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Kelpie – Kentish Rag
Kelpie
or KELPY, a sort of mischievous spirit, said to haunt fords and ferries at night, especially in storms.
They generally appear in the form of a horse.
Kelsey Beds
a subdivision of the Pleistocene accumulations, consisting chiefly of gravel, charged with marine shells and remains of mammoth, rhinoceros, etc., which occurs at Kelsey Hill near Hedon, and other places in the neighborhood of Hull, England.
Kelung
a town and seaport in the N. part of Formosa. It was opened to KEMBLE foreign commerce in 1863. Coal fields are worked by Chinese in the neighborhood, and large quantities of coal are exported. There is also an extensive export trade in rice, sugar, and camphor.
Pop. 70,000.
Kelvin
LORD. See THOMSON, SIR WILLIAM.
Kempton Park
in Middlesex, England, 4 miles W. of Kingston-on- Thames, once a royal residence, now noted for its race meetings.
Ken
or KIUN, an Egyptian goddess similar to the Roman Venus; she is represented as standing on a lion, and holding two serpents in one hand and a flower in the other.
KENDRICK
Kendal
or KIRBY KENDAL, a market-town of Westmoreland, England, on the Kent, 22 miles N. of Lancaster.
It has an ancient Gothic church, and a ruined castle (the birthplace of Catharine Parr). The industries include heavy textile fabrics, such as horse-cloths and railway rugs, besides leather, snuff, paper, etc. Pop. (1918) 14,033.
Kenesaw Mountain
a mountain in Georgia 25 miles N. W. of Atlanta.
It is famous as the scene of a battle in the Civil War between the Union troops under Sherman, and the Confederates under Johnston, which took place in June, 1864, and resulted in the repulse of Sherman with a loss of 3,000 men.
Kennaquhair
Scotch for "Don'tknow-where," equivalent to the German Weissnichtwo, nowhere; a fabulous place.
Kent
DUKE OF, 4th son of George III., and father of Queen Victoria; born in Buckingham Palace, London, Nov. 2, 1767; married Victoria Mary Louisa, May 28, 1818; died in Sidmouth, Devonshire, England, Jan. 23, 1820. See VIC- TORIA.
Kentish Glory
a beautiful moth, orange-brown with black and white markings, the expansion of the wings about two and a half inches. The larva, which is not hairy, is whitish-green, feeding on birch in July and August; the perfect insect appears in April.
Kentish Rag
a calcareous rock belonging to the Lower Cretaceous series.
In the S. E. of England it is 60 or 80 feet thick. It is of marine origin. It was in a quarry of Kentish rag at Maidstone that the great Iguanodon mantelli was discovered.