in Tennessee, a branch of the Kentucky in Ken and of White river in Arkansas.
Red River, a town of Pulaski Co. Arkansas.
Red Shoal, p.v. Stokes Co. N. C.
Red Stone, a township of Fayette Co. Pa.
Reedsborough, t. Bennington Co. Vt. Pop. 662.
Reedy Island, in the Delaware 50 m. below Philadelphia, it is 3 in. long; the principal chan- nel is on the E. side.
Reepham, a town in Norfolk, Eng. with a trade in malt; situate on the Eyre, over which it has a ford, 11 m. N. E. of Dereham and 112 N. by E. of London.
Rees, a town of Westphalia, in the duchy of Cieve, seated on the Rhine, 10 m. N. W. of Wesel.
Rees, or Rens, a town of the Prussian states, in the province of Lower Rhine. Hard by it, on the Rhine, is the Konigstuhl, or Tkronus Regains, a remarkable piece of antiquity, consisting of a round vault, built of freestone, and resting on nine stone pillars, one of which stands in the middle. The vault is 80 feet in circumference, and has two stout doors, the ascent to which is by 28 stone steps. It is furnished with seven seats, agreeably to the number of electors at that time ; and on this regal chair the electors of Ger- many formerly held consultations relative to the election of a king and emperor, and other weighty matters of the empire. Rees is seated near the Rhine. 5 m. S. by E. of Coblentz.
Reesville, p.v. Montgomery Co. Pa.
Reetz, a town of Brandenburg, 18 m. E. S. E. of New Stargard.
Regen, a circle of Bavaria, adjacent to Bohemia, with the circle of Upper Maine on the N. W. and that of Lower Danube on the S. W. Ratisbon and Alenburg are the chief towns.
Regen, a town of Bavaria, on a river of the same name, 12 m. N. N. E. of Deckendorf and 49 E. of Ratisbon.
Regensbcrg, a town of Switzerland, in the can- ton of Zurich, capital of a bailiwic of the same name, with a strong castle. It is seated on a rock called the Lagerberg, 9 m. N. W. of Zurich.
R'oensburg. See Ratisbon.
Reaenstauf, a town of Bavaria, in the principal- ity of Neuburg, on the river Regen, 8 m. N. by E. of Ratisbon.
R.-g'n-'cin, a town of Germany, in Saxony, 6 m. S. of Haiberstadt.
R'g'nncalde. a town of Prussian Pomerania, with a castle, seated on the Rega, 24 m. E. S. E. oi'Canin.
a sea-port of Naples, in Calabria Ultra, an J or, archbishops see. The churches, convents, a : 1 :v, .ny houses, are built of stones from ancient e-ilfaand numerous inscriptions are to be met v,in.li n lie walls. The environs produce the b-r-t ^ ir. Calabria; and on the coast is found a ?r-w *s -f muscle, that yields a kind of wool, of whfar. wes and stockings are made. Reggio was n- -iv rtostroyed by an earthquake in 1783. I* is - .t-d on tne strait of Messina, 12 m. E. S. E. of Mess ina and 95 S. by W. of Cosenza. Long. 16. 5.(. E . fat. 33. 4. N.
R'gj'o. a city of Italy, capital of a duchy of the same name, included in that of Modena, and a bishop's see, with a strong citadel. In the cathedral are paintings, bv the greatest masters ; and in the square is the statue of Brennus, chief of the Gauls. The principal trade is in silk. It was taken by prince Eugene in 1706, and by the king of Sardinia in 1742. In 1796 the inhabi- tants were the first Italians that renounced alle- giance to their sovereign, and solicited the pro- tection of the French. Reggio is the birthplace of the potet Ariosto. It is seated in a fertile coun- try, on the river Tessone, 13 m. N. W7. of Modena and 80. S. E. of Milan. Long. 11. 5. E., lat. 44. 43. N. |
Reghebil, a town of Negroland, in Wangara, situate on a lake at the influx of a branch of the Niger, 240 m. E. by S. of Chanara. Long. 19.
10. E., lat. 13. 20. N.
Regina, a town of Naples, in Calabria Citra, 14 m. N. of Cosenza.
Regis, St., a town of Lower Canada, situate on the boundary line that separates Canada from the United States, and on a river of its name, at its junction with the St. Lawrence, 50 m. S. W. of Montreal. Long. 74. 10. W., lat. 45. 0. N.
Regnano, a town of the papal states, seated near the Tiber, 17 m. N. of Rome.
Rehoboth, ph. Bristol Co. Mass. 37 m. S. W. Boston. Pop. 2,163, also a hundred of Sussex Co. Del.
Reichenau,nn island in the Zeller Zee, or lower lake of Constance, 3 m. long and 1 broad, aboun- ding with vines and other fruit-trees. 4 m. W. of Constance.
Reichcnau, a town of Bohemia, with a castle, 18 in. E. N. E. of Konigingratz.
Rcichenbach, one of the four governments into which Prussian Silesia was divided in 1815. It comprises the county of Glatz, the principalities of Munsterberg, Brieg, and Schweidnitz, and a considerable part of that of Jauer; and has an area of 2,500 sq. rn. with 470,000 inhabitants.
Reichenbach, the capital of the foregoing gov- ernment, has considerable manufactures of linen, canvas, and fustian, and is seated on the rivulet Peil, 10 m. S. E. of Schweidnitz.
Reichenbach, a town of Saxony, in Voigtland. The inhabitants are principally clothiers; and their method of dyeing, particularly scarlet, is brought to great perfection. 10 m. S. S. W. of Zurickau.
Reicbenburg, a down of Bohemia, in the circle of Buntzlau, with a considerable manufacture of cloth. 28 m. N. of Jung Buntzlau.
Reichenfels, a town of the Austrian states in Carinthia, 24 m. N. E. of Clagenfurt.
Reichenhall, a town of Bavaria, with a rich salt spring. Some salt is made here ; but, for want of fuel, most of the brine is carried over the hills to Traunstein, a distance of 14 m. by engines and pipes. Seated on the Sala, 9 m. S. W. of Salz- burg.
Reichshofen, a town of France, department of of Lower Rhine,witha castle,9m. N. of Haguenau.
Reifferscheid, a town of the Prussian states, formerly the capital of a county in the duchy of Juliers. It is seated on the Effel^O m. S. S. W. of Cologne and 52 N. by W. of Treves.
Rein, a town of the Austrian states, in Styria on the River Save, 25 m. S. S. E. of Cilly.
Reiner, a town of Prussian Silesia, in the gov eminent of Reichenbach, with a mineral spring, and manufactures of cloth and paper, 11 in. W. of Glatz.
Reisenburg, a town ofE. Prussia, 78. m. S. AV. of Konigsberg.
Reisterstoion, p.v. Baltimore Co. Maryland. 15 m. N. W. Baltimore.
Rembertstown, p.v. Sumter Dis. S. C.
Rem.sen, ph. Oneida Co. N. Y. 35 m. N. Rome Pop. 1,400. |