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TATA, Or SI NDA, Ihe capital of a province 'Of Ihe
nl\mein the Hither India, in Afia, fitU3ttd at the mOUlM
of Ibe Indu. : E . lon~. 68°, N. 25° 40"
TAT-TOO, a beal of a drum al oighl, 10 adY<nife .he
fold iers to retr~at or repair to tl'tir quartcrs io thcir gar–
ri(on. or to tbeir leon in a campo
TAU , or TA\V, io heroldry, an ordiDary iD figQre ofa 'I',
f\JppoCcd 10 reprefenl SI. Aodrew', croC., Or a croC. po·
tence, the toppanCul off. SeteROSS. .
TAVASTUS, Ihe capil.1 oC Ihe prOvtoce.ofTavania, iD
Ihe lerrilory of F inl. nd i.n.Sweden, filuated eigh.y-four
mi le. north.e.(1 of Abo : E. long. 24°, N, Ial. 6, ° 20'.
TAUGHT, or TAU',·, in lh.• f••-I' Dguage, fignilies Ihe
fam~ as.{\jIT, or ran : Ihus; 10 fe. uughl lhe auouds or
Oay!t, is to m;tke them more tight and Hiff.
TAVISTOCK, • borough of D <voolbire, Ibir'y_Iwo ",ile.",..a of Exel...
h fcnds two members to parliament, and gi"es tbe
litle of muqui. 10 Ihe Doble family of Rurrels duke. of
Bedford.
TAUNTON, a borough of Somerfe.lbire, Iwenly miles
mile. Coulh-wefl or Well.. lt feDd. IWo meOlb,rs 10
p:trliament.
'I'AURIS, or TABRJ5, a cily of p.,fia, four hundred
mi~cs oonh of HpahaD: E. loog. 46° 30', N, la.. 38°
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TAURUS, Ihe BULL, in loology, S.. Bo• .
. in aflronomy. Sce ASTRONOMV, p. 84 7.
TAUTOLOGY, • oeedlcC, repetilioo of Ihe fame lhing iD
differcnt worcis .
TAWING, Ihe .rl oC dreljing Ikin. in white, Co as 10 be
lit for divers manu ratlureli, panicularly gloves, oC.
AII a,io. may b. uwed : bUI thoCe chitAy ufed for lhi.
pur pof. are lamb, (heep, kid, and gOal O<Íns.
The method of Ilwing is thi.: Having eleared the
lkins of .,"601 or hair. by mean, ;of lime, {hey are b id in
a large "t of wood or none, Ce! 00 the grou Dd full of
water, in which quid:...Jime -has beco Oakcd; wherein
tbey are allowed tu lie a month or (ix wc\!ks. ace m,Jiog
., the r ;s mOfe or lc(s hOI, or as {he .le
reqllircd to be more Or Icrs roft and pl~~~'It.
'Vh:J: [he yut in che "U. the water and lime is changtd
t wice, and ~he !l(ins are ukc:n out and PU! in ag~1n every
d:=ly : 'nd when ,hey srt t~ken out fer toe JaU ume!, Ihey
are bid 0111 night 10 foa k in a runoing water, to gel out
. he grealell.pan {,etle lime i and in Ihe ruorning are )¿id
to~elher by fixes ooe upon anothtr, upon the wooden )"g
(and ¡ re fcr2pcd fioudy UDC alter .molher, co get che fi!lh
off from the fdhy' ~cie, wlth a f uniog two-handled in·
flrUOlrnt called a knife i and chen th~y cut off the legs,
(if !h,y are not CUI offbefore ) aod o!htr CUp..OUOll' pan.
aboul the eXtremes. Then 1hey are Jaid iD a v;u or pit
"'¡eh "Ii\tle water, where Ihey aré fulJed with woodl!n
peCllcs, for the {pace of a qu;artrr of ao hcurj and th~o
(he v::¡t is filled up wlth water, and tbey are rinfed in it.
In the nexI place, they are throwo on a clean pave·
,"ent to dr::¡iD, 2nd arterwards cafl ioto a frdh pit of wa·
ter, OUI of ",hich Ihey rinCe lh,m well, and are Iaid a–
,ain on (he wooden leg, Gx: at a time, with tbe hair-fide
ootcrmofl : aver which they rub a kind of whetllone very
brifkly, to fofleo and (jt them to receive four or tiTe more
preparation., tbem 00 ,be le~, bo.h 00 lhe ielb-
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Code and lhe hair-fide, with Ibe koife, .fter Ihe maDner
above mentioned.
After this they are pUl into a pit of water and wbeaten ..
bran , and flirred ílbout iDit with wooden poles,.. till the
bran is pcrceived tO rlick to them, aod theo they are lef,:
as !hey rife of lh,mf, I... 10 Ihe 10p oE the waler by ..
kind of fermeDtation, they are plunged down again to the
bOllom; and al the. (ame. time. fire. is fel to the liquor,
which takcs as e;tfily as if it braody, bUl goes oa.t
the. moment the lktns are all covered.
They repeat this operation as often as the fkins rife a–
bove the. water; aDd when they have done rifing they
take them out, lay Ihem on the wQodeo leg, the fldhy
lide , and paC. the koife ov.. them 10 Ccrape off
tb. broo.
HuiD, lhu. ele.red .hem of the brao, Ihey lay !he
Ikins iD a large. baO(et, and load them witb huge nones lO
promote their drainiD~: and wheo Ihey have drained fuf..
ficiently, they give them their feedin~, wbicb is performl!d
a(ter lhe m..nncr f.,lIowiog :
For one hundred of large lheep-lhin., and for Cmaller
in proportion, they take. e1ght pounds of alum, and th ree
of {oa-falt, and melt lhe whole witb water in a vefTd o·
Ter the fire, pouring lhe dilrolution out, while y(t luk:~
warm, into a kind of trough, in which is twenly pountts
of lhe ún:1I flow.r, wilh Ihe yolk. oC eight dozeo
of eggs; of all whtch is forDl,d a kind of , a little
thicker than children's pap; whicb, when done,' is PQt
ioto another yelfel, lO b( ufed jo lhe follo\ving manner.
They pOllr a quantity of hot wUer into the trough in
which the pafie was preparcd, olixin; two fpQluo{uJs of
the parle. with ji; to do which they ute :l woodeo fpoorl.
which contaíos jufl as much as is required f9r a dezen of
O,ins: and wheo lhe whole. is well dilutl!d, t WO dozen of
the lkins are plunged ioto it; but tbey cake care that the
waler be not 100 ho., which \Vould Cpoil tbe pane and
burn the lkios.
they have I.i n COO1: time in Ihe trough, Ih'l
uke thcm out, one after another. with Ihe b~nd, and
Hretch them out; this they do t""ice ; and after th~y have
given thenl ,dl their pane, they pUt thcm ioto lub!, and
th.,. (..11 !hcm .fr.1b wilh wooden pe!lle•.
T hen they pUl them into ~ v.H, where they are fuíFt'red
10 lie (or five or fix da)'s, or more; th~n they take them
Out in ( .. ir we:uhcr, and h,lng them out to dry on corel.
or racks : a:1d the 'quicker thC')' are drie,d the better; rOl"
if thcy be too long 8 drying, the [a!t and alu:-, w.ithia
them are apl to m.lke th~m riCe in a grain, whtch 1$ an
elf rllu!t in this kind of drd1ing:
When the Ikins are dry, they ¡re made up into bun–
dles, and jull Jipt in fair water, and taken out 2nd drai".
td· and beino thro\VQ into an empTy tubo aod aftn h~..
vin~ lain fome ~ime are taken out and trampled uoJer foot.
Then thef draw them over a Aat iroo .infiruOlent, the
10p of which i. rouod like a banledore, .od the bonom
fixed into a wooden block, tO nretch aod apen them ; and
h¡ving beco .opened, they are hUDg iD the air upon cordt
10 dry; and b,iDg dry, lhey are opeoed • fecood lin.e,
by paflin~ thcm agaio over Ihe fame ioUruntenl.
In the lan place Ibey are Iaid 00 atable, pulled out,
ond laid Cmoolh, and are then Út ror fale.
T AX, a tribute rated upoo e"ry 10\VO, ",bich foroterly
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