TAAL  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

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

province of See also:

• BATANGAS

Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Pansipit See also:

• RIVER

river, opposite See also:

• LEMERY

Lemery, with which it is connected by a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, and about 50 M . S. of See also:

• MANILA

Manila . Pop. of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

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

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

Balayan into which the Pansipit river flows . It has a cool and healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, is an important military station, and a See also:

• PORT

port for coastwise vessels . Extensive agricultural lands in the vicinity produce See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane, See also:

• PEPPER
• PEPPER, WILLIAM (1843–1898)

pepper, cacao, and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, but the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee plantations which were formerly to be seen in its vicinity have been destroyed by See also:

• INSECTS

insects . The inhabitants are also engaged in raising horses and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, in fishing, and in carrying on a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

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, JAPANESE AND

Chinese . The hostility of the inhabitants toward them was such that none succeeded in establishing a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence here until the latter days of the revolution against the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The town was founded in 1754 after the destruction by Taal See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano of an old town of the same name on See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Taal . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is Tagalog .