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DAGUPAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 731 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAGUPAN , a See also:

town and the most important commercial centre of the See also:province of Pangasinan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on a See also:branch-; of the Agno See also:river near its entrance into the Gulf of See also:Lingayen, 120 M. by See also:rail N.N.W. of See also:Manila. Pop. (1903), 20,357. It is served by the Manila & Dagupan railway. Dagupan has a healthy See also:climate. It is the See also:chief point of exportation for a very See also:rich province, which produces See also:sugar, See also:indigo, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:copra, and especially See also:rice. There are several rice See also:mills here. See also:Salt is an important export, being manufactured in salt See also:water swamps and marshes throughout the province of Pangasinan (whose name, from asin, " salt," means " the See also:place where salt is produced "). In these. marshes grows the nipa See also:palm, from which a liquor is distilled—there are a number of small distilleries here. Dagupan has a small shipyard in which sailing vessels and See also:steam launches are constructed. The See also:principal See also:language is Pangasinan. DAHABEAH (also spelt dahabiya, dahabiyeh, dahabeeyah, &c.), an Arabic word (variously derived from dahab, See also:gold, and dahab, one of the forms of the verb to go) for a native passenger See also:boat used on the See also:Nile.

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form is that of a See also:barge-like See also:house-boat provided with sails, resembling the painted galleys represented on the tombs of the Pharaohs. Similar See also:state See also:barges were used by the See also:Mahommedan rulers of See also:Egypt, and from the circumstance that these vessels were ornamented with See also:gilding is attributed the usual derivation of the name from gold. Before the introduction of steamers dahabeahs were generally used by travellers ascending the Nile, and they are still the favourite means of travelling for the leisured and wealthy classes. The See also:modern dahabeah is often made of See also:iron, draws about 2 ft. of water, and • is provided with one very large and one small See also:sail. According to See also:size it provides See also:accommodation for from two to a dozen passengers. Steam dahabeahs are also built to meet the requirements of tourists.

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