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September or October, when the inhabitants begin to lay in 
their winter stock. Provisions, particularly beef and flour, 
may be had good and in great plenty. Lat. 36. 44. N. 
long. 10. 20. E. 
TUNIS, Bay of, a large bay of the Mediterranean, 
comprehending a coast of 120 miles, in the most interior 
part of which is the city of Tunis. 
TUNJA, a town of New Granada, and capital of a dis¬ 
trict of the same name, in the province of Santa Fe. It was 
enlarged into a town by the Spaniards in 1539, and was 
formerly a very opulent place; 60 miles north-east of Santa 
Fe. Lat: 5. 5. N. long. 72. 56. W. 
TUNKAT, or Toncat, a city of Independent Tartary, 
situated near the banks of the Sirr or Jaxartes; 250 miles 
north-east of Samarcand. 
TUNKHANNOCK, a post township of the United States, 
in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Population 884. 
TUNKHANNOCK CREEK, a river of the United States, 
in Pennsylvania, which runs south-west into the east branch 
of the Susquehanna, about 35 miles above Wilkesbarre 
TUNLEY, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Bisley, 
Gloucestershire. 
TU'NNAGE, s. Content of a vessel measured by the tun. 
—The consideration of the riches of the ancients leads to 
that of their trade, and to inquire into the bulk and tunnage 
of their shipping. Arbuthnot. —Tax laid by a tun; as, to 
levy tunnage and poundage. 
TU'NNEL, s. [caenel, Saxon.] The shaft of a chimney; 
the passage for the smoke.—The water being rarefied, and by 
rarefication resolved into wind, will force up the smoke, which 
otherwise might linger in the tunnel, and oftentimes reverse. 
Wotton. —A funnel; a pipe by which liquor is poured into 
vessels.—For the help of the hearing, make an instrument 
like a tunnel, the narrow part of the bigness of the hole of 
the ear, and the broader end much larger. Bacon. —A net 
wide at the mouth, and ending in a point, and so resem¬ 
bling a funnel or tunnel; an ar_h made under ground. 
To TU'NNEL, v. a. To form like a tunnel.—The Pha- 
Isense tribe inhabit the tunnelled, convolved leaves. Der- 
ham. —To catch in a net.—This word is used by Derham 
for to make network; to reticulate.—Some birds not only 
weave the fibrous parts of vegetables, and curiously tunnel 
them into nests, but artificially suspend them on the twigs of 
trees. Derham. 
TUNNUDTIORBIK, an island near the coast of East 
Greenland. Lat. 60. 45. N. long. 46. 50. W. 
TU'NNY, s. \tonne.n, Ital. ; tht/nnus, Lat.j A sea-fish. 
—Some fish are boiled and preserved fresh in vinegar, as 
tunny and turbot. Carew. 
TUNQUIN, or Tonquin, a large kingdom of Eastern 
Asia, bordering on the Chinese provinces of Quangsee and 
Yunan, and separating that empire from Cochin-China and 
Cambodia. It surrounds a large gulf of the Chinese sea, at 
the mouth of which is the island of Hainan. The frontier 
to the north and west consists of mountains of considerable 
height,-the breezes from which, and from the sea, preserve 
always a tolerable degree of coolness. The central part of 
the country consists of a vast alluvial plain, traversed by 
numerous rivers, chiefly tributaries to the great one called 
Saigong, which flows through the whole breadth of Tun- 
quin, and on which all the principal towns are situated. 
The usual tropical fruits abound—mangoes, lemons, cocoa- 
nuts, bananas; and the orange of Tunquin is said to be the 
best in the world. The tea tree is almost as common as in 
China, but not being tended with the same care, does not 
afford the commodity of equal quality. The areca, the 
betel, the indigo, the sugar cane, also grow in the fertile 
plains. The woods contain a variety of valuable timber. 
Neither the sheep nor the ass are known in Tunquin; the 
principal domestic animals being the ox, the buffalo, the 
hog, with abundance of poultry. A valuable species of 
honey is said to be produced by the wild bees. 
Tunquin formed originally a portion of China, from 
which empire it was detached in 1368. 
The capital of Tunquin having the name of the kingdom, 
and called also Cachao or Kescho, is situated on the western 
bank of the great river, about 80 miles above its junction 
with the sea. It is said by one traveller to be equal in ex¬ 
tent to Paris, and by another to contain only 40,000 inha¬ 
bitants. 
TUNSTALL, a hamlet of England, in Lancashire; 3 
miles south of Kirkby Lonsdale.—2. A township in Durham; 
3 miles south-west-by-south of Sunderland.—3. A parish in 
Kent; 2j miles south-west-by-west of Sittingbourne.—4. A 
parish in Norfolk; miles south-south-east of Acle.—5. A 
hamlet in the parish of Drayton in Hales, Salop.—6. A parish 
in the East Riding of Yorkshire; 14 miles east-by-north of 
Kingston-upon-Hull.—7. A township in the North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 2^ miles south-west of Catterick.—8. A parish in 
Suffolk; 4 miles east-by-south of Market Wickham. 
TUNSTEAD, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3 miles 
north-east-by-east of Coltishall. Population 454. 
TUNUYAN, a large and abundant river of Chili, in the 
province of Maule, which runs north-east for more than 60 
leagues, when it loses itself in a lake. 
TUNWORTH, a parish of England, in Southampton- 
shire; 3i miles south-east of Basingstoke. 
TUOTONE, a small river of Dutch Guiana, which enters 
the Cuyuni. 
TUP, s. [Derivation unknown.] A ram.—This word is 
yet used in Staffordshire, and in other provinces. 
To TUP, v. n. To but like a ram. 
To TUP, v. a. To cover as a ram. 
TUPARRO, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
San Juan de los Llanos, which runs east, and falls into the 
Orinoco. 
TUPHOLME, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 6 
miles west-by-south of Horncastle. 
TUPINAMBES, or Topinambos, a barbarous nation of 
Indians of the kingdom of Brazil, in the province and cap¬ 
tainship of Para. 
TUPOZA, a river of South America, in the province of 
Darien, which runs nearly due west, and falls into the 
Chucunaqui. 
TUPPEL, a town of Hindostan, province of Delhi, 
situated on the east side of the river Jumna. Lat. 28. 25. N. 
long. 77. 30. E. 
TUPPENDEN, a hamlet of England, in the parishes of 
Orpington and Farnborough, Kent. 
TUPSLEY, a township of England, in Herefordshire; 
2 miles east-south-east of Hereford. 
TUPTON, a township of England, in Derbyshire; 4 
miles south of Chesterfield. 
TUPUNGATO, a mountain of Chili, said to be 20,000 
feet above the level of the sea. Lat. 33. 24. S. 
TUQUAQUE ISLANDS, some small islands on the 
coast of South America, and province of Venezuela. They 
form a small chain from Point Seca to Point Cabello. Lat. 
10. 15. to 10. 35. N. long. 68. 40. W. 
TUQUARES, a river of Buenos Ayres, which runs west, 
and enters the Parana. 
TUQUEQUE, a large and abundant arm of the river 
Apure, in the Caraccas, from which it communicates with 
the Portuguesa. 
TUR, a small town in the east of Hungary; 24 miles 
east of Szolnok. 
TURA, or O Tura, a small town in the north-west of 
Hungary, on the Waag, inhabited by Slowacs; 23 miles 
north-by-west of Leopoldstadt. 
TURA, a considerable river of Asiatic Russia, which 
rises in the district of Verchoturia, among the Ourals, and 
falls into the Tobol. It is navigable. 
TURA, a small river of Irkoutsk, in Asiatic Russia, 
which rises in the district of Nertschinsk, and falls into the 
Ingoda. 
TURANY, a market town of the north-west of Hungary, 
on the Waag; 26 miles north-north-west of Neusohl. 
TURATTE, a town of the island of Celebes, and capital 
of a powerful kingdom; 180 miles north of Macassar. 
TURBACO, an Indian village of South America, in the 
kingdom 
