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Chaudesaigues, noted for its thermal springs, the most important in the department. Northwards the Monts du Cantal are connected with the Monts See also:

DORE, LOUIS AUGUSTE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)

Dore by the volcanic range of Cezallier and the arid plateaus of Artense. In the See also:

west of the department grassy plateaus and beautiful See also:

RIVER

river valleys slope gently down from the central heights. Most of the streams of the department have their See also:

SOURCES

sources in this central See also:

ridge and fall by a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and rapid course into the See also:

rivers which See also:

TRAVERSE

traverse the extensive valleys on either See also:

side.

The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal rivers are the Alagnon, a tributary of the See also:

Allier; the See also:

CELLE

Celle and Truyere, tributaries of the Lot; and the Cere and See also:

RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue, tributaries of the See also:

DORDOGNE

Dordogne. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate of the department varies considerably in the different localities. In the alluvial See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain between See also:

MURAT, JOACHIM (1767—1815)

Murat and St See also:

FLOUR

Flour, and in the south-west in the See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement of See also:

AURILLAC

Aurillac, it is generally mild and dry; but in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern and central portions the winters are See also:

long and severe and the hurricanes peculiarly violent. The See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and See also:

DAMP

damp of the climate in these districts are See also:

GREAT

great obstacles to the cultivation of See also:

wheat, but See also:

rye and See also:

BUCKWHEAT

buckwheat are grown in considerable quantities, and in natural pasture Cantal is extremely See also:

rich. 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 are accordingly reared with profit, especially around See also:

SALERS

Salers and in the Monts d'Aubrac, while See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter and Roquefort See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese are made in large quantities. Large flocks of See also:

sheep pasture in the Monts d'Aubrac and elsewhere in the department; goats are also reared. The. inhabitants are See also:

SIMPLE

simple and See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive and accustomed to live on the scantiest fare. Many of them migrate for See also:

PART

part of the See also:

YEAR

year to See also:

Paris and the provinces, where they engage in the humblest occupations. The principal articles of See also:

food are rye, buckwheat and chestnuts. The See also:

INTERNAL

internal resources of the department are considerable; but the difficulty of See also:

LAND

land-See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage prevents them being sufficiently See also:

DEVELOPED

developed. The hills and valleys abound with See also:

GAME

game and the streams with See also:

fish. Cantal produces a vast variety of aromatic and medicinal See also:

PLANTS

plants; and its See also:

MINERAL

mineral products include See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

antimony and See also:

lime.

The department has no prominent manufactures. Live-stock, cheese, butter and coal are the principal exports; coal, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, cereals, flour and earthenware are imported. The department is served by the See also:

RAILWAYS

railways of the See also:

Orleans and Southern companies, the construction of which at some points demanded considerable See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering skill, notably in the See also:

case of the viaduct of Garabit spanning the See also:

GORGE

gorge of the Truyere. Cantal is divided into four arrondissements—Aurillac, See also:

MAURIAC

Mauriac, Murat and St Flour—23 cantons and 267 communes. It belongs to the region of the XIII. See also:

army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps and to the academie (educational See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of Clermont-See also:

FERRAND, ANTOINE FRANCOIS CLAUDE, COMTE

Ferrand. Its bishopric is at St Flour and depends on the archbishopric of See also:

BOURGES

Bourges. Its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal is at See also:

RIOM

Riom. The See also:

capital is Aurillac (q.v.), and St Flour (q.v.) is the other principal See also:

TOWN

town.

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