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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 698 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUINGAMP , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

north-western See also:

France, See also:

capital of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

COTES, ROGER (1682-1716)

Cotes-du-See also:

NORD

Nord, on the 2 Specimens from the See also:

GAMBIA

Gambia are said to be smaller, and have been described as distinct under the name of N. rendalli. 2 See also:

Darwin (Anim. and Pl. under Domestication, i. 294), gives this as the See also:

ORIGINAL

original stock of the See also:

MODERN

modern domestic birds, but obviously by an accidental See also:

ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error. As before observed, it may possibly have been the true ueXeaypls of the Greeks. right See also:

BANK

bank of the Trieux, 20 M. W.N.W. of St Brieuc on the railway to See also:

BREST

Brest. Pop. (1906), town 6937, See also:

commune 9212. Its See also:

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

chief See also:

church, Notre-See also:

Dame de Bon-Secours, See also:

DATES

dates from the 14th to the 16th centuries; two towers rise on each See also:

side of the richly sculptured western portal and a third surmounts the See also:

CROSSING

crossing. A famous statue of the Virgin, the See also:

OBJECT

object of one of the most important " pardons' or religious pilgrimages in See also:

BRITTANY

Brittany, stands in one of the two See also:

NORTHERN

northern porches. The central square is decorated by a graceful See also:

FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain in the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

style, restored in 1743. Remains of the ramparts and of the See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of the See also:

dukes of Penthievre, which belong to the 15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, still survive.

Guingamp is the seat of a sub-See also:

PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and of a tribunal of first instance. It is an important See also:

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

market for See also:

DAIRY

dairy-See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, and its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling, tanning and See also:

leather-dressing. Guingamp was the chief town of the countship (subsequently the duchy) of Penthievre. The See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

CHAPEL

chapel of See also:

GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

Graces, near Guingamp, contains See also:

FINE

fine sculptures.

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