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poflible for the man to have worked at that rate for more 

 than three or four minutes. 



This machine may evidently be placed aflant, viz. fo as 

 to convey the water from one place to another, which is 

 not quite perpendicularly over the former. The fame con- 

 ftru&ion, and almoft the fame expence, will adapt the 

 machine to wells of different depths, though the effects 

 will not he always the fame. 



More than one rope, or a broad band inftead of a rope, 

 might be adapted to this machine, for which purpofe, the 

 wheels mull: have more than one (or a broad) groove, &c. 



The greateit difadvantage of this machine is, that the 

 rope does not lad long. Its being always wet dellroys 

 it very foon. In putting on the rope, care muit be had to 

 foke it well in water before it be fpliced ; otherwife it will 

 either be too tight, or it will break. A hair rope has been 

 found to hit longer than one of hemp. See Cavallo's 

 Elem. of Nat. and Exp. Philofophy, vol. ii. 



ROPI, in Geography, a town of South America- in the 

 jurifdicuon ofGuamanga. 



ROPITZ. See Repitz. 



ROPOUREA, in Botany. See CAMAX. 



ROPPEX 7 , in Geography, a town of the Tyrolefe ; 

 4 miles S.W. of Stambs. 



ROQUE, John de la, in Biography, a writer of 

 voyaees and travels, was the fon of a merchant at Mar- 

 feilles. He ftudied in his native city, and afterwards tra- 

 velled into the Eaft, but in what capacity is not known. 

 In 1689 he viiited Syria, mount Lebanon, and other coun- 

 tries in the Eaft. In 17 15 he was a refident in Paris, and 

 was there aflbciated with his brother in publifhing the 

 " Mercure de France." He died in 1745, in his 84th 

 year. The following is a lift of his principal publications : 

 " Voyage de l'Arabie Heureufe par I'Ocean oriental et le 

 detroit de la Mer Rouge, fait par les Francois, &c. avec un 

 Memeire concernant I'Arbre du Caffe," 17 16. "Voyage 

 de la Paleftine, fait par l'Ordre de Louis XIV." 1717 : to 

 this is ;nnexed a tranflation of Abulfeda's Defcription of 

 Arabia. " Voyage de Svrie et du Mont Liban, &c. avec 

 an Abrege de la Vie de M. M. de Chaltenil," 2 vols. He 

 was a member of the Royal Academy of Belles Lettres at 

 Marfeilles. 



Roque, La, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Var ; 6 miles S.W. of Brignoles. 



Roque, Cape, a cape on the coaft of Brafil. S. lat. 5 . 

 W. long. 35° 40'. 



ROQUEBROUE, La, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Cantal, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrict of Aurillac ; 12 miles W. of Aurillac. The place 

 contains 1277, and the canton 9812 inhabitants, on a ter- 

 ritory of 310 kiliometres, in 15 communes. 



ROQUEBRUSSANNE, La, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Var, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the diftrict of Brignoles. The place contains 1436, and 

 the canton 5220 inhabitants, on a territory of 187^ kilio- 

 metres, in 8 communes. 



ROQUECOR, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Lot and Garonne ; 7 miles N.E. of Agen. 



ROOUE-COURBE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Tarn, and chief place of a canton, in the diftritt 

 of Caftres ; a. miles N.N.E. of Caftres. The place contains 

 1294, and the canton 3S29 inhabitants, on a territory of 

 132^ kiliometres, in 6 communes. 



ROQUEFEUIL, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Aude ; 15 miles S.W. of Alet. 



ROQUEFORT, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Aude, and chief place of a canton, in the diltridl of 



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Limoux ; 7 miles S. of Quellan. The place contains 

 567, and the canton 4920 inhabitants, on a territory of 



322A kiliometres, in 13 communes Alto, a town of 



France, in the department of the Landes, and chief place 

 of a canton, in the diftrict of Mont-de-Marfan ; 12 miles 

 N.E. of Mont-de-Marian. The place contains 1077, and 

 the canton 8380 inhabitants, on a territory of 565 kilio- 

 metres, in 14 communes. 



ROOUELAURE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Gers ; 3 miles from Auche. 



ROQUE-LIMBAUT, La. See Roquetaimbaut. 



ROQUEMADOUR, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Dordogne ; 12 miles S.E. of Sarlat. 



ROQUEMAURE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Gard, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftricl of Uzes, on the W. fide of the Rhone ; 6 miles 

 N. of Avignon. 



ROQUE-d'OLMES, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Arriege ; 7 miles S. of Mirepoix. 



ROQUEPIC, an iiland in the Indian fea, covered with 

 cocoa and other trees, flowers, and odoriferous plants. N. 

 lat. 9 56'. E. long 95° 14'. 



ROQUES, Peter, in Biography, a French Proteftant 

 divine in the 18th century, was born at Caune, in Upper 

 Languedoc, in 1685. Having been educated for the 

 miniftry, he was cholen, at the age of 25, pallor of the 

 French Proteftant church at Batil, in connection with 

 which he fpent the remainder of his life. He died in 1748, 

 at the age of 63. He was author of many works, which 

 bore teftimony to his learning, and the excellence of lib 

 judgment : of thefe, the principal are, " A Picture of the 

 Behaviour of a Chriftian ;" " The Evangelical Pallor;" 

 " Elements of the Hiftorical, Dogmatic, and Moral Truths 

 contained in the Sacred Scriptures." He was the author 

 of numerous papers inferted in the " Journal Helvetique," 

 and " Bibliotheque Germanique." 



ROQUESTARON, in Geography, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Maritime Alps, in the diftricl of 

 Puget-Theniers. The place contains 344, and the canton 

 2224 inhabitants, on a territory of 217^ kiliometres, in 7 

 communes. 



ROQUET, in Zoology, the name of a fpecies of Ame- 

 rican lizard, of fmall fize, and of a reddith-brown colour, 

 variegated with black and yellow fpots. Its fore-legs are 

 remarkably long for a creature of this kind ; its eyes are 

 particularly vivid and fparkling, and its head is carried con- 

 tinually ereft ; and the creature is almoft always in motion, 

 hopping about like a bird, and it ufually carries its tail bent 

 into a femicircle over the back. It is far from being fhy or 

 timorous, and is delighted at the fight of men ; when tired 

 witli play or with running, it will open its mouth and pant, 

 and loll out its tongue as the dogs do. 



ROQUETAIMBAUT, in Geography, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Lot and Garonne, and chief place 

 of a canton, in the diftricl of Agen j ftven miles N.E. of 

 Agen. The place contains 1294: and the canton 5494 

 inhabitants, on a territory of S75 kiliometres, in 10 com- 

 munes. 



ROQUETAS, a town of Spain, in the province of 

 Grenada, on the coaft of the Mediterranean ; 10 miles S.W. 

 of Almeria. 



ROQUEVAIRE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Mouths of the Rhone, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the diftrict of Marfeilles ; 12 miles E.N.E. of 

 Marfeilles. The place contains 3 1 82, and the canton 17,926 

 inhabitants, on a territory of 275 kiliometres, in 10 com- 

 munes. 



ROQUILLE, 



