Timon
an Athenian misanthrope; born near Athens, and lived in the last part of the 5th century B. C. The faithlessness of his friends and successive disappointments soured his nature, and drove him into solitude, where he is said, however, to have welcomed Alcibiades. His name has become proverbial, and his story is familiar through the tragedy of Shakespeare.
TIMOR (tē-mōr'), the most important of the chain of islands which stretch E. from Java; length 300 miles; area 17,698 square miles; pop. approximately, 119,239. A chain of wood-clad mountains runs throughout its entire length; one peak, Allas, near the S. coast, being TIMOR 11,500 feet in height. It is less volcanic than its smaller neighbors of the Sunda group, but it contains some quiescent or extinct volcanoes. Magnetic iron, porphyry, gold, copper, and sulphur are found. Otherwise the natural wealth of the island is not great, the comparatively dry climate producing ports are mainly maize, sandalwood, ng a much less luxports are mainly maize, sandalwood, arated from the Australian region by the Australian types among its fauna and flora, which resemble those of Java, Celebes, and the Moluccas. The populaand other elements. The smaller W. porand other elements. The smaller W. portion belongs to the Dutch, with its capital capital Delhi; but native chiefs really govern the island.
TIMORLAUT (te-mor'lout) ("Timor islands in lat. 6° 40'-8° 23' S., lon. 130° islands in lat. 6° 40′-8° 23′ S., lon. 130° 26′-132° E, 260 miles E. of Timor. It consists of eight considerable islands of volcanic formation and a great number of coral islets. The chief islands are Yamdena, Larat, and Selaru; the first, by far the largest, has an area of 1,100 sq. m. All three are very mountainous. The group lying within the range of the damp S. E. winds which blow through Torres Strait has a much more humid climate than Timor, and luxuriant forests ascend to the very summits of the mountains. The natural wealth of the islands is as yet undeveloped, and tortoise-shell and beche -de-mer are the chief articles of trade. The na- oped, and tortoise-shell and beche-de-mer tives resemble those of Northwestern New Guinea in appearance, and are fierce and treacherous.