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South of the Montagnes Noires, the Odet, Aven, Isoleand EIie flow southward; while the waters of the Aulne, flowing through a region enclosed by the two chains with a westward See also:

DECLINATION (from Lat. declinare, to decline)

declination, See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge into the Brest roads. The See also:

rivers are all small, and none of the hills attain a height of 1300 ft. The See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast is generally steep and rocky and at some points dangerous, notably off Cape Raz and the tie de Sein; it is indented with numerous bays and inlets, the See also:

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

chief of which—the roadstead of Brest and the Bays of See also:

DOUARNENEZ

Douarnenez and Audierne—are on ,he west. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal harbours are those of Brest, See also:

CONCARNEAU

Concarneau, See also:

MORLAIX

Morlaix, Landerneau, See also:

QUIMPER

Quimper and Douarnenez.

Off the coast See also:

lie a number of islands and rocks, the principal of which are See also:

USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

Ushant (q.v.)N.W. of Cape St Mathieu, and Batz off See also:

ROSCOFF

Roscoff. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is temperate and equable, but humid; the prevailing winds are the W., S.W. and N.W. Though more than a third of the department is covered by See also:

heath, See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste See also:

LAND

land and See also:

FOREST

forest, it produces oats, See also:

wheat, See also:

BUCKWHEAT

buckwheat, See also:

rye and See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley in quantities more than sufficient for its See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population. In the extreme north the neighbourhood of Roscoff, and farther south the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of the Brest roadstead, are extremely fertile and yield large quantities of See also:

ASPARAGUS

asparagus, artichokes and onions, besides melons and other fruits. The See also:

cider See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple is abundant and furnishes the chief drink of the inhabitants. See also:

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

Hemp and See also:

FLAX

flax are also grown. The See also:

FARM

farm and See also:

DAIRY

dairy produce is plentiful, and See also:

GREAT

great See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention is paid to the breeding and feeding of 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 and horses. The See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey and See also:

wax is considerable. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries of the coast, particularly the See also:

PILCHARD (in earlier 16th century forms pylcher, pilchar; of unknown origin; the Fr. pilseir is adapted from Eng.)

pilchard See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery, employ a great many hands and render this department an excellent nursery of See also:

SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

seamen for the See also:

French See also:

NAVY

navy. See also:

COAL

Coal, though found in Finistere, is not See also:

MINED

mined; there are quarries of See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, See also:

SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate, See also:

potter's See also:

clay, &c. The See also:

lead mines of Poullaouen and Huelgoat, which for several centuries yielded a considerable quantity of See also:

SILVER

silver, are no longer worked. The preparation of sardines is carried on on a large See also:

scale at several of the coast-towns.

The manufactures include linens, woollens, See also:

SAIL

sail-See also:

CLOTH

cloth, See also:

ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes, agricultural implements, See also:

paper, See also:

leather, earthenware, soda, See also:

SOAP

soap, candles, and fertilizers and chemicals derived from seaweed. Brest has important foundries and See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works; and See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding is carried on there and at other seaports. Brest and Morlaix are the most important commercial ports. See also:

Trade is in See also:

fish, vegetables and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit. Coal is the chief import. The department is served by the See also:

Orleans and Western See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The See also:

canal from See also:

Nantes to Brest has 51 M. of its length in the department. The Aulne is navigable for 17 m., and many of the smaller rivers for short distances. Finistere is divided into the arrondissements of See also:

QUIMPERLE

Quimperle, Brest, Chateaulin, Morlaix and Quimper (43 cantons, 294 communes), the See also:

TOWN

town of Quimper being the See also:

capital of the department and the seat of a bishopric. The department belongs to the region of the XI. 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 archiepiscopal province and See also:

ACADEMIC

academic (educational See also:

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

division) of See also:

RENNES

Rennes, where its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal is also situated. The more important places are Quimper, Brest, Morlaix, Quimperle, St Poi-de-See also:

Leon, Douarnenez, Concarneau, Roscoff, Penmarc'h and See also:

PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont-l'See also:

ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe. Finistere abounds in menhirs and other megalithic monuments, of which those of Penmarc'h, Plouarzal and Crozon are noted.

The two religious structures characteristic of Brittany—calvaries and charnel-houses—are frequently met with. The calvaries of Plougastel-Daoulas, Pleyben, St Thegonnec, Lampaul-Guimiliau, which date from the 17th See also:

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

century, and that of Guimiliau (16th century), and the charnel-houses of Sizun and St Thegonnec With century) and of Guimiliau (17th century) may be instanced as the most remarkable. Daoulas has the remains of a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

church and See also:

CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister in the Romanesque See also:

style. The See also:

CHAPEL

chapel of St Herbot (16th century) near Loqueffret, the churches of St See also:

JEAN

Jean-du-Doigt and Locronan, which belong to the 15th and 16th centuries, those of Ploare, Roscoff, Penmarc'h and Pleyben of the 16th century, that of Le Folgoet (14th and 16th centuries), and the huge See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of Kerjean (r6th century) are of architectural See also:

INTEREST

interest. Religious festivals, and processions known as " pardons," are held in many places, notably at Locronan, St Jean-du-Doigt, St Herbot and Le Faou.

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