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TBAPPIST 470 TRAVANCORE and at Oka, on the Ottawa river, 36 miles from Montreal; there are houses in Germany, Algiers, Italy, and Belgium. In 1908 it was claimed that the Trappists numbered 4,000 monks, occupying 71 monasteries. TRASIMENUS, LAKE, a shallow Italian lake lying between the towns of Cortona and Perugia. Surrounded on all sides by hills, it is about 10 miles in length by 8 in breadth; area, 50 square miles; elevation above the sea about 850 feet; depth about 25 feet. There is no outlet, and the margins are flat and over- grown with reeds, but of late largely planted with eucalyptus trees. The lake is memorable for the great victory ob- tained there by Hannibal in 217 B. c. over the Romans, when 15,000 Romans, in- cluding the commander, the Consul Caius Flaminius Nepos, were slain, and 10,000 captured, Hannibal losing only 1,500 men. Hannibal then continued his career of plunder. TBASK, JOHN WILLIAM, an Amer- ican sanitarian, born in Bay City, Mich,, in 1877. Graduating from the Univer- sity of Michigan, he was appointed as- sistant surgeon in the United States Pub- lic Health Service. In 1907 he passed as assistant surgeon, becoming assistant surgeon general in 1909. He served in Detroit, Mich.; Fort Stanton, N. M.; Chi- cago and Washington, D. C. In 1909 he was given charge of the division of Sanitary Reports and Statistics, which position he held till 1918, when he be- came medical director of the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission. He is the author of "Vital Statistics" (1914), and a great number of contributions to technical magazines. TBASK, KATE NICHOLS (Katrina Trask), an American author, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. She has written a great number of short stories for the general magazines, besides which she has written "Sonnets and Lyrics" (1894-1903) ; "Les- sons in Love" (1900) ; "Not Bound," (1903); "Night and Morning" (1906); and "Without the Walls" (1919). TRASK, WILLIAM BLAKE, an American author; born in Dorchester, Mass., Nov. 25, 1812; received a common school education and learned the trade of cabinet making. Later he devoted himself to historical and antiquarian re- searches. He wrote "Memoir of Andrew H. Ward" (1863) and was the editor of "The Journal of Joseph Ware" (1852) ; "Baylie's Remarks on General Cobb" (1864) ; "The Bird Family" (1871) ; and "The Seaver Family" (1872). He also aided in compiling "History of Dorches- ter." He died in 1906. TBATJB, P E T E B EDWABD, an American ai'my oflficer, born in New York, N. Y., in 1864. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1886, and then entered the cavalry arm of tho service. In 1914 he took charge of the Philippine Constabulary Service, with the rank of colonel. He was made briga- dier-general in 1917. In 1907 he was assistant professor of modern languages in the United States Military Academy. From 1917 to 1919 he served with the American Expeditionary forces in France and participated in the battles of Seiche- prey, St. Mihiel and many others. In 1918 he became a major-general. TBAITN, LAKE OF, a small but beau- tiful lake in Upper Austria, near the town of Gmunden, The river Traun passes through the lake and enters the Danube. TBATTTWINITE, a microcrystalline mineral, occurring in crystals, the system of which has not yet been determined; hardness, 1-2; color, green; luster, dull; streak, light-gray. Analysis yielded: Silica, 21.78; sesquioxide of chromium, 38.39; sesquioxide of iron, 13.29; alu- mina, 0.81; lime, 18.58; magnesia, 7.88; loss on ignition, 0.11=100.84. Occurs on chromite in Monterey co., Cal. TBAVANCOBE, native Tiruvankod, a protected State in the extreme S. of Brit- ish India; bounded on the N. by Cochin, on the E. by British territory and on the W. by the Indian Ocean. The State pays a yearly tribute of £80,000 to Great Britain, and is politically connected with the province of Madras; area 7,294 square miles ; pop. about 3,500,000, main- ly Hindus, belonging to 420 castes, from Brahmans to Negroid hillraen. Nairs are over a fourth of the total, Mohamme- dans only 7 per cent. There are many native Christians of the Syrian rite and some black Jews. At the S. extremity of the State is Cape Comorin; the West- ern Ghats run along the E. side. W. of the hill foots is a level belt, 10 miles wide, covered with cocoanut and areca palms. On the elevations the soil is light and gravelly; in the valleys it is in general a deep black mold. Travan- core shares with Cochin the lagoons or backwaters along the coast. The chief produce is copra, coir, tobacco, nut oil, areca nut, ginger, pepper, cardamoms, beeswax, coffee and timber. The rajahs are intelligent, have been faithful to tho English alliance, cherish education, and govern well. The capital is Trivandrum;