KANGAROO RAT. A rat (Perodipus Ordi) of the arid Southwestern United States, with very long hind legs and great leaping powers. It is a member of the large family Ileteromyile, and is related to the jerboas. The present species is yellowish buff above, blackish on the rump, sides of nose, spot behind each ear; band across the thighs, and under parts white: tail very long and tufted. Length of body about four and one-quarter inches. It is an active, restless, noc turnal little creature, digging intricate burrows indicated by hillocks of the earth ejeeted, and preparing for by making a warm nest and storing- up large quantities of sunflower seeds and similar provender.
kiin,c,(fhe!, or K'ANG-HSI (1655 l722). The second Emperor of the Ta Thing or `Great Pure' dynasty established on the throne of China by the Manchu Tatars, the first hav ing been Shun-chih, his father. Shun-chih died in 1661, and K'ang-hi's reign, according to custom, begins to be reckoned in the following year. Be ing only eight years old, a regent was appointed. At fourteen he assumed the reins of government, and used the power vested in his hands with pru dence, vigor and success. He extended his do minion to Khokand, Badakhshan, and Tibet. He simplified the administration and consolidated his power in every part of his vast dominion, and thus became more celehrated than almost any other modern Asiatic monarch. Personally
he was well disposed toward Christianity, and has been made known to all the world. He sub dued many tribes, settled by treaty the northern frontier between China and Russia (1679), had the Empire surveyed by the Jesuit missionaries, and encouraged commerce with foreigners, the East India Company having been allowed to establish an agency in 1677. He was a great patron of both literature and art. Many large and important works were brought out under his own personal supervision. These included the great Imperial Dictionary of Chinese with a vocabulary of over 40,000 characters; a con cordance to all literature known as the Pei-11'6n Yun-Foo, in 110 thick volumes; two great ency clopedias, one of which, the Ku-kin T'oo She Tseih-Ching. printed from movable copper type. is in 5020 volumes. Under his patronage and en couragement art flourished and attained a vigor and perfection that has never been approached since. His posthumous or temple name is Shing tsu Jin Hwang-ti.