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prefs a reftleffnefs and frequent tofiing about, a very com* 

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RHISOPHAGI, in Ancient Geography, a people of 

 Ethiopia, in the vicinity of the ifle of Meroe, upon the 

 banks of the rivers Aftaboras and Aftapas, according to 

 Diodorus Siculus. 



RHISPIA, a town of die Higher Pannonia, at a dif- 

 tance from the Danube, and fituated between Savaria and 

 Vincendria. Ptolemy. 



RHISUS, a town of Greece, on the coaft of Thefl'aly, 

 according to Strabo and Steph. B>z. Pliny mentions a 

 town of this name in Magnefia. 



RHITHYMNA, a town fituated oh the northern coaft 

 of the ifle of Crete. Ptolemy. 



RHITIA, a town of Africa, in Mauritania Csefarienfis ; 

 placed by Ptolemy in the interior of the country between 

 Arina and Victoria. 



RHITTIUM, a town of Lower Pannonia, upon the 

 banks of the Danube, between Acumincum Legio and 

 Taururum, according to Ptolemy. 



RHIUM, a promontory on the N.E. part of Achaia : 

 it formed with Anti-Rhium, another promontory oppofite 

 to it, and more northerly, the ltrait by which the Ionian 

 fea communicated with the gult of Corinth. — Alfo, a town 

 of the Peloponnefus, in Med'enia, upon the gulf of Thuriates, 

 oppofite to the promontory Tanarus, according to Strabo. 

 — Alfo, a promontory on the E. fide of the ifland of Corfa, 

 between mount Rhxtius and the town Urcipium. Ptolemy. 



RHIUSIAVA, a town of Germany, on the banks of 

 the Danube, between Arre Flaviae and Alcimamis. Ptolemy. 



RHIW-ABON, or RuabON, in Geography, a market- 

 town in the cwmwd of Maelor Gymvaeg, eantref of Uwck- 

 Nant, (now called the hundred of Bromtield,) county of 

 Denbigh, North Wales, is fituated on rifing ground, at 

 the diftance of four miles S.S.W. from the town of Wrex- 

 ham. The market-day here is Monday, weekly ; befides 

 which, there are fairs on the lalt Friday in February, the 

 22d of May, and the 20th of November. The petty 

 feflions for the Ruabon diviiion of the hundred are held in 

 this town. The church is an ancient ftructure, but is in 

 good repair, and contains feveral monumental erections. 

 One, to the memory of the firft fir Watkin Williams 

 Wynne, difplays a figure of the deceafed in a loofe robe. 

 On one iide is a figure of his fon, and on the other that of 

 his daughter, both in kneeling poftures. This monument 

 was erected by Ryfbrack. Near it (land thofe of the late 

 lir Watkin Williams Wynne, bart., and his lady ; both of 

 them the workmanfiiip of Nollekens, and worthy of his 

 chalte and clafiic chidel. The latter exhibits lady Wynne 

 in the character of Hope, Handing, and reclining her arm 

 on an urn ; the whole being placed upon a pedeflal, made 

 in the fhapc of a Roman altar. The other principal monu- 

 ments commemorate Henry Wynne, efq., tenth fon of fir 

 John Wynne of Gwidir, who died in 16715 fir John 

 Wynne oi Wynftay, and his wife Jane ; and another fir John 

 Wynne, fon of the above, with his wife, the heirefs of 

 Watftay. In a chapel, on the fouth fide of the communion 

 table, is likewife an altar tomb, fupporting the recumbent 

 figures of a man in armour, and a female habited in a 

 mantle. From an inicription round the edge of the entabla- 

 ture, it appears that thefc reprefent John ap Ehs Eyton, 

 efq., who died in 1526, and Elizabeth Caffley, his wife, 

 who died in 1524. 



Rhiw-Abon is noted as the birth-place of Dr. David 

 Powell, who tranflated into Englifh the Hiftory of Wales, 

 written by Caradoc of Llancarfan, with the Continuation 

 by Humphrey Llwyd ; and who likewife firft edited th e 

 works of Giraldus Cambrenfis, and publifhed a tre atife, cn- 

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titled " De Britannica Hiftoria recte intelligenda." He 

 died in 1590. This parifh is very cxtenfive, and contains 

 five townfiiips. The town confifts, according to the po- 

 pulation returas of 181 1, of 263 houfes, and 1157 inha- 

 bitants. The paridi abounds with collieries, the produce 

 of which is conveyed to different parts of the country, by 

 means of the Ellefmere canal, which paHes near the town, 

 and forms a junction with the canals that penetrate V 

 on the one fide, and communicate with the Grand Trunk 

 Navigation on the other. Adjoining Rhiw-Abon is Wynn- 

 Itay-hall, the feat of fir Watkin Williams Wynne, bart. 

 The houfe is large, but, owing to the heterogeneous and 

 patched character of its architecture, it podefles little ele- 

 gance of external appearance. The apartments in the in- 

 terior, however, are grand and fpacious, and contain fe- 

 veral good portraits of the Wynnes, the Williamfes, and 

 the Seymours, painted by Vandyke, fir Godfrey Kneller, 

 and other eminent artiils. Clofe to the houfe is a building, 

 originally fitted up as a theatre, but now appropriated for 

 an annual agricultural meeting, auxiliary to the fociety at 

 Wrexham. A fhow of cattle takes place on the occafion 

 of each meeting, at which premiums are adjudged for the 

 bed fpecimeu of every fpecies of ftock, and alfo for other 

 husbandry improvements. This eltate was anciently the re- 

 fidence of Madoc ap GryfFydd Maelor, lord of Bromfield, 

 and founder of Valle-Crucis abbey. From the circumftance 

 of the ancient rampire, called Watt's Dyke, running 

 through the park, it was long denominated Watllay-park, 

 in allulion thereto. It extends above eight miles in circum- 

 ference, and is ornamented with plantations, a fine lake, 

 and various buildings. Among the objects of the lall men- 

 tioned kind is a column, 100 Feet high, built of free Hone, 

 from a defign by the late Mr. Wyatt. It was erected as a 

 tribute of maternal affection, in memory of fir W r atkin Wil- 

 liams Wynne, father to the prefent baronet. In another 

 part of the grounds is a tower, or rotunda, intended to 

 commemorate the heroes of the Cambrian legion, who fell 

 in the caufe of loyalty, under fir Watkin, during the late 

 rebelli&n in Ireland. The fpot on which this tower is fitu- 

 ated commands an extenfive view of mountains, woods, and 

 the meanderings of the Dee. The valley, watered bv that 

 river here, difplays the molt picturefque and romantic 

 fcenery, whofe beauties peculiarly excited the admiration of 

 the celebrated lord Lyttelton. The turnpike-road from 

 Rhiw-Abon to Ohveftry, which erodes this valley* is 

 formed for nearly two miles on the embankment of Offa's 

 Dyke. It is here ten feet high, and broad enough for two 

 carriages to run abreaft. Near this road is a remarkable 

 tumulus, fuppofed to be the burying-place of lome chief- 

 tain dain in a battle, fought in this neighbourhood, about 

 the year 1 161, between Owain Cyfeiliog, prince of Powys, 

 and the Englilh, and terminated in favour of the ancient 

 Britons. This vidtorv gave rife to the beautiful poem, 

 called " Hirlas Owain," or the Drinking-Horn of Owain, 

 compofed by the prince himfelf ; which, according to Mr. 

 Pennant, ranks with the bed: Pindaric ode of the Grecian 

 fchool. About three miles northward from Rhiw-Abon is 

 Erdigg, or Erddig, the feat of Simon Yorke, efq. The 

 houfe, which has been lately r moderni/.Ld, contains fome 

 valuable paintings ; and the library is the depoiitory of 

 many curious W T elih MSS., including the Seabright col- 

 lection. The grounds are laid out with much tafte, but 

 the efforts of art are too apparent. The continuation of 

 W T att's Dyke extends acrofs thefe grounds, running along 

 one fide of a bank between the two vallies, by which the 

 domain is bounded. Not far from hence are the fragments 

 of a cemented wall, and various foundations of buildings, 

 furrounded by a triple intrenchment of a pentagonal form. 



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