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One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.] The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.

straint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. His happiness is in his own keeping. South.

nowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. Trench.

ins of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead. South.

ow a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.

A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.

(Zoöl.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.

A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi. [Written also klippspringer.]

A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. [South Africa]

hort club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.

per. A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and contrary affairs. South.

lligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.

k of North American Indians comprising the Tlinkit tribes of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska and adjacent coast lands. Their language bears some affinity to Mexican tongues.

A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The f…

Hill; mountain. [South Africa]

A hillock; a small kop. [South Africa]

A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]

A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin. [Written also kreuzer.]

e of the judges over Israel. Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. Southey.