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and filk at a fmall diftance to the weft ; and feveral for 

 paper, &c. towards the north, on the rivulet that flows from 

 Chefham. Additional employment, particularly for females, 

 is derived from the manufacture of ftraw-plat. The market 

 was formerly diftinguifhed for its corn trade, but is now 

 little frequented, though toll free : the market-houfe is a 

 mean wooden ftrufture, raifed on pillars, and open beneath. 

 The population, as afcertained under the aft of 1811, was 

 3230, the. number of houfes 589. 



The manor of the Moor in Rickmanfworth parifti, being 

 anciently parcel of the poffeffions of St. Alban's abbey, was, 

 about the year 1 43 1, with other contiguous manors, held 

 under that foundation by a tenant named Flete, who had for 

 feveral years refufed either to pay the quit-rent, or to per- 

 form the covenanted fervices claimed by the abbot ; one of 

 which was finding for his ufe, and that of his fucceflbrs, " one 

 nag-horfe to carry him to Tynemouth, whenever he or they 

 mould vifit that cell :" the difpute was at length decided in 

 favour of the abbot by fir William Babyngton, chief juftice 

 of the common pleas ; and Flete was compelled to the ob- 

 fervance of the accuftomed homage and fealty. The next 

 poffeffor on record was Ralph de Boteler, lord of Sudely in 

 Glouccfterihire. It is now held by Robert Williams, efq. 

 banker of London. 



Moor-Park houfe, the fplendid reiidence of this gentle- 

 man, is a magnificent building of the Corinthian order, 

 ftanding in a finely wooded park about five miles in circum- 

 ference, and having two fronts, refpedively facing towards 

 the north and fouth. The height of the ground to the 

 fouth contrails the view ; but the northern front commands 

 an extenfive profpeel ; the hill, which had previoufly ob- 

 ftrudted the fight, having been lowered about the year 1725, 

 at the expence of 5000/. This was effe&ed by B. H. Styles, 

 efq. to whom the prefent manfion is indebted for its chief 

 o-randeur, as he new cafed and fronted it with Portland 

 ftone ; and having built the magnificent portico, erefted two 

 wings for the chapel and offices, and connected them with 

 the centre by colonnades of the Tufcan order. The charge 

 of the carriage of the ftone from London, amounted to up- 

 wards of 15,000/., and the entire expence, including the 

 improvements in the park, was more than 150,000/. Beau- 

 ties of England and Wales, vol. vii. by E. W. Brayley. 



RICKSGOLD, in Commerce, one of the two fpecies of 

 paper currency in Sweden, the other being banco. The 

 latter is ifTued by the national bank, and the former by the 

 Rickfgbld bank, which is under the direction of govern- 

 ment. Banco is 50 per cent, better than Rickfgbld; that is, 

 two dollars of the former are worth three dollars of the latter. 

 Banco is a legal tender, and has lately been declared, by 

 royal authority, the national currency. Rickfgbld is cur- 

 rent in all payments ; but as no frefli iffues of this paper 

 have been lately made by government, it is continually de- 

 creafing in circulation, while banco increafes. Both cur- 

 rencies are made payable to bearer on demand, and are ac- 

 cordingly difcharged when prefented for payment. 



RICLA, in Geography, a town of Spain, in Aragon, 

 on the Xiloca, anciently called " Nertobriga ;" 14 miles 

 N.E. of Calatayud. 



RICOCHET Battery, in Fortification. See Battery 

 a Ricochet. 



Ricochet Firing, in the Military Art, is a method of 

 firing with pieces elevated from three to fix degrees, and 

 loaded with a fmall charge, fo that the ball may bound and 

 roll along the infide of the parapet. The ball or mot, thus 

 difcharged, goes rolling and bounding, killing, maiming, or 

 deftroying all it meets with in its courfe, and creates much 



greater diforder, by moving thus flowly, than if thrown 

 from the piece, whofe elevation is greater, with greater 

 violence. 



The word ricoche fignifies duck and drake, terms applied 

 to the bounding of a flat ftone thrown almoft horizontall 1 ' 

 into the water. 



RICOTE, in Geography, a town of Spain, in the pro- 

 vince of Murcia ; 20 miles N.W. of Murcia. 



RICOTI A, in Botany, a Linnxan name whofe origin no 

 one has been able to explain, nor can we throw any light 

 upon it. It has the appearance of a proper name, and 

 probably given in honour of fome obfeure botanift. — Linn. 

 Gen. 337. Schreb. 440. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 477. Mr.rt. 

 Mill. Did. v. 4. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 4. 98. Jul!'. 239. 

 Lamarck Did. v. 6. 210. Uluftr. t. 561. Gxrtn. t. 14:. 

 — Clafs and order, Tetradynamia Siliquofa. ( Siliculofa ; 

 Brown.) Nat. Ord. Siliquojie, Linn. Crucifcre, Jufl'. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, deciduous, of four, 

 oblong leaves, approximating in a parallel manner. Cor. 

 cruciform, of four, obcordate petals, fpreading. Stam. Fi- 

 laments fix ; four the length of the tube ; two fomewhat 

 fhorter : anthers oblong, acute. Pijl. Germen fuperior, cy- 

 lindrical, the length ot the ftamens ; ftyle fcarcely anv ; 

 ftigma acute. Peric. Pod feffile, lanceolate-oval, with one 

 or two cells, and two flat valves. Seeds moftlv four, orbicu- 

 late, comprefled. 



Eff. Ch. Pod of one cell, oblong, comprefled : vak 

 flat. 



I. R. tcgyptiaca. Egyptian Ricotia. Linn. Sp. PI. 912. 

 (Lunaria foliis fupradecompofitis : foliolis trifidis, iiliqm- 

 oblongis pendulis ; Mill. Ic. v. 2. 113. t. 169.) — Native of 

 Egypt, flowering in June and July. — Root annual. Stem a 

 foot high, fmooth and branching. Leaves unequally pin- 

 nate ; leaflets various, fome undivided, others three-lobed, 

 of a lucid green. Flowers purple, on long ftalks, at the 

 fides and ends of the branches, in fmall, loofe clujiers. Pods 

 drooping, when ripe of a pale brown colour. 



This genus is very nearly allied to Lunaria, from which 

 indeed it chiefly differs in having a feffile, not ftalked, pod. 

 RICZIWOL, in Geography, a town of the duchy of 

 Warfaw ; 30 miles N. of Pofen. 



RIDA, a town of the Valais ; 4 miles S.E. of Sion. — 

 Alfo, a town of Sweden, in the province of Upland; 24 

 miles N.E. of Stockholm. 



RIDALE, or Risdale, a river of England, in the 

 county of York, which runs into the Swale, near Rich- 

 mond. 



RIDAL-HEAD, a mountain of England, in Cumber- 

 land ; 2 miles N. of Amblefide. 



RIDDERHUDE, a town of the duchy of Bremen ; 8 

 miles N. of Bremen. 



RIDDLE. See ^Enigma. 



Riddle, in Rural Economy, a fort of neve ufed to fepa- 

 rate duft and the feeds of plants from corn. They are made 

 of different forms and fizes, for different ufes. 



RIDE of hazle, or other wood, is a group or clufter of 

 fprigs (hooting out of the fame root or ftock. 



Ride, or Riding, in the Manege. To ride fignifies to 

 learn to ride. Thus, he rides under a good mafter. For an 

 account of the origin and hiftory of the art of riding, we refer 

 to the article Horse. 



In addition to the obfervations which occur under that 

 article, in proof of the antiquity of the art of riding, we 

 ihall here introduce fome other confiderations, which tend 

 to evince the priority of riding to the ufe of chariots. 

 Egypt appears to have been the fpot in which the horfe 

 feems to have been firft fubdued and difciplined by man ; 



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