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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 431 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PAARL , a See also:

TOWN

town of the Cape See also:

Province, See also:

South See also:

Africa, 36 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail E.N.E. of Cape Town. Pop. (1904), 11,293. The town is situated on the See also:

west See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

Berg See also:

RIVER

river, some 400 ft. above the See also:

sea. It stands on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain near the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Drakenstein mountains. West of the town the Paarl Berg rises from the plain. The berg is crowned by three See also:

GREAT

great See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite boulders, known as the Paarl, Britannia and See also:

Gordon See also:

Rock. The town is beautifully situated amid gardens, See also:

orange groves and vineyards. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief public buildings are the two Dutch Reformed churches, the old See also:

church being a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good specimen of colonial Dutch See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, with gables, curves and thatched roof. Paarl is a thriving agricultural and viticultural centre, among its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries being the manufacture of See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

BRANDY

brandy, See also:

WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon and See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage See also:

BUILDING

building and See also:

HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness making. South-See also:

east of the town are granite quarries. The wines produced in the See also:

DISTRICT

district are among the best in South Africa, ranking second only to those of See also:

CONSTANTIA

The Paarl is one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

EUROPEAN

European towns in South Africa. It See also:

DATES

dates from 1687, the site for the new See also:

settlement being chosen by the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, See also:

Simon See also:

VAN

van der Stell. It was named Paarl by the first settlers from the fancied resemblance of one of the boulders on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the See also:

hill, when glistening in the See also:

sun, to a gigantic See also:

pearl. Shortly afterwards several of the See also:

HUGUENOTS

Huguenots who had sought See also:

REFUGE

refuge at the Cape after the revocation of the See also:

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict of See also:

Nantes were placed in the new settlement. The See also:

PRESENT

present inhabitants are largely descended from these Huguenots.

End of Article: PAARL

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