Solway Firth

an arm of the Irish Sea. It extends forty miles inland between Cumberland, England, and the Scottish coast. It narrows nearly to a point, up which the tides rush with great force and upon retiring leave large expanses of bare sand. "Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide," declared young Lochinvar at the bridal feast. The reader will find a vivid picture of sands, gypsies, fishermen's nets, and smuggling in Scott's Redgauntlet. The country of Carlyle lies on the Scottish side of the inner Solway. Gretna Green, the Mecca of runaway English couples, is the first village on the Scottish side of the border line. See Gretna Green; Tides

Solyman I (1490-1566), a sultan of Turkey. He was the surnamed "The Magnificent." He was the son of Selim I and became sultan in 1520. The Turkish Empire reached its highest point under Solyman. He captured Belgrade from the Hungarians in 1521, and later carried his victorious arms to the very walls of Vienna. He captured the island of Rhodes from the Knights of St. John, 1522. He also stripped Persia of territory as far as Bagdad and annexed part of Armenia. The Barbary States came under the ruling of Turkey during the reign of Solyman. See Turkey