PAARL  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the Cape See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

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
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

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 (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

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
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

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

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

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
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

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
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

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

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
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

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, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

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
• 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, when glistening in the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, to a gigantic See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

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
• NANTES, EDICT OF

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

• PRESENT

present inhabitants are largely descended from these Huguenots .