PEMBERTON 



minor deity. The legislative 

 council passed a resolution for its 

 protection. The name was derived 

 from Pelorus Sound, where it 

 usually picked up vessels. It was 

 probably not an individual but a 

 succession of grampuses, as these 

 cetaceans frequently follow ships. 



Pelota (Lat. pila Span, pclla, 

 ball). Ball game, but particularly 

 that played in Spain and Span- 

 ish America with the cesta,- or 

 curved basket attachment for the 

 right hand, originating with the 

 Basques of France, and imported 

 into Spain in 1858, hence Pelota 

 Basque, or Vasca, though the game 

 is known in Spain as el ble d cesta, or 

 basket play. The hard ball weighs 

 120 grammes (about 4 oz. ), is made 

 of rubber and wire, and is covered 

 with leather. It is struck violently 

 with the cesta against two walls of 

 cement at right angles, known as 

 the fronton and the pared respect- 

 ively, in much the same way as in 

 the English game of Fives (q.v.). 

 The rules of the game are numerous 

 and complex ; and played by teams 

 of skilled professionals, three aside, 

 it is productive of great excite- 

 ment. It is an inheritance of the 

 Greek ball game, through the 

 Romans, modified by the intro- 

 duction of the cesta. 



Pelotas. Town of Brazil, in the 

 state of Rio Grande do Sul. It 

 stands near the Lagoa dos Patos 

 (q.v.), 25 m. by rly. N.W. of the 

 town of Rio Grande do Sul, and is 

 a junction for Sao Lourengo. It is 

 a commercial centre for coastal 

 trade, and has flour mills, soap and 

 glass factories, and exports pre- 

 served meats, hides, tallow, and 

 horns. It was formerly known by 

 the name of Sao Francisco de Paulo. 

 Pop. 30,000. 



Pelsocz. Town in the Slovakia 

 division of thd Czecho-Slovak re- 

 public, now kaown as Plesivec ; 

 formerly in the kingdom of Hun- 



tary. It is situated on the river 

 ajo, and is the junction of three 

 rlys., which reach the town from 

 three mountain valleys to the N.E. 

 Pop. 2,393. 



Peltasts. Type of light-armed 

 foot soldier of ancient Greece. They 

 bore a spear of moderate length, 

 and took their name from the 

 pelta, a crescent-shaped shield with 

 rounded ends. The peltasts were 

 a lighter arm than the hoplites, 

 who bore a long spear and sword, 

 and wore helmet, breastplate, and 

 circular shield. 



Pelton. Village of Durham, 

 England. It is 6 m. from Durham, 

 with a station on the N.E. Rly! 

 The chief occupation of its inhabi- 

 tants is found in the surrounding 

 coal mines. Pop. 5,500. 



Pelota. Players in the Spanish ball game, before the 



fronton wall. Inset, the cesta or basket attachment 



with which the ball is struck 



Pelvis (Lat., basin). Bony 

 girdle which connects the trunk 

 with the lower extremities, sup- 

 ports the weight of the body, and 

 contains the pelvic viscera. The 

 pelvis consists of the two innomin- 

 ate or hip bones, one on each side, 

 which meet in front, and are separ- 

 ated behind by the sacrum, ter- 

 minating in the coccyx. 



According to anatomists, the 

 pelvis is divided by a plane, 

 which passes through the pro- 

 montory of the sacrum and the 

 upper border of the junction formed 

 by the pubic bones. The upper 

 part of the pelvis is sometimes 

 spoken of as the false pelvis, and 

 the lower part as the true pelvis, 

 the line between them forming the 

 brim or inlet of the pelvis, while 

 the space between the inferior 

 terminations of the constituent 

 bones forms the outlet of the pelvis. 



Pubic Symphysis 





Sacru'fn 



Pelvis, seen from above 



Pelvoux. Mountain group of 

 France. It is on the frontiers of 

 the depts. of Isere and the Hautes- 

 Alpes, and is bounded by the 

 valleys of the Romanche, Drac, 

 and Durance. Composed chiefly 

 of rose-coloured granite and gneiss 

 and covered with numerous gla- 

 ciers, it has the form of a horse- 

 shoe open to the E. The most im- 

 portant glacier is that of Mont de 

 Lans. Mont Pelvoux, 12,945 ft. 



alt., is one of 

 the highest 

 peaks of the 

 Alps. Pron. Pelvoo. 



Pemba. Island situated off the 

 coast of Tanganyika Territory, 

 Africa. It is a British possession, 

 35 m. N.E. of the island of Zanzi- 

 bar. Of coral formation, it has an 

 area of 372 sq. m., and is divided 

 into three dists., Weti, Chake- 

 Chake, and Mkoani. It is adminis- 

 tered by the Zanzibar government. 

 The chief products are cloves, 

 copra, and rubber. Pop. 83,000. 

 iS'ee Zanzibar. 



Pemba Bay OB PO.WBA BAY. 

 Bay on the coast of Portuguese E. 

 Africa. About 120 m. N. of Mozam- 

 bique, it is one of the finest harbours 

 in the world. It covers an area of 

 40 sq. m. On the shores is the 

 settlement of Porto Amelia (q.v.). 



Pemberton. District of Wigan, 

 Lanes., formerly a separate area. 

 Served by the L. & Y. Rly., it 

 is a centre for the manufacture 

 of cotton. It was an urban dist. 

 from 1894 to 1904, when it was 

 made part of the county borough 

 of Wigan. See Wigan. 



Pemberton, MAX (b. 1863). 

 British novelist and playwright. 

 Born at Birmingham, June 19, 1863, 

 he was educated at Merchant Tay- 

 lors' School 

 and Caius 

 College, Cam- 

 bridge. Engag- 

 ing in journal- 

 ism, he was ed- 

 itor of Chums, 

 1892-93, and 

 made a suc- 

 cess with his 



adventure Max p emb erton. 

 story The British novelist 

 Iron Pirate, Eiiioti jt Fry 



