Trousdale

Trousdale, a N. county of Middle Tennessee, intersected in the S. E. by the Cumberland river; area, about 110 sq. m. It has been formed since the census of 1870 from portions of Macon, Smith, Sumner, and Wilson counties. The greater part of the surface is made up of valleys separated by ridges, the soil of both being productive. The timber consists of poplar, white oak, walnut, etc, but is not abundant. Blue grass is abundant. The staples are corn, wheat, tobacco, and hay. Capital, Hartsville.

Trouville

Trouville, a French watering place, in the department of Calvados, Normandy, prettily situated at the foot of a hill near a forest, at the mouth of the Touques in the English channel, 107 m. W. N. W. of Paris; pop. in 1872, 5,761. Until recently it was a small "fishing village. The bathing season begins in June, and lasts till the middle of October. Deauville, a rival watering place, is on the opposite bank.

Trujillo, Or Truxillo

Trujillo, Or Truxillo, a town of Peru, capital of the department of Libertad, 1½ m. from the sea, in the valley of Chimu, 310 m. N. N. W. of Lima; lat. 8° 7' S., Ion. 79° 9' W.; pop. about 8,000. It is on the side of a mountain, and is surrounded by a mud wall flanked with bastions. It has a cathedral, several churches, a college, a hospital, and a theatre. Rice and spice are exported from Huanchaco, its port, about 8 m. N. W. Trujillo was founded by Pizarro. It has ancient Peruvian remains.

Trujillo, Or Truxillo (Anc. Ttirris Julia)

Trujillo, Or Truxillo (Anc. Ttirris Julia), a town of Spain, in the province of Caceres, on the Tozo, a small tributary of the Tagus, 130 m. S. W. of Madrid; pop. about 6,000. It consists of three parts, the citadel, old town, and city, which stand respectively on the summit and slope and at the foot of a hill. The whole place has the appearance of decay, and the upper and more ancient part is now used as a burying ground, the inhabitants having abandoned it. The fortress dates from Roman times. In the lower town there is an extensive square, on which is the mansion of the family of Pizarro, the front being ornamented with numerous bass reliefs representing the conquest of Peru. Roman antiquities have been found here.

Trumpet

Trumpet, a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal, which under one form or another has been known in all ages and among all races having any claim to civilization. The trumpet, so called in modern use, is generally understood as a tube 8 ft. in length, expanding at the end whence the sound issues into a belllike shape, and doubled up in a parabolic form. It is played through a mouthpiece, and has a natural compass from G below the staff to E above. Trumpets with pistons and cylinders have the advantage of being able to give all the intervals of the chromatic scale.

Trumpet Fish

See Pipe Fish.

Truro

Truro, the capital of Colchester co., Nova Scotia, at the head of Cobequid bay, and on the Intercolonial railway at the junction of the Pictou branch, 67 m. by rail N. N. E. of Halifax; pop. in 1871, 3,998. It is one of the handsomest places in the province, and contains, besides the county buildings, several churches, a branch bank, and the provincial normal and model schools. There are manufactories of engines, iron castings, axles, machinery, boots and shoes, lasts and pegs, hats, leather, wooden ware, and woollens.