or Cantyre, from Cantierre, signifying a "headland;" the southern division of the shire of Argyle in Scotland. It is a peninsula, stretching 37 miles from north to south, and seven miles in breadth. It is mostly plain, arable, and populous; inhabited promiscuously by Highlanders and Lowlanders; the latter being invited to settle in this place by the Argyle family, that the lands might be the better cultivated. It gives the title of marquis to the duke, and is by Lochflyn divided from Argyle Proper. This loch is an inlet from the sea, about 60 miles in length and four in breadth, affording heretofore an excellent herring-fishery. There are many paltry villages in this country, but no town of any consequence except Campbeltown.