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MONTROSE , a royal, municipal, 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 and seaport of See also:

FORFARSHIRE, or ANGUS

Forfarshire, See also:

Scotland. It is situated 304 M. N.E. of See also:

Dundee by the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British railway and is also connected with the Caledonian railway See also:

COMPANY

company's See also:

SYSTEM

system by a See also:

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

branch to Dubton. Pop. (1901), 12,427. The See also:

TOWN

town occupies a considerable See also:

AREA

area on asandy See also:

peninsula, and is bounded on the E. by the North See also:

Sea, on the N. by the North Esk, on the S. by the See also:

South Esk, and. on the W. by Montrose See also:

Basin, a large depression, about 7 M. in See also:

CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit. The reclamation of the Basin has been attempted, but an See also:

EMBANKMENT

embankment constructed by Dutch dikers for this purpose was demolished in a few See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours by a See also:

storm. In the mouth of the channel of the South Esk lies the See also:

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

island of Rossie, or Inchbrayock (pop. 16o), which in 1829 was connected with the burgh by means of a suspension See also:

BRIDGE

bridge 432 ft. See also:

long and by a drawbridge with the south See also:

BANK

bank near the fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village of Ferryden (pop. 1330). 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 lies between the suspension bridge and the sea, and is provided with a wet See also:

DOCK

dock. The links See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form one of the best See also:

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

golf-courses in Scotland and are played over by several clubs.

Besides the See also:

STAPLE

staple 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 of See also:

FLAX

flax-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, there are manufactures of See also:

LINEN

linen, See also:

CANVAS

canvas, sheetings, See also:

STARCH

starch, See also:

SOAP

soap, chemicals, rope and See also:

MANURES

manures, while See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, tanning and See also:

BREWING

brewing are also carried on. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are of very consider-able importance and the See also:

SHIPPING

shipping is usually brisk. There is a large See also:

trade, especially in See also:

TIMBER

timber (the See also:

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

chief import), mainly with Baltic ports and See also:

CANADA

Canada. 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 See also:

church is a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain structure, but has a handsome See also:

STEEPLE (akin to " steep")

steeple 200 ft. high. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings include the town-See also:

hall, the See also:

academy on the links, dating from 182o, though its predecessor belonged to the 16th See also:

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

century; the museum, Dorward's See also:

house of See also:

REFUGE

refuge, erected in 1839; the infirmary and the royal See also:

asylum at Sunnyside on the outskirts to the north-See also:

west. Panmure See also:

barracks are not far from the wet dock. In High See also:

Street are statues to See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Robert See also:

Peel and See also:

Joseph See also:

Hume. Montrose is governed by a See also:

PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost, bailies and See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and unites with See also:

ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK

Arbroath, See also:

BRECHIN

Brechin, See also:

FORFAR

Forfar and Inverbervie (the Montrose burghs) in returning one member to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, a See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

GROUP

group that was represented for many years by See also:

John See also:

Morley. Montrose received its See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from See also:

David I., and was made a royal burgh in 1352. It was destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1244. Here See also:

EDWARD

Edward I. accepted John See also:

Baliol's surrender of the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom on the loth of See also:

JULY

July 1296. Sir See also:

James See also:

Douglas sailed from the See also:

PORT

port in 1330 See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound for the See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

LAND

Land with the See also:

heart of Robert See also:

Bruce; and here, too, the Old Pretender embarked in 1716 for See also:

France after the failure of his cause.

In 1745 the town threw in its See also:

lot with the Hanoverians, a fact which See also:

LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent zest to the daring See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the " See also:

HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

Hazard " See also:

SLOOP

sloop of See also:

war off Ferryden, by See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain David See also:

Ferrier of Brechin, a thorough-going Jacobite.

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