Tweed

Tweed, a river of Scotland and England, which rises at Tweedshaws, at the S. extremity of Peeblesshire, 1,500 ft. above sea level, among the Lowther hills, whence it runs about 20 m. N. E., and then turning E. crosses the counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh, separates Berwickshire from the English county of Northumberland, and for the last 4½ m. of its course lies wholly within English territory. It enters the North sea at the town of Berwick. Its length is 95 m., and it drains an area of 1,870 m., more than any other Scottish river except the Tay. Its principal affluents from the north are the Biggar, Gala, Leader, and Adder, and from the south the Yarrow, Ettrick, Teviot, and Till. It is navigable only a few miles from its mouth, but is remarkable for its salmon fisheries (once worth £15,000 a year, but now much reduced) and its scenery.

Tweeddale

See Peeblesshire.

Twickenham

Twickenham, a village and parish of Middlesex, England, on the left bank of the Thames, opposite Richmond, with which it is connected by a handsome bridge, about 10 m. W. S. W. of St. Paul's, London; pop. in 1871, 10,533. It is celebrated as the residence of Pope, whose villa has been destroyed; but his grotto is still standing, and his monument is in the parish church, where he was buried. Walpole's seat, called Strawberry Hill, is about 1 m. distant. At Twickenham is also Orleans house, occupied by Louis Philippe while a refugee in England before his accession to the throne, and still belonging to his family. In 1874 the large church of St. Stephen was completed, and a new quarter between the old village and Richmond bridge was added to the parish.

Twiggs

Twiggs, a central county of Georgia, bounded W. by the Ocmulgee river; area, 400 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 8,545, of whom 5,632 were colored. The surface is moderately hilly and the soil fertile. The Georgia Central railroad crosses the N. border, and the Macon and Brunswick railroad intersects the W. part. The chief productions in 1870 were 164,145 bushels of Indian corn, 18,163 of sweet potatoes, and 6,189 bales of cotton. There were 473 horses, 1,046 mules and asses, 1,172 milch cows, 2,583 other cattle, 794 sheep, and 6,991 swine; 5 flour mills, and 1 saw mill. Capital, Marion.

Twite

See Linnet.

Two Mountains (Ft. Deux Montagues)

Two Mountains (Ft. Deux Montagues) a S. TV. county of Quebec, Canada, on the N. bank of the Ottawa river, at its entrance into the St. Lawrence; area, 258 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 15,615, of whom 13,972 were of French, 770 of Irish, 348 of Scotch origin or descent, and 416 Indians. It is watered by the riviere du Nord and rivière du Chene, affluents of the Ottawa. Capital, Ste. Scholastique.

Tybee

Tybee, an island and sound at the mouth of the Savannah river, Georgia. The sound is more properly a bay of the Atlantic; it extends from Tybee island on the south to Hilton Head island on the north. The island is about 6 m. long and 3 m. broad. In the civil war it was occupied by the federal forces, under Brig. Gen. T. TV. Sherman, Nov. 28, 1861, and Fort Pulaski was reduced by their batteries on April 10-11, 1862.