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Rio Grande do Snl. Seaport 

 town of Brazil, in the state of Rio 

 Grande do Sul. It stands at the 

 mouth of the I^vgoa dos Patos, and 

 is connected by rly. with Pelotas 

 and the interior, and with Porto 

 Alegre by steamer. Low-lying, on a 

 sandy plain, it has a large harbour, 

 and exports dried meats, hides, 

 hair, tobacco, mate, etc. Tanning 

 and brewing are important indus- 

 tries. Pop. 35,000. 



Rioja . Spanish wine produced in 

 La Rioja (q.v.) dist., Old Castile. 

 A fine, red wine of a heavy, claret 

 type, it is characterised by full 

 body, slight ferruginous flavour, 

 fair alcoholic strength, purity, and 

 cheapness. Exported from Bilbao, 

 it is called Spanish Burgundy. 



Riom. Town of France. In the 

 dept. of Puy-de-D6me, it stands on 

 the left bank of the Ambene and 

 is a junction of the Lyons rly., 8 m. 

 N. of Clermont-Ferrand. The 

 church of S. Chapelle, built 1382- 

 38, was formerly the chateau of 

 the dukes of Auvergne. The 15th 

 century church of Notre-Dame-du- 

 Marthuret has a fine Virgin with 

 bird on the portal. There are 

 tobacco and linen factories and a 

 trade in corn, wines, etc. The town 

 contains many fine houses of the 

 15th and 16th centuries. Pop. 

 10,600. 



Rio Muni. Alternative name 

 for Spanish Guinea (q.v.). 



Rion. River of Transcaucasia, 

 the ancient Phasis. Rising on the 

 S. slope of the main Caucasus 

 range, it falls into the Black Sea 

 at Poti, after a course of 200 m. 

 It was famous in antiquity from 

 its connexion with the Argonautic 

 expedition. See Georgia. 



Rio Negro. Territory of Argen- 

 tina, in Patagonia. Stretching from 

 the Andes to the Atlantic, where 

 it is indented by the Gulf of San 

 Matias, it is bounded on the N. 

 by the Rio Colorado and S. by 

 Chubut Territory. It is traversed 

 by the Rio Negro and the rly. from 

 Bahia Blanca to Neuquen. Mostly 

 plateau, with a dry and healthful 

 climate, the soil is 

 fertile when irri- P 

 gated. It produces 

 cereals and alfalfa, 

 and raises large 

 quantities of stock. 

 The capital is 

 Viedma, situated 

 on the Rio Negro 

 near the coast. 

 Area 79,805 sq. m. 

 Pop. 46,000. 



Rio Negro. 

 Department of W. 

 Uruguay. It is 

 bounded on the W. 

 by the river Uru- 

 guay and S. by the 



Rio Negro. The principal occupa- 

 tions are agriculture and stock- 

 raising. The capital is Fray Bentos 

 (q.r.). Area 3,269 sq. m. Pop. 37,800. 



Riot (M.E. riote ; cf. Ital. riotta, 

 quarrel). Term used broadly for 

 revelry, tumult, or disorderly pro- 

 ceedings. In English law, a riot is 

 defined as a violent disturbance of 

 the peace by not less than three 

 persons, who, having gathered to- 

 gether without lawful authority, 

 and having agreed among them- 

 selves to withstand opposition, 

 execute or begin to execute a com- 

 mon purpose turbulently to the 

 terror of the people or of at least 

 one person of reasonable firmness 

 and courage. 



Any citizen may be called upon 

 to help in suppressing a riot. Under 

 the Riot Damages Act, 1886, the 

 police authorities of the district 

 may be sued for damage done 

 during the riot. See Sedition. 



Riot Act. Act passed in 1715, 



ing villages are peopled by some 

 10,000 miners. The mines, known 

 to the Carthaginians, and worked 

 by the Romans, yield over a million 

 tons yearly of iron pyrites contain- 

 ing copper ore and sulphur. 



R.I. P. (Lat. Requiescat in pace). 

 Abbrev. for "May he (or she) rest 

 in peace " ; Requiescant in pace, 

 " May they rest in peace." 



Riparian Owner (Lat. ripa, 

 bank). In law, one whose land is 

 part of the bank of a stream or 

 river. In a non-tidai river, or in a 

 tidal river above the limit to which 

 the tide reaches, as a rule the bed of 

 the river belongs to the riparian 

 owner as far as the middle. This 

 constitutes the riparian owners, in 

 effect, the owners of a river or 

 stream, and the public have, as a 

 rule, no rights of navigation, or of 

 fishing, or bathing. 



Ripieno (Ital., additional). In 

 music, a term in 17th and 18th 

 century scores designating those 



which gives power to magistrates instruments which were not to be 

 to apprehend as felons, persons played in accompanying solos, but 

 who to the number of 12 or .more only in full passages, 

 assembled refuse to disperse within Ripley. Urban dist. and market 

 an hour after the reading of pro- town of Derbyshire, England. It 

 clamation bidding them to do so. is 10 m. from Derby, with a station 

 The Act, further, indemnifies any on the Mid. Rly. All Saints Church 

 who at the request 

 of the magistrate 

 assist him in 

 carrying out the 

 law. This indem- 

 nification in effect 

 gives magistrates 

 power to employ 

 military to dis- 

 perse a mob. The 

 Act was originally 

 prompted by fears 

 of Jacobite risings. 

 Rio Tinto, 



MlNAS DE (Sp. 



coloured river 



mines). Town of 



Spain, in the prov. of Huelva. It 



stands near the source of the river 



Tinto, 52 m. by rly. N. of Huelva. 



Ripley, Yorkshire. 



The centre of one of the most cele- 

 brated copper-mining regions of the 

 world, Rio Tinto and the surround - 



Ripley, Yorkshire. Castle, built in the 16th century, 



where Cromwell stayed before the battle of Marston Moor 



Parish church of All Saints 



Frith 



is a modern building. There are 

 some textile manufactures and 

 around are coal mines and iron- 

 works. Ripley was made a market 

 town in the 13th century. Market 

 day, Sat. Pop. 11,800. 



Ripley. Village of Surrey, 

 England. It is 5 in. from Woking. 

 Being on the main road from 

 London to Portsmouth, several 

 miles of which are sometimes called 

 the Ripley Road, it was an im- 

 portant place in coaching days. Its 

 church, S. Mary's, has some in- 

 teresting features. 



Ripley. Village of Yorkshire 

 (W.R.), England. It stands on the 

 Nidd, 3 m. from Harrogate, with 

 a station on the N.E. Rly. It has a 

 fine church, dedicated to All 

 Saints, in which are memorials to 

 the Ingilby family. Ripley Castle 

 dates from the 16th century, but 

 has been modernised. Pop. 250. 



