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RADSTOCK, town, England, xxn. 258. RADULA, or Lingual Ribbon, in mol luscs, xvi. 640. RADUL BAZARABA, voivode of Walachia,

xxi. 17. RADUL NEGRU, voivode of Walachia,

xxi. 1 6. RADZIEJEWO, town, Eussian Poland,

xxiv. 375.

RADZIVILOFF, town, Russia, xxiv. 282. RADZIWILL BIBLE, Polish, xix. 301. RADZYMIN, town, Russian Poland,

xxiv. 375. RAE, John, Arctic explorer, x. 193;

xix. 320, 321. RAEBURN, Sir Henry, Scottish painter,

xx. 218; xxi. 441. RAFF, Joseph Joachim, Swiss musical

composer, XX. 219. RAFFAELLE, or Raphael (q.v. Italian

painter, XX. 274; II. 438. RAFFLE, lottery, xv. n. RAFFLES, Sir Thomas Stamford, English

administrator, XX. 219. RAFFLESIA, parasitic plant, xvm. 265. RAFN, Carl Christian, Danish archaeo logist, xx. 220; on the discovery of

America, I. 706. RAFT, floating platform, xxi. 804; Rhine

rafts, XX. 520. RAGATZ, watering-place, Switzerland,

xx. 220; xxi. 169; mineral water of,

xvi. 433.

RAG-FALLOWING, in agriculture, i. 355. RAGGED SCHOOLS, Pleas for, by Guthrie,

XL 337-

RAGHUVANCA, Sanskrit poem, xm. 829. RAGLAN, Lord, English general, xx.

220. CASTLE, Monmouthshire, England,

xvi. 754. RAGMAN ROLLS, English records, xx.

220.

RAG-PAPER, xvm. 218. RAGSTONE, mineral, xn. 134.

, in architecture, II. 471.

RAGUSA, town, Austria- Hungary, xx.

221; republic of, xxiv. 270; literature

of, xxi. 690.

, town, Sicily, xx. 221.

, Duke of (Marmont), marshal of

France, XV. 558. RAHAD, river, Africa, xvn. 507. RAHBEK (Knud Lyne), Danish novelist,

vn. 91. RAHEL, wife of Varnhagen von Ense,

xxiv. 91.

RAHENG, town, Siam, xxi. 853. RAHGUN, port, Algeria, xxm. 422. RAHHANWIN, people, Central Africa,

xxn. 256. RAHMAN, divine name, in the Koran,

xvi. 603. RAHWAY, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.,

XX. 222.

RAIA, or Raja, genus of fishes, xx. 299; xxm. 314.

RAIATEA, island, South Pacific, xxm.

22.

RAI BARELI, district and town, India, xx. 222.

RAIBOLINI, Francesco, Italian painter, ix. 688.

RAICH, Servian historian, xxi. 690.

RAIKES, Robert, founder of Sunday schools, xx. 222.

RAIL, bird, xx. 222.

RAILS, for railways, XX. 224, 241; test ing of, xm. 354; for tramways, xxm. 507.

RAILWAY, RAILWAYS, xx.223; Stephen- son s promotion of, xxn. 537; their service to agriculture, I. 305; bridges for, IV. 285 ; locomotives for, xxn. 498, 520; in Europe, VIII. 709; battle of the gauges, iv. 397; laws relating to, xx. 250; use of, in war, xxiv. 349; electric, XXIII. 495.

SAVINGS BANKS, xxi. 330.

TRANSPORT ARMY CORPS, xxiv. 295.

RAIMBACH, Abraham, English line- engraver, xx. 255.

RAIMONDI, Marcantonio, Italian en graver, xv. 530; vill. 441.

RAIMONDO, Father, on St Catherine of Siena, v. 230.

RAIN, xvi. 128, 150, 180; xxiv. 398; in country and town, ill. 35; geological action of, x. 267; on St Swithun s day, xxil. 775; luminous, xxm. 329.

RAINBAND, in spectroscopy, xx. 255.

RAINBOW, XL 399; theory of, xiv. 595,

597-

RAINFALL, xvi. 128, 150, 180; its in fluence on climate, vi. 6; in relation to water-supply, xxiv. 402; heaviest in the world, xiv. 58; of Himalayas, XI. 830.

RAINGAUGE, for measuring rainfall, xx. 256.

RAINIER, Mount, Washington Territory, U.S.A., xxm. 800.

RAINIERI (Pope Paschal II.), xvm.

339-

RAIN-WATER, xxiv. 398. RAI PUR, district and town, India, xx.

257. RAIS, or Retz, Gilles de, marshal of

France, xx. 258.

RAISED BEACHES, in geology, x. 256. RAISINS, fruit, xx. 258. RAJA, or Rajah, Indian title, xx. 259;

xxm. 418. RAJAMAHENDRI, or Rajahmundry,

town, India, xx. 259. RAJAPALAYAM, town, India, xxm. 405. RAJA SAHIB, at siege of Arcot, n. 478. RAJA TARANGINE, metrical history of

Kashmir, xiv. 13. RAJESHAYE (Rajshahi), district, India,

xx. 261. RAJ GURU, Nepalese high priest, XVH.

342.

RAJMALA, Bengali chronicle, XL 820.

RAJPORE, town, India, xxm. 673.

RAJPUTANA, country, India, xx. 259.

RAJPUTS, Indian race, xn. 746, 781.

RAJSHAHI, district, India, xx. 261.

RAKAS TAL, lake, Tibet, xxm. 340.

RAKE S PROGRESS, Hogarth s engrav ings, xii. 48.

RAKKA, town, Mesopotamia, xvi. 48.

RAKOCZY, Hungarian family, xx. 261.

, George, governor of Transylvania,

xx. 261; xii. 370.

RALAHINE, Ireland, Owen s community at, xvni. 88.

RALEIGH, town, North Carolina, U.S.A., xx. 261.

, Sir Walter, English admiral and

courtier, XX. 262; his introduction of the potato, xix. 594; of tobacco, xxm. 423; Cecil s relations with, v. 283.

RALIK, island, Pacific Ocean, xvi. 257.

RALLUS, genus of birds, xvn. 722; xx.

222.

RALPACHEN, Tibetan king, xxm. 345. RALPH ROYSTER DOYSTER, Udall s

comedy, xxm. 716. RAM, of a warship, xvil. 285.

, Hydraulic, xii. 532. RAMADAN, Mohammedan fast, IX. 49;

xvi. 553. RAMAN, district, Malay Peninsula, xv.

322.

RAMANAND, Hindi writer, XL 844. RAMANUJA, Hindu philosopher, xxi.

290. RAMA S BRIDGE, sandbanks, Ceylon, i.

140.

RAMAYANA, Sanskrit epic, xxi. 280. RAMBAM (Maimonides, q-v.), Jewish

writer, xv. 295. RAMBAN, Jewish commentator, xx,

264. RAMBLER, Johnson s, xm. 723; xvin.

537-

RAMBOUILLET, town, France, xx. 264. , Marquise de, French savant, xx.

264.

RAM DAS, Sikh ruler, India, xx. no. RAMEAU, Jean Philippe, French musical

composer, xx. 265; xvn. 91. RAMEE, Pierre de la, French logician,

xx. 268. RAMERSDORF, suburb of Munich, xvn.

24. RAMESES, of Scripture, district and

town, Egypt, xx. 265.

- I., king of Egypt, VII. 738.

II., of Egypt, vn. 739, 779; xxi.

693- RAMESEUM, temple of Rameses II.,

Egypt, vii. 779. RAMESWARAM, island, Ceylon, xx.

266. RAMGALIS, tribe, Kafiristan, Asia, xni.

822.

RAMGANGA, river, India, xvn. 572.