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tntTinfiafm wliich had lifted Stamitz above liis follows of the 

 Manheim fchool, ftimulatcd the young carl to ftiidy coinpo- 

 fitioii, and praftife tlie violin with fuch feriinis application, 

 that, on liis return to England, there was no part of theo- 

 retical or praftical mnfic in which he was not equally verfed 

 with the greatcft profefTors of his time. Indeed, he had a 

 fteength of hand on the violin, and a genius for conipolition, 

 with which few profefTors are gifted. His ear was fo cor- 

 rect, and his perception fo acute, that in the midft of a 

 turlmk-iit and tumultuous movement <if a fymphony in twelve 

 or fourteen parts, if any intlrumcut failed either in time or 

 tune, though playing a different and diflicult part himfelf, 

 he in'laiuly prompted the erroneous performer witli his 

 voice, by iiii<rni'^ his part witliout abandoning his own. 



KELLY.SBURG, in Geography, a townfliip of America, 

 in Chit'enden county, Vermont, at tiie he?d of the north 

 branch of La Moille river. 



KELMEE, a town of Hindooftan, in the Baglana coun- 

 trv, on the coall ; 1 6 miles N. of Baffcen. 

 'KELMEBElv, a town of Natolia ; 28 miles E. of Per- 



Eall Gothland ; 23 

 miles N. of I.inkioping. 



KELNAR, a town of Caraniania, near the coalt of the 

 Mediterranean ; 1 2 miles W. of Selcf keli. 



KEENER, in B'n/gritpliy, a German mufician, who came 

 into England early in the lall century, and performed on the 

 double-bafe in the theatres and concerts of the time. Hav- 

 ing attached himfelf to Dr. Pepufcli, liis venerable country- 

 man, it was found, at the doftor's deceafc, that the moll 

 curious books and MSS. of his valuable library at the 

 Charter-houfe, were bequeathed to Kelner and Travers, 

 another of the doctor's couftant attendants, who both dying 

 fo m after their bequell was known, that, and the remainder 

 of the molt curious and inellimable mulical library perhaps 

 in Europe, were fold piece-meal, difpofed of and embezzled, 

 in a manner difficult to defciibe or underftand. Sec 1*K- 

 puscil, and Miifcnl 'L\m\..\v.\. 



KELP, in Agriculture a term applied to the mineral alkali 

 in its more impure Hate ; the kelp of commerce contains the 

 allies of the plant that aff )rds it, and is found to be a good 

 iiuinnre. SeeCAKUONAT of Soda. 



KELSAL'S Island, in Geography, a fmall illand in the 

 Mergui Arcliipelago, feparated from the S.E. extremity of 

 the iflaiid of St. Sufaima, by Alderfey's llraits. N. lat. 

 10 2-'. 



KELSO, a town in tlie county of Roxburgh, Scotland, 

 is built on a fpot where the rivers Tcvid and Tweed unite 

 their llrcanis, and is nearly furrounded with eminences co- 

 vered wi:h trees. Hence tlie fceiicry is particularly pic- 

 turcfquc and plealing. Tlie lioufes are arranged round a 

 large fqujre. and on the tides of fix ilivets, which diverge 

 from the fquare in nearly a regular and uniform manner. 

 The town lioufe, with fhops and fome of the principal dwel- 

 lings, arc in the fquare. Ii the town are the parifli-church 

 and an epifcopal chapel, which are defcribed as handfome 

 Itruftures. Among the public buildings are a difpenfary, 

 a public fubfcription library, and a modern bridge over the 

 Tweed, ereAed in the place of a fornier one, fwept away 

 by a Hood in 1798. A church was founded here in 1138 ; 

 and a monallery was transferred from Selkirk to this place 

 by David I., who " conferred on the monks this village, 

 with its linds and waters, free from all exaillion." David II. 

 granted to the abbot a free-market here. " The town of 

 Kel'o ihared the fate of the abbey during the hollile con- 

 flifts between the kindivd nations in being often plundered 

 and fometimes fired." In the years 1522, 1542, and 154.}., 



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it was greatly damaged from the border warriors. The 

 town was almolt dellroyed in 1686 by an accidental tire, and 

 about the middle of the lall century, it fuftained great da- 

 niap^e from the fame caufe. 



David II. conllitutcd the town of Kelfo, with the ba- 

 rony of Bolden, and other lands, a free regality. This was 

 converted, in 1607, into a lordfliip in favour of Robert Kerr, 

 earl of Roxburgh. The duke of Roxburgh is proprietor 

 of the lands here. The principal trade of Kelfo is the 

 manufafture of woollen cloth, and dreiiing of (lieep and 

 lambs' |]<ins, of which it is fuppofed that from 70,000 to 

 80,000 are annually exported. Great numbers of hoots and 

 Ihocs are annually made here. This place is much reforted 

 to by gentlemen who attend the " Caledonian hunt," and 

 by others on acconnt of the races. The abbey buildings of 

 Kelfo have been very extenfive and grand. At prefcnt its 

 ruined church prcfents many interelling fragments of Norman 

 architefture. Mr. Pennant remarks, that the " environs of 

 Kelfo are very fine, and the inhabitants have much reafon to 

 boall of their profpeds." In the vicinity of the town arc 

 feveral feats of the nobility and gentry : FIcurs, " the mag- 

 nillcent feat" of the duke (--f Roxb^jirgh ; Springwood-park, 

 the relidence of fir George Douglas, bart. ; Soft law-tower, 

 Mr ProClor's; Rofc-bank, captain Scott's ; Pinnacle-hill, 

 Mr. Davidfon's ; Wooden, Mr. Walker's; &c. In iSoo, 

 Kelfo contained 527 houfes, and 4196 inhabitants. Chal- 

 mers's Caledonia, vol. ii. Sinclair's Statiltical Account, 

 vol. X p 576. Pennant's Tour to Scotland. 



KELTAN, a town of Thibet; 40 miles E.N.E. of 

 LalTa. 



KELTANPUSITACLIAN, a town of Tliibet ; 53 

 miles W. of Sgigatclie. 



KELTSCH, a town of Moravi.i, in the circle of Pre- 

 rau ; 14 miles E. of Prerau. 



KELVAN.atownof Perfia,inFainilan; iSmilcsEN.E. 

 of Schiras. 



KELVEH, a town of Perfia, in the province of Mecran, 

 on the NeluMik ; 2S0 miles S.E. of Zaiviig. N lat. 28 50". 

 E. long 65 48. 



KELVIN, a liver of Ireland, in the county of London- 

 derry, which runs into the Rue, about 4! miles S. from 

 Newtown Liniavaddv. 



KELVIO, a town of Sweden, in the province of Ulea ; 

 nine miles E N.E. of Gamla Karlebv. 



KEL\VAY, JosKPii, in Bingmphy, the beft extempo- 

 raneous performer on the organ, and neatell harpfichord 

 plaver among the natives of our ov.ii country, during the 

 middle of the laft century. He had been, early in his life, 

 apprenticed to a dancing-mailer at I'ath ; but having at- 

 tempted the harplichoid, and received a few leflons from 

 old Chilcot, he had made fuch a progrefs on that inftru- 

 ment, that Gemiiiiaiii, happening to hear him, dilcoven d a 

 hand and difpofition fo promiling, that he not only encou- 

 raged him to Ihidy mufic as a profeffion, but gave him in- 

 ftruttions. And his llyle of playing ever after more 

 refemblcd the compofitions of Geminiani than thofe of 

 Handel, which all other organiils fcrvilely copied. The 

 broken phrafes and rhapfodical flights of Geminiani often 

 feem more hke voluntary playing than regular compofition. 

 Stanley's voluntaries were fo (mootli and well-phraled, that 

 they feemed pieces played by incmory |»but Ktlway's ex- 

 tempore playing, in the ilyle of Geminiani, never had tJie air 

 of iludied pieces. 



In removing from P)ath to London, Kclway was foon 



noticed, and eledted organill of St. Michael's, Cornhill, 



where he did not long remain ; for on the death of Wcldoii, 



he refigncd the organ at St. Michael's cliuich to Mr., after- 



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