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KIEN-NING, a city of China, of the firft clafs, in the 

 province of I'o-kien. To its dillriCt belonjr eight cities of 

 the tliird clafs. It is fituated on the river Minhn, which 

 renders it a place of conliderable trade. At tlic time of the 

 conqucft of China by the Tartars, this city fullained two 

 'ieges, and refufed to fubmit to the power of theconque- 



ftf the kind in Wale', and, according to Mr, Donovan, " is 

 certainly a magniiiecnt remain of ancient mihtary architec- 

 ture. There is an air of folemn majelly in its appearance, 

 that befpeaks a noble origin." In the fame author's " De- 

 fcriptive Excurlions," is a print of this calUe, and a long note 

 on the hiftory of the building controverts the alTertioiis of 



Camden, Buck, and Grofe, who :.ffii m that '= Kidwelly ror ; but fomc time after it was taken, and all the inhabit 

 calUe was built loon after the coiiquelt by Maurice de Lon- ants were put to the Iword. It was afterwards re-eilabliihed 

 dres, ore of the Norman knights, who conquered Glamor, by the Tartars, who dellroyed it. N. lat. 27 c'. E. lone 

 ganlhire." Ir.llead of this, Mr. Donovan fays it was built 117 2'. ^' 



m 1189, by Rhys, Prince of Wales. Since that time it has KIEN-TCHANG, a city of China, of the firfl clafs, 

 undergone various alterations and enlargements. The pre- in the province of Kiang-fi, iituated on the frontier"! of the 

 fent remains are carefully pn ferved from "' every fpecies of province of Fo-kien. It has five cities under its jurifdiftion. 



I" the adjjcent country, which is fertile, the common rice is 

 ufed in making wine, and a reddiOi fort is ufcd by the richer 

 people for food. N. lat. 27 ' 35'. E. long. 1 18 20'. 

 KIEOU-CARPOU, a town of Corea ; 500 miles 



ianton depredation." The ground plan is nearly quadran 

 gular, with four round towers at the angles ; and fmaller 

 towers in the walls. At the weft end is the chief entrance, 

 between two other round towers. Several of the apartments 



are nearly perfeft. The prolpefts from the fummit "are E.N. E. of Peking, 

 uncommonly fine." KIEOU-KIANG, 



Near the church, in the new town, was a priory, or cell in the province of Kiang-li, fituated on the S. fide of tli( 



of Black monks. Donovan's " Defcriptive E.\curfions river Yang-tfe-kiang, or Kian-ku ; it has five cities undei 



through South Wales," 2 vols. 8vo. 180J. its jurifdiction. This city is the rendezvous of all the 



KIE, or Kii;ii, a town of Pcrfia, in the province of barks whicli pafs and repafs from the other cities of this 



Mekran ; 100 miles NiN.E. of Kidge. N. lat. 27° 40'. province, and the provinces of Kiang-nan and Hou-quang 



E. long. 60° 8. Although it is 300 miles diftant from thefea, falmoii, dol- 



. town of China, of the firft clafs, 



and llurgeon are taken in its river ; which ebbs and 

 very new and full moon. N. lat. 29" 53'. E. long. 



miles E.S.E. of Chunar 



lERADY, a town of Hindooftan, 



in ijenares ; 



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KIERALI, a town of Turkilh Armenia, on the coall 

 of the Black fea, at the mouth of a river of the fame name ; 

 30 miles S.W. of Trebifond. 



KIERE, a tosvn of Perfia, in the province of Irak; 

 20 miles S.E. of Cafbin. 



KIERNOW, a town of Ruffian Lithuania; 2^ miles 



KIEKERNES, a town of Pruflia, in the province of 

 Jamland, fituated on an ifland in the Rufs ; 19 iniles N.W. 

 of Tilht. 



KIEL, a town of Sweden, in the lapmark of Afcle ; 

 5-5 miles S.S.E. of Afele. 



Kiel, a town of the duchy of Holftein, fituated at 

 the bottom of a bay or gulf in the Baltic, and forming a 

 convenient harbour. It contains 800 houfes, three churches, 

 an univerfity founded in the year 1650 by Chriitian Albert, 

 duke of Holftein-Gottorp, and confiderably enlarged by 

 the late king. It contains 24 profelTors, and wlien Mr. 

 Coxevifited it about 300 lludents. It has alfo a college ef- N.W. of Wilna. 

 tablifhed in 1768. The profperity of this place very much KIERTEMINDE, a fea-port town of Denmark, in- 

 depends upon an annual refort to it of the nobility and perfons the ifland of Funen, on the fide of a large bay. The mer- 

 cf wealth in Holftein and Slefwick, for the transfer and dif- chants of Odenfee luive warehoufes in this town; eight 

 pofal of their monies; this pecuniary intercourfe ufually miles E.N. E. of Odenfee. N. lat. 55- 22'. E. long. 10 40'. 

 Med eight days, at which time was held a confiderable fair, KIESELSCHIEFER, in Miaerolosy, a Ipccies of 



which commenced by the ringing of a bell on Twelfth-day, Hone, which, according to Werner, comprehends the iw) 

 and terminated in the fame manner on the eve of the Purifica- following fubfpecies, wz. the Si/iceous fckijliis of Kirwan, 

 tion. It was formerly one of the Hanfe towns, and the ftaple and the ia^n;/4• of the fame author. The principal colour 

 ~ ' "" of the former is a(h-grey, blueilh or greenilh-grey, with 



occalional fpots or ftripes of red, and is often crofTed by 

 of quartz. It occurs in mafs, forming whole beds. 



for a)l goods exported from or imported to Denmark. The 

 didrid of Kiel is that portion of the ducliy of Holftein, 

 which dcfcended to the line of Hulltein-Gottorp, and be- 

 longed to Peter III. as part of his hereditary dominions, in fmooth rounded pieces. Internally it is dull, rarely fomc. 

 In 1773, the emprefs of Ruflia ceded it to liie king of Den- what glimmering. Its fra(Sure in the great is imperfectly 

 mark, in exchange for the counties of Oldenburgh and Del- flaty, and in the fmall intermediate between fplintery and 

 menhorft, which (he gave to the prince bilhop of Lubec. uneven, inclining fometimes to flat conchoidal. Its fnig- 

 This exchange was favourable to Denmark, as it pofTcHed ments are diarp-edged, indeterminate. It is opaque, oc- 

 the whole duchy of Holftein. For an account of the canal cafionaily fomew hat tranflucent on the edges It is hard, 

 of Kiel, fee Can'al. but not difficult to break, and is moderately heavy. Before 



Kiel, Lake of, a lake of Norway, in the province of the blowpipe it becomes white and friable. It is found 

 Chritlarfand ; j6 miles N. of Chriftanfand. an.ong tranfition mountains, in thick beds, in Bohemia, 



KIELEE, or KlALTZE, a town of Auftrian Poland, Saxony, Switzerland, the fouth of Scotland, and Siberia, 

 in the palatinate of Sandomirz, the fee of a bilhop ; 24 miles &c. Wiedcnmann fuppofes that this fubftance is argillii 

 E. of Malagoez. 



KIELO, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak; 

 35 miles N.E. of Sultania. 



KIEMI. See Kemi. 



KIEN, a town on the E. coaft of the ifland of Ceram, 

 one of the M^ lucca iflands. 



KIENG-HIEVER, a town of Perfia, in the province 

 of Irak; 39 miles S. S.W. of Hamadan. 



containing a larger proportion than ufual of Clex. It i 

 of the numerous rock niaftes called by the Germans Horn, 

 fchiefer. The fecond fubfpecies is the bajanitc of Kirwan, 

 the Lydian ftone, or touch-ftonc. Its c lour is grcyi/h, 

 paffing intoblucifh-biack It occurs in mafs and in rounded 

 fragments, generally pcj etratcd by veins of quartz. Inter- 

 nally it is glimmerng. Its frafture is even, approaching to 

 conchoidal, and fometimes to fpliutcry : in mafs it is ge- 

 nerally 



