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altar ; and towards tlie eaft, weft, and north, two large 
ftones are placed at greater diftances from each other than 
any of the reft, as if they had formed the entrances into 
this myftic round. What creates great aftonifhment to 
the fpeftator is, that no fuch Hones, or any quarry or bed 
of ftones, are to be found within a great diftancp of this 
place; and how fuch rnafiy bodies could be moved, in an 
age when the mechanical powers were little known, is 
not eafily to be determined. The origin of all thefe ftones, 
and thofe at Rollrick and Stonehenge, we fuppofe to be 
the fame. Many large ftones happening to lie about above 
ground, the rude but numerous natives thought it a good 
opportunity, by an exertion of bodily ftrength, to try to 
make a place of' religious worlhip ; but, not calculating 
their materials right, when they attempted a regular de- 
ftgn, they were forced to leave it imperfect; at leaft, thus 
we account for the- condition of Stonehenge ; for who 
could carry off thofe materials, or whither? and no build¬ 
ings are near. 
Twelve miles north-eaft by north from Kefwick is the 
Softy Carrock, clofe under which, for near two miles, is a 
winding path, but juft wide enough for the horfes to pafs 
Singly, and every where intercepted by enbrmous ftones, 
which have tumbled from the fummit of the mountain 
into the dale beneath. Acrofs many parts of this path 
(for it cannot be called a road) run feveral murmuring, 
Shallow, meandering, brooks, abounding with fine trout. 
The perpendicular height of this mountain, reduced to 
the level of Derwentwater, is feven hundred and fifty-fix 
yards, and, reduced to the level of the fea, eight hundred 
and'three. Almoft the whole of it is a ridge of horrible 
precipices, abounding every where with deep chafins, the 
bottoms of which are not to be fathomed by the eye; the 
north-eaft end, however, is fruitful, being covered with 
herbage to the top, and here the flieep find excellent paf- 
turage. This fell is dillinguifhed from the reft of its 
neighbours, at many miles diftance, by its two towering 
peaks. About the year 1740, a very remarkable cavern 
was difcovered at the fouth-weft end of It, by a buck be¬ 
ing chaced into it by the hounds, and from thence took 
the name of Buck Kirk of Carrock. This cavern is about 
four feet at the entrance, and is very fpacious within. 
Several attempts have been made to reach the end of it; 
but as the lights are foon extinguiflied by the damps, 
and tlie bottom is horridly rugged and uneven, every 
attempt of that nature has been long fince given up. 
Some pretend, without being able to bring the leaft proof 
in fupport of their opinion, that this cavern was origi¬ 
nally made by the Cumbrians, in the time of the Danes, 
wherein to hide themfelves when overpowered by the 
Saxons; but, what is more reafonable and probable is, 
that it was originally formed either by an earthquake, 
(which might rend this mountain and give it that hideous 
appearance it has in fome parts,) or when rude chaos 
was moulded into form and order by the fiat of the grand 
Architeft. 
KET, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the Oby at 
Narim. 
..KET, a fmall river of Scotland, which runs by White- 
born :n Wigtonlliire, and empties itfelf into the fea near 
Port Patrick". 
KET (William), a tanner of Norfolk, who, in the 
reign of Edward VI. A.D. 1549, inftigated a revolt againft 
the government; for the, particulars of which, fee the ar¬ 
ticle England, vol.vj. p.643,4. 
KE'TAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Allahabad: eleven 
miles north Jionpour. 
KETALE'AH, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar : fe- 
t'enty-four miles louth-fouth-weft of Patna. Lat. 24. 38. 
N. Ion. 84. 36. E. 
KETCH, f. [caicco, Ital.] A veflel with two malls 
placed and rigged with fails, as the main and mizen-mafts 
of a Ihip. Upon the bowfpirit, and between that and the 
mam-maft, they have ftay-fails, and a very large jib. 
Formerly botnb-velfels and yachts were thus rigsed as 
Vet. XI. No. 787. 
KET 6 (JB 
ketches, but of late years as (hips: at prefent only a few. 
coafting-vefiels are rigged ketch-falhion. 
KET'CHAR-TCHOUJ, a town of Thibet: ten miles 
fouth of Giti. 
KET'CHENG-TA'SE, a tribe of Tartars who inhabit 
the territory of Chinefe Tartary that lies on both the 
banks of the river Saghalien-Dula, and extends as far as 
the Eaftern Sea. Their country, which is almoft one hun¬ 
dred and fifty leagues in length, contains only fmall vil¬ 
lages, malt of which are fituated on the banks of the ri¬ 
ver. The language of thefe Tartars is different from that 
of the Mantchoos, and is diftinguiihed by the name of 
Fiatta : it is probably the fame which is fpoken by the. 
Other more northerly Tartars, who live beyond the mquth 
of the river Saghalien. The Tartars of Ketcheng-tafe do 
not (have their heads, but wear their hair tied in a knot 
with a ribband, or enclofed in a bag behind. They em¬ 
ploy much of their time in hunting fables; and are 
obliged to pay a certain number of their ikins in tribute. 
KETCHIC'TEN, or Kesicten, a country of Chinde 
Tartary, divided into two lfandards. Lat. 43. N. Ion. 
117. 38. E. 
KETCHOU' KIA'MEN, a poll of Chinefe Tartary. 
Lat. 41.21. N. Ion. 110. 24. E. 
KETCK'UP, f. See Catsup. 
KETEM'BER, a fmall iftand in the Eaftern Indiaa 
Sea. Lat. 6.12. S. Ion. 132. 53. E. 
KETMEBE'H, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia : 
twenty-feven miles eaft of Pergamo. 
KET'MIA,_/i in botany. See Bombax, Hermannia, 
and Hibiscus. 
KE'TOI, one of the 1 fmall Kurule iflands, in the North 
Pacific Ocean. Lat. 48. 45. N. Ion. 153. 38. E. 
KE'TRAN, Kitran, or Alketr^n, yi A name given 
by fome of the Arabian authors to the oil of cedar, called 
by the Greeks cedria. We have of later times formed the 
word cedranum upon this; and it has fince been applied 
to the zopijfa of the ancients, a compound made of pitch 
and wax melted together, and ufed for covering the bot¬ 
tom of fliips. Chambers. 
KET'SIO, a town of Sweden, in the province of Sma- 
land : forty miles north-welt of Wexio. 
KETS'KOI, a town of Rulfia, in the government of 
Tobolik, on the Ket: fixty-four miles fouth-eaft of Narim. 
KETS'KEMET, a town of Hungary ; forty-fix miles 
north-north-weft of Szegedin, and ninety-two eaft of Ca- 
nifeha. 
KET'TELDORF, a town of Germany, in the margra-. 
vate of Anfpach : two miles north-weft of Heiifbrcn. 
KET'TERING, a market-town in Northamptonlhire, 
is lltuate rather on riling ground, and contains about fix 
hundred and fifty houles, with three thouland and eleven 
inhabitants. There is a good prolpeH of it from the 
north-weft, and it has the appearance of a confiderable 
town. It is diftant from London feventy-five miles, from 
Northampton eighteen, Stamford twenty-two, Welling¬ 
borough feven and a half, Higharu ten, Thrapfton nine, 
Uppingham fifteen, Oundle feventeen, Oakham twenty- 
one, and from Harborough eleven, miles. It was almoft: 
burnt down in 1767. The market is on Fridays; and, al¬ 
though lefs than it was fifty years ago, is ftill a pretty 
good one. There are three annual fairs, viz. Thurfday 
before Ealter, Thurfday before the 10th of October, and 
Thurfday before St. Thomas’s day ; all for beaft, Iheep, 
horfes, and hogs, and the Michaelmas one hath a great 
number of Iheep and rams; of late years there has been 
a fair on the Friday before Whitfuntide. The manufac¬ 
ture of the town is forting, combing, fpinnirig, and 
weaving, of tammies and lallings of different forts, all 
which are’ fold white as they come out of the looms. 
About five hundred weavers are employed. As this trade 
hath brought many poor into the town, the parilh-rftte is 
about nine or ten (hillings in the pound. Here is a tole¬ 
rably good parilh-church, with a handfome fpire-fteeple 9 
eight bells, and a good fc-t of chimes which play every 
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