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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 591 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FOHR , a See also:

German See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

North See also:

Sea, belonging to the See also:

province of See also:

SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

Holstein, and situated off its See also:

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

coast. Pop. 4500. It comprises an See also:

AREA

area of 32 sq. m., and is reached by a See also:

REGULAR

regular steamboat service from See also:

HUSUM

Husum and Dagebull on the mainland to Wyk, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal bathing resort on the E. coast of the island. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief attraction of Wyk is the Sandwall, a 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878.E 1879.

1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 40 75 53 49 46 63 69 74 59 69 61 53 69 86 83 62 75 42 35 1890. 1891.

1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903.

1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 65 69 68 31 51 48 43 48 47 56 13 45 42 26 44 19 16 37 19 See also:

PROMENADE

promenade which is shaded by trees and skirts the See also:

BEACH

beach. FShr, the most fertile of the North Frisian islands, is principally marshland, and comparatively well wooded. There are numerous pleasantly-situated villages and hamlets scattered over it, of which the most frequented are Boldixum, Nieblum and Alkersum. The inhabitants are mainly engaged in the fishing 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, and are known as excellent sailors.

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