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RINGBERG, mountain, Germany, XXI.

349-

RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Wagner s oper atic tetralogy, XXI v. 314. RING-DOVE, bird, vn. 379. RINGELSPITZ, mountain, Switzerland,

xxi. 169.

RING-MONEY, Celtic, xvu. 630. RING-OUSEL, bird, XVIII. 75. RiNG-SANGS, ballads or dancing songs,

in. 285.

RING SNAKE, xxn. 194. RINGWORM, disease, xviu. 269; xxn.

124.

RINIERI S THERMOMETER, xxm. 288. RINK, for skating, xxu. 105. RINMANN S GREEN, pigment, xxiv.

787. RINTELN, Germany, University of, xxm.

845, 848. RINUCCINI, Ottavio, Italian musical

composer, XXIV. 315. Rio, Ercole del, Italian chessplayer, v.

601. RIOBAMBA, town, Ecuador, South

America, xx. 562. Rio DE JANEIRO, town, Brazil, xx.

562; observatory at, xvu. 716. Rio GRANDE, river, West Africa, xx.

564. Rio GRANDE DEL NORTE, river, North

America, xx. 563; xvu. 400; xxm.

203. Rio GRANDE DO NORTE, river, Brazil,

xx. 563. Rio GRANDE DO SUL, river, Brazil,

xx. 564.

Rio GRANDE DO SUL, town and pro vince, Brazil, XX. 564. RIOJA, Spain, Wine of, xxiv. 607. RIOM, town, France, xx. 564, 120. RION, river, Caucasus, v. 253; xxm.

5i3- RIONERO IN VOLTURE, town, Italy,

xx. 564.

RIOT, in law, xx. 564. RlO TlNTO, mines, Spain, XII. 334. Riouw, town, near Bintang, Indian

Archipelago, III. 679; XII. 818; XXU.

639-

RIPARIAN LAWS, xx. 565.

RIPH, Jewish rabbi and Talmudist, xx. 566.

RlPlDOLITE, mineral, XVI. 414.

RIPLEY, town, England, xx. 567.

, George, American critic and man

of letters, xx. 567.

RlPON, town, England, xx. 568; Wil frid s connexion with, xxiv. 566. FALLS, Nile, Africa, xvu. 505.

RIPPERDA, John William, Baron, poli tical adventurer, xx. 568; as Spanish minister, XXU. 338.

RIPPLES, on water, xxiv. 420.

RIPPLING, of flax, ix. 294.

RIPPOLDSAU, spa, Germany, xvi. 434.

RIPUARIAN LAW, Frankish, xxi. 214.

RIPUARIANS, Frankish people, ix. 723;

x. 476.

RIQUETI, xvi. 492, 498. See Mirabeau. RIQUIER, St, France, Library of, xiv.

5i3-

RIR , Wady, Sahara, Africa, xxi. 150. RlSPETTO, Italian song, xix. 272. RISSI, Peter, Swiss leader, xxu. 785. RlST, Johann, German hymn-writer,

xx. 568; xu. 586. RISTORO D AREZZO, Italian writer, xiu.

501. RITENBENK, district, Greenland, xr.

171. RITES, Sacred, Congregation of, Church

of Rome, xx. 630. RITSCHL, Albrecht, German theologian,

on Pietism, XIX. 84. , Friedrich Wilhelm, German

scholar, XX. 569.

RlTSON, Joseph, English antiquary, xx. 570.

RlTTENHOUSE, David, American astro nomer, xx. 570.

, William, papermaker, Philadel phia, U.S.A., xviu. 740.

RITTER, Carl, German geographer, xx. 570.

RITTINGERITE, mineral, XVI. 393.

RlTUALE ROMANUM, liturgical book, xiv. 710.

RIUKIU (LEW-CHEW) ISLANDS, North Pacific, xiv. 489; xiu. 570; language of, xiii. 586.

RlVA, town, Tyrol, x. 75.

RIVALS, The, Sheridan s play, XXI. 798.

RlVAROL, Antoine de, French writer, xx. 571; ix. 670.

RlVAS, town, Nicaragua, XVII. 477.

, Duke of (Angel de Saavedra),

Spanish poet and politician, xxi. 122; xxu. 343, 361.

RIVE DE GIER, town, France, xx. 571.

RIVER, RIVERS, xx. 571; flow of water in, xu. 492; formation of bars of, x. 277; xx. 575; gauging of, xu. 509; geological action of, X. 272 ; proprie tary rights in, xx. 565; tides in, xxm. 353, 362; water of, xxiv. 398; in relation to water-supply, XXIV. 404; influence of wind on, XII. 497. - ENGINEERING, xx. 571; of Miss issippi, xvi. 520; of Po, xix. 251.

MUSSEL, mollusc, xvn. no.

RIVERO, Peruvian naturalist, xviu. 676.

RIVER PEARLS, xvui. 447.

RIVER PLATE, South America, u. 489.

RIVER POPLAR, tree, xix. 512.

RIVIERA, district, Italy and France, xx. 581; xiii. 437, 441; Italian dialect of, xiu. 493.

RIVIERE, Captain, French commander, Tong-King, xxm. 441.

RIVINUS, Augustus Quirinus (Bach- mann), on plant classification, iv. 79.

RIVOLI, Duke of (Masse"na, q.v.), French marshal, XV. 616.

RIVOTITE, mineral, xvi. 428. RIXDORF, suburb of Berlin, Germany,

xx. 581.

RlYAM, sanctuary, Arabia, XXI v. 741. RIZA, Tomb of, at Meshed, Persia, xvi.

46; xvui. 626. RIZZIO, David, Queen Mary s secretary,

xx. 581; xv. 596; xxi. 504. RJEV (Rzheff), town, Russia, XXI. 119. ROACH, fish, xx. 582; xn. 692; angling

for, II. 41. ROAD, Rule of the, in driving, XL 811;

at sea, xvu. 277. ROADS, xx. 582; bridges on, iv. 285;

making of, xx. 582, 583; tolls on,

xxm. 436; underground, in mines,

XVI. 455; Telford s construction of,

XXIII. 155.

ROAN LEATHER, xiv. 388. ROANNE, town, France, XX. 588.

, plain, France, xiv. 807.

ROANNEZ, Due de, his relations with

Pascal, xviu. 334. ROA-PouA, island, Marquesas, Pacific,

xv, 564. ROARING FORTIES, or brave west winds,

in meteorology, xvi. 146. ROAST-BEEF PLANT, ix. 279. ROASTING, of meat, vi. 332. ROATAN, island, Honduras, XII. 131. ROBBERS, The, Schiller s play, xxi. 395. ROBBER SYNOD, at Ephesus, xiv. 448. ROBBERY, in law, xxm. 231, 233. ROBBIA, Andrea della, Florentine

sculptor, xx. 590. , Giovanni della,Florentine sculptor,

xx. 591.

-, Girolamo della, Florentine sculptor,

xx. 592. , Luca della, Florentine sculptor,

v v r QQ XX. 5"O.

ROBENHAUSEN, Switzerland, Lake- dwellings at, xiv. 223. ROBERT I., king of France, xx. 592;

ix. 536.

, duke of France, IX. 525.

, the Angevine, king of Naples,

xiu. 477. (Hrolf), duke of Normandy, xx.

627; IX. 535; xvu. 539. , duke of Normandy, father of

William I., ix. 537; xvn. 542. , duke of Normandy, son of William

I., his relations with William Rufus, vui. 301; xvii. 544; xxiv. 577. the Bruce, king of Scotland, xx.

592; xxi. 488.

- II.-IIL, of Scotland, xxi. 490. of Belesme, Norman noble, XI.

656.

of Brunne, early English writer, vui. 410.

of Gloucester, English chronicler, xx. 596; Ins chronicle, VIII. 410.

, Hubert, French painter, XX. 595. , Louis Leopold, French painter,