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is 60J miles long (the canal proper being 23 miles, the remainder consisting of the lochs), 120 ft. broad at water surface, 50 ft. broad at bottom, and on an aver- age 17 ft. deep ; it rises 94 ft., and has 28 locks, each about 180 ft. long and 40 ft. wide.
Caledonian Distillery, in AV. suburbs of Edinburgh.
Caledonian Forest. See Cadzow.
Calehill.—hundred, Seray lathe (Upper div.), E. Kent, 22,370 ac., pop. 5523.—2. Calehill, seat, 2 miles NAV. of Ashford, Kent.
Caleniek, place with large tin-smelting house, near Falmouth, AV. Cornwall.
Caley Hall, m. E. of Otley, AVest-Riding Yorksh.
Calf, small island (1§ mile by £ mile), NE. Orkney, off NE. of Eday island.
Calfa, small island, near Tyree island, Argyllshire.
Calf Island, islet, bar. Bear, SAV. co. Cork, near Dursey island.
Calf Islands, Fast, Middle, and West, Aghadown and Skull pars., SAV. co. Cork, near Clear island ; total area 202 ac., pop. 67.
Calf of Man, island, Rushen par., at SAV. extremity of Isle of Man, area 620 ac. Only a small patch of the island is cultivated; the rest is overrun by rabbits. The cliffs were formerly a haunt of the puffin. On the highest point (360 ft.) are the ruins of a very ancient chapel. Calf Sound separates the island from the Isle of Man.
Calf Sound, narrow sea-strait, NE. Orkney, forming a good harbour, between Eday island and Calf island.
Calf, Tlie, mountain peak, on border of Yorkshire and AVestmorland, 3 miles N. of Sedbergh, alt. 2220 ft.
Calf Top, eminence, on border of Yorkshire and AVestmorland, 6 miles S. of Sedbergh.
Calgartta, seat, on E. side of AVindermere Lake, AVestmorland, 3 miles SE. of Ambleside.
Calgary, seat, at head of small bay of same name, Mull island, Argyllshire, 13 miles SAV. of Tobermory.
Califer, vil., Rafford par., NAV. Elginshire, 4J? miles SE. of Forres.
California, hamlet, 2 miles from Eston, North- Riding Yorkshire.
Calke, or Caulk, par., S. Derbyshire, on border of co., 4 miles N. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 880 ac., pop. 48; contains Calke Abbey.
Calkerton, place, Rodmarton par., E. Gloucester- shire, 3£ miles NE. of Tetbury.
Calla, school, Ballindoon par., AV. co. Galway.
Callakille, coast vil. with school, in par. and 8 miles NAV. of Applecross, SAV. Ross-shire.
Callaley and Yetlington, township, AVhittingham par., N. Northumberland, 4£ miles NW. of Rothbury, 3990 ac., pop. 249.
Callan.—bar., AV. co. Kilkenny, 5653 ac., pop. 3181. —2. Callan, market town, par., and township, in the above bar., on river Owenree, 13 miles SAV. of Kilkenny ry. sta.—par., 5633 ac., pop. 3181; township, 408 ac., pop. 2340; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-days, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ; has remains of a friary and 3 castles.—3. Callan, affluent of river Blackwater, at Charlemont, co. Armagh.
Callander, market town and par., SAV. Perthshire, on river Teith, 16 miles NAV. of Stirling, 45 N. of Glas- gow, and 52 NAV. of Edinburgh by rail—par., 53,817 ac. (2630 water), pop. 2167 ; town, pop. 1522; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks ; is much resorted to by tourists because of its proximity to the Trossachs, and its situation in the midst of romantic scenery; in vicinity of town are Callander Hydropathic, and Callander Mouse and Callander Lodge, seats.
Callatcr, loch, SAV. Aberdeenshire, 5J miles SE. of Castleton of Braemar.
Callaughton, place, in par. and 2 miles S. of Much AVenlock, S. Shropshire.
Callendar House, seat, formerly of the Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar, in par. and £ mile SE. of Falkirk, E. Stirlingshire. In the park is a portion of Antoninus AVall, or Grahams Dyke, in a state of good preservation.
Callcnds, seat, Newlands par., Peeblesshire, on Lyne AVater.
Callernish, dist. and vil., Uig par., Lewis island, Ross-shire, on E. coast of Loch Roag, 16 miles AV. of
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