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pieces of French money. The word llfla in Chaldee figni- 

 fies a meafure, or veflcl. And Eiiilathius fays that kifta is 

 a Perfian meafure. Jonathan and the Targiim of Jerufalem 

 tr inflate Kefitah, a pearl. Gen. xxxiii, 19. Job.xlii. 11. 

 See his Conneft. P. I. p. lol. See Calmet Comment, upon 

 Gen. xxxiii. 19. Gen. xxv. 12. Job, xlii. 2, &c. and Did. 

 Bibl. 



KESKER, or KuR.\B, in Geography, a town of Perfia, 

 in the province of Ghilan, on the coaft of the Cafpian fea ; 

 25 miles N.W. of Relhd. 



KESOCOTTY, a town of Tiiibet ; 40 miles S. of 

 Ganp^otri. 



KESON, a town of Hindooilan, iii Lahore ; 25 miles 

 E.N.E. Jullindar. 



KESSELDORF, a town of Saxony, in the margra- 

 viate of Meiifen ; fevcn miles \V. of Drefden. 



KESTEN, a town of Syria ; 25 miles W. of Aleppo. 

 KESTENUS, a town of Aliatic Turkey, in Natolia ; 

 20 miles S. of Amafieh. 



KESTREL, the Englifh name of a hawk, called alfo the 

 Jlamiel and the icindhovei; and by authors the tiiinuncnlus 

 and ccncr'is. It builds with us in hollow oaks, and feeds on 

 partridges and other birds. 



KESWICK, in Geography, a market town in the ward 

 of AUerdale, in the county of Cumberland, England, is 

 fituated near the lower end of Derwentwater, on the 

 eaftern fide of the extenfive and beautiful vale of Kefwick. 

 The town confifts of one long (Irect : the houfes are of 

 Itone, and were returned under the late population aft at 

 290 ; the number of inhabitants 1350. A cotton fac- 

 tory has lately been eftablidied here ; coarfe woollen goods, 

 carpets, blankets, kerfeys, and fome linens are alfo manu- 

 fadlured in the town and its vicinity. The chief trade is 

 derived from the influx of travellers vifiting the lakes : 

 by whom Kefwick, from its central fituation, is much fre- 

 quented ; the number in one fcafon, the fummer of 1793, 

 amounting to 1 5-40 A weekly market is held on Saturdays ; 

 and a fair for cattle every fortnight from May to Oclober. 

 In this town two mufenms, coUefted by private perfons, 

 are open for public infpeflion ; they contain fpecimens 

 of almoil every variety of the mineralogical fubfl:ances 

 of Cumberland, with many kinds of foflils, plants, antiques, 

 and other curioSlics. Kefwick is diftant from London 291 

 miles. 



About two miles to the fouth of the town, on an eminence 

 called Caflle Rigg, is a Druidica! arrangement of ftones, 

 foir.e {landing upriglit, fome fillen, anil ?t!iers leaning 

 obliquely : the whole number is fifty ; of which forty are 

 difpofed in an oval form, thirty paces by thirty-two in dia- 

 meter ; the other ten compofc a recefs or long fquarc V'ithin 

 the area on the eaft fide, in conjunftion with the ilnnes of 

 tlie oval ; this is feven paces in length, and three in v.-idth. 

 One ftone is more than feven feet high, others exceed five 

 feet ; but the greater number are fmaller. Weft's Guide to 

 the Lakes. Houfeman's Tour. Hutchinfon's Hillory, 

 &c. of Cumberland. Beauties of England, vol. iii. 



KET, WiLLiA.M, in Biography, a tanner of Norfolk, 

 who, in the regn of Edward VI. inftigated a revolt againfi 

 the government. The populace were at firft excited by the 

 complaints againft inclofures, but finding their numbers in- 

 creafe, and already amounting to 20,000 ftrong, they gre;v 

 infolent, and proceeded to more exorbitant pretenfions. They 

 demanded the fupprefTiDn of tlie gentry ; the placing of new 

 counfellors about the king, and the re-eftabhflmienl of the 

 Popilh religion. Kct alTumed the government over them, 

 and exercifcd his biief authority with the utraoft arrogance. 

 IIa\ing taken poffcffion of. Monfliold-hill, near Norwich, he 



KET 



ereftcd his tribunal under the branches of an old fpreading; 

 oak, thence denominated the Oak of Reformation, and fum- 

 moning the gentry to appear before him, he gave fuch de- 

 crees as might be expected from his charafter and fituation. 

 At length the earl of Warwick was fent againft the rebels, 

 and put them to flight. Two thoufand fell, either in tha 

 aftion, or purfuit : Ket was taken and hanged at Norwich 

 caftle : nine of his followers fuffered the hke puniftiment 

 on as many boughs of the Oak of Reformation, and the in- 

 furreftion was thus entirely fuppreffed in 1549. Hume> 



KETAH, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in AHa- 

 habad ; 1 1 miles N. of Jionpour. 



KETALEAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 74 

 miles S.S.W. of Patna. N. lat. 24'' 38'. E. long. 84" 36'. 



KETCH, in the Marke, is a veffel with two mafts. The. 

 mafts are placed and rigged with fails, as the main and 

 mizen-mafts of a fiiip. Upon the bowrprit, and between 

 that and the main-maft, they have ftayfails, and a very large 

 jib. Formerly bomb-veflels and yachts were thus rigged, as 

 ketches, but of late years as (liips. At prefent only a few 

 coatting vefTels are rigged ketch falTiion. 



KETCHAR-TCHOU, in Geography, a town o£ 

 Thibet ; 10 miles S. of Giti. 



KETCHENG-TASE Tart.^rs, a tribe of Tartars 

 who inhabit the territory of Chinefe Tartary, that lies orr 

 both the banks of the river Saghalien-Oula, and extends as 

 far as the eaftern fea. Their country, which is almoft 1^0 

 leagues in length, contains only fmall villages, moft of 

 which are fituated on the banks of the river. The language 

 of thefe Tartars is different from that of the Mantchesvs, 

 and is diftinguifhed by the name of " Fiatta." It is pro- 

 bably the fame which is fpoken by the other more northerly 

 Tartars, who hve beyond the mouth of the river Sag- 

 lialien. 



The Tartars of Ketcheng-tafe do not (have their heads^ 

 as other people of the empire. They wear their hair tied 

 in a knot with a ribband, or enclofed in a bag behind. They 

 appear to be lefs clownifh than the Yupi-tafe Tartars. They 

 employ much of their time in hunting fables, and are obliged' 

 to pav a certain number of their fliins in tribute. 



KETCHICTEN, or Kesictex, a country of Chinefe 

 Tartary, divided into two ftandards. N. lat. 43 . E. bng. 



117^38'. 

 KE'l 



TEMBER, a fmall iCand in the Eaft Indian fea. 

 S. hit. 6' 12'. E. long. 132^ 53'. 



KETMEBEH, a town of Natolia j 27 miles E. of 

 Pergamo. 



KETMIA, in Botany, the Syrian appellation of the 

 flirub commonly called Althta frutex, HWtfcus fyrlaciis of 

 LinncEUS. Tournefort, in his InJlituHones , 99, t. i(>, adopts 

 it for the whole genus of H'tbifcus ; fee that article. Some 

 fpecies of Bomha.-o and Herniannia have alfo occalionally been 

 called by this name. 



KETOI, in Geography, one of the Kiirile or Kurilfkoi 

 idands, in the N. Pacific ocean. This ifland is 30 vcrfts in 

 length, and about 10 in breadth. On it are feen high moun- 

 tains, with their white rocky walls and fummits : at the foot 

 of thefe, and in the vallies, are forefts of birch, alder, the 

 forbus fylveftris aucuparia, and feveral fpecies of pines. 

 The ifland nourifhcs white, black-bellied, and red foxes. 

 The fea animals are not plentiful. It is uninhabited. N. lat. 

 48^4;'. E. long. 153" 38'. 



KETRAN, KiTUAX, or Alheiran, a name given by 

 fome of the Arabian authors to llie oil of cedar, called 

 by I he Greeks cedr'ia. We have of later times formed the 

 word cedranum upon this, and it has fince been applied to 

 the zopilTa of the ancientSj a compound made of pitch 

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