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Rhys

JOHN (rīs), a Celtic philologist; born in Abercaero, Cardiganshire, Wales, June 21, 1840. He was Professor of Celtic in Oxford from 1877 and principal of Jesus College from 1895.

He published "Lectures on Welsh Philology" (1877); "Celtic Britain" (1882); "Studies in the Arthurian Legends" (1891); "The Welsh People" (1901).

He died in 1915.

RIBBON FISH

Ribbon Fish

the Regalecus banksii, known also as the oar-fish. Its length is about 12 feet; color, silvery, with irreg- RIBBON GRASS ular dark lines and spots on the anterior part of the body; dorsal red; snout truncated, mouth edentate, stomach prolonged as a pouch. Ribbon fishes, the acanthopterygian div division Tæniiformes.

Ribbon Grass

Phalaris arundinacea, a species of canary grass with variegated leaves.

Rice

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, an American explorer and geographer, born in Boston, Mass., in 1875. He was educated at Harvard, and although receiving a degree of M.D. in 1902, he

Ricardus Corinensis

a monkish chronicler of the 14th century, sometimes called the Monk of Westminster. He entered the Benedictine monastery of St.

Peter's, Westminster, England, residing

Richmond

a city in Victoria, Australia, constituting a suburb of the city of Melbourne. It is situated in Bourke co., and is one of the pleasantest of the metropolitan suburbs, having numerous parks and public gardens. There are a number of prosperous industries in the city. Pop. about 40,000.

Rickenbacker

EDWARD VERborn in Columbus, Ohio, in 1890. Early NON ("EDDIE"), an American aviator,

Ridgewood

a village of New Jersey, in Bergen co. It is on the Erie railroad, and is almost entirely a residential place. It has excellent schools and many any handsome har public and private te buildings. Pop. (1910) 5,416; (1920) 7,580.

Riesengebirge

or Giants' Moun-

Riff

a name given to the coast districts of northern Morocco extending

Riff

a name given to the coast disand forming a line of steep cliffs with few harbors. Its Berber inhabitants were and forming a line of steep cliffs with

Riga

GULF OF, an inlet on the E. side of the Baltic Sea. It is 105 miles Mohn, and Worms, lie across the entrance.

The chief river which falls into the gulf Mohn, and Worms, lie across the entrance. tion in some parts dangerous. support or operate a ship's masts or spars and set or trim the sails. Standing rig-

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