Dunbar

a town of Scotland; a royal and municipal borough and seaport in Feet, at the mouth of the Firth of Forth. It is a place of great antiquity, having originated in a castle once of great strength and importance which underwent several memorable sieges, on one occasion being succe fully defended against the English for 19 weeks by Black Agnes, Counte of Dunbar. In 1650 Cromwell totally defeated the Scottish army under David Leslie near the town. The harbor is not very commodious, but the town is an important fishing station. ° Dunbar, Paul Laurence, an American poet; born of negre parents in Dayton, O., June 27, 1872. He was graduated at the Dayton High School in 1891, devoted himself to literature, and in 1898 became one of the staff of the Congre ional Library. He died Feb. 9, 1906.