See also:

• USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)  , the most See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly of the islands off the See also:

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

coast of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, about 14 M. from the coast of See also:

• FINISTERE, or FINISTERRE

Finistere, of which See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department it forms a See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton and See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune . Pop . (1906) 276r . See also:

• USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

Ushant is about 3850 acres in extent and almost entirely granitic, with steep and rugged coasts accessible only at a few points, and rendered more dangerous by the frequency of fogs . The See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island affords pasturage to a breed of small See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, and about See also:

• HALF

half its See also:

• AREA

area is occupied by cereals or potatoes . The male inhabitants are principally pilots and fishermen, the See also:

• WOMEN

women working in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields . Ushant was ravaged by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 1388 . The lordship was made a marquisate in 1597 in favour of Rene de Rieux de Sourdeac, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• BREST

Brest . In 1778 a See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• ACTION

action without decisive result was fought off Ushant between the English under See also:

• KEPPEL, AUGUSTUS KEPPEL, VISCOUNT (1725-1786)
• KEPPEL, SIR HENRY (1809-1904)

Keppel and the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count d'Orvilliers .