Argyll

ar'gil, a county on the west coast of Scotland. Area, 3,213 square miles, equal to two-thirds of Connecticut. Argyll includes forty parishes or one-tenth of the total area of Scotland. A number of border islands, including several of the Hebrides, belong to Argyllshire. It was the original home of several Highland clans, including the Campbells, the MacLeans, the Stewarts of Appin, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and the MacDougalls. The chief industries are forestry, cattle raising, the herring fishery, and, we may add, the rearing of game, as grouse and deer. The chieftains of Argyll were firm adherents of the house of Stuart, and have ever been prominent in the political affairs both of Scotland and of the United Kingdom. The present Duke of Argyll is the former Marquis of Lorne, who married Princess Louise of England, daughter of Queen Victoria, and who served so acceptably as governor-general of Canada.