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20 ing instruments in use in the Central park meteor- ological observatory are of his construction.

TAILFER, Patrick, colonist, lived in the 18th century. He was a physician and emigrated to the new colony of Georgia, but became dissatisfied with the conduct of affairs there, and in September, 1740, left the province and went to Charleston, S. C. Here, with Hugh Anderson, David Douglass, and others, he printed " A True and Historical Narra- tive of the Colony of Georgia in America from the first Settlement thereof until the Present Period " (Charles-Town, 1741 ; reprinted, London, 1741). In this he accuses Gen. James Oglethorpe of selfish- ness, greed, and despotism. Prof. Moses Coit Tyler says : " As a polemic it is one of the most expert pieces of writing to be met with in our early literature. It never blusters or scolds. It is always cool, poised, polite, and merciless." But many authori- ties call it spiteful and scurrilous, and speak of Tailfer as " chief of a club of malcontents.

TAIT, Arthur Fitzwilliam, painter, b. at Live- sey Hall, near Liverpool, England, 5 Aug., 1819. He studied at the Royal institution, Manchester, but is mainly self-taught. In 1850 he came to the United States, where he soon attracted attention by his pictures of animal life. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1853, and an academician in 1858. Mr. Tait has studied and sketched much among the Adirondack mountains, and several of his hunting scenes are laid in that re- gion. His pieces include "'A Duck and her Young " (1868) ; " Ruffled Grouse " (1869) ; " Woodcock Shoot- ing," " Snowed in," and " Halt on the Carry " (1871) ; " Racquette Lake " (1873) ; « There's a Good Time coming A (1876); "The Portage"; "Jack in Office" (1885); "Thoroughbreds" and " Startled " (1887) ; and " A Mother's Solicitude" (1888). His " Quail and Young " (1856) is in the Corcoran gal- lery at Washington. Many of his works have been lithographed or engraved.

TAIT, Charles, senator, b. in Louisa county, Va., in 1768; d. in Wilcox county, Ala., 7 Oct., 1835. He removed at an early age to Georgia, was associated with William H. Crawford in the management of Richmond academy, and then, hav- ing been admitted to the bar, practised law with success. He was judge of the western circuit of Georgia from 1803 till 1809, and in the latter year was chosen to the U. S. senate as a Democrat in place of John Milledge, who had resigned. He served from 28 Dec, 1809, till 3 March, 1819, when he removed to Wilcox county, Ala., having been appointed a judge of the U. S. district court for that state. He resigned this office in 1826. Judge Tait was an able supporter of the administrations of Madison and Monroe.

TAIT, John Robinson, artist, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 14 Jan., 1834. He was graduated at Bethany college, Va., in 1852, after which he went to Eu- rope, remaining for three years. At this time he devoted himself mainly to literature, sketching and Sainting as an amateur. He published " Dolce Far fiente" (Philadelphia, 1859), and " European Life, Legend, and Landscape" (1860). In 1859 he went abroad again, and studied at Dilsseldorf under Au- gust Weber and Andreas Achenbach until about 1871. He received the first-class medals at the Cincinnati industrial exhibition in 1871 and 1872. In 1873 he made a third visit to Europe, working for several years in the Tyrol and in Munich, un- der Adolf Lier and Hermann Baisch. In 1871 he returned to the United States, and since 1876 he has resided in Baltimore. As a member of the com- mittee of the second Cincinnati exposition, he de- signed the art hall. His works include " Siebenge- birge " (1865) ; " Lake of Wallenstadt " and " Mey- ringen " (1866) ; " Lake of Four Cantons " (1866), in the Cincinnati art museum ; " Norwegian Waterfall " (1869) ; " Solitude " (1871) ; " A Rainy Day " (1874) ; " Under the Willows"; " Vesper Hour" and " Tyro- lean Cottage," both exhibited at the salon (1876) ; and " Noon " (1877). His " Crossing the Brook " and " Landscape and Cattle " were at the Centen- nial exhibition, Philadelphia. He has contributed to magazines, and has written a comedy in German, " Ein aufrichtiger Heirathsgesuch."

TALAMANTES, Melchor (tah-lah-man'-tays), Peruvian geographer, b. in Lima about 1750; d. in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1809. He studied theol- ogy in the University of San Marcos, Lima, and, after receiving the degree of D. D., entered the military religious order of Merced, in which he soon rose to the rank of superior of his province. His favorite study was geography, in which he soon became an acknowledged authority, and on his way to Spain in 1806 he stopped in Mexico, to study documents regarding the colonization of the northern provinces. He was commissioned by the viceroy, Iturrigaray, to determine the boundary of the viceroyalty with the former French possession of Louisiana, and between the latter and Florida. While occupied in this work, he was implicated in Iturrigaray s plans of secession, and on the latter's deposition, 15 Sept., 1808, Talamantes was arrest- ed and transported to Vera Cruz, where he died of yellow fever. His manuscript, " Apuntamientos para deslindar los justos limites de las posesiones Espanales de la America septentrional con las Francesas," came into the possession of his col- laborator, Jose Pichardo, who used the notes and completed the work.

TALAVERA Y GARCES, Mariano (tah-lah- vay'-rah), Venezuelan R. C. bishop, b. in Coro, 22 Dec, 1777; d. in Caracas, 23 Dec, 1861. In 1791 he was sent to the University of Caracas, where he studied theology, received the degree of D. D., and was ordained in 1797. In 1806 he became secre- tary of the bishop of Merida, who sent him as vicar to Barinas, and in 1808 he was appointed rector of the seminary of Merida. When the war for independence opened in 1810, he took part in it, and was elected a member of the supreme junta of Merida, but in 1812, when the armies of the re- Sublic were defeated, he was forced to emigrate to few Granada. In 1815 he was imprisoned by the Spanish authorities, but pardoned and retired to Coro, whence, after the liberation of New Granada, he went to Bogota, and in 1822 Gen. Santander ap- pointed him dean of the cathedral. In 1826 he was elected to congress for Coro, and in 1828 con- firmed by the pope as bishop of Tricala and vicar of Guayana. From 1830 till 1832 he was exiled, having refused to take the unconditional oath to support the constitution. In 1842 he resigned the bishopric and was appointed councillor of state, which place he also resigned, after the attack on congress of 24 Jan., 1848, and retired to private life. He was considered the greatest pulpit orator of Colombia, and one of the most learned men in the church of South America.

TALBOT, Ethelbert, P. E. bishop, b. in Fayette, Mo., 9 Oct., 1848. His early education was received in the schools of his native town. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1870, and at the General theological seminary, New York, in 1873, was ordered deacon in the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, 29 June, 1873, and ordained priest in St. Mary's church, Fayette, Mo., 4 Nov., 1873, both by Bishop Robertson. He was at once made rector of St. James's church, Macon, Mo., which post he