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25-7. Riou, Capt., R.N., Lord Nelson's opinion of, 368; ancestry, 368-70; birth and education, 370; becomes a midshipman, 370; accompanies Capt. Cook in his last voyage, 371; witnesses the murder of the captain, 371; return to England and appointed lieutenant, 372; a sharer in the glory of Capt. Luttrell's brilliant achievement, 372; appointed to the command of the _Guardian_, 373; letters to his mother, 373, 377; his ship strikes upon an iceberg, 374; remains with the vessel, 375; letter to the Admiralty, 375; extract from his log, 376; rescued by Dutch whalers, and return to England, 376; receives the special thanks of the Admiralty, 377; commander of the royal yacht _Princess Augusta_, 378; at the battle of Copenhagen, 378-9; death of, 379; his character, 379-80; monument in St. Paul's Cathedral, 380. Rochemalan, Vaudois struggles at, 482-6. Roger, Jacques, 213. Roland, nephew of Laporte, 111; insurgent leader, 113; succeeds Laporte, 118; in Lower Cevennes, 122; organizes Camisards, 123-5; takes Sauve, 137; at Pompignan, 152; at Salindres, 164-5; at Font-Morte, 176-7; at Pont-de-Montvert, 187; death of, 188. Romanche, Valley of the, 401, 408. Rosen, Count, 332; indignation against King James, 337. Rostan, Alpine missionary, 460 (note). Rou, Jean, 363-4. Roussel, Alexandre, 232. Ruvigny, Major-General, 357. St. Bartholomew, doubt thrown upon massacre of, 27. Saint-Etienne, Rabout, 276-7. St. Hypolite, meeting at, 35. Saint-Ruth, Marshal, 38; in Ireland, 38 (note), 354 _et seq._ Saint-Simon on the treatment of converts, 23. Sands, Captain, 357. San Veran, 468. Sarsfield, General, 351-3, 356. Savoy and France, war declared, 520. Savoy, Duke of, takes refuge with the Vaudois, 520. Schomberg, Marshal, 309 _et seq._, 317, 344 _et seq._; death of, 345. Schomberg, Count, 348. Sedan, prosperity of, before Revocation, 64-5; Brousson at, 65-6. Seguier, Pierre, insurgent leader, 96, 103; at Frugeres, 104; at Font-Morte, 106; taken, tried, and executed, 106-7. Sirven, 263; case of, taken up by Voltaire, 264. Society of Friends in Languedoc, 281-2. Souverain executed, 52. Squeezers, the, 101 (note). Synod of French Protestant Church, 283. Talmash, Major-General, 357. Telford, anec
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