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REITRA

Volume 19 · 159 words · 1842 Edition

a city of the Austrian province of the Hither Danube, in Hungary, and the capital of a circle of the same name, which comprehends 412 towns and villages, with 368,000 inhabitants. The city is situated on the river of the same name, is the see of a bishop, is defended by a strong citadel, and contains 510 houses, with 4100 inhabitants, who grow much good wine. Long. 18. 58. 54. E. Lat. 48. 19. 10. N.

REJANG, a country in the island of Sumatra, bounded on the east by the territory of Musi, where the Palembang river takes its rise. Bengoolen river is the limit on the south-east. The other principal rivers are the Laye, the Pally, and the Sunzedano, on all of which the English have factories. The Rejangs are divided into tribes, of which there are four principal ones. They live in villages under the government of a head or magistrate, and the inhabitants seldom exceed 100.