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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JURA (" deer island ")

JURA (" See also:
DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
DEER, CHINESE
deer See also:
ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')
island ") , an island of the inner See also:

HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, the See also:

FOURTH

fourth largest of the See also:

GROUP

group, on the See also:

west See also:

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

coast of See also:

ARGYLLSHIRE

Argyllshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901), 56o. On the N. it is separated from the island of Scarba by the whirlpool of Corrievreckan, caused by the See also:

rush of the tides, often See also:

RUNNING

running over 13 in. an See also:

HOUR

hour, and sometimes accelerated by See also:

GALES (mod. Calvi)

gales, on the E. from the See also:

main-See also:

LAND

land by the See also:

sound of Jura, and on the S. and S.W. from See also:

ISLAY

Islay by the sound of Islay. At Kinuachdrach there is a See also:

ferry to See also:

AIRD, THOMAS (1802-1876)

Aird in Lorne, in Argyllshire, and at Faolin there is a ferry to See also:

PORT

Port Askaig in Islay. Its See also:

AREA

area is about 16o sq. m., the greatest length is about 27 m., and the breadth varies from 2 M. to 8 in. The See also:

SURFACE

surface is mountainous and the island is the most rugged of the Hebrides. A See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of hills culminating in the Paps of Jura—Beinn-an-Oir (2571 ft.) and Beinn Chaolais (2407 ft.)—runs the whole length of the island, interrupted only by See also:

TARBERT

Tarbert See also:

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

loch, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the See also:

sea, which forms an indentation nearly 6 m. deep and almost cuts the island in two. Jura derived its name from the red deer which once abounded on it. 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 See also:

sheep are raised; oats, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and potatoes are cultivated along the eastern See also:

SHORE

shore, and there is some fishing. See also:

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

Granite is quarried and silicious See also:

sand, employed in See also:

glass-making is found. The See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Jura comprises the islands of Balnahua, Fladda, Garvelloch, Jura, Lunga, Scarba and Skervuile.

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