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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 762 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DALBEATTIE , 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:

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE (also known as the STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT and EAST GALLOWAY)

Kirkcudbrightshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (Igor) 3469. It lies on Dalbeattie See also:

BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

Burn, 141 m. S.W. of See also:

DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries by the See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow & See also:

South-Western railway. The See also:

TOWN

town See also:

DATES

dates from 1780 and owes its rise to the See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite quarries at Craignair and elsewhere in the vicinity, from which were derived the supplies used in the construction of the See also:

THAMES

Thames See also:

EMBANKMENT

Embankment, the docks at See also:

ODESSA

Odessa and See also:

Liverpool and other See also:

WORKS

works. Besides See also:

QUARRYING

quarrying, the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include granite-polishing, See also:

concrete (crushed granite) works, dye-works, See also:

paper-See also:

mills and artificial See also:

MANURES

manures. The See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the Urr, known as Rough See also:

Firth, is navigable by See also:

SHIPS

ships of from 8o to Too tons, and small vessels can ascend as far as the mouth of Dalbeattie Burn, within a mile of the town. A mile to the See also:

north-See also:

west stand the ruins of the See also:

castle of Buittle or Botel, where lived See also:

John de See also:

Baliol, founder of Baliol See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, who had married Dervorguila, daughter of Alan (d. 1234), the last " See also:

king " of See also:

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