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easterly course of some miles; its stream is considerably aug¬ 
mented by several brooks falling into it from the neighbour¬ 
ing hills. About 10 miles from its source it discharges itself 
into Loch Dochart. Issuing from thence, it loses the name 
of Fillan, and acquires that of Dochart, giving the name of 
Glendochart to the vale through which it runs. At the 
eastern extremity of this vale, it, besides other streams, 
receives the waters of Lochy from the north-west; and 
shortly after, the united streams are lost in Loch Tay. About 
two miles after leaving this lake, it receives a considerable 
addition to its size from the Lyon on the north-west, and it 
continues its course towards the east. At Logierait it is 
joined by the united streams of the Garry and Tummel from 
the north, a river which almost rivals it in size. Here it 
turns towards the south; and receiving the waters of the 
Bran from the south, near Dunkeld, fit advances to Perth, 
augmented by various tributary streams, particularly the Isla 
at Kinclaven from the north-east, the Schochie at Lonearty, 
and the Almond about two miles above the bridge of Perth, 
both from the west. A little below this town it turns to the 
east, and receiving, as it proceeds, the waters of the Em at 
Inchyra, it washes the coast of the Carse of Gowrie, a fine 
level, which, in all probability, was part of its former chan¬ 
nel. After receiving the Erne, it enlarges itself to about 
three miles broad ; but contracts to two miles at Dundee, 
about eight miles below which it opens into the German 
ocean. At the entrance of the frith, there are sand-banks on 
both sides; those on the south side named Goa, and on the 
north Aberlady and Drumlon; and before these, in the 
very mouth of the frith, lie the Cross sands, upon which a 
buoy is moored, to direct vessels into the river. On the 
Buttonness, or Barry sands, are two light-houses. Between 
the north and south sands, the opening may be about a mile, 
with about three fathoms water ; but it soon turns wider, and 
the depth of the roads near Dundee is full six fathoms. The 
river is navigable as far as Newburgh, in Fife, for vessels of 
500 tons; and vessels of considerable size can go up as far 
as Perth. The frith of Tay is not so commodious as that of 
the Forth; but, from the Buttonness to Perth (nearly 40 
miles), the whole may be considered as a harbour. There 
are fewer great falls of water on the Tay than in most rivers 
which ^ise in a Highland district; but it possesses several 
cascades of considerable height, particularly at the Linn of 
Campsie, near its junction with the Isla, where the river is 
precipitated over a huge basaltic dike, into a pool of great 
depth, There are only a few small islands near the town of 
Perth, and Mugdrum’s Inch, near Newburgh. The salmon 
fishery on the Tay is very extensive, and the rents of the 
river are about 7000/. sterling. The fishing begins on the 
11th of December, and ends on the 26th of August. 
TAY, a river of Ireland, in the county of Waterford, 
which runs into the sea; 7 miles west-north-west from Dun- 
garvau bay. 
TAY, Locir, one of the most beautiful of the Scottish 
lakes, lies in Braidalbin, in Perthshire. It extends about 
15 miles in length, and from 1 to 2 in breadth, receiving at 
its south-west extremity the united streams of the Dochart 
and Lochy, and pours forth its waters at the north-east end 
by the river Tay. 
TAYA ISLE, a small island in the Eastern seas, situated 
off the east coast of Sumatra. In this neighbourhood there 
are many very small islands scattered, among which from 
50 to 100 chests of opium may be- disposed of; for which 
pepper, gold, tin, and rattans, are the returns. The inhabi¬ 
tants being all pirates, it is necessary that trading vessels be 
well armed, and constantly on their guard. Lat. 6. 48. N. 
long. 105. 5. E. 
TAYABO, a town on the east coast of the island of Ce¬ 
lebes, in Gunong Tellu bay. Lat. 1. 10. S. long. 121. 
30. E. 
TAYAC, a small stream in Mexico, which discharges it¬ 
self into the gulf of Mexico, in about 29.50. north lat., and 
97. west long. 
TAYBA, or Tiiaiue, a ruined town in the deserts of 
Syria, which shows, in its present state, evident marks of 
its former magnificence. In 1691, it was inhab'ted by some 
Mahometans, who had had a mosque supposed to have been 
the remains of a Christian church ; but the whole is now de¬ 
solate, and the houses in ruins. 
TAYEQUA, a settlement of South America, in the pro¬ 
vince of Darien, in the gulf of San Miguel. 
TAYLOR (Brook), LL.D. and F.R.S., an eminent ma¬ 
thematician, was born of a good family, at Edmonton, near 
London, in the year 1685. In early life he devoted himself 
to music, drawing, and painting, in which he was reckoned 
to excel. At the same time he pursued his classical studies 
and mathematics under a private tutor: and in 1701, at the 
age of 15, he was entered a fellow-commoner at St. John’s 
college, in the university of Cambridge. Such was his as¬ 
siduity in the prosecution of mathematics, that in 1708 he 
composed his treatise “ On the Centre of Oscillation,” which 
was published in the Phil. Trans. In the next year he took his 
degree of bachelor of laws, and in 1712, he was elected fellow 
of the Royal Society. By a letter addressed to Mr. Machin, 
dated in this year, it appears that he had then given a solu¬ 
tion of Keepler’s famous problem, pointing out its import¬ 
ance and use. He also at the same period presented to the 
Society three papers, viz. “ On the Ascent of Water between 
two Glass Planes:” “ On the Centre of Oscillation :” and 
“ On the Motion of a stretched string.” In consideration of 
his services to the Society, and distinguished qualifications 
for the office, he was elected their secretary in 1714, taking 
in the same year his degree of doctor of laws at Cambridge. 
In 1715, he published his “ Methodus Incrementorum;” a 
curious essay, preserved in the Phil. Trans, entitled, “ An 
Account of an Experiment for the Discovery of the Laws of 
Magnetic Attraction ;” and also a treatise, of high value and 
reputation, “ On the Principles of Linear Perspective.” His 
correspondence this year with Count de Montmort on the 
tenets of Malebranche was ably conducted, and gained for 
him an eulogy from the French academy; and in 1716, on 
his visit to Paris he was treated with great personal respect. 
Upon his return to London, in 1717, he composed three 
treatises, published in the 30th volume of the Phil. Trans.; 
the titles of which are, “ An Attempt towards an Improve¬ 
ment of the Method of approximating in the Extraction of 
Roots of Equations in Numbers;” “A solution of De- 
moivre’s 15th Problem, with the assistance of Combinations 
and infinite Series;” and “ A Solution of the Problem of G. 
G. Leibnitz proposed to the English.” In 1721, he publish¬ 
ed the last paper that appears with his name in the Phil. 
Trans, entitled, “ An Experiment made to ascertain the Pro¬ 
portion of Expansion of Liquor in the Thermometer, with 
regard to the Degree of Heat.” 
He died of a decline in the 46th year of his age, Dec. 1731. 
TAYLOR (Jeremy), an eminent divine and prelate of the 
established church in Ireland, was the son of a barber at 
Cambridge, where he was born in the early part of the 17th 
century. At the age of 13 he was admitted at Gonville and 
Caius college in the university of that place, where he re¬ 
mained till he took the degree of M.A. Having taken orders, 
he occasionally preached in London, and obtained by the 
interest of archbishop Laud, in 1636, a fellowship of All 
Souls’ college, Oxford. Here he resisted attempts that were 
made to proselyte him to popery, and became more estab¬ 
lished in Protestant principles. Laud appointed him one of 
his chaplains, and procured for him the rectory of Upping- 
ton, in which he settled about the year 1640, at which time 
he surrendered his fellowship and married. In 1642 he was 
chaplain in ordinary to Charles I., and served his cause by 
writing in defence of the church of England. When the 
parliament became victorious, his living was sequestered, and 
he retired into Wales, where he was kindly received by the 
earl of Carbery, under whose protection he exercised his mi¬ 
nistry, and kept a school for the support of his family. In 
this state of retirement, he composed those discourses, which 
caused him to be held in high estimation, as one of the first 
writers in the English language, “ with respect to fertility 
of conception, eloquence of expression, and comprehensive¬ 
ness of thought.” At this period, the death of three hopeful 
sons 
