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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GIRVAN , 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, See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market and fishing See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, See also:

Scotland, at the mouth of the Girvan, 21 m. S.W. of See also:

AYR

Ayr, and 63 m. S.W. of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:

South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 4024. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal 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 was See also:

WEAVING

weaving, but the substitution of the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-See also:

LOOM

loom for the See also:

hand-loom nearly put an end to it. The See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery has See also:

DEVELOPED

developed to considerable proportions, 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 having been enlarged and protected by piers and a See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater. Moreover, the town has grown in repute as a See also:

HEALTH

health and See also:

HOLIDAY

holiday resort, its situation being one of the finest in the See also:

west of Scotland. There is excellent See also:

sea-bathing, and a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

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

golf-course. The vale of Girvan, one of the most fertile tracts in the See also:

SHIRE

shire, is made so by the See also:

WATER

Water of Girvan, which rises in the See also:

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

loch of Girvan See also:

Eye, pursues a very tortuous course of 36 m. and empties into the sea. Girvan is the point of communication with Ailsa See also:

Craig. About 13 M.

S.W. at the mouth of the Stinchar is the fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village of Ballantrae (pop. 511).

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