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belongs to lord Clifford, who, by his deputy, holds annually 
a court-baron or court-leet in the-town or borough, at which 
a jury is regularly nominated, two constables deputed and 
sworn, and a portreeve chosen, who is invested with consi¬ 
derable authority. In this court, which has been held here 
time immemorial, anciently all petit causes among the in¬ 
habitants were tried, and the culprits amerced according to 
the pleasure of the lord. East Teignmouth contains the 
manor of East Teignmouth, or Teignmouth Courtenay, 
which belongs to lord Courtenay. The dean and chapter of 
Exeter have also a manor in East Teignmouth, to whom the 
great tythes and the tythes of fish belong, and who are the 
lords paramount, Lord Courtenay being the puisne lord. 
Teignmouth is a place of remote antiquity, and is recorded 
to have been burnt in the 10th century by the Danes. The 
parishes of East and West Teignmouth contain about 5000 
inhabitants. The market-place has been lately built, and is 
very commodious; it is well supplied on Saturdays. There 
are three fairs in the year; the best frequented is in Septem¬ 
ber. The principal inn in the town is the London hotel, 
There are many handsome seats in the neighbourhood, the 
principal of which is West Cliff house, belonging to Lord 
Exmouth ; 15 miles south of Exeter, and 185 west-by-south 
of London. Lat. 50. 33. N. long. 3. 29. W. 
TEIGNTON, Bishop’s, a parish of England, in Devon¬ 
shire; If mile west-by-north of West Teignmouth. Popu¬ 
lation 753. 
TEIGNTON, Drews, a parish of England, in Devon¬ 
shire; 8 miles south-west of Crediton. Population 998. 
TEIGNTON, King’s, a parish of England, in Devon¬ 
shire; 2 miles north-east of Abbot’s Newton. Population 
1001. 
TEIL, a small town in the south-east of France, in the 
department of the Ardeche, on the Rhrone. Population 
1400; 5 miles north of Viviers. 
TEIL, s. [ tilia , Lat.] The same with linden or lime 
tree. 
From purple violets and the teil they bring 
Their gather’d sweets, and rifle all the spring. Addison. 
TEILLEUL, a small town in the north-west of France, 
department of La Manche. Population 2400; 9 miles 
south-south-east of Mortain, and 25 south-east of Avranches. 
TEIN, or Thf.in, a smell town in the interior of Bohemia, 
on the Mulda; 59 miles south of Prague, and 15 north of 
Budweis, Population 1900. 
TEINT, s. [ teinte , Fr.] Colour; touch of the pencil. 
—Glaz’d colours have a vivacity which can never be 
imitated by the most brilliant colours, because the different 
teints are simply laid on, each in its place, one after ano¬ 
ther. Dry den. 
TEISSE, a large village in the north of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Orne, with 1500 inhabitants, employed partly 
on the iron-works of the place. 
TEISSHOLZ, or Tiszolts, a small town in the north¬ 
east of Hungary; 92 miles north-north-east of Pest, and 26 
east of Libethen, inhabited by Lutheran Slowacs. In the 
neighbourhood are mines of magnetic iron ore. 
TEJUCO, a district of Brazil, of which the town of Tejuco 
is the capital, around which it extends 16 leagues from north 
to south, and about 8 from east to west. It was first explored 
by some enterprising miners from Villa do Principe, a few 
years after the establishment of that town. These men pro¬ 
ceeding north, found an open country, watered by many 
small rivulets. These rivulets were then washed for gold, 
and were considered as belonging to the district of Villa do 
Principe. No idea was first entertained that the rivulets 
contained diamonds although it is said that some were col¬ 
lected and presented to the then governor of Villa do Prin¬ 
cipe, as curious bright stones, and were used by him as 
counters at cards. Soon afterwards a few of them found their 
way to Lisbon, and were given as pretty pebbles to the 
Dutch minister, to send to Holland, which was then the 
principal mart in Europe for precious stones. The lapidaries 
to whom they were presented for examination, pronounced 
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these pebbles to be very fine diamonds. Information was 
accordingly sent to the Dutch consul at Lisbon, who did 
not fail to profit by the occasion ; for he managed the affair 
with government so well, that he contracted for the precious 
stones at the same time that he communicated the intelligence. 
Government afterwards endeavoured to monopolise the dia¬ 
monds, and. made a distinct district of Cerro do Frio, placing 
it under peculiar laws and regulations. The number of dia¬ 
monds sent over during the first 20 years after the discovery, 
is said to be almost incredible, and to exceed 1000 ounces 
in weight. In its present state the establishment appears to 
produce much greater wealth than it actually does. During 
a period of five years, from 1801 to 1806 inclusive, the ex¬ 
penses were 204,000/. and the diamonds sent to the treasury 
at Rio de Janeiro weighed 115,675 carats. The value of 
gold found in the same period amounted to 17,300/. sterling, 
from which it appears, that the diamonds actually cost go¬ 
vernment 1/. 13.5. 9d. per carat. These years were esteemed 
singularly productive; the mines do not in general yield to 
government more than 20,000 carats annually. Exclusive 
of this amount, there is a vast quantity smuggled. 
TEJUCO, a town of Brazil, and capital of the above dis¬ 
trict. Owing to its situation by the side of a hill, it is very 
irregularly built; its streets are uneven, but the houses in 
general are well constructed and in good condition, com¬ 
pared with those of other towns in the interior. Its name, 
which, in the Portuguese language, signifies a muddy place, 
is derived from places of that description in its neighbour¬ 
hood, which are rendered passable by being covered with 
large pieces of wood. Owing to the great distance of Tejuco 
from a sea-port, piano-fortes have not been introduced here, 
or they would probably be in great demand; for the ladies 
in general have a taste for music, and touch the guitar with 
great spirit and elegance. Dancing is a favourite amusement 
and all appear much pleased and animated with the English 
country-dance. The ladies seldom go abroad, except to mass, 
and then they are usually carried in a chair hung with cur¬ 
tains and a canopy, and suspended from a pole b orne by two 
men. The sedentary habits of the females has been thought 
injurious to their health; but since English saddles have been 
introduced, they begin to take airings on horseback. Warm 
baths are very generally used, being considered of great effi¬ 
cacy in removing recent colds, to which all persons here are 
liable, on account of the peculiar nature of the climate. 
They are invariably offered at night to travellers, as a means of 
relieving the pains occasioned by the fatigues of the day. 
Population 6000. 
TEJUCO, or Tejuca, a small island of Brazil, near the 
island of St. Catherine’s, in lat. 27. 11. S. long. 48. 50. W. 
TEJUCOS, Bay of, on the coast of Brazil, in South 
America, some miles to the north of the island of St. Cathe¬ 
rine’s. It is from two to three leagues across, and extends 
the same distance inland. It is well sheltered, and affords 
good anchorage, and fine situations for loading timber, with 
which the mountainous country is thickly clothed, and of 
which large quantities are felled and embarked for Rio de 
Janeiro and the river Plata. The bay is esteemed good 
fishing ground for whales; along the beach of this bay is 
found a shell of the murex genus, which produces that 
beautiful crimson dye, so valued by the ancients. It is 
here called purpura, and, its use is in some degree known to 
the natives. Lat. 26. 56. S. 
TEKELY/a village of Lower Hungary, in the palatinate of 
Pilis. It gave name to the family of Tekeley, famous for the 
resistance made by its head to the house of Austria, in the 
17th century. 
TEKETANOAH, or Cyprus Creek, a river of the 
United States in Alabama, which flows into the Tennesse, a 
below Florence. 
TEKETENGY, a river of the south-east of Transylvania, 
in the district of Haromszek, which, after flowing through 
a fertile and beautiful valley, falls into the Aluta. 
TEKIN, a village of Caramania, in Asiatic Turkey; 100 
milpp pf TnPfl t 
TEKING, a city of China, of the second rank, in 
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