Tagus

Eleg. 3. 46; Lit. Senat. (6) 7. 192; (10) 7. 196. A river of Spain and Portugal, flowing into the Atlantic. It was known for its golden sand, Quodque suo Tagus amne vehit Tamar (Tamara). mentioned by Ovid:... aurum. (Met. 2. 25 L) Damon 178; Hist. Brit. (5) 5. 226. A river of southwestern England, emptying into the English Channel. Spenser writes: There was the speedy Tamar,. which divides The Cornish and the Devonish confines. {F. (3.4. IL 3L 1-2.) According to Camden: “Tamar pa es at the bottom of a range This was antiently rich in tin of very high mountains. mines.” (1. 7.)... 297