RODRIGUEZ, rod-re'ges, a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, 19° 41' S. and 63° 23' E., about 345 miles east by north of Mauritius (q.v.), of which it is a dependency, and con nected by cable telegraph. It is 13 miles long by six miles wide, and the altitude is about 1,750 feet. It is surrounded by a coral reef. Its isolation has prevented change in its flora and fauna, and for this reason the island has been of interest to the botanist and the zoolo gist. It is very fertile and tropical fruits flour ish, also sugar-cane, cotton, coffee and tobacco. The only indigenous animal is a fruit-eating cat, but deer and fowl were once abundant. Until near the end of the 17th century the dodo-like solitaire, now an extinct bird, was found on this island. The population is about 4,000, mostly negroid. The government main tains a hospital and school and retains a priest. The island was discovered by the Portuguese in 1645 and since 1810 it has been a British colonly. Consult 'Reports' of the Transit of Venus Expedition in 'Philosophical Trans actions' (London 1879).
RODRfGUEZ Y FERNANDEZ, Teo doro, Spanish educator and author : b. Santi ago Millas, Leon, 8 Nev. 1864. He was edu sited at Attorga Senfinary, the Augustinian scholasticate, Valladolid, College of La Vid, Bur: gos, Escorial University, Ximenes Institute and Central University, Madrid. In 1879 he entered
the Augustinian order and was ordained to the priesthood in 1887. He was successively vice= rector, professor and rector of Escorial Uni versity and president of the Catholic Social Bureau of the Escorial. At present he is pro= vincial of the Sacred Heart province of his order and moral instructor to Don Alfonso de Bourbon. In 1911 Dr. Rodriguez took an active part in the assembly which presented resolu tions on the laws of education to the minister of public instruction. He founded the chari table Social Bureau of the Escorial, which maintains a night school for workmen, savings banks, loan offices, a department of doinestle economy and fund for providing dowries. He has published (Elementos de fisica y quimica' ; (Elementos de quimica) •
ensefianza en Espana' ; (Estudios sociales> (2 vols.) ;