TAY. — TELEMACHUS.

Tat. A river of Scotland, which rises in thewest part of Perthshire, passes through Loch Tay,and runs into the German Sea, forming a large bayat its mouth, called the Frith of Tay. It is navigablefor vessels of 500 tons to Newburgh, in Fife, and forvessels of considerable size as far as Perth. Theaalmon fishery on the Tay is extensive.

Tat, Loch. Thi3 picturesque sheet of water issituated in the midst of the fertile and rich county ofPerth. The two rivers, Lochy and Dochart, unitingnear Killin, not far from the head of the loch, failinto it at that spot ; and after forming, with someother tributary streams, the mass of the water, issuefrom it at the village of Kenmore, under the name ofTay. The loch itself is nearly fifteen miles long, andabout a mile broad, and is, with its banks, island, andsurrounding scenery', thus described by' Pennant. “ Amost delicious plain spreads itself beneath, dividedinto verdant meadows, or glowing with ripened corn,and watered by rivers uncommonly contrasted. Onone side, pours down its rocky channel the furiousTay (perhaps Dochart); on the other, glides betweenits wooded banks the gentle Lochy, forming a vastbend of still water, till it joins the first, both termi-nating in the great expanse of Loch Tay.” Thenorthern and southern boundaries suit the magnifi-cence of the lake j but the northern rises with supe-rior majesty in the rugged heights of Firilarig, and thewild summits of the still lofiier Laurs. On the right,not far from the shore, is seen the little isle of LochTay, tufted with trees, shading the ruins of thepriory.

Tchad. A lake in the interior of Africa, in thewestern part of Nigritia, which was discovered bymajor Denham, in 1822. It lies between the king-doms of Bornou and Kanem, in lat. 12° N., Ion. 17°E. As it has not been entirely explored, its north-eastern limits are unknown, and its extent is uncer-tain. It receives two large rivers, the Yeou and theSharv, from the south-west.

TcHAi(in Turkish and Persian, river). This termis found in many geographical names. In Chinesegeographical names, Tchai’ [signifies fortified place.Tai, Pao, Ooei, and other words, signify the same.

Tchang (Chinese for middle). A word employedin many geographical names ; as Tchang-Kone (cen-tral kingdom), the name which the Chinese give totheir empire.

Tb Deum Laudamus, or still more abbreviated,Te Deum (Thee, God, we praise), is the beginningof the hymn or song of thanksgiving usually ascribedto St. Augustine and St. Ambrose. It is sung onparticular occasions, as on the news of victories andon high festival days, in catholic, and also in manyprotestant churches. Among the modern composersof this hymn are Hasse, Naumann, Haydn, Danzi,and Schicht.

Teflis, or Tifeis. A city in Asia, and the capitalof Georgia. It was founded in 1063, and is situatedon the banks of the Kur, at the extremity of a defileformed by two ranges of mountains. The streets arenarrow and dusty. Since the conquest of Georgia bythe Russians, in 1801,;Teflis has been the residence oftheir governor and commander-in-chief. The citycontains a large caravansary, a hospital, an arsenal,and a catholic church, a number of Armenian andGreek churches, several of them very fine buildings.The houses are built of brick, mingled with stonesand mud, with doors and windows exceedingly small.

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Many of the dwellings are mere mud huts. Teflishas been long celebrated for its baths, which are situ-ated at one extremity of the bazaar. They are thedaily resort of both sexes, as places of luxury andamusement. Teflis has a population of 15,000persons, and it is situated in Ion. 62° 40' E., lat.41° 43'N.

Tegebnsee. A village situated on the lake ofTogern. It is a very romantic spot, surrounded byhigh mountains, and often visited by the royal family.A remarkable illumination took place on the mountains,in the reign of Maximilian I., when the names ofsome of his princely guests were presented by night,in characters of fire, on the sides of the heights. Thefires were kept up by immense piles of wood, arrangedby geometrical calculation, and were , so large thathalf an hour was required to walk from the bottom tothe top of a single letter. Near Tegernsee, finemarble is found, and naphtha is also collected here.

Tehekan, or Tehraun. A city of Persia, in theprovince of Irak Agemi. On the south are the ruinsof the immense and ancient city of Rai, and on thenorth and east the lofty mountain ranges of Elburzand Demavend. It is four miles in circuit, surroundedby a strong wall, built of bricks baked in the sun,flanked by numerous towers, with a broad dry ditch,with a glacis between it and the wall. It has sixgates, seven mosques, three colleges, and numerousbaths and caravansaries. The houses are built ofunburnt brick, and the city has a mud-like appear-ance. It contains no edifice of importance except theArk, which combines the character of a citadel witha royal palace, and has considerable strength. Duringthe summer mouths it is very unhealthy, and in thatseason the king pitches his tents in the plains ofSultania, or Unjan, and most of the inhabitants followthe royal camp ; so that Teheran cannot then containmore than 10,000 persons, while in winter the popu-lation amounts to at least 60,000.

Tehuantepec. A seaport of Mexico, in the stateof Oaxaca, on the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of theChimalapa. It is situated on a large gulf, but theport is impeded by a dangerous shoal. The isthmusof Tehuantepec, which separates the Pacific Oceanfrom the Gulf of Mexico, is 125 miles across. Exa-minations made in 1830, for the purpose of ascertain-ing the practicability of cutting a navigable canalacross the isthmus, gave unfavourable results.

Teignmouth. An opulent seaport town in thecounty of Devon, which has recently become one ofthe most fashionable watering places in the county.The town is well built, and the walks in the neigh-bourhood are very picturesque and beautiful. Bythe last census Teignmouth had a resident populationof nearly 5000 persons, but of course this number isconsiderably increased in the summer season. It is185 miles W. by S. of London, and fifteen S. ofExeter. Lon. 3° 29' W., lat. 50° 33' N.

Telemachcs. A son of Ulysses and Penelope.He was still in the cradle when his father went, withthe rest of the Greeks, to the Trojan war. At theend of this celebrated war Telemachus, anxious to seehis father, went to seek him; and, as the place of hisresidence, and the cause of his long absence, werethen unknown, he visited the court of Menekius andNestor to obtain information. He afterwards returnedto Ithaca, where the suitors of hismother Penelope hadconspired to murder him ; but he avoided their snares,and, by means of Minerva, he discovered his father,K.KK2