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M. Amontons found, that the principle will only hold 

 in the mean rarcfaftions, not in the extremes. See 

 Barometkk. 



RAREN, or Raron, in Geography, a town of the Va- 

 lais, and capital of a tithing ; 21 miles E. of Sion. 



RARGIARA, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 32 

 miles S.W. of Bahar. 



RARITON, a river of America, in NewJerfey, formed 

 by two confidcrablc ftreams, called the north and fouth 

 branches ; the one rifes in Morris county and the other in 

 the county of Hunterdon. This river pafTes by Brunfwick 

 and Amboy, and, uniting with the waters of the Arthur 

 KuU found, helps to form the fine harbour of Amboy. At 

 Rariton hills, through which this river pafTes, is a fmall 

 cafcade, with a fall of water from fifteen to twenty feet, 

 romantically fituatcd between two rocks. Copper ore has 

 been found upon the upper part of this river. 



Rariton, a town of New Jerfey, fituated between the 

 mouth of the N. branch of the above river and Boundbrook ; 

 12 miles N.W. of Brunfwick. 



RARO, a town of Hungary ; 8 miles E.S.E. of Al- 

 tenburg. 



RARONGHAKON, a large lake of Thibet. N. lat. 

 31° 4'. E. long 85"-- 52'. 



" RARUM, Non-Spifum, in the Jncient Mufic. See 

 Apycnon. 



RAS, in Geography, a town of Syria, anciently called 

 " Conna," fituated near the fource of the Orontes ; 24 

 miles N. of Balbec. 



Ras Abad, or Baha, a cape on the coafl. of Arabia, in 

 the Red fea ; 10 miles S.S.W. of Jiddah. 



KAS-Acon-natter. See Caxines. 



Ras Adder. See Cape Bon. 



Ras Ahaha%, a cape on the coaft of Arabia, in the Red 

 fea. N. lat. 18° 19'. E. long. 37^ 48'. 



Ras Ain, or Am Verdeh, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in 

 the province of Diarbekir ; 80 miles S. of Diarbekir. N. 

 lat. 36° 34'. E. long. 39^48'. 



Ras el Amoufhe, a cape of Africa, on the coaft of Algiers ; 

 42 miles E. of cape Tennes. N. lat. 36° 41'. E. long. 

 2° 48'. 



Ras Affah, a cape on the coaft of AbyfGnia, in the Red 

 fea. N. tat. 13° 8'. E. long. 43° 10'. 



Ras el Camir or Kanjir, or cape of the wild boar, a town 

 of Syria, in the pachalic of Aleppo, near a cape on the fea- 

 coaft ; 16 miles W. of Alexandretta. 



Ras el Door, a cape on the coaft of Nubia, in the Red 

 fea. N. lat. 21"^ 21'. E. long. 36° 9'. 



Ras el Anf or Enf, I. e. cape of the Rofe, a cape on the 

 coaft of Egypt, in the Red fea ; without tree or herb ; in 

 the front of the point are the remains of a large temple. N. 

 lat. 23° 57'. 



Ras Fartach. See Fartach. 



Ras Fillam, a cape on the E. coaft of Arabia; 18 

 miles S.E. of cape Mozendum. N. lat. 29° 59'. 



Ras Ibrahim, a cape of Arabia, in the Red fea ; 6 miles 

 S. Ghunfude. 



Ras Iggidld, or Ras el Jidid, a cape of Nubia, in the 

 Red fea ; near which is a harbour, refembling a cauldron, 

 and round as the arch of a circle ; the entrance is formed 

 by two points, N. and S. of each other, with 18 fathoms of 

 water, and in the harbour 13. This port is fubjeft to no 

 inconvenience, except from the eaft. N. lat. 22"^ 15'. E. 

 long. 36°. , 



Ras al Mahbees, a cape of Africa, on the coaft of Tri- 

 poli. N. lat. 32° 18'. E. long. 1 1° 49'. 



Ras Mohammed, a cape ou the coail of Arabia, in th* 

 Red fea. N. lat. 27" 54'. 



Ras al Mar, a town of Perfia, in the province of Se- 

 g:ftan ; 200 miles S.W. of Zareng. 



Ras al Najlief, a cape of Egypt, in the Red fea. N. 

 lat. 23° 16'. 



Ras Rouze, a cape on tlie E. coaft of Arabia. N. lat. 

 21° 55'. 



Ras V'lre, a cape on the coaft of Arabia, forming the 

 S. point of tlie gulf of Curia Muria. N. lat. 17° 25'. 



Ras Zafrane, a cape on the coaft of Egypt, in the Red 

 fea ; 32 miles S.S.E. of Suez. N. lat. 29'^ 14'. 



RASA, a fmall ifland in the Indian fea, near the coaft of 

 Africa, S. lat. 17° 8'. 



RASAlN, a town of Pwrfia, in- the province of Ears or 

 Farfillan ; 1 10 miles N.W. of Schiras or Shirauz. 



RASAL, or Rasal-sem, Cape, a cape of Africa, on 

 the coaft of Tripoli. N. lat. 32^ 36'. E. long. 21° 10'. 



RASALEMA, a river of Africa, which waters the city 

 of Fez. 



RASALGATA, Cape, or Ras Roufe, a cape on the 

 E. coaft of Arabia. N. lat. 22^ 25'. E. long. 58' 15'. 



RASANT, or Razant Jlank, in Forttfica:'.on. See 

 Flank. 



The defence of the baftion is rafant. 



Rasant Fire. See Fire. 



RASCA, in Geography, a river of Servia, which joins 

 the Ibar ; i(5 miles N.E. of .Tenibafar. 



RASCETA, a word ufed by the Arabian phyficians to 

 exprefs the wrilt or ankle. 



RASCH, in Geography, a town of Bavaria, in the terri- 

 tory of Nuremberg ; two miles S.S.E. of Altorf. 



RASCHNA, or Rizana, a town of Servia ; eight 

 miles S. of Parakin. 



RASCHOWITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Leitmeritz ; four miles E. of Aufche. 



RASCIA, a port of Servia, watered by the Rafca. 



RASCINES, a town of Spain, in the province of Bif- 

 cay ; 21 miles S.E. of Santander. 



RASE, Rasaril'm, in our Old Writers, feems to have 

 been a meafure of corn now difufed ; toll (hall be taken by 

 the rafe, and not by the heap or cantel. 



Rase, in the Manege. To rafe, or glance upon the 

 ground, called in French razer le tapis, is to gallop near the 

 ground, as our Englifh horfes do. 



RASEB, Al, in Geography, a fortified pafs in the 

 mountains of Grand Bucharia ; 60 miles N. of Vafhgherd. 



RASEBORG, a fea-port town of Sweden, in the gulf 

 of Finland ; 30 miles S.E. of Abo. 



RASEC, a town of Perfia, in the province of Segeftan ; 

 60 miles S.W. of Zareng. 



RASGRAD, or Rasgrat. See Hrasgrad. 



RASH, in Clock-lVork. See Ratch. 



Rash, in Medicine, an eruption or efBorefcence upon the 

 fliip, thrown out in fevers, or furfeits. 



RASHAUA, in Geography. See Rassagu. 



RASHED, a town of Nubia, in Sennaar ; 15 miles N. 

 of Giefiim. 



RASICULMO, Cape, a cape on the N. coaft of Sicily. 

 N. lat. 38' 18'. E. long. 12^49'. 



RASIERE, or Raziere, in Commerce, a meafure of 

 corn in Dunkirk and Flanders. At Dunkirk, they have the 

 fea rafierc, and the land rafiere ; 8 of the former being = 

 9 of the latter ; 54 fea rafieres or 6of land rafieres anfwer 

 to 31 EngHfti quarters. Each fea rafiere contains 9884 

 inches, and each land rafiere contains 8786 inches ; 17.40 of 

 the former, and 19-57 of the latter, are equal (each) to 10 



Englilh 



