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tf Down, and province of Ulftcr. It is fituated on the \V. 

 cuait of Siraiigfurd lough, and has a fnfe harbour for fmall 

 veflfels. Here lir Hans Sloaiie, the famous natiiraliil, was 

 born, in 1660 j it is So miles N. by E. from Dublin, and 

 15 S.S.E. from Bclfalt. 



KILLYTH-STALI.ION, in our Old Writers, is where 

 lords of manors were bound by cirilom to provide a ftallion 

 for the ufe of their tenants' mares. 



KILMARNOCK, in Geography, a very indu;irious, 

 thriving, manufaAu:ing town in Ayrlhire, Scotland, 22 

 miles S.W. from Glafgow. Its prmcipal articles of llaple 

 manufadure arecoarle woollens and carpets, and low priced 

 gloves, belides which a great number of weavers are cm- 

 ployed in the cotton trade by the manufaclurers of Glaf- 

 gow and Paifley. Kilmarnock is fituated in a very fertile 

 i)art of the country, and is very plentifully fnpplied with 



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coals from the cxtenfive coal-worlvs of fir William Cnnning- 

 ha:ii of Ct.pnnglon, which arc in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood, liefidsb ilr William Caiiningham, the chief laniied 

 proprietors in this neighbourhood arc, the duchefs of Port- 

 land, and the countefs of Loudon and Moira, both of whom 

 here poffcls very lai-f^e eltates in their own right. The 

 immenfecalUc of Loudon, now building, will, when finifhed, 

 be one of the noblelt family-feats in Britain. Kilmarnock, 

 not being a royal bpro'.igh, has no clei'tive franchife for a 

 member of parliament. In l8oi, it contained 8079 inhabit- 

 ants, of whom 6757 were employed in trade and manufac- 

 tures N. lat. 55 40'. W. long. 4 27'. 



KILMES, a tcwn of Ruflin, in the govcrmnent of 

 Viatka; 28 miles N.K. of M-dmifch.— Affo, a rive: rf 

 Rufiia, which runs into the Viatka ; 3 a miles N.E. of Mai- 

 milch. 



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