of the district 
of Tavastland. It contains only 1700 inhabitants, and has 
a fortified castle, with an arsenal and magazines; 80 miles 
eastmorth-east of Abo. Lat. fil. 3. N. long. 24. 26. 30. E. 
TAVASTLAND, the former name of a district of Fin¬ 
land, bounded by East Bothnia on the north, and by Ny- 
land on the south. Its length from north to south is about 
150 miles; its breadth from east to west varies from 35 to 
100 miles. 
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TAVAYVORE, a small island near the east coast of Lewis. 
Lat. 58. 6. N. long. 6. 29. W, 
TAUBE (Frederick William, Von), born in London 
in the year 1728. After the queen’s death, the father settled 
at Zelle, where he died in 1742; and in the following year 
his son was entered at the university of Gottingen. Here he 
assiduously applied to the study of jurisprudence; and before 
he left the university, being in his 19th year, he published a 
dissertation “ De Differentiis Juris civilis a jure Natura,” in¬ 
tended to prove that the principles of the Roman, Canon, and 
German law were contrary to the law of nature, and incon¬ 
sistent with the rights of man. Being acquainted with the 
English language, he was appointed secretary to the Imperial 
ambassador at the court of London, and repaired hither in 
October, 1763. Here he married a niece of the celebrated 
Dean Tucker, with whom he lived in habits of intimacy and 
friendship. In 1766, he returned to Vienna, and was appointed 
secretary to the council of trade. When this college was 
dissolved, in 1776, he retired to Brussels. Having fulfilled 
another confidential commission with which he was entrusted, 
he returned from Belgrade to Vienna 1777, and was ennobled 
by the emperor, and appointed a member of the government 
of Lower Austria. His health being much impaired, required 
an attention which it did net suit his inclination or occupa¬ 
tion to give it; his disorder, which was an inflammation of 
the lungs, increased, and terminated his life in June, 1778, in 
the 50th year of his age. He was justly honoured for his in¬ 
tegrity, his zeal to serve his friends, and his liberality. His 
principal works are the tract already mentioned; “ Thoughts 
on the present state of our Colonies in America, on their Be¬ 
haviour to the Mother-Country, and on the true interest of the 
Nation in regard of the Colonies,” London, 1766; “ Historical 
and Political Sketch of the present state of the English Manu¬ 
factures, Trade, Navigation, and Colonies, &c.” 1774, 8vo.; 
“ History of the English Trade, &c., from the earliest Periods 
till the Year 1776, with an authentic Account of the true Causes 
of the present War with North America,” 1776, 8vo.; “J. 
J. Schetzen’s Elements of Geography, improved and enlar¬ 
ged,” 1786, 8vo.; “ Historical and Geographical Description 
of the Kingdom of Sclavonia and Duchy of Syrmia, &c., in 
three parts,” 1777, 1778 ; “ An Account of various New 
Discoveries made in 1776 and 1777, in Sclavonia, &c. &c." 
Leipsic, 1777, 4to. He contributed also, between the years 
1773 and 1778, to Busching’s periodical publications. He 
also communicated to the Royal Society .of London “A short 
Account of a particular Kind of Torpedo found in the 
River Danube, with several Experiments on that Fish,” 
published in the Phil. Trans, for 1775. Gen. Biog. 
' TAUBER, a river in the west of Germany, which rises in 
Franconia, and after watering the north-east angle of the 
Wirtemberg and Baden territories, falls into the Maine at 
Wertheim. It has a pretty large stream, but is not na¬ 
vigable. 
TAUCA, a small river of Guiana, which enters the Capra 
near its mouth. 
TAUCHA, a small town of Germany, in Saxony, on the 
small river Parde; 6 miles north-east of Leipsic. Population 
1300. 
TAUD, a river of England, in Lancashire, which tuns- 
into the Dowles, near Lathom Park. 
TAUDA, a river of Asiatic Russia, formed by the junc¬ 
tion of the Sosva and the Losva, and which falls into the 
Tobol; 40 miles south of Tobolsk. 
TAUDENY, a large village in the desert of Sahara, in 
Africa, on the caravan route from Morocco to Tombuqfoo ; 
270 miles north-north-west of Tombuctoo. 
TAUDICOOMBOO, a town of the .south of India, dis¬ 
trict of Dindigul. Lat. 10. 24. N. long. 78. 2. E. 
TAVE, a river of Wales, in Carmarthenshire, which.runs 
into the Severn at St. Clear, near Laugharn. 
TAVELA, a small river of Mexico, in the province, of 
Culiacap, which runs ipto the, sea in the gulf of California. 
TAVERHAM, a, parish, of England, in Norfolk; 5 mile,s 
north-west of Norwich. 
TAVERN, 
