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Maria Deipara in Egypt. A grammar of the | he published Statusférfiak könyve (“The Book dialect of Urumiah, by the Rev. D. T. Stod- of Statesmen "), a collection of political biogradard, was published in 1856 by the Ameri- phies. In 1848 he was sent by the Batthyányi can oriental society. Nöldeke has produced a ministry as envoy to the provisional central fuller and more learned one, founded on this government of Germany at Frankfort, whence and on the texts published by the missionaries, he soon after retired to London, and subseentitled Grammatik der neusyrischen Sprache quently resided in Switzerland, until allowed (Leipsic, 1868). Dr. Adalbert Merx has pub- to return to Hungary about the beginning of lished a Neusyrisches Lesebuch: Texte im Dia- 1861, where he became a prominent member lekte von Urmia (Breslau, 1874). of the diet at Pesth. His principal work is Magyarország története ("History of Hungary," 6 vols., Leipsic and Pesth, 1850-'63; German ed., 1866 et seq.).

SYRINGA. See LILAC, and PHILADELPHUS.
SYROS. See SYRA.

SYRTIS MAJOR and Syrtis Minor, the ancient names of two large gulfs on the N. coast of Africa, now called respectively the gulf of Sidra and the gulf of Cabes or Gabes. These gulfs were dangerous on account of their shallowness, the number of quicksands, and the uncertainty of the tides. The Greater Syrtis, or gulf of Sidra, is on the N. coast of Tripoli, and extends from the promontory of Boreum (now Ras Teyonas) on the E. side to that of Cephala (Ras Kasr Hamet) on the W. The distance between the two promontories is about 270 m., and the greatest extension of the gulf inland is 110 m. The Lesser Syrtis, or gulf of Cabes, indents the E. coast of Tunis, between the island of Jerbah on the south and Caput Vadorum (Ras Kapudiah) on the north; its width is about 100 m., measuring from these points. The region between the two gulfs, formerly called Syrtica, is most ly a narrow sandy or marshy strip of land, now belonging to Tripoli. In ancient times it was peopled by the Lothophagi, Macæ, Psylli, Nasamones, and other Libyan tribes, besides Egyptians and Phoenicians on the coast. Cyrene and Carthage contended for it, the latter winning, it is said, through the self-sacrifice of two brothers, the Philæni.

SZABADKA (Ger. Maria-Theresiopel), a town of S. Hungary, in the county of Bács, 96 m. S. S. E. of Pesth; pop. in 1870, 56,323. Its | inhabitants are mostly agriculturists, but there is also considerable trade in cattle, tobacco, and other products.

SZABOLCS, a N. E. county of Hungary, in the Trans-Tibiscan circle, the Theiss constituting the N. and part of the W. frontier; area, 2,304 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 265,584, chiefly Magyars. It is a wide, sandy plain, with large marshes, especially in the north and west, but the soil is fertile. The chief products are cattle, grain, tobacco, and wine. Capital, Nagy-Kálló.

SZALA. See ZALA.

SZALAY, László, a Hungarian historian, born in Buda, April 18, 1813, died in Salzburg, July 17, 1864. He studied at the university of Pesth, was admitted to the bar in 1833, was a member of the diet of 1839-'40, and prepared with Deák and others the penal code adopted by the lower house. Having edited for some time the Themis, and subsequently the Budapesti szemle ("Buda-Pesth Review"), he succeeded Kossuth in July, 1844, as editor of the Pesti hirlap ("Pesth Journal"). In 1847-'52

SZATMÁR, or Szathmár. I. A N. E. county of Hungary, in the Trans-Tibiscan circle, bounded N. by the Theiss, and intersected by the Szamos; area, 2,260 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 280,568, chiefly Magyars. The E. part is mountainous, and contains the gold and silver mines of Nagy-Bánya; the remainder is level and partly marshy. The climate is healthful and mild, and the soil fertile, producing_corn, maize, hemp, flax, wine, and tobacco. Cattle, swine, sheep, and bees are raised in great numbers. II. A town, capital of the county, 65 m. E. N. E. of Debreczin; pop. in 1870, 18,353. It consists of two parts, Németi on the N. bank of the Szamos, and Szatmár on an island in the river. It is the seat of a Catholic bishop, and has a Catholic gymnasium, a lyceum, a seminary, and Greek and Protestant churches. A considerable trade is carried on in wine, linen, and woollen fabrics.

SZÉCHENYI, István, count, a Hungarian statesman, born in Vienna, Sept. 21, 1791, died by his own hand at Döbling, April 8, 1860. He was the son of Count Francis Széchenyi, the founder of the national museum at Pesth, served in the last campaigns of Austria against Napoleon, and in 1825 took his seat in the upper house of the Hungarian diet. He contributed the sum of $30,000 toward the foundation of the Hungarian national academy, and was its vice president; and as leader of the national party he carried through a grand series of public enterprises. To popularize his schemes of reform, he published Hitel ("Credit," Pesth, 1830), and Világ (“Light,” 1832). Frightened by Kossuth's radical agitation, he wrote against him his Kelet népe ("People of the East," 1840), and combated him in the diet of 1847; but in 1848 he yielded to the current, and entered the Batthyányi-Kossuth cabinet as minister of public works. On the outbreak of the war he became insane, and was taken to an asylum at Döbling near Vienna, in which, though he recovered after some time, he spent the remainder of his life. In March, 1860, his abode and papers were searched by the Austrian police, and shortly after he shot himself.

SZEGEDIN (Hun. Szeged), a city of Hungary, capital of the county of Csongrád, on the right bank of the Theiss, opposite the mouth of the Maros, 55 m. W. of Arad and 96 m. S. E. of Pesth; pop. in 1870, 70,179, chiefly Magyars

and Slavs. It stands in a marshy plain, and is divided into the town proper and the upper and lower suburbs. The river is crossed by a bridge of boats, and the town is defended by an old fortress built by the Turks in the 16th century, which contains extensive barracks, a house of correction, and a church of its own. There are six Roman Catholic churches, a Catholic gymnasium, and a beautiful Greek church. Cloth, tobacco, soda, and soap are manufactured, and river boats are built. It is connected by rail with all parts of the country, and carries on an extensive trade. In the summer of 1849 it was the seat of the Hun

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THE 20th letter and 16th consonant of the English and other alphabets derived from the Roman, the 19th of the Greek (tau), and the 9th of the Hebrew (teth). It is of the denti-lingual class, and represents the sound produced by a forcible emission of the breath after placing the tongue against the roof of the mouth near the roots of the teeth. This forcible emission of the breath is the principal distinction between the sounds of t and its sonorous counterpart d. In etymology it is interchangeable with d, and sometimes with th, p, 8, and l. By itself it has but one sound; but combined with h, it forms a simple sound, hard or soft in quality, distinct from that of either component; as the th in thigh, which the Anglo-Saxons represented by o, the Greeks by 0 (theta), and the Hebrews by (tav); or as in thy, which the Anglo-Saxons represented by p. This sound is wanting in all the other European languages except Spanish (d, 2, and c before e or i), modern Greek ( and d), Danish (d between vowels, very faint), and Welsh (dd). In French t is dropped in many words from the Latin where it is preceded and followed by a vowel; as in père, mère, vie, from pater, mater, vita; also from the termination of many words. In English, before and another vowel, t has the sound of sh, as in nation; in French, of 8; in German, of tz.-As a Greek numeral stood for 300,, for 300,000. Among the Latins T represented 160, and with a dash above it (T) 160,000. As an abbreviation it stands for theologia, as in S. T. D., sacra theologia doctor; and in ancient writings, monuments, or coins, for Titus, Titius, Tullius, and sometimes tribunus. (See D.)

TABASCO, a S. E. state of Mexico, bounded N. by the gulf of Mexico, E. by Campeachy, S. by Guatemala and Chiapas, and W. by Vera Cruz; area, 12,716 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 83,707, chiefly Indians. The coast is indented by several bays and lagoons, and there are islands toward its N. E. extremity, the most important of which are Laguna, Carmen, and

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SZEKLERS. See TRANSYLVANIA.

SZOLNOK. I. Middle, a county formerly belonging to Transylvania, and now to Hungary, bounded S. E. by Transylvania; area, 855 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 113,639, chiefly Wallachs. It is mountainous, and watered by tributaries of the Szamos. Capital, Szilágy-Somlyó. I. A town of Hungary, in the county of Heves, on the Theiss, 56 m. E. S. E. of Pesth; pop. in 1870, 15,847, chiefly Magyars. It is connected with Pesth, Arad, and Debreczin by rail, and has considerable trade and important fisheries.

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Puerto Real. The surface is generally flat and in some places marshy, and there are several small lakes. The rivers, with the exception of the Usumasinta and Tabasco, are generally small, and they all overflow at certain seasons. The climate is hot and unhealthful; and between September and March gales render navigation dangerous even on the rivers. Oak, cedar, ironwood, and mahogany abound. Cacao, coffee, pepper, sugar cane, palmetto, tobacco, maize, and rice are cultivated; in some places indigo grows spontaneously; and wild bees afford large supplies of wax and honey. Capital, San Juan Bautista.

TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, tent; Heb. ohel), the sanctuary which the Israelites carried with them through the desert, and which, after the conquest of Canaan, was set up in various towns of Palestine until the time of Solomon, when it was replaced by the temple of Jerusalem. It was constructed, by order of Moses, by Bezaleel and Aholiab, and set up for the first time on the first day of the first month in the second year after leaving Egypt. Its framework consisted of 48 perpendicular gilded boards of acacia wood, which were kept together by golden rings and fixed into silver sockets. Over these boards four coverings were spread. The entrance, at the east end, was closed by means of a splendid curtain, supported by five columns. A curtain divided the interior into two rooms, the sanctuary and the holy of holies. In the sanctuary was placed, on the north, the table with the 12 loaves of shew bread (see SHEW BREAD); toward the south the golden candlestick; and in the middle the altar of incense. In the holy of holies stood the ark of the covenant. The tabernacle was surrounded by a kind of courtyard which was 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide. The typical significance of the tabernacle has been, ever since the times of Philo and Josephus, a subject of investigation. The most important treatises on the subject in modern times are by Creuzer, Symbo lik des mosaischen Cultus (2 vols., Heidelberg,

1837-'9), and Friedrich, Symbolik der mosai- | schen Stiftshütte (Leipsic, 1841).

TABERNACLES, Feast of (Heb. 'hag hassukoth), one of the three great festivals of the Jews, observed after harvest, and beginning on the 15th day of the month Tisri. It commemorated God's protecting care over his people while they dwelt in the wilderness. It was also a harvest feast or thanksgiving. It continued eight (among the exiled Jews nine) days, the first and last (in exile the first two and last two) of which were the most important. To the ceremonies of the festival belongs the waving toward the four quarters of the world of fine fruits and leafy branches, with the singing of liturgical songs, commonly called, from the repetition of the words hosia' na (Oh save!), Hosanna. On the seventh day this was repeated, for the last time, with greater solemnity. During the first seven days the living in booths was obligatory, which is still partially observed by the Jews in most countries. rifices took place in the temple, and in later times also a ceremony of "pouring water" on the sacrifice, and a great illumination of the outer court, with dances by torchlight.

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TABOR, Mount (Gr. 'Araßiptov; now Jebel etTur), an insulated eminence in the plain of Esdraelon, about 6 m. S. E. of Nazareth, in Galilee, commonly regarded as the scene of the transfiguration of Christ. It is about 1,800 ft. high, composed entirely of limestone, and its sides are covered up to the summit with the valonia oak, wild pistachios, myrtles, and other shrubs. Its summit is a plateau about 600 yards in extent from N. to S. and 300 yards across. All around this plain are traces of an ancient wall, and below it on the S. E. side of the hill are the ruins of a fortification, a gateway of Saracenic architecture called "the gate of the wind," and a small vault where the Latin monks from Nazareth annually celebrate the transfiguration. Among the ruins of a church on the N. side of the mountain the Greeks observe the same festival. Tabor is several times mentioned in the Old Testament, and upon it Deborah and Barak assembled the warriors of Israel previous to the battle with Sisera. There was upon it a city of the Levites of the tribe of Zebulon, which was taken and fortified by Antiochus the Great, 218 B. C. In 55 B. C. a battle was fought near it between the Romans under the proconsul Gabinius and the Jews under Alexander the son of Aristobulus, in which 10,000 Jews were slain. Tabor is not named in the New Testament, and was first mentioned as the place of the transfiguration in the 4th century. At the foot of it the crusaders several times fought the Moslems, and Napoleon gained a victory over the Turks. TABORITES. See HUSSITES.

TABRIZ, Tebriz, or Tauris, a walled city of Persia, capital of the province of Azerbijan, in lat. 38° 4' N., lon. 46° 15' E., near the river Aji; pop. about 120,000. It stands on a wide plain, 4,944 ft. above the sea, enclosed on all

sides but the west by low mountains or hills. The vicinity is very fertile, and beautified by innumerable fruit gardens, celebrated for their peaches and apricots, and producing grapes from which is made a wine resembling Marsala. The wall of sun-dried bricks is about 31 m. in circuit. The streets are narrow and tortuous, and the houses low and flat, but there is a large square, and the bazaars are numerous and spacious. The most remarkable buildings are the citadel, a lofty structure with massive brick walls; the Blue mosque, built in the 17th century by Abbas the Great, but now in ruins; and the villa of the heir apparent to the Persian throne, who resides here as governor of Azerbijan. Tabriz is one of the most important commercial cities in Persia. It is on the caravan route between the interior and Trebizond and Tiflis, and carries on a large foreign trade, also maintaining manufactories

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of silk and cotton goods. According to Persian tradition, Tabriz was founded by Zobeida, wife of Haroun al-Rashid; but the town existed in antiquity, and under the name of Gazaca was the capital of the Median province of Atropatene. At a later period it was the capital of Tiridates III., king of Armenia. It was visited by Marco Polo about 1293, and in 1320 there appear to have been Venetians settled there, and a Genoese factory in 1341. The present number of European inhabitants probably does not exceed 100. Tabriz has frequently been captured by the Turks, and it has often been damaged by earthquakes. The Anglo-Indian telegraph line passes through the city.

TACHÉ, Alexandre, a Canadian archbishop, born at Kamouraska, Lower Canada, in 1822. He graduated at the college of St. Hyacinthe, became an Oblate of the Immaculate Conception, and in 1843 asked to be sent to the Red River mission. He was ordained priest at St. Boniface, and devoted himself to the Indian tribes beyond the civilized regions of Canada, especially along the valley of the Saskatchewan. He was among the first to penetrate into the unexplored portions of the northwestern territory, and contributed toward the colonization and progress of Manitoba. He was consecrated

coadjutor to Bishop Provencher of St. Boniface, Nov. 23, 1851, and succeeded him, June 7, 1853. In September, 1871, he was made metropolitan. During the troubles attendant on the Riel insurrection in 1869-'70 he exerted his influence to prevent the effusion of blood; and after the surrender of Riel and the latter's election to the Dominion house of commons, the archbishop resisted successfully all attempts of the authorities to punish him as a traitor. He has established a college and theological seminary at St. Boniface, opposite Fort Garry, and, besides numerous interesting reports on the Indian missions printed in the "Annals of the Propagation of the Faith," has published Vingt années de missions dans le nord-ouest de l'Amérique (Montreal, 1866), and Esquisse sur le nord-ouest de l'Amérique (1869).

TACITUS, Caius Cornelius, a Roman historian, born probably about A. D. 55, died probably after the accession of the emperor Hadrian (117). He was early appointed to a public office under Vespasian, and married a daughter of Julius Agricola. He held a prætorship under Domitian, and was consul suffectus under Nerva. Nothing positive is known of his subsequent career. He was famous as an orator and a lawyer, and the rhetorical studies of his earlier years led him to compose his first work, the Dialogus de Oratoribus, which contrasts strongly with his later writings for diffuseness and negligence. His Vita Julii Agricola is the masterpiece of ancient biography, and specially valuable for the account it gives of the early condition and history of Britain. The Germania (De Origine, Situ, | Moribus ac Populis Germania) appeared soon after, both probably in 98. It is based on the works of Pliny and the most trustworthy sources obtainable at the time, and as such is of great importance to students of German antiquities. Numerous theories have been broached in regard to the author's purpose in writing it, but there is every reason for supposing that one of his main objects was to remind the Romans of the virtues of their former days, and to warn them of the dangers threatening them from the north. Its geographical and historical accuracy has often been attacked, and as often successfully vindicated, though he has frequently exaggerated or idealized the customs and morals of the German people. About the year 105 appeared the first portion of his history of Rome after the time of Augustus, embracing Historia of the years 69-96, or from the last days of Galba to the death of Domitian. Only the first four books and a part of the fifth, reaching to the year 70, are extant. Next appeared the Annales, a concise history of the events from 14 to 68. Its original title was Ab Excessu D. Augusti Libri. Of the original 16 books, only nine complete and parts of three others are extant. The portions relating to the last two years of Nero are wanting. Tacitus is commonly compared to Thucydides; but the latter has none of the

| psychological characteristics of the former. There is a greater resemblance between Tacitus and his forerunner Sallust. His style is remarkable for its vigor and conciseness. A melancholy and almost tragic earnestness pervades his pictures of imperial history. Numerous interpolations disfigure his writings, especially the last portion of the Annales and the Historia. The editio princeps of Tacitus, which is far from complete, was printed at Venice in 1469 by Vindelin de Spira; and of the numerous subsequent editions that of Ernesti (Leipsic, 1752), successively revised by Oberlin, Bekker, Walther, Ruperti, and others, and Halm's (Leipsic, 1874), are esteemed the best. The best translations are: in German, by Roth (Stuttgart, 1855–’7); in French, by Louandre (Paris, 1858) and Dureau de la Malle (1874); and in English, by Church and Brodribb (London, 1864). German literature abounds with hermeneutical treatises on Tacitus; Pfitzner's Die Annalen des Tacitus kritisch beleuchtet (Halle, 1869) is very thorough.

TACITUS, Marens Claudius, a Roman emperor, born at Interamna (now Terni), Umbria, about A. D. 200, died at Tyana, in Cappadocia, in April, 276. Previous to the assassination of the emperor Aurelian in March, 275, he held various important civil offices, the last being that of consul in 273, and was well known for his love of letters, his great wealth, and his integrity. In September, 275, Tacitus was unanimously elected emperor by the senate. He instituted a few domestic reforms, and attempted to revive the authority of the senate, but died within little more than half a year from the commencement of his reign. cording to one account, he was assassinated by his soldiers when on an expedition against the Goths in Asia Minor. He claimed descent from the historian Tacitus, whose works he ordered to be placed in all public libraries, and to be multiplied to the extent of ten copies a year at the public expense.

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TACKMAHACK, or Balsam Poplar. See POPLAR. TACONIC SYSTEM, or Taghkanie. See UNITED STATES (geological part).

TADEMA, Lourenz Alma, a Dutch painter, born at Drouryp, West Friesland, Jan. 8, 1836. He studied under Leys at Antwerp in 1861, and became known as a painter of classical subjects. His wife, the countess Pauline Dumoulin, died in 1869, and in 1870 he married an English woman and removed to London. His works include "Venantius Fortunatus and Radegond" (1862), "How they enjoyed themselves in Egypt 3,000 Years ago” (1863), “The Mummies" (1867), "The Siesta of Ancient Romans (1868), "The Vintage Celebration at Rome" (1870), "The Last Plague of Egypt" (1872), and “The Picture Gallery (1874). TADMOR. See PALMYRA.

TADOLINI, Adamo, an Italian sculptor, born in Bologna in 1789. He studied in the academy of Bologna, and settled in Rome. In 1812 he received for his "Dying Ajax" the grand

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TAEL, a Chinese measure of weight, equal to 1 oz. avoirdupois. The Chinese government does not coin gold or silver. All payments are made in bullion or foreign coins, by weight; hence the tael (Chin. liang) has become a money of account, and 720 taels are received at Hong Kong and Shanghai as equivalent to 1,000 Mexican dollars. Taking the value of the Mexican dollar as fixed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States, Jan. 1, 1875, the tael would be equivalent to 1-386 United States dollar. The name is sometimes applied to the money of Japan, Siam, and Sumatra, and is probably of Malay origin.

TENARUM. See CAPE MATAPAN. TAFILET, or Tafilelt, a division of Morocco, consisting of the oasis of the same name, lying S. E. of the Atlas mountains, between lat. 30° 45' and 31° 10' N. and lon. 3° 3′ and 3° 25' W.; pop. estimated at 100,000. The oasis of Tissimi lies N. of it, and that of Sahra N. E. Tafilet is a fertile plain watered by two rivers, both of which are lost in the sands of the desert. Rain seldom falls. Wheat and barley are cultivated on the banks of the rivers, but dates are the chief product. Large herds of sheep and goats are kept, and stuffs and carpets are manufactured. There are mines of lead and antimony. The oasis is divided into five districts, Sfalet, Rhorfa, Iffli, Shiffa, and Tannajiut. The most important town is Abu- | am, about 240 m. E. S. E. of Morocco, but the official centre is Rissani, a few miles N. E. of Abuam. The inhabitants are mostly Shelloohs. A considerable trade is carried on with other parts of Morocco and with Algeria.-Tafilet, which is mentioned by the earliest Arab chroniclers, is probably identical with the kingdom of which Sigilmessa, founded A. D. 759, was the capital. In 1648 a king of Tafilet founded the dynasty which still rules Morocco.

TAGANROG, a city of southern Russia, in the government of Yekaterinoslav, on a promontory formed by the sea of Azov, 18 m. from the mouth of the Don and 27 m. N. W. of Azov; pop. in 1867, 25,027, including many Armenians and Greeks. It is strongly fortified, and despite the shallowness of the harbor it is the principal port of the sea of Azov. The exports in 1873, chiefly wheat, amounted to 28,797,839 rubles, and the imports to 8,048,663. The town has four large squares. The principal buildings are the cathedral, the admiralty, the marine hospital, the quarantine, the exchange, the theatre, and the palace near the Greek monastery of Jerusalem, built by Alex

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ander I., who died and has a monument here. It was originally founded in 1696, but the present city dates from 1768. Taganrog was much damaged in 1855 by the bombardment from French and English gunboats, as well as the neighboring seaport Mariupol (founded in 1779 by Greeks; pop. about 6,000), which is under the municipal authority of Taganrog.

TAGLIACOZZI. See TALIACOTIUS.

TAGLIONI. I. Filippo, an Italian ballet master, born in Milan in 1777, died near the lake of Como, Feb. 11, 1871. He was successively connected with the theatres at Stockholm, Cassel, and Warsaw till 1853, when he returned to Italy. The most celebrated of his numerous ballets is the "Sylphide." He married a daughter of the Swedish tragedian Karsten. II. Maria, a dancer, daughter of the preceding, born in Stockholm about 1804. In 1822 she first appeared at Vienna, in 1827 at Paris, and in 1832 at Berlin. In the last year she married Count Gilbert de Voisin. She retired in 1847, and has since lived at her villa on the lake of Como, or in one of her palaces at Venice. She gained her greatest triumphs in La bayadère, La Sylphide, and La fille du Danube. III. Paul, brother of the preceding, born in Vienna about 1808. After performing with his sister in various theatres, he married the dancer Amalia Galster, with whom he made tours in Europe and the United States. His career as a dancer ended in 1847, when he became ballet master at the royal theatre in Berlin. He has since produced Sardanapal, Undine, and other celebrated ballets.-His daughter MARIA, born in Berlin in 1834, excelled as a dancer, but in 1866 retired from the stage, on her marriage with Prince Joseph Windischgrätz.

TAGUS (Span. Tajo; Port. Tejo), a river of Spain and Portugal, the longest in the peninsula, and dividing it into two nearly equal parts. It rises in the Sierra de Cuenca, in the province of Teruel near the border of Guadalajara, and flows N. W. for about 35 m.; then nearly W. 20 m., receiving the waters of the Molina; then S. W. a little more than 70 m., the Guadiela and other streams augmenting it; then nearly W. till it becomes for about 20 m. the boundary of Portugal, its principal affluents being the Jarama, Cedron, Guadarrama, Alberche, and Alagon. Entering Portugal, it inclines more and more to the southwest, receiving below Abrantes the Zezere, and from that point is navigable for vessels of 150 tons. In the lower part of its course are numerous islands, and for about 20 m. it spreads out into a table-like basin, 8 m. or more in width; but as it approaches Lisbon the hills on either side close up the valley, and at its mouth it is not over a mile wide. The banks of the Tagus are generally rugged and precipitous, and the adjacent plains are dry and barren. Lisbon, Santarem, and Abrantes in Portugal, and Talavera de la Reyna, Toledo, and Aranjuez in Spain, are on its banks. Its length is about 540 m. TAHITI. See SOCIETY ISLANDS.

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