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by the touch of a king.—Sore eyes are frequently a fps- 
cies of the king's-tvil , and take their beginning from vi¬ 
cious humours inflaming the tunica adnata. Wifeman's 
Surgery. 
KING’S FER'RY, in Kent, the common way from 
the main land into the Ifle of Sheppey ; where a cable of 
about one hundred and forty fathoms in length, faftened 
at each end acrofs the water, ferves to get the boat over 
by hand. For the maintenance of this ferry and keeping 
tip the highway leading to it through the marfhes for 
above one mile in length, and for fupportinga wall again It 
the fea, the land-occupiers tax themfelves yearly one 
penny per acre for frefli marlh-land, and one penny for 
every ten acres of fait marlh-land. Here is a houfe for 
the ferry-keeper, who is obliged to tow all travellers over 
free, except on thefe four days, viz. Palm Monday, 
Whit-Monday, St. James’s day, and Michaelmas day, 
when a horfeman pays two-pence and a footman one penny. 
But on Sunday, or after eight o’clock at night, the ferry- 
keeper demands fix-pence of every horfeman, and two¬ 
pence of every footman, whether ltrangers or the land- 
occupiers. Ency. Brit. 
KING’S FER'RY, a village of United America, where 
there is a pafiage from Verplank’s Point, in the Rate of 
New York, acrofs the river Htidfon, to the Jerleys, on a 
creek which falls into Hudfon’s River. Here the Englilh 
had a Itrong poll in 1779, from which they were driven 
by the Americans, nearly oppofite to Stony Point. 
KING'-FISHER,yi A bird. See Alcedo. —Bitterns, 
herons, fea-gulls, king-jijkers, and water-rats, are great 
■enemies to fifh. Mortimer's Hujb. 
When dew refrefhing on the pafture-fields 
The moon beltows, king-fi/kers play on iliore. May's Virg. 
KING'-GELD, [ A royal aid ; an efeuage. 
KING GEOR'GE, a county of Virginia in America, 
lying between the Patowmac and Rappahannock Rivers. 
It is twenty-two miles long, and fourteen broad*; and 
contains 7366 inhabitants, of whom 4157 are Haves. 
KING GEORGE’S I'SLANDS, two illands in the 
South Pacific Ocean, difeovered by commodore Byron in 
1765, and vifited by captain Cook in 1773. Commodore 
Byron’s boat, attempting to land, was oppoled by the na¬ 
tives, on which a fhot or two being fired, one man was 
killed and the reft fled. Two canoes were brought off to 
the fliip, of curious workmanfliip, and one of them thirty- 
two feet long, the other fomething lels; they confided of 
planks exceedingly well wrought, and in many places 
adorned with carving; thefe planks were fewed together, 
and over every feam there was a ftrip of tortoile-lhell, 
very artificially faftened, to keep cut the weather ; their 
bottoms were as fliarp as a wedge, and they were very 
narrow ; and therefore two of them were joined together 
laterally by a couple of ftrong fpars, fo that there was a 
fpace of about fix or eight feet between them; a mail was 
lioifted in each of them, and the fail neatly made of mat¬ 
ting. The lioufes were low mean hovels, thatched with 
cocoa-nut branches; but they were.moft delightfully fitu- 
ated in a fine grove of ftately trees, among which were 
the cocoa-nut, and many fuch as they were utterly unac¬ 
quainted with. The cocoa-nut tree feemed to furnilh 
them with almoft all the neceffaries of life; particularly 
food, fails, cordage, timber, and velicls to hold water; fo 
that probably thefe people always fix their habitation 
where the trees abound. The fhore appeared to be co¬ 
vered with coral, and the fiiells of very large pearl-oyfters. 
Commodore Byron got feveral boat-loads of cocoa-nuts, 
and a great quantity of feurvy-grafs, with which the illand 
is covered. The frefli water here is very good,' but it is 
fcarce: the wells which fupply the natives are fo fmall, 
that, when two or three cocoa-r.ut fiiells have been filled 
from them, they are dry for a few minutes ; but, as they 
prefently fill again, if a little pains were taken to enlarge 
them, they would abundantly fupply any fiiip with water. 
In one of thefe illands was a lake or lagoon, where two 
er three veffels were feen, one of which had two malts, 
KIN' 
and feme cordage aloft to fupport them. Lat.^4. 35. S. 
Ion. 14.9.2. W. 
KING GEORGE’S SOUND, the name which captain 
Cook gave to Nootka Sound. 
KING GEORGE the THIRD’S ARCHIPEL'AGO, 
a tract of land, or rather a group of illands, in the North 
Pacific Ocean, feemingly interleaved by channels, extend¬ 
ing from north to loutb about 130 miles in length ; at 
the northern part it is about 45 miles broad, but gradually 
diminilhes to little more than one mile at its fouthern ex¬ 
tremity. Lat. 56. 10. to 58. 18. N. Ion. 223. 45. to 225. 
40. E. 
KING GEORGE the THIRD’S PSLAND. See Ota- 
HEITE. 
KING GEORGE the THIRD’S SOU'ND, a har¬ 
bour on the fouth-weft coaft of New Holland, difeo¬ 
vered by captain Vancouver in 1791. This port is ealily 
knowm on approaching it from the weftward, as it is the 
firft opening in the coaft that prefents any appearance like 
an harbour eaftward of Cape Chatham. The Eclipfe 
Illands, being the only detached land that can be fo re¬ 
garded, are an excellent guide to the Sound, having be¬ 
tween them and Bald-head fome rocks on which the fea 
breaks with great violence. The port isfafe, and eafy of 
accefs any where between its outer points of entrance ; 
Bald-head and Mount Gardner lying N. 62. E. and S. 62. 
W. eleven miles diftant from each other. Lat. 35. 5. S. 
Ion. 118. 17. E. 
KING GEORGE’S TOWN, a town of Virginia: three 
miles north of Port Royal. 
KING’S ISLAND, an illand in the Eaftern Indian Sea, 
near the weft coaft of Siam, about fifty-one miles in cir¬ 
cumference. Lat. re. 18.N. Ion.98. E. 
KING’S ISLAND, a fmall illand in Beering’s Straits. 
Lat. 65.2. N. Ion. 168. W. 
KING’S ISLAND, an illand near the weft coaft of 
North America, feparated by Fifner's Canal from the 
fouthernmoft of Princefs Royal's Illands, and by Burk’s 
Canal from New Hanover. It was fo called by captain 
Vancouver, after captain James King, of the Britilh navy ; 
about thirty-three miles in length, and rather more than 
fix in breadth. Point Edward is the fartheft point to the 
north, and Point Waller to the foutli. Lat. 51. 56. to 52. 
26. N. Ion. 232. 9. to 232. 43. E. 
KING’S, or Pearl, Island, a fmall illand in the Bay 
of Panama. It belongs to Spain, and is famous for its 
pearl-filhery. Lat. 7.12. N. Ion. 81. 36. W. 
KING'S KEYS, illets and rocks in the Spanilh main, 
near the Mofquito fhore. Lat. 12. 42. N. Ion. 82. 35. W. 
KING-KI-TA'O, a city and capital of Corea. Lat. 
47. 38. N. Ion. 126. 41. E. 
KING’S LANG'LEY, a village in Hertfordlhire, re¬ 
ceived its name from a royal palace built here by Hen¬ 
ry III. the ruins of which are ftill to be feen. Richard II* 
was buried in its monaltery, but afterward removed to 
Weftminfter by Henry V. Here were alio born and bu¬ 
ried Edmund of Langley, duke of York, fon of Ed¬ 
ward III. his wife Ifabel, and feveral other noble per- 
fonages. The palace, park, and manor, were given by- 
James I. to Henry prince of Wales. The earl of Efl’ex 
is now lord of the manor. Four miles from St. Alban's, 
and twenty-two from London. 
Langley Bury, near this village, was built by lord chief 
juftice Raymond, who took his title of Baron Langley from 
this place; his fon, the late baron, bequeathed it to fir 
John Filmer, bart. It is now the refidence of Mr. Bid- 
dulph. 
KING'-LTKE, adj. Befitting a king; royal, noble, ge¬ 
nerous. 
KING of the MIN'STRELS, in mufical hiftory. Dr. 
Plot, in bis Hiftory of Staffordlhire, has minutely related 
the origin of an ancient and curious, though barbarous, 
privilege in favour of Englilh minltrels, granted by John 
of Gaunt, duke of Lancalter, at his caftle of Tutbury, in 
the year 1381, at the inauguration of the firft king of the 
minftrels. During the time in which ancient earls and 
dukes 
