K U N 
Yetires and fits down in the centre of the fquare, and there 
in melancholy mood bewails his fate. When the parties 
conceive they have fufficiently tried the man’s patience, 
they then intercede in his behalf with the guardian of the 
door, who, bringing forth the bride, delivers her hand 
into the bridegroom’s, faying, Here is your bride, be¬ 
have kindly to her. She alfo receives an exhortation to 
conduit herfelf like a good and obedient wife. The 
bridegroom, now taking a little red powder which is pre¬ 
pared for the occafion, makes a mark with it on her fore¬ 
head, calling our, This woman is my wedded wife. The 
bride alfo marks the bridegroom’s face, repeating at the 
fame time, This man is my hufband. They fit down to¬ 
gether, and the company arrange themfelves in a circular 
form on each fide. The little fingers of his left and her 
right hand being joined, they fit clofe together, fo that 
their knees may lap over each other. The merriment of 
the evening now begins, all parties dancing, fingiug, 
drinking, and fmoking, except the bride, who for this one 
day in her life is expected to refrain from the intoxicat¬ 
ing draught. After a fhort fpace they arife; and the 
bridegroom, accompanied by the female part of the com¬ 
pany, conveys the bride to the houfe where the bride¬ 
groom and bride’s mothers are afiembled ; neither of whom 
are permitted to appear before him this night; however, 
this reftridtion damps not the joy of the old ladies ; liquor 
is plentifully fupplied, and they partake freely of it. The 
bridegroom having rejoined the party in the fquare, every 
one fets ferioufiy to work; and it appears now a fair trial 
to prove who fliall molt expeditioufly accomplilh the im¬ 
portant bufinefs of intoxication. A little after day-light 
the cavalcade prepare to fet off for the bridegroom’s houfe. 
Whatever dowry the parents can give is now delivered ; 
and, the little fingers of the happy couple being again 
joined, as before defcribed, they lead the way. Before 
the bridegroom’s, or rather before the parents', door, (it 
being to their houfe they are conducted,) Hands an earth¬ 
en pot filled with water, and in which is placed a fmall 
frelh branch of a mangoe-tree, intended, as I fhould con¬ 
jecture, for an emblem of plenty. The mother then comes 
forward with a fieve containing a roopee, fome unhulked 
rice, paint, and doob- grafs. This Ihe waves round each 
of their heads three times, and touches their foreheads 
with it. This ceremony being performed, the bridegroom 
leads the bride into the houfe, where file is received by 
the old lady with many welcomes, who promifes, if the 
but conducts herfelf like a good wife, that Hie fiiall have 
all her goods and chattels when file dies. The men now 
aflemble in front of the houfe. The women remain within; 
and, a fealt being prepared, the fame fcene of immoderate 
intoxication fucceeds. When evening arrives, the bride 
goes, or is conducted, if there be a female of the party 
fufficiently fteady to accompany her, to the hut allotted 
for her. Such of the company as are able, now depart, 
•whilft the relt, among whom the bridegroom may gene¬ 
rally be numbered, pafs the night on the plain in beaftly 
infenfibility, leaving the folitary bride, for that night, to 
her own fober reflections. 
“From the time their children are five or fix months 
old, they are accuftomed to imbibe ftrong fpirits ; indeed 
it may be faid they draw it in with their mother’s milk. 
They appear to be a moll inconfiderate race of beings, 
never thinking of to-morrow ; all their views are concen¬ 
trated in the enjoyment of the prefent moment; and that 
enjoyment confiding wholly in exceffive intoxication, and 
the groffeft indulgence of the fenfual appetites.” AJiatic 
Refearches, vol. vii. 
KUNK, Con'go, Ben'der Con'go, or Cung, a 
feaport of Perfia, in the province of Lariftan, on the coaft 
of the Perfian Gulf oppofite the ifland of Kiflime: fixty 
miles fouth-eaft of Lar. Lat. 26. 44. N. Ion. 54. 50. E. 
KUN'KAR, or artificers in brafs, copper, &c. A cafi 
of the Hindoos which took its rife from the defcendants 
of a Bice woman having had connexion with a bramin. 
KUN'NERSDORF. See Cunnsrsporf, vol. v. 
s/ox.. XI. No. 3og. 
K U P S8> 
KUNNIPQU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Benares: fif¬ 
teen miles fouth of Merzapour. 
KU'NO, a fortrefs of Japan, on the fouth-eaft coaft of 
the ifle of Niphon : fixty miles weft-fouth-welt of Jeddo. 
KU'NOE, one of the Faroer Iflands. 
KUNO'SY, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of No- 
vogrodek: thirty-four miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Novogrodek. 
KUNOVAT', a river of Ruffia, which runs into the 
Oby near Kunovatfkoi. 
KUNOVAT'SKOI, a town of Ruffia, in the govern¬ 
ment of Tobolfk, on the Oby: eighty miles fouth of 
Obdorfkoi. 
KUNO'W, a town cf Poland, in the palatinate of San- 
domirz : fixteen miles fouth-fouth-eaft: of Radom. 
KUN'STADT, a town of Moravia, in Brunn: five 
miles fouth-eaft of Els. 
KUN'STADT, or Burgkunstadt, a town of Bava¬ 
ria, in the bifliopric of Bamberg-.. fix miles eaft of Lich- 
tenfels, and twenty-four north-north-eaft of Bamberg. 
KUN'STADT, or Constadt, a town of Silefia, in the 
principality of Oels: three miles eaft of Breflau, and 
twenty-four north-eaft of Brieg. Lat.31.2.N. Ion. 18. 3. E. 
KUN'STADT (Alten), a town of Bavaria, in the bi¬ 
fliopric of Bamberg : one mile fouth of Kunftadt. 
KUNTE', a town of Japan, in the ifland of Xicoco : 
eighteen miles fouth of Ijo. 
KUN'TING, a town of Bavaria, in the principality of 
Aichftadt, at the conflux of the Schwarzach and the Alt- 
muhl: eleven miles north-eaft of Aichftadt, and four 
weft-north-weft of. Beilngries. 
KUN'TZEN, a town of Pruffia, in the province of Sam- 
land, on the Curifch Nerung : twenty-eight miles north 
of Konigfberg. 
KUN'ZELSAU, a town of Germany, in the principa¬ 
lity of Hohenlohe : nine miles north-eaft of Ohringen. 
KUNZ'STEIN, a town of Bavaria, in the principality 
of Aichftadt: four miles vveft-fouth-weft of Aichftadt. 
KUO'PIO, a town of Sweden, and capital of Savolax, 
and that part of Carelia remaining to Sweden, formed into 
one province under the appellation of Hoedingedorne of 
Kuopio. The town ftands on the weft fide of an exten- 
five lake. It is 150 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Ulea, and 220 
north-north-eaft of Abo. Lat. 62. 54. N. Ion. 27. 28. E. 
KUORTA'NE, a town of Sweden, in the government 
of Wafa: fifty-two miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Wafa. 
KU'PACH, a town of Bavaria: four miles north-eaft 
of Aicha. 
KUPEN'KA, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Voronez : fixteen miles fouth-weft of Livenlk. 
KUPEN'SK, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Voronez : 128 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Voronez. 
KUPERPE'H, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia ; 
thirty-five miles weft-north-weft: of Boli. 
KUP'FENBERG, a town of Bavaria, in the bifhopric 
of Bamberg : thirty-two miles north-eaft of Bamberg, and 
fourteen north of Bayreuth. 
KUP'FENBERG, a town of Bavaria, in the bifliopric 
of Aichftadt: ten miles eaft-north-eaft of Aichftadt, and 
eight north of Ingolftat. 
KUP'FERBERG, a town of Silefia, in the principality 
of Jauer: fifteen miles fouth-fouth-weft of Jauer, and 
twenty-two weft of Schweidnitz. Lat. 50. 40. N. Ion; 
15.55.E. 
KUP'FERBERG, a town of Bohemia, in Saatz: twen¬ 
ty-two miles weft-fbutli-weft of Saatz. Lat. 50.23. N. 
Ion. 13. 5. E. 
KUP'FERNICKEL,/ in mineralogy. SeeNiccoLU.M 
fulphuratum. 
KUPH, a town of Syria, in a ftate of decay, but bear¬ 
ing evidence of ancient fplendour. All the buildings are 
of a yellow hewn ftone; the walls about eighteen inches 
thick, and neither fattened with iron nor laid in mortar. 
The houfes are built round courts, and have the appear¬ 
ance of palaces. Crofles over the doors prove they were 
erected by Cbrittians; and, from the ftyle of architecture, 
10 Q DjV 
