I urtary. The greatest part of the former belongs
to the emperor of China, is tributary to him, or
is under his protection. It is divided into three
piovinces, Tcitcicar, Kirin, and Leao-tong. A
considerable part of Western Tartary has been
conquered by the Russians; and that part of it
E. from the mountains of Imaus, or Belur, to the
Caspian Sea, has for many ages been attaches to
Persia, and is called Independent Tartary. These
vast countries include all the central part of Asia,
and are inhabited by Tartars of different denomi-
nations and different manners. For various par-
ticulars concerning them, see the articles Circas-
sia, Crimea, Cossacs, Georgia, Imeritia, Kalmucs,
Mandshars, -Mingrelia, Mongotia, Ossetia, Samoy-
edcs, and Usbecs.

Tartas, a town ofFrance, department of Landes.
The Midouse runs through it; and on one side
of this river it rises in the form of an amphithea-
tre. It is 12 m. N. E. of Dax.

Tarudant, a town of W. Africa, capital of the
province of Sus, and the residence of a governor,
or some sheriff related to the emperor of Morocco.
120 m. S. W. of Morocco. Long. 8. 35. W., lat.

29. 58. N.

Tarwis, a town of Austrian Illyria, in Carin-
thia, seated on the rivulet called Gailitz. 28 m
W. S. W. of Clagenfurt.

Tashkund, a city of Independent Tartary, capi-
tal of a part of the province of Turkestan. It is
seated on the Sihon, 210 m. N. of Samarcand.
Long. 64. 48. E., lat. 42. 40. N.

Tasman's Land, a peninsula, connected with
Van Diemen’s Land by an isthmus 1,800 feet long
and 600 broad.

Tassacorta, a town of the isle of Palma, one of
the Canaries. It lies S. W. of St. Cruz, and be-
ing exposed to westerly winds is little frequent-
ed, but by boats. Long. 17. 58. W., lat. 28. 38.
N.

Tassasudon, the capital of Bootan, a feudatory
country of Thibet. The castle, or palace, is an
extensive quadrangular building of stone, with
accommodation for the raja, or lama, all the offi-
cers of state, a very numerous establishment of
Gylong3, and a temple of the great idol Maha-
moonie. It is seated on the Tchintchieu, in a
well-cultivated valley, surrounded by mountains,
230 m. S. S. W. of Lassa. Long. 89. 40. E., lat.

27. 49. N.

Tassing, an island of Denmark, between Fuen
and Langeland, separated from the former by a
strait. Jft is 18 m. in circuit, and has a town of
the same name. Long. 10. 47. E., lat. 55. 7. N.

Tate, a township of Clermont Co. Ohio.

Tttinatt, a county of Georgia. Pop. 2,039.

Tatta, a city of Hindoostan, capital of an ex-
tensive district of its name, in the province of
Sindy. It is seated on a branch of the river
Sinde or Indus, called the Richtel River. In the
17th century it was very extensive and populous,
possessing manufactures of silk, wool, and cot-
ton ; and it was celebrated for its cabinet ware.
Little of these now remain, and the limits of the
city are very circumscribed. The Indus, and its
branches, admit of an uninterrupted navigation
from Tatta to Moultan, Lahore, and Cashmere,
for vessels of nearly 200 tons; and a very exten-
sive trade was carried on between those places,
in the time of Aurungzebe ; but this trade is now
much diminished, owing to a bad government in
Sindy, and to a hostile disposition of the Seiks.
280 m. W. N. W. of Amedabad and 390 S. S. W.
of Moultan. Long. 67. 37. E., lat. 24. 50. N.

Tattah, a town on the common frontiers of
Morocco, Darah, and Tafilet, and in the route
from Morocco to Timbuctoo. 170 m. S. by xc2xa3. of
Morocco. Long. 6. 15. W., lat. 28.25. N.

Tattershall, a town in Lincolnshire, Eng., 128
m. N. E. of London.

Tauekel, a town of Prussia, in Pomerelia, seat
ed on the Verd, 30 m. N. W. of Culm.

Taumaeo, a town of European Turkey, in the
province of Janna, 18 m. N. W. of Zeiton.

Taumago, a fertile island in the Pacific Ocean,
24 m. in circuit, discovered by Quiros in 1606.
Long. 170. 45. W., lat. 13. 0. S.

Taunton, a river of Massachusetts flowing S.
W. into Narraganset Bay. It is navigable 20 m.
to Taunton for vessels of 50 tons.

Taunton, ph. Bristol Co. Mass. on the above
river, 32 m. S. Boston. Pop. 6,045. Here are
large and thriving manufactures of cotton, iron,
copper, lead, and Britannia ware. 7,500,000 yards
of calico are made here yearly.

Taunton, a borough in Somersetshire, Eng.
The silk trade furnishes the principal employ-
ment of the inhabitants, the manufacture of coarse
woolen goods, which was formerly carried on
here to considerable extent, having been trans-
ferred to Wellington and other neighbouring
towns. 141 m. W. by S. of London.

Taureau, an isle ofFrance, department of Fin-
isterre, at the mouth of the river Morlaix, with a
fort to defend the port of Morlaix.

Taurida. See Crimea.

Tauris, or Tabris, a city of Persia, capital of
Aderbeitzan, and formerly the capital of Persia.
It is of an irregular figure, and has neither walls
nor fortifications. The river Spingtoha flows
through it, and the Agi passes on the- N. sids of
the city. The bazaars, from their largeness, the
beautiful domes with which they are covered
and the merchandise with which they are filled,
make as fine an appearance as any in Asia.
Here were formerly 300 caravanseras so spacious
that 300 persons might lodge in each; and the
mosques and baths were grand and magnificent
structures. In 1724 it was terribly shaken by an
earthquake, and nearly 100,000 persons perished.
Soon after this calamity the Turks laid siege to
it, and they were driven away with great loss
but they took it the next year after a bloody con-
test, in which the Persians lost 30,000 men and
the Turks 20,000. Of 250 mosques, mentioned
by Chardin, the ruins of three only are visible.
The inhabitants carry on a good trade in cotton,
cloth, silks, gold and silver brocades, fine turbans,
and shagreen leather. It is seated in a fertile
plain, at the foot of a mountain, 95 m. S. E. of
Naksivan and 320 N. W. of Ispahan. Long. 48.

0. E. lat. 38. 28. N

Taurus, or Kuron, a chain of mountains in
Asia, which begins near the shores of the Archi-
pelago and extends 600 m. to the river Euphrates.
The Taurian chain was formerly considered as
extending to the sources of the Ganges, and the
extremities of Asia, so far as discovered by the
ancients ; but various parts of it were known by
different names.

Taus, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Pil-
sen, 31 m. S. S. W. of Pilsen.

Tavastland, a district of European Russia, in
the middle of Finland, 150 m. long and 100 broad.
The N. part is mountainous and woody, but the
greater part consists of fertile plains, watered by
numerous rivers and lakes. Notwithstanding the
goodness of the soil, in which it is scarcely surpas