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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 750 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ERMELO  , a

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district and
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town of the
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Transvaal . The district lies in the
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south-
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east of the
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province and is traversed by the
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Drakensberg . In it are
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Lake Chrissie, the only true lake in the
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country, and the
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sources of the
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Vaal, Olifants,
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Komati, and Usuto
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rivers, which rise within 3o m. of one another . The region has a
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general
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elevation of about 5500 ft. and is
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fine agricultural and
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pastoral country, besides containing valuable minerals, including
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coal and
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gold . Ermelo town, pop . (19o4) 1451, is by
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rail 175 M . S.E. of
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Johannesburg, and 74 M . S.S.W. of Machadodorp on the
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Pretoria-Delagoa
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Bay railway . A
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government experimental
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farm, with some moo acres of plantations, is maintained here .

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