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14 TRUJILLO (terfezia), and of fair quality, is remarkably abundant, and several have been found in Australia. Truffles have an odor and flavor peculiarly their own, and though sometimes cooked by themselves, they are most generally used for communicating their flavor to meats. The truffles used in this country are imported in sealed tin cans. The production of truffles in France in 1874 amounted to 1,588,100 kilo- grammes (one fourth in the department of Vau- cluse), valued at 15,588,100 francs. TRUJILLO, or Trnxillo (anc. Turris Julia), a town of Spain, in the province of Oaceres, on the Tozo, a small tributary of the Tagus, 130 m. S. W. of Madrid ; pop. about 6,000. It con- sists 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 aban- doned it. The fortress dates from Roman times. In the lower town there is an exten- sive square, on which is the mansion of the family of Pizarro, the front being ornamental with numerous bass reliefs representing the conquest of Peru. Roman antiquities have been found here. TRUJILLO, or Trnxillo, a town of Peru, capi- tal of the department of Libertad, 1 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. Rico and spice are exported from Huanchaco, its port, about 8 m. N. W. Trujillo was founded by Pizarro. It has ancient Peruvian remains. TRUMBULL, .a N. E. county of Ohio, border- ing on Pennsylvania, watered by Grand and Mahoning rivers; area, 625 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 38,659. The surface is undulating and well timbered, and the soil fertile and adapted to dairy farming. Pymatuning swamp occupies part of the county. It is intersected by the Atlantic and Great Western railroad and branches, and by the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal. The chief productions in 1870 were 113,476 bushels of wheat, 16,229 of rye, 383,- 662 of Indian corn, 433,407 of oats, 156,912 of potatoes, 36,194 of flax seed, 213,572 Ibs of wool, 140,723 of maple sugar, 4,651,796 of flax, 1,162,581 of butter, 1,368,595 of cheese, and 59,481 tons of hay. There were 8 067 horses, 19,811 milch cows, 14,297 other cattle, 47,168 sheep, and 7,580 swine; 1 manufactory of bagging, 22 of carriages and wagons, 20 of cheese, 11 of cooperage, 5 of dressed flax, 7 of furniture, 16 of iron, 4 of machinery, 1 of lin- seed oil 13 flour mills, 6 tanneries, 4 currying establishments, 3 breweries, 8 planing mills, and 30 saw mills. Capital, Warren. TUUMBULL, Benjamin, an American clergyman " m Hebron, Conn Dec. 19, 1735, died in Haven, Conn., Feb. 2, 1820. He gradu- TRUMBULL ated at Yale college in 1759, and in 1760 be- came pastor of the Congregational church at North Haven. He served in the revolution both as a chaplain and a soldier. He published "A Plea in Vindication of the Connecticut Title to the contested [Western] Lands " (anon- ymous, 1776); "Twelve Discourses on the- I >i- vine Origin of the Scriptures" (12mo, 1790); a "Complete History of Connecticut, 1630- 1764" (2 vols. 8vo, 1797 and 1818); and a "History of the United States" (vol. i., 1810, unfinished). TRUMBULL, James Hammond, an American philologist, born in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 20, 1821. He entered Yale college in 1838. He was assistant secretary of the state of Connecticut, 1847-'52 and 1858-'61, and secre- tary from 1861 to 1865. Since 1863 he has been superintendent of the Watkinson library of Hartford and president of the Connecticut historical society. He was one of the original members of the American philological associa- tion, and was its president for the year 1874- '5. In 1873 he was appointed lecturer on the Indian languages of North America in Yale college. He has published " Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1636-'89" (3 vols. 8vo, Hart- ford, 1850-'59) ; " Roger Williams's Key to the Indian Language " (1866) ; " The Composition of Indian Geographical Names " (1870) ; " The Best Method of Studying the American Lan- guages," and "Some Mistaken Notions of Al- gonkin Grammar" (1871); "Historical Notes on the Constitutions of Connecticut," "Notes on Forty Algonkin Versions of the Lord's Prayer," and a reprint of Pierson's "Some Helps for the Indians" (1873); and several other historical and philological papers. TRUMBULL, John, an American poet, born in Watertown, Conn., April 24, 1750, died in Detroit, Mich., May 12, 1831. He graduated at Yale College in 1767, and became a tutor in 1771. In 1773 ho was admitted to the bar, and in 1781 he removed to Hartford. He was a member of the state legislature, and from 1801 to 1819 a judge of the superior court. In 1825 he removed to Detroit. His best known work is "McFingal," a revolutionary satire (canto i., 1775; complete in 4 cantos, 1782), of which more than 30 unauthorized editions were sold before 1820 (latest ed., with notes by B. J. Lossing, New York, 1864). He also published " The Progress of Dulness," a satire on the prevailing modes of education (3 parts, 1772-'3); "Elegy on the Times" (1774); and with Timothy Dwight 40 papers in the manner of the "Spectator." His "Poetical Works" appeared in 1820 (2 vols., Hartford). TRUMBULL. I. Jonathan, an American revolu- tionist, born in Lebanon, Conn., Oct. 12, 1710, died there, Aug. 17, 1785. He graduated at Harvard college in 1727, studied theology, and was licensed to preach, but in 1731 took the jlace of an elder brother, who was lost at sea, in his father's mercantile business. In 1733 he was elected to the general assembly