a town in Sussex, with two markets, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but no fair. It is one of the cinque-ports; is a handsome well-built place, governed by a mayor and jurats; and sends two members to parliament. It has a church built with stone, and a town-hall; and consists of three streets, paved with stone. One side of the town has been walled in, and the other is guarded by the sea. It has two gates, and is a place of considerable trade in the shipping way. From thence large quantities of corn are exported, and many of the inhabitants are fishermen. It is 34 miles south-east by south of Tunbridge, and 64 on the same point from London. The mouth of the harbour is of late choked up with sand; but, if well opened, it would be a good station for privateers that cruise against the French. E. Long. o. 50. N. Lat. 51. 0.

RYNCHOPS, in ornithology, a genus belonging to the order of anseres. The breast is flat; and the superior mandible much shorter than the inferior, which is truncated at the point. The species are two, viz. the nigra and fulva, both natives of America.