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See Taiping. Tafalla (tä-fälyä). A town in the province of Navarre, Spain, situated on the Zidaco 23 miles south of Pamplona. Population (1887), 6,496. Tafelberg. See Table Mountain . Taff (taf). A river in South Wales which flows into the estuary of the Severn at Cardiff, Length, about 40 miles. Taffy (taf'i). [A corruption of David .] A nickname for a Welsh man. Tafilet (tä-fe-let'). A large oasis in Morocco, about lat. 31° N., long. 4o W. Its chief place is Abuam. Population, about 100,000. Tafna (täf'nä). A small river in the province of Oran, Algeria, which flows into the Mediterranean 58 miles southwest of Oran. It was the scene of conflicts between the French and Kabyles Jan. 26-28, 1836. Tafna, Treaty of. A treaty concluded between the French general Bugeaud and Abd-el-Kader May 30, 1837. Taft (täft). A town in central Persia, 165 miles east-southeast of Ispahan. It has manufactures of felt and carpets. Population, about 7,000. Taft (taft), Alphonso. Born at Town shend, Vt., Nov. 5, 1810: died at San Diego, Cal., May 21, 1891. An American jurist and Republican politician. He was secretary of war in 1876, attorney-gen eral 1876-77, and United States minister to Austria 18821884, and to Ru ia 1884-85. Tagal (tä-Gäl'), or Tegal (te-Gäl'). 1. A seaport on the northern coast of Java, about 100 miles west of Samarang.-2. A residency of north ern Java. Taganrog (tä-gän-rog'). A seaport in the government of Yekaterinoslaff, Ru ia, situated on the Gulf of Taganrog, near the mouth of the Don, about lat. 47° 15′ N. Next to Ode a it is the leading seaport in southern Ru ia. It was bombarded by the Allies June 3, 1855. Population (1888), 48,999. Taghanuck Falls. See Taughannock Falls . Taghkanic Mountains. See Taconic . Taginæ (taj'i-nē). In ancient geography, a place near the modern Gualdo Tadino, east northeast of Perugia, Italy. There, 552, Narses defeated the Goths under Totila. Tagish (tä'gish). A tribe of North American Indians. They lived about the head waters of Lewis River, Alaska, and in British Columbia. See Koluschan . Tagle y Portocarrero (tägʻlā ē pōr-tō-kär-rāro), José Bernardo, Marquis of Torre-Tagle. Born at Lima, March 21, 1779: died at Callao, zum.] A town in the province of Aquila, central Italy, 44 miles east-northeast of Rome. Near it, Aug. 23, 1268, a victory was gained by Charles of Anjou over Conradin of Swabia (also called the battle of Scurcola). Population (1881), commune, 8,327. Tagliamento (tälyä-men'to). A river in northeastern Italy which rises in the Venetian Alps and flows into the Gulf of Venice 40 miles east-northeast of Venice: the ancient Til i a vent us (ML. Til i amentum). On its banks a victory was gained, Nov. 12, 1805, by the French under Ma éna over the Austrians under the archduke Charles. Length, about 100 miles. Taglioni (täl-yō'nē), Filippo. Born at Milan, 1777: died near the Lake of Como, Feb. 11, 1871. An Italian ballet-master and composer of ballets. His best-known ballet is "La sylphide." Taglioni, Maria. Born at Stockholm, April 23 (March 187), 1804: died at Marseilles, France, April 23, 1884. A celebrated dancer. She was the daughter of Filippo Taglioni, an Italian ballet-master. She first appeared as a prem ière dan sense at Vienna in 1818. Her most celebrated parts were in "La bayadère," "La sylphide," and "La fille du Danube." Her style was original, and was known as "the ideal": it was light and airy, in opposition to the more sensuous style of Vestris. She married Comte Gilbert de Voisins in 1847, and left the stage. Taglioni, Marie. Born at Berlin, Oct. 27, 1833: died Aug. 27, 1891. A ballet-dancer, daughter of Paul Taglioni. She married Prince Joseph Windischgrätz in 1866. Taglioni, Paul. Born at Vienna, 1808: died Jan. 7, 1884. A ballet-dancer, ballet-master (at Berlin), and composer of ballets, son of Filippo Taglioni. His most noted ballets are "Sardana pal," "Undine," etc.