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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CALLANDER , a 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 of See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

Scotland, 16 m. See also:

north-See also:

west of See also:

Stirling by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 1458. Situated on the north See also:

BANK

bank of the Teith, here crossed by a three-arched See also:

BRIDGE

bridge, and sheltered by a See also:

ridge of wooded hills, it is in growing repute as a See also:

HEALTH

health resort. A mile and a See also:

HALF

half north-See also:

east are the Falls of Bracklinn (Gaelic, "See also:

white-foaming See also:

POOL

pool"), formed by the Keltie, which takes a leap of 50 ft. down the red See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone See also:

GORGE

gorge on its way to the Teith. Two See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles north-west of Callander is the Pass of Leny, " the See also:

GATE

gate of the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands," and farther in the same direction is See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Lubnaig, on the shores of which stand the ruins of St See also:

BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

Bride's See also:

CHAPEL

chapel. Callander owes much of its prosperity to the fact that it is the centre from which the See also:

TROSSACHS, THE (Gaelic, " the bristled country," a crude allusion to its physical features)

Trossachs is usually visited, the route being thatdescribed in See also:

Scott's See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of the See also:

Lake. The ascent of See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben Ledi is commonly made from the See also:

TOWN

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