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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 1040 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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STROMNESS , 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 and seaport, in the See also:

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

island of See also:

Pomona, See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

Orkney, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901), 2450. It is situated on the See also:

side of a well-sheltered See also:

BAY

bay, 14 M. by steamer See also:

west of See also:

KIRKWALL (Norse, Kirkjuvagr, " church bay ")

Kirkwall. Many of the houses are within tidal limits and furnished with quays and jetties. 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 admits vessels of all sizes and is provided with a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier and slips. The deep-See also:

sea See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery attracts hundreds of boats from the See also:

north of Scotland, and most of the catch is cured for the See also:

ENGLISH

English, See also:

German and Dutch markets. Stromness is in daily communication with Scrabster pier (See also:

THURSO

Thurso), and at frequent intervals with Kirkwall by 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 and also by steamer. It is a See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for See also:

SHIPS

ships trading with the north of See also:

EUROPE

Europe as well as for vessels outward See also:

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

bound to the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic regions, See also:

Hudson Bay and See also:

CANADA

Canada. The magnificent scenery of the west See also:

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

coast of Pomona is commonly visited from Stromness. The tour includes See also:

Black See also:

Craig (400 ft.), on which the See also:

SCHOONER

schooner " See also:

STAR

Star of See also:

Dundee " was wrecked in 1834; the See also:

GRAND

grand stacks of North Gaulton See also:

Castle and Yesnaby Castle; the Hole of See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

Row, a natural See also:

arch carved out by the ocean; Birsay, where are the ruins of the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace built by See also:

Robert See also:

Stewart, See also:

EARL

earl of Orkney (d. 1592), natural son of See also:

James V., the traces of a See also:

church which is believed to have been built by Jarl Thorfinn on his return from See also:

Rome, in which the remains of St See also:

MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

Magnus reposed until their See also:

BURIAL

burial in Kirkwall See also:

CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, and, on the Broch of Birsay (95 ft. high), the ruins of St See also:

Peter's church.

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