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EYEMOUTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 100 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EYEMOUTH  , a

police burgh of
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Berwickshire, Scotland . Pop . (19or) 2436 . It is situated at the mouth of the Eye, 7z m N.N.W. of Berwick-on-
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Tweed by the North
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British railway via Burnmouth . Its public buildings are the
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town hall, library and masonic hall . The main industry is the fishing and allied trades . The harbour was enlarged in 1887, and the
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bay is easily accessible and affords good anchorage . Owing to the rugged character of the coast and its numerous ravines and caves the whole
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district was once infested with smugglers . The promontory of St Abb's Head is 3 M. to the N.W .

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