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general inclination north-westward in the direction of the valley of the Creuse, sloping from the mountains of Auvergne and Limousin, branches of which project into the See also:

south of the department. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of these starts from the Plateau de Gentioux, and under the name of the Mountains of Marche extends along the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Creuse. The highest point is in the See also:

FOREST

forest of Chateauvert (3o50 ft.) in the extreme south-See also:

east of the department. See also:

Rivers, streams and lakes are numerous, but none are navigable; the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal is the Creuse, which rises on the north See also:

side of the See also:

mass of See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Odouze on the border of the department of Correze, and passes through the department, dividing it into two nearly equal portions, receiving the Petite Creuse from the right, and afterwards flowing on to join the Vienne. The valleys of the See also:

head-streams of the Cher and of its tributary the Tardes, which near Evauk passes under a See also:

FINE

fine viaduct 300 ft. in height, occupy the eastern side; those of the heads of the Vienne and its tributary the Thaurion, and of the Gartempe joining the Creuse, are in the See also:

west of the department. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is in general 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, moist and variable; the rigorous See also:

winter covers the higher cantons with See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow; See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain is abundant in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and storms are frequent in summer, but the autumn is fine. Except in the valleys thesoil is poor and infertile, and See also:

agriculture is also handicapped by the dearness of labour, due to the See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration of from 15,000 to 20,000 of the inhabitants to other parts of France; where they serve as stonemasons, &c.

The produce of cereals, chiefly See also:

rye, See also:

wheat, oats and See also:

BUCKWHEAT

buckwheat, is not sufficient for See also:

home See also:

CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption. The See also:

CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut abounds in the north and west; See also:

HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp and potatoes are also grown. 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-rearing and See also:

sheep-breeding are the chief See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of the department, which supplies Poitou and See also:

Vendee with See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught oxen. See also:

COAL

Coal is See also:

MINED

mined to some extent, chiefly in the See also:

basin of Ahun. There are thermal springs at Evaux in the east of the department, where remains of See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

BATHS

baths are preserved. The chief See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments are the manufactories of carpets and hangings and the dyeworks of See also:

Aubusson and Felletin. Saw-See also:

mills and the manufacture of wooden shoes and hats have some importance. Exports include carpets, coal, live-stock and hats; imports comprise raw materials for the manufactures and See also:

food-supplies. The department is served by the See also:

Orleans railway See also:

COMPANY

company, whose See also:

LINE

line from Montlucon to Perigueux traverses it from east to west. It is divided into the four arrondissements of See also:

GUERET

Gueret, the See also:

capital Aubusson, Bourganeuf, and Boussac, and further into 25 cantons and 266 communes. With Haute-Vienne, Creuse forms the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

LIMOGES

Limoges, where also is its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal. It forms See also:

PART

part of the academie (educational See also:

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

division) of Clermont and of the region of the XII. 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.

The principal towns are Gueret and Aubusson. La Souterraine, Chambon-sur-Voueize and Benevent-l'Abbaye possess fine churches of the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. At Moutier-d'Ahun there is a See also:

church, which has survived from a See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

abbey. The See also:

NAVE

nave of the 15th century with a fine portal, and the See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir with its carved stalls of the 17th century, are of considerable See also:

INTEREST

interest. The small industrial See also:

TOWN

town of Bourganeuf has remains of a priory, including a See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower (15th century) in which Zizim, See also:

BROTHER

brother of the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan Bajazet II., is said to have been imprisoned.

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