RANDAN  , a name for a

boat rowed by three persons, stroke and bow using a single oar each and the central person a pair of sculls . The word is of unknown origin, and can hardly be connected with a slang term for a row or spree, which is found as early as the beginning of the 18th century and is generally taken as a variation of " random," haphazard . RANDAllO, a town of Sicily, in the province of Catania, at the N. foot of Mount Etna, 43 M . N. by W. of Catania by rail, and 26 m. direct . Pop . (1901) 11,798 . It has considerable remains of architecture of the 13th and 14th centuries, including three Norman churches and some interesting palaces . The former contain some fine sculptures and goldsmith's work (Mauceri in L'Arte, 1906, 185) . It is the nearest town to the summit of Etna (9 m.), and is one of the points from which the ascent may be made .