KAN 



as a packet boat for conveying difpatches. B*fidcs there, 

 there are about 14 veffels fmployed by the merchants in 

 the fur trade, among the iflands to the ealhvard. The 

 moil confiderable ;fnd vahiable part of the fur trade is 

 carried on with the iflands that He between Kamtfchatka and 

 America. 



The houfes in Kamtfchatka are of three forts, mz.jourts, 

 balagans, and hg-houfa, called there ijbas. The firll ai-e 

 thtir winter, and the fecond their fummer habitations ; the 

 third arc altogether of Ruffian introduftion, and inhabited 

 only by the better and wealthier fort. A town of Kamtf- 

 ciiatka is called an " oftrog," and confifts of feveral of 

 the three forts of houfcs above-mentioned ; but the balagans 

 are the mod numerous. St. Peter and St. Paul conlllls of 

 feven log-houfes, 19 balagans, and three jourts. Paratonnca 

 is of about the fame fize. Karatchin and Natchekin con- 

 tain fewer iog-lioufes, but full as many jourts and balagans 

 as the former. The outermcll garment of the men is of the 

 fhape of a carter's frock. Tliofe worn in fummer are of 

 nankeen ; in winter they are made of (!<ins, mod commonly 

 of the deer or dog, tanned on one fide, the hair being left on 

 the other, which is worn innermoll. Under this is a clofe 

 jacket of nankeen, or other cotton ftuff ; and beneath that 

 a ftiirt of thin Pernan iilk, of a blue, red, or yellow colour. 

 The remaining part of their drefs confills of a pair of tight 

 trowfers, or long breeches, of leather, reaching down to 

 the calf of the leg ; of a pair of dog or deer-flcin boots, 

 -ivith the hair innernioft ; and of a fur cap, with two flaps, 

 which are generally tied up clofe to the head, but in bad 

 weather are let to fall round the (boulders. On ceremonious 

 occaiions the Toions wear a fur drefs. The drefs of the 

 women confifts of a full loofe robe of white nankeen, ga- 

 thered clofe round the neck, and fattened with a collar 

 of coloured filk. Over this they wear a ihort jacket with- 

 out (lecves, made- of differently coloured nankeens, and 

 petticoats of a flight Cliinefe filk. Their (hifts, which 

 have fleeves down to the wrifts, are alfo of filk ; and 

 coloured filk handkerchiefs are bound round their heads, 

 conceahng entirely the hair of the married women, whillt 

 thofe who are unmarried, bring the handkerchief under the 

 hair, and fiilfer it to flow loofe behind. 



The Kamtfchadales amufe themfelves with finging and 

 dancing. Their dancinsj thev fcem to have learned from 

 the bears, which is intended to reprefent the awkward and 

 clumfy gcftures of thia animal. The body was always 

 bowed and the hams bent, whiUl the arms were ufed in 

 imitating the tricks and attitudes of that animal. Cook's 

 Third Voyage, vol. iii. Took's Ruffian Empire, vol. i. 

 Cox's Ruffian Difcoveries. 



KAMTSCHATKOI Noss, the fouthern cape of 

 Kamtfchatka. N lat jo i^' . E. long. 163' 20'. 



Kamtschatskoi, Ni'z.nei or Lower, a town or oftrog 

 of Rufiia, on the E. fide of the peninfula of Kamt- 

 fchatka, about 20 miles from the river Kamtfchatka ; con- 

 taining two <;luirches and about i ^o houfes, and having a 

 citadel with magazines, an arfenal, guard-houfe, and bar- 

 racks. It is the feat -of two tribunals, one for matters of 

 government, and another for thofe of commerce ; 142 miles 

 E.S.E. of Ochotik. x\M.t. 5640'. E. long. 160' 14'. 



Kamtsciiatkoi, Verclmci or Upjytr, a town or oftrog of 

 Ruffia, ill the peninfula of Kamtfchatka, governed by a 

 ferjeaiit, and containing about 6oohoules ; 60 miles N N.E. 

 of Bolcheretdcoi. N. lat. (^3 50'- E. long. 157° ^9'. 



KAN, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the Enifei, near 

 B ilciuitzko, in the government of Kolivan. — Alfo, a river 

 of China, which rifes in the S. part of Kiang-fi, and ruasT 

 into the lake Po-yang ; 20 miles N. of Tchang. 



KAN 



Kas-, or Kha«. See Khan. 



KAN A, in Geography, a town of Arabia, in the province 

 of Hed-^jaz ; 40 miles E.S.E. of Hajar. 



KAN A A P, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar ; 47 miles 

 S.S.W. ofPatna. 



KANADEI, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Simbirlls ; 72 miles S.S.W. of Simbirllv. 



KANAtlA, one of the Andreanoflkie iflands, between 

 Kamtfchatka and America, which has a high fmoking 

 mountain. 



KANAHOODY, a town of Perfia, in the province 

 of Coheilan ; 100 miles W.S.W. of Nifabiir. 



KAN A KI, a fmail ifland in the gulf of Engia, near the 

 W. coait <>t Coluri. 



KANAMBADDY, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore ; 

 8 miles W. of Senngapatam. 



KANAN, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Cwo-. 

 near the Atlantic. N. lat. 16° 40'. W. lon>r. 1 - 5-. 



KANANIKOLSKOI, a town of Rnffia, m the go- 

 vernment of Upha ; J2 milesS.W. of Sterlitamat/.k. 



KANAR, a large lake, formed by an espanfion of the 

 river Dewah, in the country of Keinaoon. 



KAN-AREDMERD, a town of Perfia, in Farfiftan : 

 90 miles S. of Sthiras. 



K ANARNA, a town ef European Turkey, in Bulgaria ;' 

 22 miles N.E. of Varna. 



KANARY, a fmail ifland in the Eail Indian fea, fur- 

 rounded by a number of iflets, called by this name. S. lat. ' 

 I 44'. E. long 129 54'. 



KaNAS, or KangAs, a town of Turkifli Armenia ; Go 

 miles S.E. of Erzerum. 



KANASTER, is a name given in America to bafiiets of 

 ruiaes or cane, in which they put the tobacco which thev 

 fend into Europe : hence anfes the name of kanaller to- 

 bacco, the belt of which comes from Makaribou. 



K.'\NAZAVA, in Geography, a town of Japail, in the 

 ifland of Niphon ; 130 miles N.E. of Meaco. 



K ANCA BA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Man- 

 dingo, feated on the Niger, a mart for flavcs ; 16 miles S.E. 

 of Kamalia. 



KaNDA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Congo ; 

 30 miles N.E. of St. Salvador. — Alfo, a town of Japan, 

 in the ifland of Xicoco ; 16 miles S.E. of Ovutfi. 



KANDABAGA, mountains that form part of the 

 boundary between Rufila and Chinefe Tartary, a part of 

 the great chain \V. of the river Oka. See S.avaNE Moun- 

 tains. 



KANDABIL, a town of Perfia in the province of 

 Mtcran, 2S5 miles S. of Candahar. N.lat. 28" 28'. E. long. 

 67' 20'. 



KANDAL, a town o,. the N. coaft of the ifland of 



Java. S. lat. 6 48'. E. long, iio^ 18' Alfo, a town 



of Abyffinia, near the coaft of the Red fea. S. lat. 14 3c'. 

 E. long. 41 15'. 



KANDALAKS, a town of Ruffia, in the government 

 of Archangel, on tiie N. coaft of the White fea ; T40 miles 

 vS.S.E of I.'ola. 



KANDARPA, a name of Kama, the Hindoo god of 

 love. See Kama. 



KANDEGHERI, in Cecgraply, a town of Hin- 

 doollan, in the Carnatii,, formerly the capital of a kingdom, 

 called T^arlinga, and the refidence of a Hindoo king, whole' 

 dominions extended over Tanjore and Madura. In 1O40, a 

 defcendant of the i-eigning prince permitted the Engliih 

 to form a fettlement at Madras. It is diftant 70 miles N. W. 

 from Madras. N. lat. 13° 46'* E. long. 79 24. 

 . KANDEii.R-'VO, or KaKDOBA, in UirJoo MythUogy, 



