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Kashmir (CASHMERE GOAT a variety)

or CASHMERE GOAT, a variety of the common goat remarkable for its fine downy fleece, said to be found in perfection only in Tibet in the neighborhood of Lhassa, but also found in other parts of this region, including Ladakh, now a province of Kashmir. A A full-grown goat yields not more than eight ounces, the fine curled wool being close to the skin.

KASKASKIA (-kas'-), a river of Illinois, rising in the E. center of the State, flowing S. W., and entering the Mississippi at Chester; length, nearly 300 miles. On its right bank, a few miles from the mouth, is the city of Kaskaskia. of Kaskaskia . the first capital of Illinois Territory .