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TARBERT , a fishing

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VILLAGE

village at the

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head of

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

Loch Tarbert, an

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ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the

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sea on the

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SHORE

shore of the mouth of Loch

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FYNE, LOCH

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ARGYLLSHIRE

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Scotland . Pop . (1901) 1697 . 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, though it has a narrow entrance, is absolutely safe and can shelter the whole of the Loch Fyne fishing

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FLEET

fleet . The

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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 for the passenger steamers that

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

call here is about in. from the village . The

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

coast of the

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BAY

bay is rocky and the cliffs are fringed with

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young firs, the village itself being quite a

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PRETTY

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PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . 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)

fishery--including a large

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trade in curing—forms the only

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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)

industry . The

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PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

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church occupies a

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FINE

fine situation . Overlooking the harbour are the ruins of a

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castle built by

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Bruce in 1326 . The

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ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus connecting the districts of Knapdale and Kintyre is little more than one mile wide, and boats used once to be dragged across to the head of West Loch Tarbert, a narrow sea loch nearly ten

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MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

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long . A proposal to cut a

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canal across to shorten the

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SAIL

sail to

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ISLAY

Islay and

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Jura has never progressed further .

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