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KISHEKEV KITE 19 The complete works of both brothers have been edited by Schedel (Toldy). KISHENEV, a town of European Russia, cap- ital of the government of Bessarabia, on the Byk, a tributary of the Dniester, 86 m. N. W. of Odessa; pop. in 1867, 103,998. The in- habitants are a motley mixture of Jews, Rus- sians, Roumans, Poles, Greeks, Bulgarians, Ar- menians, and others. The town occupies a wide extent, and is pleasantly situated. It is the seat of a Greek archbishop, and contains a number of churches, an ecclesiastical college, gymnasium, and library, and manufactories of wool, leather, and soap. KISS, Angnst, a German sculptor, born near Pless, Prussian Silesia, Oct. 11, 1802, died March 24, 1865. He received his early educa- tion in Gleiwitz, and at the age of 20 became a pupil of Rauch at the academy of Berlin. His earliest productions were bass-reliefs for churches and other public buildings, groups of nymphs and tritons for fountains or gardens, and the ordinary classical subjects, executed partly from Ranch's designs and partly from his own. The "Amazon and the Tiger," fin- ished in 1839, first brought him into notice. His colossal group of "St. George and the Dragon," exhibited in the French exposition of 1855, was severely criticised. Among his other works are a statue of Frederick the Great at Breslau, two of Frederick William III., " St. Michael overthrowing the Dragon," and a co- lossal tiger's head in bronze killing a serpent, KISSINGEN, a watering place of Bavaria, in the district of Lower Franconia, on the Saale, 32 m. K by E. of Wiirzburg ; pop. in 1871, 2,591. It is walled, and has very extensive baths with five mineral springs. Of these the Pandur spring, discovered in the 16th century, has a temperature of 50, and is chiefly used for bathing; the Ragoczy, discovered in 1737, has 52, and is a drinking water; the Max has 50 ; the Theresa the same ; and the Soo- lensprudel, 68, is chiefly used for bathing. The first two springs contain iron, and the others salt. There were 11,000 visitors in 1871. The waters are 'exported to a consid- erable extent. A little N". of the town are rich saline springs, from which 1,500 tons of salt are annually made. There is an artesian well, 2,000 ft. deep, which throws up, by the action of a subjacent stratum of carbonic acid gas, a column of water 5 inches in diameter, 76 ft. above the surface, and discharges 96 to 100 cubic ft. per minute. This water is forced down a tube sunk into a stratum of rock salt, and is again thrown 80 ft. above the surface into a reservoir, whence it feeds the salt pans in the boiling house, and yields pure white crystalline salt. The Prussians here gained a victory over the Bavarians, July 10, 1866. An attempt on the life of Prince Bismarck was made here, July 13, 1874, by Kullmann, a cooper. KISTNAH, or Krishna, a large river of S. India, which rises in the Western Ghauts, at Maha- bulishwar, about 40 m. from the Malabar coast, and after a S. E. course of about 800 m. dis- charges its waters by many mouths into the bay of Bengal, near Masulipatam. Its principal tributaries are the Wurna, Malpurba, Gutpurba, Beemah, Toongabudra, and Mussy. It is sub- ject to two periodical risings annually. The first and greatest is caused by the heavy rains of the S. W. monsoon, the other by those of the N. E. monsoon. The Kistnah is connected with the Godavery by a canal 90 m. long, and irri- gates the adjacent country by numerous arti- ficial channels. At Boburlanka, in lat. 16 5' N"., Ion. 80 56' E., it divides into two main branches, which diverge from each other in their progress to the sea, and form an extensive delta, intersected by less considerable branches. On account of the rapid declivity and rocky nature of its waterway, the Kistnah can hard- ly be anywhere navigated even by small craft ; but in the lower part it has been made navi- gable by the government. In its upper course it is usually crossed in large circular bamboo baskets covered with hides. It is richer in gems than any other Indian river. KIT CAT CLUB, a convivial association es- tablished in London about the time of the revolution. As its leading members were mostly whigs, it quickly assumed a political character, and came to be regarded as the headquarters of the friends of the Hanoverian succession. It was held in Shire lane, at the house of Christopher (alias Kit) Cat, who sup- plied its votaries with mutton pies. Addison, Steele, Walpole, Sir Godfrey Kneller, and Marlborough belonged to it. The club was dissolved about 1720. The memoirs of the celebrated members of the Kit Cat club, il- lustrated with 48 portraits three quarters in length (whence the term Kit Cat portraits) from the original paintings by Sir G. Kneller, were published in London in 1821. K1TCHINER, William, an English physician and author, born in London about 1775, died therein 1827. He was educated at Eton. His literary works are of a very miscellaneous char- acter.* They embrace treatises on gastronomy, health, the eye, telescopes, and music, together with a collection of the " Loyal and National Songs of England." The " Cook's Oracle" is perhaps the most important of his productions. KITE, the common name of many birds of prey belonging to the subfamily milmnce, char- acterized by moderate size, slender figure, short and weak bill with hooked and acute tip and sinuated margins, nostrils basal and lateral, wings long and pointed, tail long, tarsi slender and rather short, toes moderate, broad, and pad- ded. Many of the genera need only be men- tioned here ; among them, according to Gray, are baza (Hodgs.), from India, its archipela- go, and Australia; amcida (Swains.), from W. Africa; pernis (Cuv.), including the old world honey buzzards (see BUZZARD), of which P. apivorus (Selb.) is a well known European rep- resentative; cymindis (Cuv.) and gampsonyx (Vigors), from tropical America. Among the