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Rhyme

that year a new form of government was es-
tablished consisting of a governor, assisted by
a legislature and an executive council. The
legislature consists of a single legislative as-
sembly, but that body may constitute a legis-
lative council in addition, if it so desires. The
Crown reserves the right to disallow laws. In
Southern Rhodesia the seat of government is
Salisbury; in Northern Rhodesia, Living-
stone. The numerous ruins of so-called
temples, walls, conical towers, and the like,
have been thought to be of mediaeval origin,
built by negroes nearly related to the Ban-
tus. (See ZIMBABWE.) Authentic history be-
gins with this mediaeval Bantu race, who, hav-
ing partially emerged from savagery, traded
with the Arab settlers of the eastern coast.
Rhodesia was explored by David Living-
stone, who died at a place called 'Old Chi-
tambo,' south of Lake Bangweolo. The
country was brought under British influence
largely through the activities of Cecil Rhodes.
A long-drawn-out struggle with the Matabili
was concluded in 1907. The country re-
mained under the rule of the British South
Africa Company until 1923, during which
time its resources were developed and it
showed a slow but steady increase in ma-
terial prosperity. In 1923 Southern Rhodesia
was annexed to the British Empire. Northern
Rhodesia was taken over by the British Gov-
ernment in 1924 and is administered by a
governor and an executive and legislative
council. Consult Maciver's Mediceval Rhod-
esia (1906); Jollie's The Real Rhodesia
(1924); Hole's The Making of Rhodesia
(1926).

Rhodes Scholarships, an educational
foundation, established by the will of Cecil
Rhodes, which created a fund for free schol-
arships at Oxford University. Of these
scholarships, one hundred and two are as-
signed to the British Empire and ninety-six
to the United States, each State being en-
titled to two. The selection is made by rep-
resentatives of the colleges.

Rhodium, Rh, at. w. 102.91, an element
of the platinum family that occurs associa-
ted with platinum and other metals of the
platinum group in the native platinum min-
erals.

Rhododendron, a genus of ornamental
shrubs belonging to the order Ericaceae. The
flowers, varying in color from pale pink to
deep rose, are generally borne in racemose
corymbs, the individual flowers being gen-
erally large and more or less campanulate in

form while the leaves are usually evergreen.

Rhodopis, courtesan of ancient Greece,
who lived about 600 B.C. was by birth a
Thracian. There was a legend current among
the Greeks that she built the third pyramid.

Rhondda, river, Wales, in Glamorganshire.
The upper valley is noted for its scenery; the
lower valley, known as the Rhondda valley,
is a densely populated coal-mining district.

Rhone, department, France, on the right
bank of the middle Rhone and lower Saone;
area, 1,104 scl- m- ft *s mountainous except
for the valley of the Saone and the narrow
plain east and south of Lyons. Corn, wine,
and potatoes are the chief agricultural pro-
ducts. It is an important industrial region,
especially for textiles; Lyons, the capital, is
the chief center; p.956,566.

Rhone, one of the principal rivers of
France, rises on the western slopes of Mount
St. Gothard in Swiss Alps, and discharges
into Gulf of Lyons. Its length is about 500
m. The chief tributaries are—on the right,
the Ain and Saone, and on the left, the Arve,
Isere, Drome, and Durance, Near Aries it
branches into the Grand and the Petit
Rhone, which enclose the fan-shaped delta
of the Camargue. Canals provide means of
communication between the main channels
of the Rhone and the Mediterranean.

Rhubarb, or Pie Plant, a perennial plant
(Rheum rhaponticum), cultivated for its
juicy, acid leaf-stalks, which are used in the
making of pastry, sauce and wine. The medi-
cinal rhubarb (Rheum officinale) much re-
sembles the garden rhubarb in appearance,
but is of larger growth.

Rhus, a genus of trees and shrubs belong-
ing to the order Anacardiaces. They are
mostly poisonous plants.

Rhyme, or more properly Rime, a word
meaning the recurrence of the same sound
in a verse or verses. It is probable that
rhyme, as employed in modern European lit-
erature, first made its appearance in Latin
hymns and songs at the period of the de-
cadence of the old strict prosody, and of the
change from a quantitative to an accentual
scheme of scansion. It is certainly a mode o*
emphasis which comes naturally to humar:
beings everywhere, and it is found in litera-
tures which owe nothing to Western influ-
ences—as, 4for example, that of China. In
English, to constitute a perfect rhyme, the
accented vowels and all that follows them
(whether consonants or vowels) raunt be ex-
actly alike m the rhyming words, but tb'