Pluto
in mythology, the son of port second only to Portsmouth. To Saturn and Ops, inherited his father's secure safe anchorage in the sound a kingdom with his brothers, Jupiter and Neptune. He received as his share the infernal regions. All the goddesses refused to marry him; but, on seeing Proserpine, the daughter of Ceres, gathering flowers in the plains of Enna, in Sicily, he became enamored of her, and immediately carried her away. Black victims, and particularly a bull, were the only sacrifices offered to him. The dog Cerberus watched at his feet, the harpies hovered around him, Proserpine sat on his left, and the Parcæ occupied his right hand. Pluto is called by some the father of the Eumenides. stupendous breakwater has been constructed at a cost of about $10,000,000 The Western Harbor, or the Hamoaze (mouth of the Tamar), is specially devoted to the royal navy, and here (in Devonport, which see) are the dockyard, and Keyham steam yard; the victualling yard, marine barracks, and naval hospital being in Stonehouse. The mercantile marine is accommodated in the Eastern Harbor, the Catwater (200 acres), or estuary of the Plym, and in Sutton Pool, and the Great Western Docks in Mill Bay. In the World War (1914-1918) Plymouth was a naval base for operations against the enemy, and port of entry for the Canadian and other expeditionary forces. Pop. (1917) 179,395.