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BROUGHTY See also:

FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

FERRY , a municipal and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh, seaport and watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

FORFARSHIRE, or ANGUS

Forfarshire, See also:

Scotland, on the See also:

Firth of See also:

Tay, 4 M. E. of See also:

Dundee by the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British railway. Pop. (1901) 10,484. The name is a corruption of Brugh or Burgh Tay, in allusion to the fortress See also:

STANDING

standing on the See also:

rock that juts into the Firth. It is believed that a stronghold has occupied this site since Pictish times. The later See also:

castle, built in 1498, See also:

fell into the hands of the See also:

ENGLISH

English in 1547 and was held by them for three years. Gradually growing more or less ruinous it was acquired by See also:

government in 1855, repaired, strengthened and converted into a Tay See also:

defence, mounting several heavy guns. Owing to its healthy and convenient situation, Broughty Ferry has become a favourite See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of Dundee merchants. See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

Fishery and See also:

SHIPPING

shipping are carried on to a limited extent. Before the erection of the Tay See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge the See also:

TOWN

town was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of much See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic, as the railway ferry from See also:

TAYPORT

Tayport was then the customary See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to Dundee from the See also:

south. Monifieth (pop.

2134), 2' M. north-See also:

east of Broughty Ferry, with a station on the North British railway, is noted for its See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf links. About 2 M. north rises the conical See also:

hill of See also:

LAWS

Laws (400 ft. high), on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of which are the remains of a vitrified fort, 390 ft. See also:

long by 198 ft. in breadth.

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