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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 100 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EYEMOUTH , 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:

BERWICKSHIRE

Berwickshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (19or) 2436. It is situated at the mouth of the See also:

Eye, 7z m N.N.W. of See also:

BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick-on-See also:

TWEED

Tweed by the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British railway via Burnmouth. Its public buildings are the See also:

TOWN

town See also:

hall, library and masonic hall. The See also:

main See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the fishing and allied trades. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was enlarged in 1887, and the See also:

BAY

bay is easily accessible and affords See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good anchorage. Owing to the rugged See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and its numerous ravines and caves the whole See also:

DISTRICT

district was once infested with smugglers. The promontory of St Abb's See also:

Head is 3 M. to the N.W.

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