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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <bR> <div> <B> <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>Kinnaird House</TITLE> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META name="title" content="Kinnaird House"> <META name="description" content="Kinnaird House was built in 1897. The origional House was the home of James Bruce, the discoverer of the Nile. 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