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Talcahuano Bay 8 miles north-northwest of Concepcion. Population, about 6,000. Tale of a Tub, A. 1. A comedy by Ben Jonson, licensed in 1633. Fleay a igns the date of its first performance to 1601, on account of the meter. It was altered just before it was licensed, and was played in this shape in 1634, and printed in the folio edition of 1640. 2. A satire by Swift, written about 1696, but not printed till 1704. In the wonderful allegory of the "Tale of a Tub," in which the corruptions and failings of the English, Roman, and British Columbia. Taku Forts. Fortifications at the mouth of the river Peiho, China, which guard the approach to Tientsin and Peking. They were taken by the English and French forces May 23, 1858, and Aug. 21, 1860, and by the allies June 17, 1900. Tale of the Two Brothers, The. See the ex- and Presbyterian churches were ridiculed persons of Jack, Peter, and Martin, Swift displayed at an early age his exuberant wit and surpa ing satirical power. Tucker man , Hist. of Prose Fiction, p. 172. tract. In another Egyptian story, called "The Tale of the Two damsel is carried to Egypt by the river, and its perfume is so ravishing that the king despatches his scouts throughout the length and breadth of the land, that they may Also Peiho Forts . Takulli (tä-kul'i), or Carrier. A confederacy of the northern division of the At hap as can stock of North American Indians, found along and Brothers," a lock of hair from the head of a beautiful near Fraser River, British Columbia. See Atha- pascan . Talamanca (täl-ä-män'kä). A region on the bring to him the owner of this lock of hair. She is found, eastern or Caribbear side of Costa Rica, south of Puerto Limon and extending from the coast to the central Cordillera. See Talamancas . Talamancas (tä-lä-män käs). Indians of Costa Rica, in the district called Talamanca (which see). The name is loosely used for several tribes of dif- retain their independence. The true Talamancas appear to be distantly allied, by their language, to the ancient Chibchas of New Granada. They are said to be sun-wor- and with Balfour Stewart, "The Unseen Universe." He ferent race who have taken refuge in this region and still also wrote "Properties of Matter," etc. Taittiriyas (tīt-ti-rē'yaz). [In Skt., a patronymic from Tittiri: 'the scholars of Tittiri.'] The name of a school of the Yajurveda, whence Taittiriyasanhita as a name for the Yajurveda itself as handed down in the text of this school. The Taittiriyas have also a pratishakhya, a brahman a, an aranyaka, and an up an is had. Taiwan (ti-wän'). 1. The Chinese name of For mos a.-2. The capital of Formosa, and a treaty port, situated on the southwest coast. Popula tion, estimated, about 70,000. Tai-yuan (ti-wän'). The capital of the province of Shansi, China, about 37° 54′ N. Tajak (tä-zhäk′), or Tajik (tä-zhēk′). A name given collectively to all persons of Iranian descent in central and western Asia. Taj-e-mah (täzh'e-mäh′), The. ['Crown or crest of the moon.'] An Indian diamond in the Persian collection of crown jewels. It weighs 146 carats. Taj Mehal (täzhme-häl′) [‘Gem of buildings.'] The famous mausoleum erected at Agra, India, by Shah Jehan for his favorite wife. It stands a platform of white marble 18 feet high and 313 square, with tapering cylindrical minarets 133 feet high at the angles. The mausoleum itself is in plan 186 feet square with corners cut off; it consists without of two tiers of keel shaped arches, with a great single-arched porch in the middle of each side. The structure is crowned by a pointed and slightly bulbous dome, 58 feet in diameter and about 210 in exterior height, flanked by 4 octagonal kiosks. The interior is occupied by 4 domed chambers in the corners, and a large arcaded octagon in the middle, all connected by corridors. In the central chamber stand two cenotaphs inclosed by a remarkable openwork rail in marble. No light is admitted to the interior except through the delicately pierced marble screens which fill all the windows. The decoration is enriched by admirable mosaic inlaying in stone of flower-motives and arabesques, much of it in agate, bloodstone, and jasper. Also Taj Mahal . ✓ Tajo. The Spanish name of the Tagus. Tajurrah (tä-jö'rä). A seaport on the eastern coast of Africa, situated on the Gulf of Tajurrah. Tajurrah, Gulf of. An arm of the Gulf of Aden, on the eastern coast of Africa, about lat. 11° 40′ N. A part of its coast now belongs to France. Taka (tä'kä). A region near Ka ala, in the eastern Sudan, Africa. Takala (tä-kä'lä), or Tekele (tā-kā'le). A region in eastern Sudan, south of Kordofan and west of the White Nile. Takao (tä-kä-ō'). A treaty port in Formosa, situated on the southwestern coast in the vicinity of Taiwan. Takelma (tä-kelmä), or Takilma (tä-kilʼmä). [Their own name for themselves.] A tribe which constitutes the Takilman stock of North American Indians. It formerly occupied seventeen villages extending along the south side of upper Rogue River, Oregon, from the valley of Illinois Creek on the west to Deep Rock in Curry County. There were 27 survivors in 1884 on the Siletz reservation in western Oregon. Sometimes called Rogue River Indians and Upper Rogue River Indians (see At hap as can ). See Takilman . Takiang (tä-kyäng'). A name sometimes given to the river Sikiang (or Sekiang ), in southern China.