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Dochart and Lochay, and is a popular tourist centre, having communication by steamer with Kenmore at the other end of the lake, and thence by coach to Aberfeldy, the terminus of a branch of the Highland railway. It has manufactures of tweeds. In a field near the village a stone marks the site of what is known as Fingal's Grove. An island in the Dochart (which is crossed at Killin by a bridge of five arches) is the ancient burial-place of the clan Macnab. Finlarig Castle, a picturesque mass of ivy-clad ruins, was a stronghold of the Campbells of Glenorchy, and several earls of Breadalbane were buried in ground adjoining it, where the modern mausoleum of the family stands. Three miles up the Lochay, which rises in the hills beyond the forest of Mamlorn and has a course of 15 m., the river forms a graceful cascade. The Dochart, issuing from Loch Dochart, flows for 13 m. in a north-easterly direction and falls into Loch Tay. The ruined castle on an islet in the loch once belonged to the Campbells of Lochawe. KILLIS, a town of N. Syria, in the vilayet of Aleppo, 60 m. N. of Aleppo city. It is situated in an extremely fertile plain, and is completely surrounded with olive groves, the produce of which is reckoned the finest oil of all Syria; and its position on the carriage-road from Aleppo to Aintab and Birejik gives it importance. The population (20,000) consists largely of Circassians, Turkomans and Arabs, the town lying just on the northern rim of the Arab territory. As Killis lies also very near the proposed junction of the Bagdad and the Beirut-Aleppo railways (at Tell Habesh), it is likely to increase in importance. KILLYBEGS, a seaport and market town of county Donegal, Ireland, in the south parliamentary division, on the north coast on Donegal Bay, the terminus of the Donegal railway. Pop. (1901), 607. It derives some importance from its fine land-locked harbour, which, affording accommodation to large vessels, is used as a naval station, and is the centre of an important fishery. There is a large pier for the fishing vessels. The manufacture of carpets occupies a part of the population, employing both male and female labour--the productions being known as Donegal carpets. There are slight remains of a castle and ancient church; and a mineral spring is still used. The town received a charter from James I., and was a parliamentary borough, returning two members, until the Union. KILLYLEAGH, a small seaport and market town of county Down, Ireland, in the east parliamentary division, on the western shore of Strangford Lough. Pop. (1901), 1410. Linen manufacture is the principal industry, and agricultural produce is exported. Killyleagh was an important stronghold in early times, and the modern castle preserves the towers of the old building. Sir John de Courcy erected this among many other fortresses in the neighbourhood; it was besieged by Shane O'Neill (1567), destroyed by Monk (1648), and subsequently rebuilt. The town was incorporated by James I., and returned two members to the Irish parliament. KILMAINE, CHARLES EDWARD (1751-1799), French general, was born at Dublin on the 19th of October 1751. At the age of eleven he went with his father, whose surname was Jennings, to France, where he changed his name to Kilmaine, after a village in Mayo. He entered the French army as an officer in a dragoon regiment in 1774, and afterwards served as a volunteer in the Navy (1778), during which period he was engaged in the fighting in Senegal. From 1780 to 1783 he took part in the War of American Independence under Rochambeau, rejoining the army on his return to France. In 1791, as a retired captain, he took the civic oath and was recalled to active service, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1792, and colonel, brigadier-general, and lieutenant-general in 1793. In this last capacity he distinguished himself in the wars on the northern and eastern frontiers. But he became an object of suspicion on account of his foreign birth and his relations with England. He was suspended on the 4th of August 1793, and was not recalled to active service till
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1. Chapter 1 2. prologue as a sermon preached in acts. Although Samuel Johnson described 3. 1867. He subsequently edited the _Pesti Napló_, which became virtually 4. 1454. He was buried at Canterbury, in the choir. Kempe was a politician 5. 1586. Kendal was plundered by the Scots in 1210, and was visited by the 6. 1576. His son John (c. 1567-1615), who became the 5th earl, was lord 7. 832. The Pictish Chronicle, however, gives Tuesday, the 13th of February 8. 687. There is some evidence for a successful invasion by the East Saxon 9. 1819. The Bank of the Commonwealth was chartered in 1820 as a state 10. 1822. A court decision denying the legal tender quality of the notes 11. 1900. (E. He.) 12. introduction into Germany of the Gregorian calendar; but the attempt was 13. 17. Later, Kerak was the seat of the archbishop of Petra. The Latin 14. 1793. He had, however, entered the ranks of the Girondins, and had voted 15. 1811. He studied theology at Göttingen, Berlin, Heidelberg and Munich, 16. 1879. More than once the sultan offered him anew the grand vizierate, 17. 950. Their home was in the spurs of the Caucasus and along the shores of 18. 1790. The fortifications have fallen into decay. The name Kherson was 19. 1832. The first mention of the cloth trade for which Kidderminster was 20. 1813. As a boy he was delicate, precocious and morbid in temperament. He 21. 1576. The town is of high antiquarian interest. There is a Protestant 22. 1790. After being bombarded by the Anglo-French fleet in July 1854, it 23. 1622. Sir Robert was a member of all the parliaments between 1603 and 24. 1612. Pepys says that as a boy he satisfied his love of the stage by 25. 1423. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers and glens of the 26. 1795. He then took part in the Italian campaigns of 1796 and 1797, and 27. 1885. Kilmarnock rose into importance in the 17th century by its 28. 4440. The chief buildings include the public library, the Masonic hall 29. 1899. He died in London on the 8th of April 1902, being succeeded in the 30. 1885. On the outbreak of war between the British and the Boers in 1899 31. 1591. With his younger brother John he proceeded from Westminster School 32. 1609. Henry King entered the church, and after receiving various 33. 1838. Another descendant, PETER JOHN LOCKE KING (1811-1885), who was 34. 1550. It is situated on the Firth of Forth, 2¼ m. E. by N. of 35. introduction to Solomon. But Lucian's recension of the Septuagint (ed. 36. introduction (iii.), a contains generalizing statements of Solomon's 37. introduction. Further confusion appears in the Septuagint, which inserts 38. 1867. Lord Kingsdown never married, and his title became extinct. 39. introduction to Mr R. E. Dennett's _Notes on the Folk Lore of the Fjort_ 40. 1894. (A. E. S.) 41. 1887. The twenty-one years spent by Kirk in Zanzibar covered the most

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