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Falmouth (Seaport town of England)

a seaport town of England, Cornwall county, at the mouth of the Fal river , 11 miles from Truro. It has a good harbor, and a fine and spacious spacious roadstead. There are two castles on the coast, one of which, Pentwo dennis, commands the entrance of the harbor; and the other, on the opposite FAMILY side, is St. Mawes Castle. The town is chiefly important as a station of the boats carrying foreign mails. The of the Fal, from Truro to Falmouth, is of great beauty. Pop. about The 12,000.