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JURA (" deer island ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JURA (" deer island ")  , an island of the inner Hebrides, the
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fourth largest of the
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group, on the west coast of
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Argyllshire, Scotland . Pop . (1901), 56o . On the N. it is separated from the island of Scarba by the whirlpool of Corrievreckan, caused by the rush of the tides, often
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running over 13 in. an
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hour, and sometimes accelerated by gales, on the E. from the main-
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land by the sound of Jura, and on the S. and S.W. from
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Islay by the sound of Islay . At Kinuachdrach there is a ferry to Aird in Lorne, in Argyllshire, and at Faolin there is a ferry to
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Port Askaig in Islay . Its
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area is about 16o sq. m., the greatest length is about 27 m., and the breadth varies from 2 M. to 8 in . The
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surface is mountainous and the island is the most rugged of the Hebrides . A chain of hills culminating in the Paps of Jura—Beinn-an-Oir (2571 ft.) and Beinn Chaolais (2407 ft.)—runs the whole length of the island, interrupted only by
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Tarbert loch, an arm of the sea, which forms an indentation nearly 6 m. deep and almost cuts the island in two . Jura derived its name from the red deer which once abounded on it . Cattle and sheep are raised; oats, barley and potatoes are cultivated along the eastern
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shore, and there is some fishing . Granite is quarried and silicious sand, employed in glass-making is found . The parish of Jura comprises the islands of Balnahua, Fladda, Garvelloch, Jura, Lunga, Scarba and Skervuile .

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