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tunifts, look on this aquatic plant with profound reverence ; 

 being more efpecially the fymbul of humidity ; and Vifhnu 

 being a perfomfication of water, his worfhippers deem it his 

 emblem alfo. It is farther the name of his confort Lakfhmi, 

 who, in her character of Venus, generally holds in her hand 

 the lotus, the emblem alfo of beauty, and denoting her 

 aquatic origin. (See Lakshmi, and Lotus.) Thure is no 

 end of mvllical fym.bolifm connefted with allufions to the 

 lotus among Hindoo mythologills. Of thefe many occur 

 in Moor's Hindoo Pantheon. See the index under Kamal 

 and Lotus. Many engravings are likewife there given of 

 this fubjeft in various combinations. 



KAMALADAN, in Geography, a bay on the S. coal 

 of the iflar.d of Mindanao. N. lat. 7' 21'. E. long. 121. 

 KAMALAVA, a town of Perfia, in Chufiftan ; 2J 

 miles W. of Toftar. 



KAMALA-YONL in Hindoo Mythology, a name of 

 Brahma, derived, it would appear, from the fymbols of 

 Lakflimi and Devi, or Parvati, the conforts refpeftively of 

 Vifhnu and Siva. The kamal is the lotus, an emblem of 

 female beauty, and a name of Lakihmi ; and the Yoni, the 

 pudendum muUebre, moll myfterioufly contemplated by the 

 votaries of Devi, as the myftical matrix of nature, and as 

 her fymbol. It docs not, however, clearly appear why 

 thefe terms or things fliould be conjointly applied to Brahma, 

 the deities creative power. On the fubjetts of tliis article 

 fee Kamai,, Lakshmi, Lotus, Lixga, and Yoxi, in 

 this work, which are amply difcufled in the Hindoo Pan- 

 theon. 



KAMALIA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in Man- 

 dintr, the inhabitants of wliich are partly Pagans and partly 

 Mahometans. Mr. Park, in his return home, was taken ill 

 of a fever in this town. This fevere and dangerous llcknefs 

 was owing to e.xcefs of fatigue, to viciflitudes of weather, 

 and to the various hardfhips which he encountered, being 

 fometimes plunged to the neck in rivers and fwamps, and 

 fometimes loll in woods and deferts, without (hclter, cloath- 

 ing, or food. In this dillrefied condition, and whilft he was 

 waiting fur a caravan with which he might purfue his jour- 

 ney tow.irds the Gambia, he was hofpitably entertained by 

 a worthv- negro, whofe name was Karfa Taura, who not 

 only undertook, for the value of one flave, to be paid on 

 his fafe arrival at tlie Gambia, not only to conduft him fafe 

 to Pifania, but to accommodate him in his houfe until the 

 time of the caravan's departure. During the long interval 

 of fix months, not a murmur efcaped the lips of Karfa, or 

 of any of his wives, at the trouble and expence which their 

 inmate, who was confined more than a month to his mat (his 

 only bed', brought upon them. To the kind attention, the 

 tender ioliciuide, tlie cheerful afliduity, and unwearied hofpi- 

 tality of thefe poor pagans, Mr. Park declared that he was 

 indebted, not only for his fafe return to Great Britain, but 

 alfo for the prefervation of his hfe ; and he gratefully 

 acknowledges, that he made his friend Karfa but an inade- 

 quate return (though tlie bed in his power), by piefenting 

 him, on their arrival at the Gambia, with double the fum 

 which he had originally promifed. Kamalia is dillant 

 about 40 geographical miles S W. of Sibidoolco, and lies 

 nearly midway between the Joliba and Senegal rivers. N. 

 lat. 12 ' 46'. W. long. 6^ 25'. — Alfo, a town of Africa, 

 in the kingdom of Barabarra, on the Niger ; 1 8 miles S.W. 

 of Sego. 



KAMAN, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Caramania ; 



27 miles N.W. of Kaifarieh Alfo, an ifland in the Red 



fea. N. lat. 27" 35' Alfo, a town of Walachia ; <6 



miles S.W. of Rufei. — Alfo, the name given by Taver- 

 jiier to the Qombam, or Commum, oi others, which is the 



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frontier town of the Carnatic, towards Golconda, near the 

 fource of the river Gondegama, or Gandlecomma. 



Kaman, in Natural Hi/lory, a name given by many 

 authors to a ftone found about the burning mountains, and 

 at fome times ufed to engrave feals on. It is defcribed as a 

 white ftone, variegated with feveral colours. 



KAMARIS, in Geography, a town of Afiatic Turkey, 

 in Natoiia ; 22 miles W. of Artaki. 



KAMBALA, mountains of Thibet, between lake Jam- 

 doo and the Sam poo river. 



KAMBAMBA. See Cambamba. 

 KAMBELE, a town of Perfia, in the province of Mc- 

 cran, on the fea-coaft ; 120 miles S. of Kidge. 



KAMBERG, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of K;. . - 

 zim ; 12 miles S. of Benefchov. 



KAMCHADALS. See ICwi.stchatka. 

 KAMEH, a province of Candahar, lying W. of Cabul, 

 N. of Cabul river, nearly oppofite to Jalalabad. — Alfo, 

 a river of ACa, called Cabul ; which fee. It is formed 

 of various ftreams that iffue from the northern mountains, , 

 and join in the dillrjil of Kameh, whence the confluent 

 river receives its name, and which it communicates to the 

 Cabul river during tlie remainder of its courfe. 



KAMEINOI, a town of Ruffia, in the government c:' 

 Pfl<ov ; 12 m.iies S.E. of Opogka. 



KAMEL, Geokge Jo.?eph, in Biography, ajefuit mif- 

 fionar)-, who lived at the end of the 17th century, and fent 

 various plants from the Philippine ifiaads to tlie botaiiifts of 

 Europe. See Camellia. 



KAMELEY, in Geography, z town of Africa, in Sen- 

 nar.r ; 60 miles S. of Gern. 



KAMEN, a town of the duchy of Warfaw ; 12 ri:I:'i 

 S.E. of Gncfna. 



KAMENI. See Kammeni. 



KAMENITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle . 

 Bechin ; 24 miles E. of Bechiii. N. lat. 49 21'. E. long. 

 14- 56'. — Alfo, a town of Moravia, in the circle of Iglau; 

 13 miles E. of Iglau. 



KAMENIZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Chru- 

 dim ; 10 miles S. of Chrudim. 



KAMEN K A, a town of Ruflia, in the government 

 of Tobolfl'C ; 1 20 miles E. of Enifeiflc- 



KAMENOI, a town of Ruflia, in the gcvernment of 

 Ocliotik, at the northern part of the Penzinlkaia gulf, con- 

 taining about 400 inhabitants ; 16 miles S. of OklaKflc. 



KAMENSKAIA, a town of Ruffian Tartary, in the 

 country of the Coffacks, on the Dcnetz ; 122 miles N. of 

 Azof. 



KAMENSKOT, a town of Ruffia, in the govcrnmert 

 of Archangel; 124 miles S.E. of Kola. — Alfo, a town 

 of Ruffia, in the province of Ekaterinburg, on the Ifet ; 

 40 miles S.E. of Ekaterinburg. 



KAMERAN, an ifland in the Red fea, near the coall 

 of Arabia, governed by a Dola, fubordinate to the Dola of 

 Loheia : the foil is fertile, and it has a good harbour, which 

 affords refrefhment to v_-ifcls that touch at it in their voy- 

 age from the Indies to Jidda. N. lat. 1 j^ 6'. E. long. 

 42" 2 J". 



KAMERIE, a town of Arabia, in the province of Ye- 

 men : 48 miles S. of Sacde. 



KAMERINA, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Kiev ; 12 miles S.E. of Czyrkafy. 



KAMERITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Bechin ; 16 miles N. of Fillritz. 



KAM-HI, in Biography, emperor of China, was the 

 grandfon of a Tartar prince, who conquered that country 

 in 1644, and afcendcd the throne in 1661. He had a great 



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