RAG 



RAG 



double this price, and no quantity of any preat account 

 to tie procured. Sec- Man uUK, and Toi'-dre//in^. 



Tiic farmers in Oxfordlhire mnke ufe of rags of this fort, 

 procuring them from London and other places, at the rate 

 of from eight to nine pounds the ton, which, with the car- 

 riacre, Hand them in upon the farms from nine pounds ten 

 (hillings to ten pounds. By fome they are fpread upon 

 the clover lands, lays or layers for wheat, in the proportions 

 of from three or four to iix hundred weight to the acre. 

 Tried with dung in this way, in the tjuanlity of feven him- 

 dred weight to the acre, the dung is found the better dref- 

 fnig. They are alio applied for turnips, for which crop 

 ihey are ploughed in before the winter, as foon as the wheat- 

 lowing is over : if ploughed in at the time of lowing tur- 

 nips, they will not work for that crop. Some for this 

 crop give half a coat of rags, and half a coat of flieep-fold. 

 When applied on the clovers they feldoni lall longer than 

 two years. Others think that half a coat of rags, and half 

 a coat of dung, is the moll benelicial method of applying 

 this fort of manure. Some think rags are more durable 

 than any other manu.-e. Rags are occafionally brought 

 from Whitney to this diftrift, at from feven fhilhngs and 

 fixpence to eight fhillings and fixpence the hundred weight, 

 and five hundred weight fpread upon the acre : they com- 

 monly lall only one crop, but fomctimes for two, and are 

 found fuperior to any thing for wheat. They arc ploughed 

 iu ; and if the feafon be very dry, do not anfwer fo well. 

 They are fuppofed to do belt on a fummer fallow for that 

 crop. 



In Sullex rags are chiefly of fervice in the hop grounds, 

 for which they are thought an excellent manure. Vei-y 

 great benefit is faid to have been derived from the appli- 

 cation of thefe rags, in contributing to preferve this fort 

 of plantation in a llate of conilant moiiture and vegetation 

 in the dneft feafons, when grounds whicli have been manured 

 with dung, have been dried up, and the hop crops have failed. 

 Rags have likewile been found very ufeful on the mowing 

 grounds in fome parts of Lancallin-e, when laid upon them in 

 a pretty full proportion. When cut or chopped fuffieiently 

 fmall, they readily fink down upon the lurface of the land, 

 and do not aiford any fort of interruption to the fcythe, while 

 they ablorb and keep in the moiiture, which is of material 

 benefit to fuch grafs lands as are inclined to be drv. 



Rag, in a Ship. See Bolts. 



RAGAL, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 county of Pludentz ; lo miles E. of Plndentz. 



RAGALBUTO, a town of Sicily, in the valley of De- 

 mona ; 23 miles S. of Cefalu. 



RAGALMATO, a town of Sicily, in the valley of 

 Mazara ; 8 miles N. of Naro. 



RAGAMMEE, a town of Ceylon, near the W. coaft ; 

 58 miles S. of Columbo. 



RAGANELLO, a river of Naples, which runs into 

 the gulf of Tarento, near Civita Mandonia. 



RAGAPILLY, a town of Hindoollan, in Golconda, 

 near the left bank of the Godavery ; 5 miles S.E. of Ba- 

 drachiUum. 



RAGATZ, a town of Switzerland, in the county of 

 Sargans ; 5 miles S.S.E of Sargans. 



RAGAY, a town on the S. coall of the ifland of Lu- 

 5on. N. lat. 13° 50'. E. long. 122^40'. 



RAGGED, in Heraldry. See Raguled. 



Ragged Haivh, in Falconry, is a hawk that hath its fea- 

 idiers broken. 



Ragged Robin, in Botany, See Lychnis. 



Ragged Harbour, in Geography, a bay on the E. coail 

 «f Newfoundland, being a part ot Catalina bay ; 2 leagues 



N. of Catalina harbour. N. lat. 49" 45'. W. Ion"-, eoo 

 40'. 



Raccf.d Helmet, a fmall ifland in the Mergui Archipe- 

 lago. N. lat. 10'^ 9'. 



Kagv.va-) IJland, a fmall ifland in the Eaft Indian fea,near 

 the ifland of Paraguay. N. hit. ii'^ 24'. E. long. 119° 30'. 

 — Alio, a fmall ifland among the Bahamas. N. lat. 22° 27'. 

 W. long. 77° 16'. 



Ragged Point, a cape on the E. coaft of the ifland of 



Borneo. S. lat. 2° 13'. E. long. 116^40' Alfo, a cape 



on the N. coall of the ifland of St. Chrillophcr. N. lat. 

 17° 30'. W. long. 62" 42'. 



RAGGIVOLO, a town of Italy, in the department of 

 the Mincio ; 19 miles S. of Mantua. 



RAGHU, in Hindoo Mythology, is the name of the an- 

 ceftor of Rama, one of tiieir deified heroes, wlio is hence 

 fometimes called Raghuva, or fon of Raghu. Budha, or 

 Boodha, another of the Indian deities, is laid to have had a 

 Ion alfo of this name. 



RAGHUVA, a name of the Hindoo deified hero Rama, 

 fignifying a defccndant of Raghu, a warlike charadler. All 

 thefe names are llill very common among Hindoos : whether 

 confined to the feft who, as chiefly worfliipping Rama, arc 

 called Ramauuj, or more extenfively given, we are not in- 

 formed. See Rama. 



RAGIAN, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Farfittan ; 130 miles N.W. of Schiras. N. lat. 

 30° 40'. E. long. 50" 8'. 



RAGLAND, a fmall village of Monmouthfhire, here 

 mentioned on account of its caflle, the ruins of which 

 evincing its grandeur and magnificence, command the atten- 

 tion of travellers. During the rebellion it was held for the 

 king, and defended to the lall extremity by the marquis of 

 Worcelter ; 8 miles W. of Monmouth. 



RAGMAN'S Roll, or Ragimund's Roll. See Roll. 



RAGNIT, in Geography, li town of PrufTian Lithuania, 

 on the river Memel, endowed with tlie privileges of a town 

 in theyear 1722. Its ancient callle was famous even in the 

 times of Paganifm. The knights of the Teutonic order re- 

 built it, with additional works, in 1255 ; but being deltroy- 

 ed in 1355, it was rebuilt a fecond time, and called Landf- 

 huth ; but afterwards it obtained the name of Ragnit from 

 the river which paffes by it ; 56 miles E.N.E. of Kbnifberg. 

 N. lat. 55° 5'. E. long. 22'' 18'. 



RAGOGNA, a town of Italy, in Friuli ; 16 miles 

 N.W. of Udina. 



RAGOOGUR, a town of Hindooftan, in the Malwa 

 country, and circar of Kitchwana ; ll6miIesN.E. of Ou- 

 gein. N. lat. 24° 23'. E. long. 77° 30'. 



RAGOTSKI, FuANCLS, in Biography, the fecond of 

 the name, prince of Tranfylvania, diltinguifhed by hi-; cou- 

 rage and patriotilm, was born in 1676, at the callle of 

 Borfhi, in Hungary. When he was only a year old he lofl 

 his lather, prince Francis, and was left to the care of his 

 mother, Helena Sereni, who afterwards married count Te- 

 keli. During his education he was carefully watched by the 

 houfe of Aullria, and his correlpondence with his mother, 

 who had retired to Copllantinople, was entirely broken off. 

 He was now fulFcred to t. avel to moll of the courts of Eu- 

 rope, and to contraft a marriage with the princefs of Heffe 

 Rhiiiftlds. Zealoufly attached to the independence of his 

 country, which was kept in a llate of great degradation by 

 the Imperialifts, he fecrelly entered into a negociaiion with 

 the French king, Lewis XIV., but being betrayed by one of 

 his confidents, he was arreiled, and a charge of treafon 

 was preferred agaiiifl him. The fentence of guilty was ioon 

 pronounced, and he was committed to the cuftody of an 



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