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regent of the former country. J- -m 

 ing the party demandin 

 owe, he was proclaimed em | 

 1822, and in 1825 the independence 

 of Brazil wu recognized. On id-- 

 death of hit father in the foil- a* m. 

 yearhebeoaiui- Km/. -I Portugal, but 

 abdicated in favour of bu 

 tor, Maria. After an outbreak 

 de Janeiro he abdicated 

 the Brazilian throne also, April 7. 

 1831, and returned to Portugal. 



Pedro II (1825-91). Kmperorot 

 Bra/il. ls:U-80. He was bora at 

 K i - 1 If Janeiro, Deo. 2, 1 825, aoo of 

 Pedro I. and waa proclaimed em- 

 peror on his father's abdication, 

 1831. The empire settled down to a 

 long period of peace under him 

 until he waa dethroned after the 

 revolution of 1889, when he re- 

 tired to Europe. He died in Paris, 

 Deo. 5, 1891. In 1921 the remains 

 of Pedro II and his wife were taken 

 to Rio de Janeiro for re-interment. 

 Peebles. Royal and mun. burgb 

 and co. town of Peeblesshire, Scot- 

 land. It stands on the river Tweed, 

 23 m. S. of Edin- 

 burgh on the 

 N.B. and Cal. 

 Rlys. Anciently 

 a residence of 

 the Scottish 

 kings, Peebles 

 occupies a well- 

 sheltered p o s i- 

 tion in the valley 

 of the Tweed and attracts many 

 visitors. Queensberry Lodging, an 

 ancient building, was presented in 

 1624 by James VI to Lord Yester. 

 In 18. r >7 William Chambers bought it 

 and gave it to the town ; through 

 the generosity of Andrew Carnegie 

 it was reconstructed and enlarged. 

 The new buildings, reopened in 

 1912, contain the council chambers, 

 town hall, library, museum, and 



Pet-Mi's 



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Peebles, Scotland. Pariib church, 

 built in 1887 



Peeblessbire. Map ot tbe inland county ol S.E. Scotland 



art gallery. There are a hydro- 

 pathic establishment and a good 

 golf course. Tweed and woollen 

 cloth are manufactured Market 

 day. Tues. Pop. 5,600. 



Peeblesshire OB TWEEDDALB. 

 Inland county of Scotland. Its 

 area is 347 so. tn. From the valley 

 of the Tweed, which has its source 

 in the S.W and traverses the en- 

 tire breadth of the county K., the 

 surface rises on each side in a suc- 

 cession of grass-clad hills scored 

 by fertile valleys. In the S. there 

 has been much planting of trees. 

 Un the S. border is Broad Law 

 (2,754 ft.), the highest summit in 

 the county. The chief streams are 

 the Biggar, Manor, Lyne, and Ed- 

 dlestone, all affluent to the Tweed. 

 Peebles is a pastoral county, 

 and sheep are reared in large 

 numbers. 



The N.B. and Cal. Rlys. afford 

 transport facilities. Peebles is the 

 county town. In conjunction with 

 part of Midlothian one member is 

 it-turned to Parlia- 

 ment. Pop. 15,300. 



LITERARY ASSO- 

 CIATIONS, The 

 oo. town claims 

 several celebrated 

 sons. William and 

 Robert Chambers 

 were born there : 

 as also were 

 Thomas Smibert 

 (1810-54), poet 

 and miscellaneous 

 writer, editor of 

 < Limbers' s Jour- 

 nal. 1837-42, 

 John Veitch 



(1829-94), author 

 of History and 

 Poetrv _of tbe 

 Scottish- ' Border 

 and poems in- 

 spired by Tweed 

 side; and Henry 



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-94), writer on 

 philosophy. Tbe 

 county has been 

 rich in writers of 

 famous song. 

 Robert Crawford 

 (d 1733), author 

 of Tweedaide and 

 other well-known 

 songs, lived at 

 Auc b i names. 

 James Nicol( 1769 

 -1819), poet and 

 miscellaneous 

 writer, was bora 

 at Innerleitben. 

 Sir Walter Scott 

 found much in- 

 spiration in the 

 county, as also 

 did Thomas Tod 

 Stoddart (1810- 

 80) and J. C. Shairp in The Bush 

 A boon Traquair. 



Bibliography. History ol Peebles- 

 shire, W. Chambers, 1864 ; History 

 and Poetry of the Scottish Border, 

 J. Veitch, new ed. 1893 ; The Story 

 of the Tweed. Sir H. Maxwell, 1909. 

 Peekskill. Town of New York. 

 It stands on the Hudson, 41 m. 

 from New York City, and is served 

 by the New York Central and Hud- 

 son River Rlys. It has a number 

 of manufactures. Peekskill was 

 founded in 1764 and incorporated in 

 1816. It waa important during the 

 war of independence. Pop. 15,900. 

 Peel OR PELS. In medieval 

 architecture, a small tower or keep. 

 They were found commonly on the 

 borders of Scotland and Wales, and 

 served as places of refuge for the 

 inhabitants in case of raids. 



Peel. Coast town and watering- 

 place of the Isle of Man. It is 1 1 m. 

 N.W. of Douglas, on the Isle of 

 Man Rly. There are manufactures 

 of sails nets, boats, etc., but the 



Peel, lile ol Man. Ruins ol tbe cutle on St Patrick's 

 Isle ; on tbe mot is tbe roofless cathedrn of St. German' 



