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* TEBBA COTTA. 140 TERRELL. treated in Hutton, (jreek Terracotta Statuettes (London, ISll'J), and less accurately though in more detail in Huish, Greek Terracotta Statuettes (ib., 1900). Of special value are: Kekule, Gricchische Thonfiguren uus Tatiagra (Stuttgart, 1878). A catalogue of ancient terra cottas is in preparation by the Berlin Academy of Sciences under the editorial supervision of Kekulg, of which two volumes have appeared. The Etruscan funeral urns are collected by Brunn and IvUte, / rilicii (lelle iinie ctrusche (Rome, 1870 et seq. ). On the use of terra cotta in architecture consult: DiJrpfeld, Ciriiber, Borrmann, and Siebold, Ueier die Verwendung ron Tcrrakottcn am Geison und Dache griechischer Baiiicerke (Berlin, 1881). For application of ornamental terra cotta to buildings, consult Kidder, Building Construction and Superintendence, part i., '"Mason's Work" (New York, 1890). For the manufacture of the various wall and floor fireproofing materials, roof coverings, and other clay goods often going under the name of terra cotta, also for porous terra cotta and terra cotta lumber, see Brick; Tile. For the application of these materials, see FiREPKOOF C0N.STRrCTI0X. TERRA DEL FUEGO, ter'ra del fwa'go. A corrupted form of Ticrra del Fuego (q.v.). TERRAMARE, ter'ra-mli'ra (from It. terra amara, bitter earth). The term applied to cer- tain low mounds with level tops in the valley of the Po. which are supposed to have formed the foundations of pre-historic Italian villages. They occur only in marshy districts, and form a de- velopment of the lake-dwellings of Switzerland. Since about and above them much debris of the villages accumulated in the course of time, the terramare are of great archneological importance, and present, in this regard, certain analogues with the kitchen-middens of Denmark and the shell-heai)S of America. In them are found frag- ments of bones, pottery, tools, implements of war, and the like, which cast light on the ancient civilization of Italy in the Neolithic period. Sec Italy, section on 'Ethnology ; Kitchen- JIidde^j ; J.AKE-DWELLINGS. TERRANOVA, ter'r.i-no'va. A seaport in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, 75 miles east by south of Girgenti (Jlap: Italy, J 10). There are tunny and sardine fisheries, and manu- factures of woolen goods. The exports are grain, wine, sulphur, soda, and cotton. Terranova was built by Frederick II. in the thirteenth century on the site of Gela (q.v.). The ruins of the ancient necropolis have yielded numerous vases. Popu- lation (comnuine), in 1901, 22,114. TERRAPIN ((irobably of North American Indian origin). Any of several species of fresh- EDIBLE TEKHAPIX, OB DIAMOND-BACK. water or brackish water or 'mud turtles' of the family Emyidic, natives of tropical and the warmer temperate countries. The neck can be wholly retracted within the shell ; the head is fiat, and the jaws prolonged into a lieak. Terrapin feed partly on vegetable food, but also devour fish, reptiles, and other aquatic animals. They swim very well, and even on land move with much greater swiftness than land-tortoises. The famil}' is represented in the United States by about twenty species. The word terrapin has no exact scientific significance, but in tlie t_ uited States it is more commonly applied to the dia- mond-back terrapin (Malaclemmi/s centrata). This species is found in salt marshes from Newr York to Texas, and is gray with black markings. Its flesh is highly esteemed as a table delicacy, and in some places along the southern coast these turtles are reared for market in inclosures in large numbers. TERRE, tor, La (Fr., the Earth). One of Zola's Eougon-ilacquart novels ( 1887 ), in which the author presents a brutally realistic .study of peasant life. TERRE HAUTE, ter'e hot'. The county-seat of Vigo County, Ind., 72 miles west by south of Indianapolis; on the Wabash River, and on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis, the Evansville and Terre Haute, the Terre Haute and Indianapolis, the Southern Indiana, and other railroads ( ilap : Indiana, B 3 ). It occu- pies an elevated site, and is regularly laid out. Terre Haute is the seat of the Rose Polytechnic Institute, Indiana State Normal School, and Saint Jlary's Institute. Other noteworthy in- stitutions include the Rose Orphans' Home. Saint Ann's Orphans' Home, Saint Anthony's Hospi- tal, Union Hospital, and Rose Dispensary. The United States custom-house and the county court-house are also prominent structures. There is a public library with about 30.000 volumes. Terre Haute carries on considerable trade, being" the centre of a productive section, largely devoted to agriculture and containing valualjle coal de- posits. It is also an important industrial city. ■The various manufactures in the census year 1900 had $8,938,107 capita! and a production valued at $27,784,610. Of the latter amount, more than half was accredited to the concerns engaged in the distillation of liquors. There are also foun- dries and machine shops, flour and hominy mills, clothing factories, rolling mills, slaughter- ing and meat-packing establishments, car v.orks, a brewery, planing mills, and manufactures of carriages, glass, electric motors, stoves, brick, tools, wheels, etc. The government, under the charter of 1902, is vested in a mayor, chosen bi- ennially, and a unicameral council. The siib- ordinate officials, with the exception of the scliool board, which is elected by the council, are ap- pointed by the mayor. For maintenance and operation the city spends annually about .$401,- 000, the principal items being: schools, $139,000; fire department, $40,000: police department, $30,- 000: nuinioipal lighting. $27,000; streets. $22,- 000: and interest on debt. $21,000. Population, in 1890. 30.217: in 1900. 36,673. Terre Haute w.Ts founded in 1816 and was chartered as a city in 1833. TER'RELL. A city in Kaufman County, Texas, 32 miles east of Dallas: on the Tex.ns and Pacific and the Texas ]llidland railroads (ilap: Texas, F 3). It is the seat of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane. It is the com-