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See Teplitz. Topsham (tops'am). A town in Devons hire, England, situated at the beginning of the estuary of the Exe, 4 miles southeast of Exeter. Population (1891), about 4,000. Topsy (top'si). A negro girl, an amusing character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Toquima Range (tō-kē'mä ranj). A range of mountains in the central part of Nevada, about long. 117° W. Torah (tora). [Heb., 'instruction,' 'teaching. The name given to the first five books of the Old Testament, or Pent a teuch, by the Jews. It is considered by them the most important part of the Bible. Weekly le ons are read from it in the synagogue, and only manuscript copies are used for this purpose. See Pen tateuch . Tor Bay (tôr bā). A small bay of the English Channel, situated near Torquay. William of Orange landed there in 1688. It has important fisheries. Torbert (tôr'bėrt), Alfred Thomas Arch i me des. Born at George town, Del., July 1, 1833: died at sea, Sept. 30, 1880. An American general in the Civil War. He served in the infantry in the Army of the Potomac; became distinguished in 1864 as a cavalry commander under Sheridan; and commanded the Army of the Shenandoah in 1865. Later he was in the diplomatic and consular service. He was brevetted major general in the United States army, March 13, 1865, and re signed in Oct., 1866. Torcello (tor-chel'lo). A small island 6 miles northeast of Venice, of importance in the 10th and 11th centuries. It contains an ancient Byzantine cathedral of Santa Maria, and a church of Santa Fosca. The former was rebuilt in the 11th century, but preserves the early basilican plan. The south windows of the choir have stone shutters turning on pivots. The nave and aisles end in apses: that of the nave has a primitive presbyterium of three steps at the back, forming seats for the clergy, with the raised episcopal throne in the middle. The chief apse and other portions of the interior are cov. ered with curious and beautiful mosaics; and the pavement and many details of furniture and decoration are of the highest interest. Santa Fosca is a remarkable church, probably of the 12th century, in plan a Greek cro 46 by 62 feet, originally the baptistery of the cathedral. It has porches of stilted arches on three sides, three apses on the