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Moray Firth

an indentation of the German Ocean, on the N. E. coast of Scotland, measuring 21 miles across its entrance from Tarbet Ness, in Rossshire, to Stotfield Head, near Lossiemouth in Elginshire, and 39 miles thence to the mouth of the river Beauly.

MORBIHAN (mor-be-ong'), a maritime department of France, formed out of ancient Brittany, bounded by the At- 600, lantic on the S. and Finistère on the W.; area, 2,738 square miles; pop. about 600,- 000. The largest island is Belle Isle.

The departmer forms a plateau, partly cultivated, partly occupied by y tracts of heath and marsh. Morbihan is divided into the four arrondissements of Vannes, L'Orient, L'Orient, Ploërmel, and Pontivy. The The chief town is Vannes, but the most populous is L'Orient. Many ancient customs still prevail; communal proprietorship survives there, and in some of the islands the priest, assisted by a council of notables, governs the people.

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