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the name given by geologists to banks and ridges of gravel, sand, etc., associated with the glacial deposits of Scotland. ology, the name of certain spirits or di- vinities. The kami are believed to be ology, the name of certain spirits or divinities. The kami are believed to be partly elemental, subordinate to the vini the spirits of men-in fact, every natdeities of the sun and moon, and partly the spirits of men-in fact, every natto have its own spirit or genius. The number of these kami at the present day ural agent and phenomenon is supposed to have its own spirit or genius. The is estimated at 3,000, and they are worimages. Each kami is represented by a shipped in temples without statues or the rites and ceremonies seem to be typithe rites and ceremonies seem to be typical of purification. The priests who suare called kannushi, or the ministers of the spirits. perintend the worship of these temples a the spirits.

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Nicholas is one of the finest mediæval churches in the country. The inhabitants are engaged in merce, fishing, and tobacco manufacture. in shipbuilding, comtrade in 1859; pop. about 20,000.

Pop. about 20,000.

KANAGAWA (-gä'wä), a seaport of Japan, on the W. shore of Tokyo Bay, the first Japanese port opened to foreign trade in 1859; pop. about 20,000. the name is applied to all the native habitants of the Sandwich Islands; in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides the name is applied to all the native laborers, without distinction of origin.

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