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and wax melted together, and uL-d for covering the bottom 

 of (hips. 



KETSIO, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the pro- 

 vince of Smaland ; 40 miles N.W. of Wcxio. 



KET6KOI, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Tobolfk, feated on the river Ket, which runs into the Oby 

 at Narim ; 64 miles S.E. of Narim. 



KETSKEMET, a town of Hungary; 92 miles E. of 

 Canifcha. 



KETTERING is a populous market-town, fituated on 

 an eafy afcent, in the hundred of Huxloe, Northampton- 

 fliire, England. In the time of the Saxons, it was called 

 Cytrinjran and Kateringes : the lordfliip was granted by 

 king Edwy, in the year 97/"), to his fervant Elfligc. The 

 church, which comprifes a n:>.ve, north and fouth aides, and 

 a chancel, has a handfome tower and fpire at the weft end. 

 The tower confifts of three ftories, in each of which are 

 large windows, or window frames, of feveral compartments : 

 the angles are flanked with double buttreiTes : under the 

 embattled parapet runs an ornamented fafcia, and at each 

 corner is raifed a fmall hexanguiar embattled turret ; the 

 whole furmounted by a handfome hexagonal crocketted 

 fpire, with three windows, diminifliing in their fize upwards, 

 on the alternate fides. The following quaint prophetic 

 promife is inicribed in this church : " Who fo redis mi 

 name (hal have Godys blyfling and our lady ; and my wyfis 

 doo fey the fame." Excepting the chureh, Kettering has 

 Bathing to attract or intercll the antiquary. Near the 

 middle of the town is a fpjci )us area, furrounded by fome 

 private houfes and Piiops of refpectable appearance. Here 

 are a fefiions-houfe, and a well endowed free-fchool ; alfo an 

 alms-houfe for fix poor widows, and two diffenting meetings. 

 By the returns male to parliament in iSoi, the number of 

 houfes appears to be 641 ; of inhabitants. :ioii ; of which 

 number 1770 were reported as employed in various trades 

 and manufafiures, and 221 in agriculture. The chief 

 manufactures are thofe of lace-working, wool-combing, and 

 the fpinning and weaving ef tammies and laftings. Ket- 

 tering is 16 miles di lant from Northampton, and 74 from 

 London ; has a well fupplied weekly market on Fridays, 

 and four annual fairs. 



Kettering was the birth-place of Dr. John Gill, a dif- 

 fenting minifter of diftinguilhcd eminence, through the 

 greater part of the lad century. He was one of thofe 

 felf-taught fons of genius, who, by overcoming wiiat are 

 too often c-;nfidered infurmountable obftacles in literature, 

 allonilhed the world by the variety and extent of their ac- 

 quifitions. See Gill, John. 



In the vicinity of this town, to the weftward, in a road 

 eal'ed Staunch Lane, are found what are denominated kit- 

 cat!, a kind of pellucid (lones, apparently vitrifications. 

 Thefe, when pulverized, arc confidered fingularly effica- 

 cious as a ilyptic, and are confequently much elteemed. 

 They are frequently difcovcred near the fnrface of the 

 ground, but more ufualiy in the argillaceous ftrata, dug 

 for making brick. In a fpot. named Stony-lands, between 

 Kettering and Weekly woods, in quarrying for ftones, 

 were found urns, bones, coins, and other antiquities. 

 Bridge'^ Hiftory of Northamptonlhire. Btauties of Eng» 

 land, vol. xi. 



KETTLE Fall.s, acataraft on the river Utwas, in Ca- 

 nada ; yo miles W. of Montreal. 



Kettle River, a river of Canada, which runs into lake 

 Erie, N. lat. 43'. W. long. 80" Jl'. See ClIArDIERE. 



Kf.ttlk, in the Art r.f JVar, a term the Di:tch give to a 

 battinv of mortars, becaiife it is funk underground. 

 ■ .\.l.\L- Drums. Sec Dlu.M. 



KET 



The kettle-drum, with trumpets, is the mo!l martial found 

 of any ; each regiment of horfe formerly had a pair. 



The kettle-drummer rides always at the head of the fqua- 

 dron, and his poft is on the right when the fqiiadron is drawn 

 up. 



The kettle-drum, belonging to the rcyal regiment of 

 artillery, is mounted on a fuperb wsggon, richly gilt and 

 ornamented, and drawn by four white horfes, elegantly ca- 

 parlfoned, with a feat for the drum-major general. 



KETTLEWELL, .loin;, in Biography, was born at 

 North-Allerton, in the county of York, in the year 16J3. 

 Here he received the elements of a learned education, and in 

 1670 was entered a fervitor at St. Edmund Hall, in the 

 univerfity of Oxft>rd. Having taken tlie degree of B.A. 

 he was cliofcn a fellow of Lin.oln-college, and became emi- 

 nent as a tutor in that fociety. He took the degree of M. A. 

 in 1677, entered holy order's, and became celebrated for his 

 ufeful and inftruftive mode of prcacliing, ?nd alfo for his 

 great theological knowledge. In tlie year !6Sl, he pub- 

 lithed " Meafurcs of Chriilian Obedience, &c. for the Pro- 

 motion of the Piety and Peace of troubled Confciences," 

 which procured the author a high degree of reputation as a 

 praftical and controverfial writer. It was dedicated to Dr. 

 Compton, bi(hop of London, but when that prelate took an 

 aftive part in the meafures that terminated in the abdication 

 of .lames II. Mr. Kettlewell ordered the dedication to be 

 crafed from all the copies of the work which were unfjld, 

 and directed it to be omitted in future editions The work 

 itfelf induced the countefs of Bedford to appoint him one of 

 her domelUc chaplains, and it prc-cured for him the patro- 

 nage of lord Digby, who, in l';82, prefcnted him wi'h tlie 

 living of Colefhill, in Warwicklhirc. On this liWng l.e con- 

 tinued to difcharge the duties of the paftoral ofRce, much 

 eftecmed and refpedlcd, till the year 1690, when he was de- 

 prived for refufmg to take the oaths of fupremaey to king 

 William and queen Mary. After his deprivation he removed 

 to London, where he chiefly an"ociated with gentlemen, who 

 entertained fimilar fcntiments with thofe which he himfelf 

 avowed. In conjunction with Mr. Robert Nelfon he con- 

 certed " a model of a fund of charity for the needy iui- 

 fering, that is, the nonjuring clergy." He died of a con- 

 fumption in i695', "■'^^" '" ^^^ 4-'^ y*^*"" "^ '"^ 'S^" " ^^ 

 was,'"' fays his friend, " karned without pride, wife and 

 judicious without cunning : he ferved at the altar without 

 either covctoufnefs or ambition : he was devout without af- 

 feftation : fincerely religious without morofenefs : courteous 

 and aff"able without flattery, or mean compliances : juft with- 

 out rigour: charitable without vanity, and heartily zealous 

 for the intercft of religion without fa£tion " His works, 

 which are numerous, were pubhfhed in 1718, in two vols, 

 folio. Biog. Brit. 



KETU, in Hindoo Mythology, is the regent of the de- 

 fcending node, orthe dragon's tail. The following legend 

 on this'fubjedt is from Moor's Hindoo Pantlieon, p. 282. 

 " Rshu was the fon of Karyapa and Diti (fee Karyapa), 

 according to fome authorities ; but others reprefcnt Sinhika 

 (perhaps the Sphinx) as his natural mother. He had four 

 arms ; his lower parts ended in a tai', like that of a dragon, 

 and his afpcdt was grim and gloomy, like the darknej's of 

 the chaos, whence he had alfo the name of Tamafa. He 

 was the advifer of all mifchief among the Daityas, or evil 

 fpitits, and his chief delight was to fow difiention among the 

 Devatas, or beneficent deities. ^Vhcn the gods had pro- 

 duced the Amrita, or elixir of immortality, by churning the 

 ocean (fee Kurmav.4Tara), he dil'gi'ifed himfilf like onr 

 of them, and received a portion of it ; bnt the Sun and Mocv 

 difcovering thr fraud, VifftnU fevered his head and two tR 



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