GLENFINNAN 



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GLIDER 



was Conservative M.P. for S. Ken- 

 sington, 1885-95. Knighted, 1880, 

 he was created a baronet in 1887, 

 and raised to the peerage as Baron 

 Glenesk, 1895, when he handed over 

 the control of The Morning Post 

 to his son Oliver (d. 1905). By his 

 death, Nov. 24, 1908, the title be- 

 came extinct. See Lord Glenesk and 

 TheMorning Post,R. J. Lucas, 1910. 



Glenfinnan. Glen and hamlet 

 of Inverness-shire, Scotland. The 

 hamlet stands at the head of Loch 

 Shiel, 18 m. W. of Fort William. A 

 monument, erected in 1815, marks 

 the spot where Prince Charles Ed- 

 ward unfurled his banner in 1745. 



Glengariff . Village and pleasure 



resort of co. Cork, Ireland. It 



; stands on Glen- 



AJjteH?j^ | gariff Harbour, 



!B il^. ''- anarmofBantry 



Ei K: Bay. ? m. N.W. 



^^I^Hl of Bantry, and is 



^Bl a noted beauty 



r spot. 



Glengarry. 



1 ; ' Glen of Inver- 



Glengarry bonnet ne8g . shiTe> gcofc . 



land. It is formed by the Garry, 

 and lies between lochs Quoich, or 



Glengarry, Inverness-shire. View of the glen at the 

 mouth of the river 



Oich, and Garry. It was the 

 home of the Macdonalds, and gives 

 its name to the Highland bonnet, 

 which is worn by the kilted and 

 some other Scottish regiments. 



Glen Innes. Chief town in the 

 rich New England plateau of New 

 South Wales. It is 423 m. N. of 

 Sydney by rly., on the main line 

 to Queensland. It is the chief tin- 

 mining centre of the state, and 

 bismuth, wolfram, and molybdenite 

 are also found. Pop. 4,089. 



Glenlivet OR GLENLIVAT. Valley 

 of Banffshire, Scotland. It is 

 t!ic plen of the little river Livet, 

 a trihut.arv of the Avon, and is 

 chiefly celebrated for its whisky 

 I*, is also the name of a parish, 6 m. 

 S.E. of Ballindalloch. 



Glenmore. Valley of Inverness - 

 shire, Scotland. About 60 m. long, 

 It extends from the Moray Firth to 



the head of 

 Loch Linnhe, 

 i.e. right across 

 the country. It 

 is thus called 

 also the Great 

 Glen of Scot- 

 land. In it are 

 the Caledonian 

 Canal and lochs 

 Ness, Lochy, 

 Oich, and 

 others. There 

 are other glens 

 of this name 

 in Scotland, one 

 being in Perth- 

 shire. 



Glenroy. Valley of Inverness- 

 shire, Scotland. About 14 m. long, 

 it is remarkable for its three 

 parallel roads which extend in 

 terraces on both sides of the glen. 

 They are generally thought to be 

 the margins of lakes formed during 

 the glacial period by the melting 

 of the ice which filled the tribu- 

 tary valleys. The river Roy flows 

 through the glen, in which are 

 several villages. 



Glens Falls . City of New York, 

 U.S.A., in Warren 

 co. On the left 

 bank of the Hud- 

 son, where it unites 

 with the Cham- 

 plain Canal, it is 55 

 m. N. of Troy, and 

 is served by the 

 Delaware and 

 Hudson Rly. It 

 contains a free 

 public library, two 

 academies, and two 

 hospitals. In the 

 neighbourhood are 

 limestone and 

 marble quarries, 

 and lime and 

 cement works, and 

 the city has paper, 

 wood-pulp, and lumber mills, and 

 shirt and collar manufactures. 



It is named after falls on the 

 Hudson river. Settled in 1763, 



Glenroy, looking across the glen to the three parallel 

 roads or terraces 



Glens Falls was incorporated as a 

 village in 1837, and became a city 

 in 1908. In 1864 and again in 

 1884 it suffered greatly from fires. 

 Pop. 17,160. 



Glenshee. Valley of Perth- 

 shire, Scotland. It is the valley of 

 the Shee Water, which joins the 

 Ardle at Bridge of Cally ; through 

 it passes the main road from Blair- 

 gowrie over the Cairnwell to Brae- 

 mar. Length 13 m. 



Glenshiel. Valley and parish 

 of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. 

 Its length is 26 m., and its average 

 breadth is 4 m. It was formerly part 

 of the Seaforth country, and in 

 1719, during the small Jacobite 

 rising, there was a fight in the pass 

 between the Seaforths and the 

 English. Glenshiel is also the name 

 of a parish, which includes Letter- 

 fearn. Pop. 339. 



Glentilt. Valley of Perthshire. 

 It runs for about 15m. S. W.f rom the 

 border of Aberdeenshire to Blair 

 Athol. The Tilt runs through it, 

 hence its name. On the left are 

 some peaks of the Grampians, over 

 3,500 ft. high. 



Glider. Name for any heavier - 

 than-air vessel without a motor, 

 which is so designed that when 

 launched from a height, or with 

 certain velocity, it pursues a path 

 of gentle descent through the 

 air. In a calm the glider derives 

 it 'A power from 

 gravity; that is, 

 it falls until it 

 attains a certain 

 speed, and then, 

 as in the case 

 of an aeroplane, 

 the air provides 

 sufficient sup- 

 port to allow the 

 glider to de- 

 scend in a long 

 slope. In a strong 

 wind having an 

 upward course, 

 a glider can soar, 

 I the force of the 



shire General Wade's Bridge over wind in this case 

 'the river Livet neutralising 



