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WILHELM VON Arolsen, Waldeck, 1805. He studied at Düsseldorf under Cornelius, whom he assisted in the execution of the frescoes of the Lake," ing 1790-1809, branch of the aberg, in the Hottentot settle It was broke aptain Stockensto Sod CATTEGAT 00, or KATTIMU of the plant Euph Cattimandoo, a gled stems, a nati It resembles ca as a cement for m tä-ton'ski), or KAT eria. lied to ntr concealed in the Central te'bah), a river ing at Katzchd der 80 miles N. miles. On ag: 26, 1818, Blücher. belonging to rea 690 square mil ghest point is ab Cook landed at A ANGELIC 1741. She acquis wing and pai In 1766 she ca ned by the K She ainter. She died ILHELM VO painter; born 305. He studied roelios, whom ecution of the fresco KAUNITZ quently succeeded in the Munich palaces of Maximilian and Ludwig, and the new Pinacothek. His most ambitious pictures, excepting "The Madhouse" (1828), are to be found in a series (utilized in the decoration of the Berlin Museum) comprising the "Tower of Babel," "Age of Homer," "Destruction of Jerusalem," "Battle of the Huns and Romans," the "Crusades," and the "Reformation" (1834-1863). He illustrated many books, including the "Reineke Fuchs," the "Gospels," and the works of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Schiller. He died in Munich, April 7, 1874. an KAUNITZ (kou'nits), PRINCE WENZEL ANTON VON, COUNT OF KAUNITZ (kou'nits), PRINCE RIETBERG, Austrian statesman; born in Vienna, Feb. 2, 1711. While minister to France (1750-1752), he succeeded in making an alliance between that country and Austria. From 1753 to 1792 he was state chancellor and chief minister and formed the coalition against to 1792 he was state chancellor and chief Frederick the Great in 1756. He died June 27, 1794.

June 27, 1794. (Dammara australis), a species of dammar, a native of New Zealand. It is a mar, a native of New Zealand. It is a a height of 140 feet or more, with whorls of branches, the lower of which die off as it becomes old. The timber is white, close-grained, durable, flexible, and very valuable for masts, yards, and planks. tralia produce other species. All of them are trees of dark, dense foliage, or Kauri gum, and sometimes Australian copal and Australian dammar, of which large quantities are exported from Auckcopal and Australian dammar, of which luccas, exudes a similar resin, which is at first white like crystal, and is called a yellow amber tint. white dammar, but with age it assumes a small shrub, about six feet high, with stems 1 to 12 inches thick, native of the South Sea Islands; sometimes called stems 1 to 1½ inches thick, native of the South Sea Islands; sometimes called diseases of the genito-urinary organs. to be valuable medicinally for certain ern India, rising in the western Ghats, and flowing S. E. across Mysore and Madras, to the Bay of Bengal, which it enters through two principal mouths; length, about 475 miles; drainage, about Madras, to the Bay of Bengal, which it above the delta, 472,000 feet per second.

KEAN numerous The Kaveri is of no value for navigation, its bed being rocky, with rapids and falls. It is of importance for fertile delta. For this purpose the main district, but especially in the marvelously fertile delta. For this purpose the main stream has been dammed since the 4th century A. D., the Coleroon (the N. branch) since 1838. sacred language of Java, with a vocabusacred language of Java, with a vocabu- Sanskrit. The lary based chiefly on only place where it in any degree exists nese, is the island of Bali. town of the French Sudan, on the river river service from St. Louis; pop. beriver service from St. Louis; pop. between 6,000 and 7,000. 1908 908, and author. Her first book, "A Tramping KAYE-SMITH, SHEILA, an English Methodist," was published in 1908, and Methodist," was published in 190 this was followed by "Starbrace" in the following year. Since then she has published a number of other books, among them: "Samuel Richardson"; "Isle of Thorns"; "Three Against the World"; "Willow's Forge and Other Poems"; "Sussex Gorse"; "The Challenge to Sirius"; "Little England"; "Tamarisk Town."

KAZAN (kä-zän'), a city of European Russia, capital of the province of the same name; on the Kasanka, about 4 miles above its junction with the Volga.

It is strongly fortified, with large woolcombing, weaving and dyeing establishments, tanneries and soap works. The timber, flour, and hemp fairs of Kazan are of the largest in the Russian Empire.

The university is a great seat for Oriental learning. Pop. about 200,000. KA- ZAN, the province, has an area of 24,587 3,000,000. It is well watered by the the Kasanka; agriculture, cattle-raising, Volga, the Kama, the Sura, the Viatka, and fishing are the chief occupations. 95 miles N. W. of Teheran, on the road vet, cotton, and iron ware, and breeds camels and horses. Pop. 30,000 to 40,000.

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