Taw Bridge, hamlet, on river Taw, Devon, 5| miles
S. of Chulmleigh.

Tawe, river, Brecknock and Glamorgan; rises in
Llyn-y-fan-fawr, Brecknockshire, and flows 36 miles
SW. to Swansea Bay at Swansea.

Tawin Island, Galway Bay, in co. and 4 miles S.
of Galway.

Tawnagh, par., E. co. Sligo, on river Arrow, 6 miles
SE. of Collooney, 3234 ac., pop. 763.

Tawnybrack, 4m. SE. of Ballymena, co. Antrim; P.O.

Tawstock, par. and vil., Devon, on river Taw, 2
miles S. of Barnstaple, 6582 ac., pop. 1062; P.O.;
Tawstock Conrt is the seat of the Wrey family; old
Tawstock House, now represented by an ancient gate-
way, was garrisoned in 1646 by Fairfax.

Tawton, North.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon,
on river Taw, 6J miles NE. of Okehampton, 5814 ac.,

Eop. 1868; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.—2. Tawton, North,
undred, Devon, 59,415 ac., pop. 9890; contains 24 pars.

Tawton, Sonth, par. and vol., Devon, on NE. border
of Dartmoor and on river Taw, 4 miles E. of Okehamp-
ton, 10,879 ac., pop. 1254.

Taxal, par., township, and vil., Cheshire, 1\ miles
NE. of Macclesfield—par., 5038 ac., pop. 1585; town-
ship, 3718 ac., pop. 313.

Tay, the largest river in Scotland; issues from Loch
Tay, in Perthshire, and flows 54 miles E. and SE. by a
circuitous course, and amid beautiful scenery, past
Aberfeldy, Dunkeld, and Perth to the Firth of Tay.
Its principal tributaries are the Earn, Almond, Shochie,
and Bran, on the right bank; and the Isla with its
affluent the Ericht, the Tummel with its affluent the
Garry, and the Lyon, on the left bank. Loch Tay
extends 14J miles NE. from Killin to Kenmore, where
it discharges the river Tay, and is from b to lg mile
broad. It receives at Killin the waters of the Dochart
(25 miles long), which is also regarded as a head-stream
of the main river, and those of the Lochay. The Firth
of Tay extends 24g miles NE. from the confluence of
the Tay and the Earn to the North Sea, widens to 3|
miles at the broadest part, and separates the counties
of Perth and Forfar on the N. from Fife on the S.; has a
light-vessel at Abertay Sands, and lighthouses at Buddon
Ness and Tayport. The entire length of the river Tay,
from the source of its remotest head-stream—the Tum-
mel—to the mouth of the estuary, is 120 miles, and its
basin area is 2400 square miles. The salmon fisheries of
loch, river, and estuary, are of the greatest importance.

Tay Bridge, railway viaduct across the Firth of Tay,
at Dundee; stands a little to the W. of the old bridge
which was blown down in Dec. 1879; it was begun
in 1882, its construction being estimated to occupy five
years and to cost £750,000. It has a double line of
rails, rests on 86 piers which have a span varying from
68 to 245 ft., and is 77 ft. above high-water level. See
Dundee.

Tay Lighthouse, Forfarshire. See Buddon Ness.

Tay field, seat, Forgan par., Fife, near Newport.

Tayinloan, vil., Killeanand Kilchenziepar., Argyll-
shire, on W. coast of Kintyre, 18 miles SW. of Tarbert
and 20 NW. of Campbeltown; P.O., T.o.

Taylor Gill Force, cataract, near Seathwaite, be-
tween Keswick and Wasdale Head, Cumberland.

Taymonnt, seat, Kinclaven par., Perthshire, on river
Tay, 2 miles NE. of Stanley.

Tayinouth Castle, seat of the Earl of Breadalbane,
Kenmore par., Perthshire, on river Tay, and near the
foot of Loch Tay, 5 miles SW. of Aberfeldy.

Taynton.—par., Gloucestershire, 2| miles SE. of
Newent, 2501 ac., pop. 568; contains Taynton House,
seat.—2. Taynton, par., Oxfordshire, lg mile NW. of
Burford, 2338 ac., pop. 323; P.O.

Taynnilt, hamlet with ry. sta. and hotel, Ardchattan
and Muckairn par., Argyllshire, near S. shore of Loch
Etive, 13 miles E. of Oban; P.O., T.o.

Tayport (or Ferry-Port-on-Craig), town and par.,
Fife, on S. side of entrance to Firth of Tay, opposite
Broughty Ferry, 3J miles SE. of Dundee by water and
45 b NE. of Edinburgh by rail—par., 2758 ac., pop. 2818;
town, pop. 2630; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Tayport is the
southern terminus of a ferry in connection with the
railway, and is a bathing resort; there are linen
factories, a flax and jute spinning mill, a bobbin fac-
tory, and a shipbuilding yard; at Tayport are 2 light-
houses (High Lighthouse and Pile Lighthouse), 76 and
53 ft. high, with fixed lights (Tayport, or Port-on-Craig)
80 and 30 ft. above high water and seen 12 and 10 miles.