Caithness, a level, except in the W. and S., bare, and somewhat barren, county in the NE. of Scotland, 43 m. by 28 m., with a bold and rocky coast; has flagstone quarries; fishing the chief industry, of which Wick is the chief seat; the inhabitants are to a great extent of Scandinavian origin, and English, not Gaelic, is the language spoken.
Population (circa 1900) given as 37,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Cairo * Cajetan, Cardinal