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thiin sixty places witli tliis name in Galloway, it is occa- 

 sionally used singly, and in its Gaelic spelling when it simply 

 signifies uplands, but mostly as a prefix. Bargally, from Barr- 

 yeal, the white or fair point ; Bardarroch, from Barr-darach, the 

 oak wood point ; Barcaple, from Barr-capuU, the horses (mares) 

 point on uplands ; Barlochan, from Barr-lochan, the little lake at 

 the point ; Ben, the English corruption of the Gaelic Beinn, a 

 mountain ; Bengairn, from Beinn-Orchairn, the mountain of the 

 cairn ; Bennan, from Bchm-a-nan, the mountain of the river, 

 which graphically describes its situation as it rises from tlie 

 margin of the Ken ; Benbrock, from Beinn-bhroc, the badgers' 

 mountain ; Cairn, from the Gaelic Cam, also means a mountain, 

 and sometimes a monumental heap of stones ; like Bar, it is 

 sometimes used singly, but generally as a prefix ; Cairnsmuir, from 

 Carn-vior, the great cairn ; Cairnleys, from Carn-liath, the grey 

 cairn ; Blair, from the Gaelic Blar, a battle, a battlefield, also a 

 plain ; Blairinne, from Blar-inne, the battle or battlefield at the 

 water channel or river ; B/airshinnoch, from Blar-sionnaiyh, this 

 may mean either the battle of the foxes, from the cunning dis- 

 played by the combatants, or the plain of the foxes ; Blairbuies, 

 fi'om Blar-buidhe, the yellow battlefield or plain. Car, from the 

 Gaelic Cam, Car, Crovi, a bend, curved, crooked ; Curiae, from 

 Car-liath, the grey bend ; Carsmaddie, from Car-madadh, the 

 wolf's bend ; Cargen, from Car-eanach, the curved or winding 

 water. The English words Carry, Corrie, and Currie, all of wiiicli 

 are from the Gaelic Coire, meaning a ravine or deep hollow, are 

 frequently met with. Corriedoiv, from Coire-dubh, the black 

 ravine ; Corriefeckloch, from Coire-fitheach-loch, the ravens' ravine 

 of or at the lake ; Kirriereoch, evidently from Coire-riabhach, the 

 grey looking ravine. Coul and Cull, from the Gaelic Ctd, mean- 

 ing the back or back-lying place, are of common occui'rence ; 

 Culdoch, from Cul-du-oich, which means the back-lying place of 

 the dark water, which fully describes its position in connection 

 with the dark water of the Dee ; Culreoch, from Cid-ribahach, 

 the back-lying grey looking places. Craig and Craige, from the 

 Gaelic Creag, Craigie, Creagach, meaning a rock, a rocky place, 

 occur very frequently. It occasionally appears singly as Craig, 

 but generally as a prefix. Craigdarroch, from Creag-daraich, the 

 rock of the oak wood ; Craigshinny, from Creag-sionnaigh, the 

 foxes' rock ; Craigdein, from Creag-diibh, the black rock. Drum, 

 from the Gaelic Dridm, a ridge, is also of frequent occurrence ; 



