KING-SNAKE. 512 KINGSTON. beautiful red, black-handed Southwestern relative ■of this ( Osceola coccinca ) is the "red' king-snake. This snake is e.eeedingly variable in its colora- tion and in the pattern of its markings, as is dis- ])laycd in the accompanying illustration. VARIATIONS IN THE K1NG-8SAKE. Six out of teu varieties of coloration and relative size of the kinB-simliH (O.sicoto ijoliata). as distinguished by E. D. Cope; (1) Variety trinnpuhi (milk-snake, q.v, ). dnll chest- nut and blaek on a ^rav ground ; Northeastern States. (2) Variety tloliiita (typieal kinir-snnke). ground color aahen to vellowish. saddles red-lirown with black borders; South- ern United .slates and Kastern Mexico. (;1) Variety c/erjca, blotches choi-olate. ground color variable gray; South- eastern ruiteil States. (4) Variety terntwriilis, ground color yellow, saddles dark chocolate ; Maryland to Texas. (5) Variety auiiul:l:l. saildles bright red. intervening spaces clear yellow ; Texas and Mexico, (r.) Variety coc- cincii icorn-9nake.(i.v.), large .saddles or bright riMl, broadly bordered with blai-k and separated by yellow rings ; Florida to New Mexico. (2) In India, the banded Uriiit ((i.v.), in translation of the native name 'raj samp.' KING'S NORTON AND NORTHFIELD. A. town in Worcestershire. Kngland. six miles south-southeast of Birmingham (Ma]): England, E 4). It is a growing manufacturing centre, with paper and rolling mills, chocolate factory, etc. Population, in ISltl, 28,300; in HlOl, 57.100. KING'S QTJHAIB, kwir. A sentimental poem by King .Tames I. of Scotland, in honor of l..ady Jane Beaufort, a daughter of the Earl of Somerset. The poem has six cantos, and is written in seven-line stanzas, afterwards called the 'rhyme royal.' from its use in this poem. KING'S REGULATIONS. The regulations for the organization, government, and discipline of the British Army. The occupant of (lie Brit- ish throne is the nominal head of the defensive and offensive forces of the Empire, the governing rules of which are published and issued in the ruler's name, as King's Regulations — or, during the lifetime of Queen Victoria, Queen's lleijiila- lions. KING'S SILVER. An ancient fine paid to the Crown in the Court of Common Pleas, in England, as an incident of the alienation of lands by the process known as levying a tine (q.v.). KING'STON. The capital of Frontenac Coun- ty, Ontario, Canada, on the northeast shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Cataraqui and at the eastern end of the Bay of Quintf-, where the waters of the Canadian lakes issue into the Saint Lawrence (Map: Ontario, G 3). It is dis- tant 172 miles from Montreal, from Toronto 105, and from New York 274. The Kideau Canal connects it with Ottawa, and, besides its outlet by water, Kingston communicates with all parts of the country by junctions with the Crand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific, and other railways. The city is the seat of a United States consul, and of the Archbishop of Ontario and Kingston; it re- turns one member each to the Oominion House of Commons and the Provincial I^egislature, and is a port of entry with large commercial interests. Its harbor is slielterod iiy Wolfe and Xavy islands and has a dry-dock 280 feet long. Its proximity to the Thousand Isles makes it a much-frequented summer resort. Next to (,'uebec and ll:ilit:ix, Kingston is the most stronglj' fortified place in Canada. There is a fort at Messessaga Point, and all other accessible points are secured by bat- teries. Navy Point contains extensive military works, and Point Henry has a fortress which complefely commands the harbor and city. The noteworthy buildings and institutions include the Anglican and Koinan Catholic cathedrals, the University of Queen's College, Mechanics' Insti- tute, Royal Military College, School of (Junnery, Kingston Ladies' College, e(mservatory of music, general hospital, house of industry, and, in the suburbs, the provincial penitentiary and the Roekwood lunatic asylums. A bronze statue to Sir J. A. Macdonald stands at the entrance to the fity park. The city is electrically lighted, has street r.iilways and gas and water works. The ship-building is second in Canada only to that of Quebec. There are several huge fountlrics for the manufacture of engines, locomotives, railway roll- ing-stock, ,agricultural implements, edge-tflols, axles, nails, etc. There are also large tanneries, breweries, piano factories, etc. A gathering- ground of old for the neighboring Indi;in tribes, the site of a French fort from 1073 till 17.'j8.the place fell into the hands of the l'.ritish in 17(i2. was l;>id out in 1703, and was incorporated as a city in 1838. After the American Revolution its original name of Fort Frontenac was changed to Kingston by the United Empire Loyalists. During the War of 1812 it was the headquarters of the naval force in Lake Ontario. On the union of the two Canadas, in 1841, the seat of government was established at Jvingston. but was removed in L84.'5. Population, in 1891, 19,264; in 1901. 18.043. KINGSTON. The capital and chief seaport of the island of .Tamaica, situated on a small, arid plain, on the southeast coast of the island (Miip: West Indies, .J 6). Its appearance from the water is unattractive, and its buildings are in- ferior. There are clean streets, and a good water-
