Brabant, with a castle ; seated on the Maese 8
m. W. S. W. of Nimeguen.

Ravitz, a town of Prussian Poland, near the
confines of Silesia, with a considerable manufac-
ture of cloth, 55 m. S. of Posen.

Rawa, a town of Poland, with a strong castle,
seated in a morass, and almost surrounded by the
rivet Rawa, 55 m. S. W. of Warsaw. Long. 19.
55. E., lat. 51. 51. N.

Rawlingsburg, p.v. Rockingham Co. N. C.
130 m. N. W. Raleigh.

Raymond, p.t. Cumberland Co. Me. 26 m. N.
Portland ; ph. Rockingham Co. N. H. 21 m. W.
Portsmouth. Pop. 1,000.

Raynham, ph. Bristol Co. Mass. on Taunton
river 3 m. E. Taunton 32 m. S. Boston. Pop.
1,209. Iron ore abounds here, and in the town
are manufactories of bar iron, hollow ware, nails,
&c. The first forge in America was set up here
in 1652 by James and Henry Leonard.

Raypour, a town of Hindoostan, in Orissa, 60
m. S. of Ruttunpour and 80 W. of Sumbulpour.

Re, an island in France, 16 m. long and 4 broad
separated from the coast of Lower Charente by
the strait of Breton, above 7 m. wide. The pro-
ducts are bitter wine, salt, brandy, and the liquor
called aniseed. St. Martin is the capital.

Readfield, ph. Kennebec Co. Me. Pop. 1,834.

Read House, p.v. Charlotte Co. Va.

Reading, a borough and the capital of Berk-
shire, Eng. The principal manufactures are can-
vas, hlankets, gauze, ribands, and pins ; it has a
trade in malt, flour, and timber. Here are the
ruins of a rich abbey, in which Henry I was in-
terred. It is seated on the Kennet, near its con-
fluence with the Thames, 26 m. S. S. E. of Ox-
ford and 37 W. of London.

Reading, p.v. Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 m. N.
Boston. Pop. 1,806 ; ph. Fairfield Co. Conn.
Pop. 1,709 ; ph. Steuben Co. N. Y. Pop. 1,568.

Reading, ph. Berks Co. Pa. on the Schuylkill
54 m. N. W. Philad. It is a flourishing and reg-
ularly built town inhabited principally by Ger-
mans. Here are large manufactures of hats.
The Union canal commences in the neighbour-
hood. Pop. 5,850. Also a township of Adams
Co. Pa; p.v. Hamilton Co. Ohio, and a town-
ship of Perry Co. Ohio.

Readington, a township of Hunterdon Co.
N. J.

Readyville, p.v. Rutherford Co. Ten.

Realejo, a sea-port of Mexico, in the province
of Nicaragua, with three churches. The chief
trade is in pitch, tar, and cordage. It is situate
among swamps, near the mouth of a river of its
name, 20 m. W. N. W. of Leon, to which it
serves as a harbour. Long. 87. 46. W., lat. 12.
43. N.

Realville, a town of France, department of
Tarn-et-Garonne, 8 m. N. E. of Montauban and
20 S. of Cahors.

Reamstown, p.v. Lancaster Co. Pa.

Reccanati, a town of Italy, in the papal states,
and delegation of Ancona. It has a great fair in
September, which continues 15 days; and is seat-
ed on a mountain, near the river Munsone, 14
m. S. of Ancona.

Reekem, a town of the Netherlands, near the
Meuse, 5 m. N. of Maestricht.

Recklinghausen, a town of Prussian Westpha-
lia, capital of a county belonging to the duke of
Aremherg. It has a strong citadel, and is seated
on the Lippe, 20 m. S. S. W. of Munster. Long.
7.36. E., lat. 51. 38. N

Reetorstofcn, ph. Fauquier Co. Pa.

Reeulver, a village in Kent, Eng. at the mouth
of a small branch of the Stour, 8 m. N. E. of
Canterbury. It is the Regulbium of the Romans
and its ancient church has two spires, which are
called by mariners the Two Sisters.

Red Bank, a township of Armstrong Co. Pa. ;
p.v. Colleton Dis. S. C.

Red Ridge, p.v. Hawkins Co. Ten.

Red Creek, p.v. Wayne Co. N.Y.

Red Head, a cape of Scotland, in Augusshire,
the S. point of Lunan Bay. Here are the ruins
of a castle, almost surrounded by the sea.

Red Lake, a lake of N. America, lying S. of
Lake of the Woods. It is 60 m. long and 15
broad, and on the N. side is fed by several small
rivers. Its outlet at the S. E. extremity, in lat

47. 20., is called Red River, and flows into the
Mississippi, a little above St. Anthony Falls.

Red Sea, a sea celebrated in holy writ. It ex-
tends 1,300 m. from N. to S., dividing Africa from
Arabia, and is 200 broad in the widest part. It is
separated from the Mediterranean Sea on the N._t
by the isthmus of Suez, and communicates on
the S. by the strait of Babelma'ndel with the In-
dian Ocean.

Redbridge, a village in Hampshire, Eng. at the
mouth of the Test, 3 m. W. of Southampton. It
has a considerable trade in coal, timber, corn, &c.

Redfield, p.v. Oneida Co. N. Y.

Red Hill, p.v. Kershaw Dis. S. C.

Red Hook, ph. Dutchess Co. N. Y. on the
Hudson, 50 m. S. Albany. Pop. 2,983.

Red House, p.v. Caswell Co. N. C.

Redon, a town of France, department of Ille-et
Vilaine. It serves as a mart for the commerce of
Rennes, and is seated on the Vilaine, 20 m. E.
of Vannes and 62 S. S. W. of Rennes. Long. 2.

10. W. lat. 47. 48. N.

Redondela, a town of Spain, in Galicia, with a
strong castle. It stands on Vigo Bay, 8 m. N.
E. of Vigo.

Redonda, a town of Portugal, in Beira, with a
castle, seated on the Mondego, 17 m. W. of Co-
imbra.

Redondo, a town of Portugal, in Alemtejo, 23
m. S. W. of Elvas.

Redruth, a town in Cornwall, Eng. It is seated
in the very heart of the mining country, 12 m.
N. hy xc2xa3. of Helstone and 263 W. by S. of Lon-
don.

Red River, one of the western branches of the
Mississippi, rising in New Mexico, and flowing
Southeasterly into the Mississippi 240 m. above
New Orleans. It is 1,800 m. long and has a very
serpentine course with a narrow channel; 100 m.
above Natchitoches it .spreads out into a great
number of channels which intersect a swampy
tract. A great mass of trees floated down the
stream have collected here and formed what if
called the- Great Raft which is 60 or 70 m. in ex
tent and covers the river so that it may be crossec
on horseback ; in many parts the raft is overgrowr
with trees Above and below this place the
river is navigable for steamboats except in til*
rainy season. xe2x96xa0

Red River, a stream of Lake Winnipeg, rising
near the sources of the Mississippi, and flowing
northerly and northeasterly 170 m. into the south
end of the lake. The Assiniboin is one of its
branches. At the junction of the two streams is
a trading establishment found by Lord Selkirk
Red River is also the name of a branch of the
Utawas in Canada; a branch of the Cumberland