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 DUNDRUM BAY eminent, he returned to England, and was rein- stated and made rear admiral. In 1851 he be- came vice admiral of the white, and in 1854 admiral of the United Kingdom. He was a man of considerable sci- entific attainments, and the author of " Obser- vations on Rural Af- fairs " (1847), " Notes on the Condition of the British West India Isl- ands " (1851), "Narra- tive of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Pe- ru, and Brazil" (2 vols., 1859), and "Autobiog- raphy of a Seaman " (1860). The succession to his title gave rise to a famous law case. His eldest son claimed the title, which was disputed by a younger brother, who aspersed the char- acter of their mother. The case was decided (June 11, 1863) in favor of the eldest son, THOMAS BARNES COCHRANE (born April 18, 1814), the present earl. DUNDRUM BAY, a bay of the Irish sea, on the coast of the county Down. Its entrance, which lies between St. John's point on the K E. and the Mourne mountains on the S. W., is about 10 m. wide. It is subject to heavy swells during S. and S. E. winds. Near its N. side are two rocks called the Cow and Calf, connected with the mainland by a reef. DUNEDIN, a city of New Zealand, capital of the province of Otago, on the S. E. coast of the Middle island, and the S. W. side of the harbor of Otago; pop. in 1871, 14,857; including the suburbs of Roslyn and Caversham, 21,511. The city is well paved, has a good supply of water from a reservoir at the head of Water of Leith valley, and is lighted with gas. Among the buildings are the post office, a hospital, and government structures, several banks, the athenaeum and mechanics' institute, a masonic hall, and a Presbyterian church, one of the handsomest ecclesiastical buildings in the col- ony. It is the seat of a Protestant Episco- pal and a Roman Catholic bishop, and in 1872 had 12 churches and a synagogue. A regular line of steamers connects Dunedin with Melbourne. The city was founded in 1848, but its more rapid progress dates from 1861, when extensive gold fields were discovered in the neighborhood. DUNFERMLINE, a market town and parlia- mentary burgh of Fifeshire, Scotland, 13 m. N. W. of Edinburgh; pop. in 1871, 14,958. The houses on its principal streets are generally well built, and many of them have fine gardens. The first factory was established in Dunferm- line in 1718, and it has since become one of the most flourishing of the northern manufacturing DUNGLISON 315 towns. Its finest modern edifice is the abbey church, on the site of the ancient church of the abbey, long the place of sepulture of the Scot- tish kings, and which was destroyed at the Dunfermline Abbey. reformation. Beneath its pulpit are the re- mains of Robert Bruce, which in 1818 were discovered encased in lead. DUNGANNON, a market town and parliament- ary borough of Ireland, county Tyrone, 12 m. JST. N. W. of Armagh, on the railway from Dun- dalk to Londonderry ; pop. in 1871, 3,955. The town has Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic places of worship, and a classical school founded in the reign of Charles II. There are manufactures of linen and earth- enware. Dungannon was anciently the seat of the O'Neils, kings of Ulster. In 1782 the Ulster volunteers issued here their resolutions declaratory of the independence of Ireland. DUNGARVAN, a maritime town and parlia- mentary borough of Ireland, county Waterford, principally situated on a peninsula in the es- tuary of the river Colligan, 25 m. W. S. W. of Waterford ; pop. in 1871, 7,700. The river Colligan divides the town into two portions, connected by a bridge and causeway ; the eastern is called Abbeyside. The public build- ings are the provincial bank, a fine structure with granite front, two other banks, an Epis- copal and two Roman Catholic churches, two convents, a monastery, a fever hospital, and a military barrack. The exports are chiefly grain, butter, and cattle. The inhabitants are largely engaged in hake and herring fisheries. DUNGLISON, Robley, an American physician and author, born at Keswick, England, Jan. 4, 1798, died in Philadelphia, April 1, 1869. Ho graduated in medicine at Erlangen, Germany, in 1823, and in 1824 was called to the chair of medicine in the university of Virginia, which he held till 1833. He then accepted the pro- fessorship of materia medica and therapeutics in the university of Maryland, and in 1836