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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DALLE (pronounced " dal," Fr. for a See also:flag-See also:stone or See also:flat See also:tile)  , a rapid falling over See also:flat smooth See also:rock surfaces in a See also:river See also:bed, especially in See also:rivers flowing between basaltic rocks . The name is See also:common in See also:America, and came into use through the See also:French employes of the See also:Hudson's See also:Bay See also:Company . Well-known "dalles" are on the St See also:Louis, St Croix and See also:Wisconsin rivers . The " dalles " of the See also:Columbia river are very beautiful, and have given its name to Dalles (1910 pop . 4880), See also:county-seat of Wasco county, See also:Oregon .

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