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KABASSON, in Zoology. See Dasypvs UniclrSms. 

 KABBA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the king- 

 dom of Bambarra, feated on the Niger ; lo miles N.E. of 

 Sesjo. It is fituated, fays Mr. Park, in the midft of a beau- 

 tiful and highly cultivated country, bearing a conliderable 

 refemblance to the central part of England, and abounding 

 with the " fhea" tree, the fruit of which produces the ftca- 

 toulou, or tree-butter. The tree very much refemblcs the 

 American oak, and the root, from the kernel of which the 

 b;:tter is prepared, bv boiling it in water, has fomewhat the 

 appearance of a Spanifh olive. The butter produced by 

 it, befidcs the advantage of its keeping without fait, is, in 

 Mr. Park's opinion, whiter, firmer, and of a richer flavour 

 than the beft butter he ever tailed made from cow's milk. 

 The giowth and preparation of this commodity fecm to 

 be among the firft objefts of African induftry, in this and 

 the neighbouring ftat'es, and it conftitutes a main article of 

 their inland commerce. 



KABBADE, or C.ab.ade, the name of a military habit 

 «f the modern Greeks, which they wear under anollicr 

 garment. 



KABB.\LA. See Cabb.vl.-v. 



K ABBOS, in Ichthyology, the name of an Eaft Indian fifh 

 of the Muftela kind. It grows to about two feet long, has 

 i!o fcales, but feels fmooth and foft like the eel, and is of a 

 thrown colour ; the nofe or fnout much paler than the rell, 

 sndlpotted with black. The head is obtufe, and the eyes 

 placed very near the extremity of it. 



. KABE RAN, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 viiicc of Kiiorafan ; 45 miles E. of Mefchid. 



KABESQUI, or Caee.sqi'I, is the name of a piece of 

 money, equal in value to five deniers and a ma'tlle of French, 

 coined and current only in Perfia. 



K.ABESTERA, in Geography, a diftridt of Africa, on 

 the Gold Coaft. 



KABIKI, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 25 

 miles S.W. of Nigata. 



KABIN, Khabix, Kdin, or Kiibin, a temporary kind of 

 marriage, in ufe among the Mahometans. 



The kabin is contrafted before the cadi, in whofe prcfence 

 the man efpoufes the woman for a certain time, upon condi- 

 tion that if he quits her at the end of that term, ihe fliall be 

 allowed a certain fum of money. 



Some authors fay that the kabin is only permitted among 

 the Ferfians, and in the feft of Ali ; but others maintain that 

 it is praciifed among the Turks. 



KABIS, CllABis, or Gabbis, in Geography, a town of 

 Perfia, in the province of Kerman. N. lat. ji'. E. long. 



57' 5°'- 



KABOJA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 

 90 miles W. of Meaco. 



KABRA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Tom- 

 buftoo, on the N. fide of the Niger ; 8 miles S.E. of Tom- 

 buftoo. 



KABREND, a town of Perfia, in Farfiftan ; 3S 

 leagues S. of Schiras. 



KABROANG, one of the Silibabo iflands, in the Eaft 

 Indian fea, about 18 miles in circuit, N. lat. 3' 50'. E. long. 

 126= 30'. 



KABRUA, a town of European Turkey, in Bulgaria ; 

 16 miles S. of Ternova. 



KACH AN, a town of Perfia, in.thc province of Irac ; 35 

 leagues N. of Ifpahan. 



KACHAO, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Kam- 

 bu, on the river San Uomingo, about jo miles from its 

 mouth ; furrounded with a i-ampart and palifades, and de- 

 fended by artillery and a Portugucfe garrifon. It has a 



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parifh church, and a com-ent of Capucliiiis. N, lat. 12° 6'. 

 W. long. 16^. 



K.-\CHIRA, a diftrift of the government of Tula, in 

 Ruffia, on the Occa. 



KACHTAN, a diftricl or territory of Arabia, in tlir 

 province of Yemen, It is of fniall extent, and lies among 

 the mountains, about three days' journey northward from 

 Nedsjeran. It is governed by a fchieck. 



KACIAZYN, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 

 Wilna ; 36 miles N.E. of Wilna. 



KACOVA, a town of Tranfylvania ; 12 milos S. of 

 Colofvar. 



KACUNDY, a town of Africa, in the country of the 

 Foulahs, feated on the E. fide of the river Nunez ; not far 

 from its opening into the Atlantic. 



KADAN, or C.A^.iDAN, a town of Bohemia,' in the circle 

 of Saatz ; 1 2 miles W, of Saatz. N. lat. 50- 20'. E. long. 

 if 16'. 



KADAR, atown of Mingrelia ; 16 milts N.N,E. of 

 Anerghia. 1 



KADANAKU, in Garth,:ing, the name of a plant. See '' 

 Aloe. 



KADARI, or Kadarites. See CADAni. 

 KADELY, a town of Bengal ; 8 miles N.W. of Ram- 

 gur. 



KADEN, in Geography, a town of Ruffian Lithuania^ 

 in Polcfia ; 14 miles S. of Brzefc. 



KADIi:N-K.A.N, a town of Afiatie Turkey, in Cara- 

 mania ; 28 miles W. of Cogr.i. 



KADER, an ifland at the N.W. extremity of the Per- 

 fian gulf, formed between the ftreams of the Euphrates and 

 the Tigris. 



KADESIA, a town in the Arabian Irak ; So mile* 

 S.W. of Bagdad. 



KADJANG, a town on the W. coaft of the ifland of 

 Celebes. S. lat. 6" 28'. E. long. 119 50'. 



KADIEI.or Kadyi, atown and diltrift of RufTia, in the 

 government of Koftroma ; 68 miles E.N.E. of Koftroma. 



KADITTE, a town of Pruflia, in the circle of Natan- 

 gen ; i}, miles S. of Brandenburg. 



KADNIKOV, a town and diilrift of Ruflla, in the go- 

 vernmont of Vologda ; 10 miles N.N.E. of Vologda. 



KADOM, a town and diftricl of RufTia, in the govern- 

 ment of Tambov, or Tambof, on the river Mokcha ; 10& 

 miles N.N.E. of Tambov. 



KADRAGUTA, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 

 of Singboom ; 40 miles S.E. of Doefa. 



KADROS, a town of Afiatie Turkey, in Natolia ; 2S 

 miles E. of Anialieh. 



KADSIND A, a town of Japan, in the illand of Niphon j 

 30 miles S.W. of Nambu. 



KADZURIM, a town of Hir.dooftan, in Bahar ; 13 

 miles N.E. of Rotafgur. 



K^ADAS, xaia-nx-, among the Lacedaemonians, a dun» 

 gcon for throwing their criminals into. It was of the fame 

 nature with the Athenian barathron, or orvgma. 



KJiKURIAGHAKA, in Botany, a name nfed by 

 fome authors for the tree which affords the gi>m elemi of the 

 (hops. 



K^MPFER, ExcELBERT, in Biography, a celebrated 

 German phyfician and naturalill, was born, in the year 165 1 , 

 at Lippe, in Wellphalla. . It appears that he was educated ia 

 Sweden, where, for fome years, he cultivated with zeal and 

 fuccefs the feveral Ihidies of phyfic, natural philofophy, and 

 natural hiltoi-y. His great defire for travelling made him 

 feize with avidity an opportunity of accompanying the Sv.-c. 

 diih ambaflador Fabriciiis to Perfia ; whom he attended in 



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