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MUIR-OF-ORD. 901 MULL. The houses and streets are well built. There are a branch of the Western Bank of Scotland, a savings-bank, and a large circulating library. MUIR-OF-ORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Kilmorack, co. Ross, Scotland, 3 miles N. by W. of Beauly. It is a station on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction rail- way. Markets for the sale of cattle are frequently held here. MUIR-OF-RYNIE, a hmlt. in the par. of Strathbogie, co. Aberdeen, Scotland, 4 miles N. of Auchindoir. Two annual fairs are held here, one on the Thursday before the second Wednesday in June, and another in Sep- tember on the day following Keith fair. M UIRREITH, an ancient par. in the co. of Wigtown, Scotland, now joined to Glasserton. MUIKSIDE, a vil. in the par. of Logie Pert, co. Forfar, Scotland, 8 miles N.W. of Montrose. MUIRTON, a vil. in the par. of St. Ninian's, co. Stirling, Scotland, 4 miles S.E. of Stirling. It is situated near the line of the Scottish Central railway, and Ban- nockburn Water, which falls into the Forth below Stirling. MUIRTON, a hmlt. in the par. and co. of Inverness, Scotland, 2 miles S. W. of Inverness. It is situated on Moray Frith, under Craig Phadric Hill, where Prince Charles and the Duke of Cumberland encamped in the years 1745 and 1746. MUKER, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Grinton, wap. of West Gilling, North Riding co. York, 20 miles 8.W. of Richmond, its post town, and 7 N.E. of Hawes. The township, which is very extensive, is situated in the moorlands, on the river Swale, and near Shunner Fell. It comprises Angram, Rampsholme, and 14 other hmlts. Above 20,000 acres are unenclosed common, and the remainder meadow and pasture. Muker is very pro- ductive of lead and iron ores. There are also collieries, limestone quarries, and smelting mills, giving employ- ment to a large number of the inhabitants. In this township the river Swale forms a cataract called Keasdon Force. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 120, in the patron, of the Vicar of Grinton. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure, built in 1580, with a small tower containing two bells. The interior of the church con- tains monuments to the Knowles and Calvert families. There is a free National school, with an income from endowment of about 25 per annum. The Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a place of worship. Thomas Smith, Esq., is lord of the manor. MULBARTON, a par. in the hund. of Humbleyard, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.W. of Norwich, its post town, and close to the Swainsthorpe railway station on the Great Eastern line. It was formerly held by Roger Bigod, and was a market town under the St. Omers. This parish was consolidated with Keningham in 1452. The village, which is small, is situated on the road from Norwich to New Buckenham. It is chiefly agricultural. Petty sessions are held every third Monday in each month at the inn. The land is chiefly arable, with some pasture, and about 40 acres of common. There are no remains of the ancient church of Keningham. The living is a rect. * annexed to that of Keningham, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 606. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is an ancient flint structure with a square embattled tower containing five bells. The living was once held by the father of Chief Justice Richardson, of the Common Pleas, who was born in this parish in 1626. The interior of the church has some stained windows, and the tomb of Sir E. Rich. The register dates from 1687. The parochial charities produce about 21 per annum, which goes to Metcalfe's school. MULDONICH.an islet in the Western Islands, coast of Scotland, 3 miles S. of Barra. MULE, a rivulet of co. Montgomery. It rises near Llyngarw, and joins the Severn at Abennule, near Neuadd Fraith. ^MULGRAVE CASTLE, the seat of the Marquis of Nonnanby, in the tnshp. of Huttou-Mulgrave, and par. of Lythe, North Riding co. York, 4 miles W. of Whitby. It is situated a little S. of Lythe village, near Runs- wick Bay, and gives title of earl to the marquis. Near it are the remains of a castle which belonged to Wada the Saxon, and was afterwards rebuilt in the reign of John, but was razed by order of parliament. MULGRAVE-NEWTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Lythe, North Riding co. York, 8 miles N.W. of Whitby. It is situated near Runswick Bay. MULHUDDART, a par. in the bar. of Castleknock, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles W.N.W. of Dublin. Castleknock is its post town. It is 3 miles long by 2 broad. The soil is good. The road from Dublin to Enniskillen passes through the parish. The living is a cur. in the dioc. of Dublin, val. with Castlu- knock, 606, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church has long been in ruins. There is a day school. Tyrrellstown and Hollywoodrath are the chief seats. MULIGRACH, an islet near the mouth of Loch Broom, co. Cromarty, Scotland, 14 miles N.W. of Ullapool. MULKERN, a river of co. Tipperary, Ireland. It rises in the Doon hills, and after receiving the tributary waters Of the Deal and Newport, joins the Shannon below Anmacotty. MULL, an island and district in the co. of Argyle, Scotland. It is situated outside Loch Linnhe, on the W. coast of Argyleshire, and is the third in magnitude of the Hebridcan islands. It is separated from Ardnamurchan on the N. by the lower part of Loch Suinart, from Morven on the N.E. by the Sound of Mull, and from Lorn on the W. by the lower part of Loch Linnhe ; on all other sides it is washed by the Deucaledonian Sea. Its greatest length is about 30 miles from the point of Dowart to the Sound of lona, and its greatest breadth about 25 miles. It is supposed to have derived its name from the rocky nature of its coast, Moel, or Mail, in Gaelic signifying " the bare head." The circuit of its coast line is about 120 miles, but following the sinuo- sities of the shore, which is very indented by bays, it can scarcely be less than 300 miles. The principal points along the coast are, Cailloch Point, in Loch Sunart, opposite Mingary Castle ; Calgay Castle ; Loch Tua ; with the islands of Ulva, Gometra, and Little Colonsay ; and farther out Staffa, celebrated for its caves, and the islands of Treshinish ; the next point is Loch-Na-Keal, with its ivy-clad promontories, and containing the islets of Ardnisker, Eorsa, Inch, and Kenneth ; alto lochs Screden and Laich, with the narrow peninsula of Ross, and the island of lona, celebrated for its cathedral, &c., lying off the coast. Near Auchnacraig ferry to Oban are the locbs Buy and Spelir, and at the entrance of Mull Sound, which is 15 miles by 2 wide, is the castle of Duart, an ancient stronghold of the Macleans, and, farther on, Aros Castle, near the mouth of Arcs water. The island, which contains, about 300 square miles, is divided into the gars, of Kilfmichen with the island of lona, Kilninian with Staffa and many small islets, and Torosay. Its surface is mountainous and rugged, rising from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above sea-level, and intersected by a central group of mountains, the highest of which, Benmore, attains an elevation of 3,168 feet, bringing down immense volumes of rain and vapour on the island. The freshwater lakes are Ba, Erison, Uisk, besides several smaller sheets of water. The prevailing rocks are basalt, and other varieties of trap arranged in terraces, with franite and gneiss at the south-western angle ; and in ona, and in the Benmore region, syenite and a blue clay- stone. Interspersed among these are isolated beds of limestone and sandstone belonging to the lias and oolitic formations, and, from their distorted positions, indicate vast geologic changes. At the promontory of Ross a red granite is found ; and at various places in the island agates, zeolites, and carbonised wood. The surliuv, where not entirely barren, is disposed in hilly sheep- walks, varied by some fine spots, few and far between, in sheltered valleys, or more frequently at the head of bays and the bolder inlets of the sea. The inhabitants are chiefly cattle breeders, shepherds, and fishermen, and have for the last quarter of a century been decreasing.