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GIRVAN , a

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POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

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MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market and fishing

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TOWN

town of

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AYRSHIRE

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Scotland, at the mouth of the Girvan, 21 m . S.W. of

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AYR

Ayr, and 63 m . S.W. of

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GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Glasgow &

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South-Western railway . Pop . (1901) 4024 . The

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PRINCIPAL

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INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

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WEAVING

weaving, but the substitution of the

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POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

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LOOM

loom for the

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hand-loom nearly put an end to it . The

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HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

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FISHERY (LAW OF)

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DEVELOPED

developed to considerable proportions, the

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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 having been enlarged and protected by piers and a

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BREAKWATER

breakwater . Moreover, the town has grown in repute as a

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HEALTH

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HOLIDAY

holiday resort, its situation being one of the finest in the

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west of Scotland . There is excellent

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sea-bathing, and a

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

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

golf-course . The vale of Girvan, one of the most fertile tracts in the

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SHIRE

shire, is made so by the

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WATER

Water of Girvan, which rises in the

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

loch of Girvan

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Eye, pursues a very tortuous course of 36 m. and empties into the sea . Girvan is the point of communication with Ailsa

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Craig . About 13 M .

S.W. at the mouth of the Stinchar is the fishing

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VILLAGE

village of Ballantrae (pop . 511) .

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