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LEFT KASSEL 322 KAULBACH Taka, on a tributary of the Atbara, 260 miles S. of Suakim. It was formerly the most important commercial center be- tween the Nile and Abyssinia. Pop. about 10,000. KASSEL. See Cassel. KASSIMOV, capital of the district of Kassimov, Russia, located on the Oka river. A fair, which is held annually in July, attracts considerable trade to the town. The only manufactures of any importance are the tanneries. From 1400 to 1485 this city was the residence of the Tartar Khan Kassim. Pop. about 17,500. KASTAMTTNI (kas-ta-mo'nuh), capi- tal of the vilayet of Kastamuni (area, 19,184 square miles; pop. about 1,000,000), in Asia Minor, 76 miles S. W. of Sinope. Manufactures cotton goods, leather, etc. Here is the ancestral castle of the Comneni. Pofi. about 16,000. KATAHDIN (-tii'-), the highest moun- tain in Maine, about 80 miles N. by W. of Bangor, and 6 miles N. E. of Penobscot river. Altitude 5,200 feet. KATHIAWAR, a peninsula on the W. coast of India, between the Gulf of Cam- bay and the Gulf of Cutch; Brahmin and native name Surashtra. A British pro- tectorate, governed by 200 native chiefs. Area of agency, 20,559 square miles; pop. about 2,500,000. The States of the agency supply one-sixth of the total quantity of cotton exported from Bom- bay. KATMANDU, the capital of Nepal, stretching for about a mile N. from the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnu- mati rivers. It contains a great number of temples, many in pagoda shape, with roofs of brass, and others domed; but the houses are in general mean, the court-yards filled with rubbish heaps, and the streets are narrow and filthy in the extreme. The principal building is the immense ugly palace of the Maha- rajah; close to its modern darbdr, or re- ception room, is the large military council chamber, the Kot, where in 1846 most of the chief men of the state were mas- sacred. Pop. about 80,000. KATRINE, LOCH, one of the most celebrated of Scotch lakes, in Stirling and Perthshires, 5 miles E. of Loch Lo- mond and 9% W. of Callander. Lying 364 feet above sea-level, it has a maxi- mum f'epth of 468 feet, and an area of 3,119 acres, and since 1859 has supplied Glasgow with water. Here are the "Sil- ver Strand" and Ellen's Isle, the chief scene of the "Lady of the Lake." Scott was often here during 1790-1809, as also was Wordsworth with his sister Dorothy in 1805. KAT RIVER, a branch of the great Fish river, in Cape Colony, South Africa, rising in the Didimaberg, in the fertile valley of which a Hottentot settlement was formed in 1829. It was broken up after the rebellion of 1851-1852, and the valley now forms the district of Stocken- strom (after Captain Stockenstrom) ; area, 240 square miles; pop. about 7,000. KATTEGAT. See Cattegat. KATTIMUNDOO, or KATTIMUNDTJ, the milky juice of the plant Euphorbia kattimundoo or Catti-mandoo, a small tree, with five-angled stems, a native of the East Indies. It resembles caout- chouc, and is used as a cement for metal, knife-handles, etc. KATTJNSKI (ka-ton'ski), or KATUN, ALPS, the highest range of the Altai Mountains; in Tomsk, Siberia. KATYDID, a name applied to numer- ous American insects, nearly related to grasshoppers. They are arboreal in habit, and are well concealed in the foli- age by their green color. The true katydid, abundant in the Central and Western States, is Cyrtophyllus concavus, but Miorocentrivrn retinervis is yet com- moner, and there are several other species. KATZBACH (kats'ba/i), a river of Prussia, in Silesia, rising at Katzchdorf, and falling into the Oder 30 miles N. W. of Breslau; length, 34 miles. On the banks of that river, Aug. 26, 1813, the French were defeated by Bliicher. KAUAI (ka-o-a'e), a very fertile is- land of volcanic origin, belonging to the Hawaiian group; area 590 square miles; pop. 9,000. Its highest point is about 5,000 feet; principal industry sugar- planting. Captain Cook landed at the mouth of the Waumea river in 1778. KAUFMANN, MARIA ANGELICA, a Swiss artist; born in Coire, Grisons, Switzerland, Oct. 30, 1741. She acquired the first principles of drawing and paint- ing from her father. In 1766 she came to England, was patronized by the King and became famous. She married Zucchi, a Venetian painter. She died in Rome, Nov. 5, 1807. KAULBACH, WILHELM VON (koul'ba/i), a German painter; born in Arolsen, Waldeck, 1805. He studied at Dusseldorf under Cornelius, whom he assisted in the execution of the frescoes