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Kamakura

seacoast a of the early village of Japan, 12 miles E. of Yokohama; formerly a noted city, founded before 1199, and the seat of the early kul'-), consisting of Bhashoguns. the capsules contains d by the na

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Kamala

the powder, consisting of of Ported from minute glands, adhering to the capsules . It of Rottlera tinctoria, employed by the nariver, tives as a brown dye. Imported from prod- India, and used as a remedy for tape- It is, however, a potent purgaworm. tive.

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Kamaran

a littl island in the Red Sea, on the Arabian side, nearly opposite Massowah, with an area of 102 square miles, and inhabited by a few fishermen. The island was annexed by Great Britain in 1858, while the telegraph cable was being laid to Bombay.

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Kambalu

KAMBALUC, or CAMBALUC (-bä'lök), the capital of China and the residence of the Mongol emperors 1234-1368. It partially corresponded with the part now called the "Tartar City" in Peking, was visited by Marco Polo, etc., in the 13th century, and made the seat of an archbishopric by Pope Clement V. in 1314.

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Kamenz

a manufacturing town of Saxony, 22 miles N. E. of Dresden. It was the birthplace of Lessing. Pop. about 12,000. KAMERUN (kä-me-rön') the Cameroons (1) a district on the W. coast of Africa, on the Bight of Biafra, until the World War a German possession but now a British protectorate. Pop. whites about 2,000. Natives about 2,540,000. British forces invaded the country in August, t, 1914, and the fighting against the Germans continued until January 1916 when 700 officers and 14,000 native soldiers were forced to retire into Spanish Guinea and there disarmed. The garrison of the last German fort surrendered in February, to the British. (2) A river in the Kamerun territory. There are several large and thriving towns (including King Bell's town) on the river, through which an extensive trade is carried on in ivory and palm-oil. (3) A mountain range in the territory, the highest peak of which has been estimated at over 13,000 feet.

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Kames

the name given by geologists to banks and ridges of gravel, sand, etc., associated with the glacial deposits of Scotland.

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Kami

in Japanese mythology, the name of certain spirits or divinities. The kami are believed to be vini partly elemental, subordinate to the deities of the sun and moon, and partly the spirits of men-in fact, every natural agent and phenomenon is supposed to have its own spirit or genius. The number of these kami at the present day is estimated at 3,000, and they are worshipped in temples without statues or images. Each kami is represented by a mirror, as the emblem of purity; and all the rites and ceremonies seem to be typical of purification. The priests who superintend the worship of these temples are called kannushi, or the ministers of the spirits.

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Kampen

town of a Holland; near the mouth of the Yssel; reached lat 5% miles N. W. of Zwolle. It was formever attained erly a Hanse town. The church of St. ing vessel. Nicholas is one of the finest mediæval ing this churches in the country. The inhabitants are engaged in in that he died shipbuilding, commerce, fishing, and tobacco manufacture. had gone reached lat Kampen is the Gotham of the Dutch. He was the ver attaine Grinnell Pop. about 20,000. og vessel. John Franklin ag this seco

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Kan-Kiang

a river of China, which traverses the province Kiang -si from S. to N., and after a course of 350 miles, flows into the Yang-tse-Kiang.

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Kanagawa

a seaport of at he died Japan, on the W. shore of Tokyo Bay, ad gone to KANEM the first Japanese port opened to foreign trade in 1859; pop. about 20,000. tral Africa, was the a innell Ex now belonging in Frankli independent State.

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Kanakas

the native in- Grinnell habitants of the Sandwich Islands; in KANGAROO New Caledonia and the New Hebrides KANEM and specially the name is applied to all the native Africa, N laborers, without distinction of origin. belonging known of pendent Su sailors of

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Kandahar

or CANDAHAR (känthe coast ANGAROO da-här), the capital of Central or Southgreat kangaroo specially th ern Afghanistan; 3,484 feet above seaa huge tail eus. This level. Kandahar is well watered by two n of the t canals drawn from a neighboring river, table feeder s of Capta which send to almost every street its crops of the oast of N own adequate supply; and the same parts of kangaroo h means of irrigation have covered the imge tail, sh mediate vicinity with gardens and ormethod of the height chards. Kandahar is a commercial cengreat leaps Feeder, anu ter, trading with Bombay, Herat, Bokwhen infuriated of the settle hara, and Samarcand. It has been a versary it of Austra pivot for the history of that part of Asia hug him like it is muc during more than 2,000 years. It is supclaws of of progre posed to have been founded by Alexanspecies exist eaps, 10 to der the Great. Mahmud of Ghazni turatt is furiated it wrested it from the Afghans. In the rock kangaroo war of 1878-1880 the British entered kangaroo, like a bear Kandahar unopposed, and they held the garoo, M. its hind city till 1881, some months after they had kangaroo, exist. The evacuated the rest of Afghanistan. Pop. tree kangaroo M. lep between 50,000 and 100,000. garoo, M. KANGAROO

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Kandavu

one of the Fiji Islands. teemed M. rufu agilis; th

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Kane

a borough of Pennsylvania, in grows to a M. peni McKean co., on the Pennsylvania, the the fodder Too, Dendr Baltimore and Ohio, and the Kane and fords abundant Elk railroads. Its elevated site and ished by 300 GRA beautiful surroundings make it an at- Anthistiria der grass tractive health resort. It has the Kane with an beigat mu Summit Hospital. Its industries include the most grasses of glass works, bottle wo works, lumber mills, India. ant herbags etc. Pop. (1910) 6,626; (1920) 7,283. tle. The Hindustan, and bas c

ELISHA KENT, Amermainly to an Juere, A. ican explorer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 8.0 teemed fo 8,069 square Feb. 3, 1820; was graduated at the Medi- About a cal Department of the University of large tracts Pennsylvania in 1842; joined the United The inhabitants (kün'gri) the P States navy as assistant surgeon in complexioned Himalay 1843; accompanied the Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in miles; po 1850-1852. His fame as an Arctic exis under

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