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TAAL , a See also:town of the See also:province of See also:Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Pansipit See also:river, opposite See also:Lemery, with which it is connected by a See also:bridge, and about 50 M. S. of See also:Manila. Pop. of the See also:municipality (1903) 17,525. Taal is built, chiefly of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, on the See also:summit and terraced slopes of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overlooking the Gulf of See also:Balayan into which the Pansipit river flows. It has a cool and healthy See also:climate, is an important military station, and a See also:port for coastwise vessels. Extensive agricultural lands in the vicinity produce See also:rice, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:pepper, cacao, and See also:cotton, but the See also:great See also:coffee plantations which were formerly to be seen in its vicinity have been destroyed by See also:insects. The inhabitants are also engaged in raising horses and See also:cattle, in fishing, and in carrying on a considerable See also:trade in cotton goods, sugar, coffee, &c. Taal is the only town in the Philippines where effective efforts have been made to exclude the See also:Chinese. The hostility of the inhabitants toward them was such that none succeeded in establishing a See also:residence here until the latter days of the revolution against the See also:American See also:government. The town was founded in 1754 after the destruction by Taal See also:volcano of an old town of the same name on See also:Lake Taal. The See also:language is Tagalog.
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