CUMBERLAND ROAD : see NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD. CUMBRAES, THE, two islands forming a parish and part of the county of Bute, Scotland, lying in the Firth of Clyde, be tween the southern shores of Bute and the coast of Ayrshire. Great Cumbrae island, about II m. W.S.W. of Largs, is m. long and 2 m. broad, and has a circumference of Io m. and an area of 3,200 acres or 5 square m. Its highest point is 417 ft. above the sea. There is some fishing and a little farming, but the mainstay of the inhabitants is the custom of the visitors who crowd every summer to Millport, which is reached by steamer from Largs, and from Fairlie in the summer. This town (pop. 1931, 2,083) is well situated at the head of a fine bay and has a climate that is both warm and bracing. Its chief public buildings include the cathedral, erected in Gothic style on rising ground behind the town, the college connected with it (not now used as such), a picturesque seat belonging to the marquess of Bute, who owns the island, and a marine biological station. The cathedral, originally the collegiate church, was founded in 1849 by the earl of Glasgow and opened in 1851. In 1876 it was constituted the cathedral of Argyll and the Isles. Millport enjoys exceptional facilities for boating and bathing, and there are also two good golf-courses. Little Cumbrae island lies to the south, separated by the Tan, a strait half a mile wide. It is I4 m. long, barely I m. broad, and has an area of almost a square mile. Its highest point is 409 ft. above sea-level. On the bold cliffs of the west coast stands a lighthouse. Robert II. is said to have built a castle on an islet off the east shore, which was demolished by Cromwell's soldiers in 1653. The remains of the tower can be seen. The population of the two islands, omitting Millport, was 82 in 1931.