A new universal gazetteer; containing a description of the principal nations, empires, kingdoms, states ... of the known world ...
John Marshall
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(RareBooksClub.com, March 6, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ... by N. Copenhagen. Long. 11. 11. E.,lat. 55. 47. N. Kalmucs, a nation of Tartars, inhabiting that part of the Russian government of Caucasia which lies between the Volga and the Ural, toward the Caspian Sea. They all live in tents, and remove from place to place in quest of pasturage for their numerous cattle, consisting of horses, camels, cows, and sheep. They neither sow nor reap, nor make hay for their cattle, so that they live without bread, or any sort of vegetable; and, in winter, their cattle fare like tne wild beasts. Their food is flesh (especially that of horses), fish, wild fowls,and venison; and they have great plenty of milk, butter, and cheese; but mare's milk is the most esteemed, and from it they make a strong spirit, to which they are parlal. They are divided into a number of hordes or clans, each under its own particular khan, and all acknowledge the authority of one principal khan, who is called Orchicurtikhan, or the king of kings, and derives his pedigree from the great Tamerlane. All of them, however, have submitted to the government of Russia, or live under its protection. They are pagans, and believe in transmigration of souls. In person, manners, and customs, they resemble the ancient Sycthians, from whom they are descended. See Tartary. Kalmunz, a town of Bavaria, seated at the conflux of the Nab with the Vilx, 12 ra. N. N. W of Ratisbon. Kaluga, a government of the Russian empire, formerly a province in the government of Moscow. Its principal town, of the same name, is seated on the Occa, 107 m. S. S. W. of Moscow. Kamakura, an island of Japan, 3 m. in circum ference, lying on the S. coast of Niphon. It is surrounded with very high and steep rocks, and is used as a place of exile for state prisoners. Kamalia, a town of Negroland, ...