DUNCOMBE 



are Origines Qermanicae, 1840; 

 Geschichte des Alterthums, 1852- 

 57, Eng. trans, in two portions as 

 History of Antiquity, by E. Abbott, 

 1877-82, and History of Greece, by 

 S. F. Alleyne and E. Abbott, 

 1883-86. 



Duncombe, THOMAS SLINGSBY 

 (1796-1861). British politician. 

 Educated at Harrow, he served 

 for a short 

 period in the 

 army. He en- 

 tered Parlia- 

 ment in 1826 

 as member for 

 Hertford, and 

 afterwards sat 

 for Finsbury. 

 He presented 

 Thomas S. Duncombe, the Chartist 

 British politician pe titiontoPar 

 liament in 1842, and, actively in- 

 terested in European revolutionary 

 movements, is said to have assisted 

 Louis Napoleon's escape from Ham 

 in 1846. He died Nov. 13, 1861. 



Dundalk. Urban dist. and co. 

 town of Louth, Ireland. It stands 

 on Castletown river, near Dundalk 

 bay, 54 m. N. of Dublin on the 

 G.N.I, and L. & N.W. Rlys. An 

 important rly. centre, the G.N.I.R. 

 has its locomotive works here, and 

 distilling, shipbuilding, tanning, 

 and iron-founding are active in- 

 dustries ; agricultural and dairy 

 produce are exported. Market day, 

 Mon Pop. 15,330. Here in 1315 

 Edward Bruce proclaimed himself 

 king, and was killed in battle in 

 the neighbourhood in 1318. The 

 town surrendered to Cromwell in 

 1649 and to Schomberg in 1689. 



Dundalk Bay. Inlet of the 

 Irish Sea. It penetrates the E. 

 coast of Ireland, co. Louth, about 

 6 m., and at its entrance between 

 Cooley Point on the N. and Dunany 

 Point on the S. its width is 7 m. It 

 receives the waters of the rivers 

 Dee, Glyde, Fane, and Castletown, 

 and other smaller streams. The 

 bay affords excellent anchorage 



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in a depth of from 4 to 6 fathoms. 

 Several fishing villages stand on 

 its shores. 



Dundee. City, parl., royal, and 

 co. burgh, and seaport of Forfar- 

 shire, Scotland. It stands on the 

 N. shore of the Firth of Tay, 59 

 m. by rly. N.N.E. of Edinburgh, on 

 the Cal. and N.B. Rlys., and is the 

 third largest town in Scotland. The 

 Tay Bridge, opened in 1887 in 

 place of an earlier structure de- 

 stroyed in 1879, is 3,593 yds. long 

 (see plate facing p. 1374). Promin- 

 ent buildings include the town hall 



DUNDEE 



central reading room and sculpture 

 gallery and five branch libraries 

 gituated in the various districts. 



The Town 

 Churches three 

 beneath one roof 

 are the most 

 notable of many 

 churches. Educa- 

 tional institu- 

 tions are repre- 

 sented by the 

 University Col- Dundee arms 

 lege, founded in 1880 by Miss Bax- 



ter and Dr. J. 



Dundalk. Front of the Roman Catholic Cathedral ; its 



design is based on that of King's College Chapel, 



Cambridge 



B. Baxter, opened 

 in 1893, and 

 incorporated with 

 the university of 

 St. Andrews in 

 1897 ; the tech- 

 nical institute, 

 founded and en- 

 dowed by Sir D. 

 Baxter and 

 opened in 1888 ; 

 the high school 

 with museum; 

 and the Morgan 

 Academy. 



Dundee has a 

 commodious bar- 

 fa o u r extending 

 for 2 m. along the 

 river, with a dock 



Dundee. 1. General view o! the city from the docks. 

 2. Ruins of Mains Castle, once the residence of Claver 

 house. 3. Town Churches: the churches of S. Mary, 

 s. Paul, and S. Plement under one roof, and the 12th 

 century steeple 



Valentine 



(1734), royal ex- 

 change (1853-56), 

 custom house 

 (1843), and new 

 City Hall (1914- 

 20). The Albert 

 Institute, which 

 commemorates the 

 Prince Consort, 

 contains the art 

 gallery, free lend- 

 ing library, mu- 

 seum, and refer- 

 ence and commer- 

 cial libraries. 

 There are also a 



area of 38 acres. The annual trade 

 of the port is about 7,000,000. 



Dundee is the chief British port 

 for the seal and whale fishery. 

 The city, moreover, is the centre of 

 the Scottish linen industry, while its 

 jute, hemp, and flax manufactories 

 are among the most extensive in 

 the world. Other industries include 

 engineering, shipbuilding, dyeing, 

 and fruit preserving, Dundee being 

 noted for its marmalade. The 

 largest public parks are Baxter 

 Park, 37 acres; Balgay Hill, 36 

 acres ; Lochee Park, 25 acres ; 

 and Cairo Park, 178 acres. 

 Dundee Law, the hill at the back 

 of the town, is a well -remembered 

 landmark. Two members are re- 

 turned to Parliament. Market days, 

 Tues. and Fri. Estimated pop. 

 of mun. bor. (including Broughty 

 Ferrv), 189,000. 



