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weaving of woollens the Corryarrick range and adjoining hills, N.E. and E. by the and, in summer, a considerable influx of visitors. ARDRISHAIG district of See also:

BADENOCH

Badenoch, S.E. by the district of See also:

RANNOCH

Rannoch and S. by (pop. 1285), a seaport on the See also:

west of the mouth of Loch Gilp, is the river and loch See also:

Leven. It See also:

MEASURES

measures 32 M. from N.E. to S.W. the See also:

east See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the Crinan See also:

Canal. It is the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of tranship-and 25 M. from E. to W., and is remarkable for See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and romantic ment from the large See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow passenger steamers to the small scenery, See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

NEVIS

Nevis being the chief See also:

mountain. The district has See also:

CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft built for the See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the canal. It is an important given its name to a celebrated type of See also:

AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe, consisting of a See also:

long 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 in connexion with the Loch Fyne herring-fishery, and See also:

shaft with a blade like a See also:

SCYTHE

scythe and a large See also:

hook behind it, which, there is also a distillery. During the summer there is a See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach according to See also:

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott, was introduced into the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands service to See also:

Ford at the See also:

LOWER

lower end of Loch See also:

AWE, LOCH

Awe. and See also:

Ireland from Scandinavia.

It was the weapon of the old See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City LOCHMABEN, a royal and 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:

DUMFRIESSHIRE

Dumfriesshire, Guard of See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh. The pathetic See also:

SONG

song of "Lochaber no more" Scotland, 8 m. N.E. of See also:

DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries, with a station on the Caledonian was written by See also:

Allan See also:

Ramsay. railway See also:

COMPANY

company's See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch from Dumfries to Locherbie. Pop.

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