PATTISON, ROBERT EVERETT, D D., 1800-74; b. Vt.; graduated at Amherst college, 1S26; was tutor in Columbia college, Washington, D. C.; ordained as a Baptist minister at Salem, Mass., 1829; and settled, in 1830, pastor of the First Baptist church in Provi dence, R. I. In 1836 he was elected president of Waterville college, Maine, retaining the position until 1840, NAQICD he returned to his former pastorate in Providence. In 1816 he became professor in the theological seminary at Covington, Ky. In 1848 he was elected professor of theology in the Newton theological institution, Massachusetts, and in 1853 was again president of Waterville college. Subsequently he held other collegiate posi tions. lie contributed to periodicals, and was the author of Commentary on the Epistle to the Egliesians.
PAU, a flourishing t. of France, capital of the department of Basses-Pyrkees, on the right bank of the Gave-de-Pau, 105 m. s.s.e. of Bordeaux. It occupies a rocky height, cloven into two portions by a ravine through which a streamlet flows into the Gave-de Pau. and united by a high Toward the s. it commands most magnificent views of the western Pyrenees; indeed, for mountain views its situation is hardly surpassed by that of any town in France. As seen from this town, the distant Pyrenees rise in peaks,
cones, and serrated ridges, and present an outline as varied as it is strikingly beautiful, The town contains a palace of justice, a promenade, royal square, with a bronze statue of Henri 1V., beautiful theater, university-academy, museum. and library of 25,000 vols. Linen and cloth manufactures are the chief branches of industry; in the vicinity con wine (good but strong) is grown. Many swine are fed in the vicinity, and from the pork the famous Jambons de Bayonne are made. Pau is a favorite resort of the English,, especially during winter, and is a general rendezvous for those who wish to explore the Pyrenees. Pop. '76, 27,553.
The principal building, however, of Pau, and that to which it owes its existence, is the old castle which stands on the ridge overlooking the liver, and forms both the most conspicuous and most interesting feature of the town. It has five towers, united by an outer wall, and is supposed to have been founded by Gaston de Foix about the year 1363. Pau was the capital of the kingdom of Beam, and its castle was the birthplace of the famous Henri IV.