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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 587 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BEAUFORT See also:
WEST
WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)
WEST , in Cape See also:

province, See also:

South See also:

Africa, the See also:

capital of a See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of this name, 339 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.E. of Cape See also:

TOWN

Town. Pop. (19o4) 5481. The largest town in the western See also:

PART

part of the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

KARROO

Karroo, it lies, at an See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of 2792 ft., at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern slopes of the Nieuwveld mountains. It has several See also:

FINE

fine public buildings and the streets are lined with avenues of See also:

PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear trees, while an abundant See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

WATER

water, luxuriant orchards, See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and gardens give it the See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of an See also:

OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis in the See also:

DESERT

desert. It is a favourite resort of invalids. The town was founded in 1819, and in its See also:

early days was largely resorted to by Griquas and See also:

BECHUANA

Bechuana for the See also:

sale of See also:

ivory, skins and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. The Beaufort West division has an See also:

AREA

area of 6374 sq. m. and a pop. (1904) of 10,762, 45 % being whites. See also:

Sheep-farming is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

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