RAINIER, a Jesuit, born at Citerna in Tuscany, in 1647, was the author of a Latin poem, entitled *Ars bene scribendi*, which is esteemed both for the elegance of the style and for the excellent precepts it contains. He also wrote some good epigrams. He died in 1709.

CARTAMA, a town of Spain in the kingdom of Grenada, formerly very considerable. It is seated at the foot of a mountain, near the river Guadalu-Medina, in W. Long. 4° 28'. N. Lat. 36° 40'.