TRIPOLI

[s. 760] : A seaport town of Syria, situated 2 miles from Mina its seaport, on the Mediterranean, 40 miles N. N. E. of Beirut. It owes its name to its three separate sections distinguished European ential remote history. Many remains of ancient buildings are still found there. It was taken by the Crusaders in the 12th century, at which time its library was burned. It is one of the neatest towns of Syria, and is surrounded by many gardens and groves of orange and other fruit trees, but the ground in the neighborhood is marshy, and the climate is unhealthful at certain seasons. Population, 26,000, one-half Greek Catholics. Station of the PN (1848), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 2 women mi ionaries, 43 native workers, 18 outstations, 13 places of worship, 20 day schools, 2 boarding schools, 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 724 profe ed Christians. in TRIPOLI: Capital of the Turkish province of T. in Africa, called by Turks Tarabulus-i-Gharb. It is the starting point of caravans for the Sudan as far west as Timbuktu and a center of a flourishing slave-trade which is protected by Turkish officials. It -is a picturesque town; population (estimated), 40,000. Station of the North Africa Mi ion (1889), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries with their wives, 2 women mi ionaries, and 1 dispensary. TSCHONGHANGKANG. TSONG-HANQ- See KUNG. TRIVANDRUM: A town and capital of Travancore, India, situated about 38 miles S. E. of Quilon. It is a stronghold of Brahmanist influence, which centers in the fort where the palaces of the reigning family are found, besides the chief pagoda and the residence of many high-caste people. The English resident and other foreigners live among gardens outside the Population (1901), 57,882. Station of fort. theLMS (1838), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and -their wives, 127 native workers, 64 outstations, 60 Sunday schools, 74 day schools, 2 boarding schools, 1 hostel, 1 dispensary, 1 lepers’ asylum, and 14,751 profe ed Christians, of whom 1,975 are communicants. Also station of the CEZ (1862), with (1903) 2 women mi ionaries, 28 native workers, 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 1 boarding school, which is in an old palace in the fort, the gift of the Maharajah. Some write the name Trevandrum. 761