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east Alps that it descends into the upper Cretaceous, and in the Vienna region and the Carpathians it contains intercalations which clearly indicate a See also:

LOWER

lower Cretaceous See also:

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon for the lower parts. It appears indeed that this type of formation was in progress of deposition at one point or another in the regions enumerated above from See also:

JURASSIC

Jurassic to See also:

LATE

late See also:

TERTIARY

Tertiary times. The See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of fossils from enormous thicknesses of Flysch makes the correlation with other formations difficult; often the only indications of organisms are the abundant markings supposed to represent See also:

ALGAE

Algae (Chondrites, &c.), which have given rise to the See also:

TERM

term " Hieroglyphic-See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone." The most noteworthy exceptions are perhaps the Oligocene See also:

fish-See also:

bed of See also:

GLARUS (Fr. Glaris)

Glarus, the Eocene nummulitic beds in See also:

CALABRIA

Calabria, and the Aptychus beds of Waidhofen. See also:

LOCAL

Local phases of the Flysch have received See also:

SPECIAL

special names; it is the " Vienna " or " Carpathian " sandstone of those regions; the " macigno " (a soft sandstone with calcareous See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement) of the Maritime Alps and Apennines; the " scagliose " (scaly See also:

CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays) and " alberese " (limestones) of the same places are portions of this formation. The gris de Menton, the gris d'Annot of the Basses Alps, and the gris d'See also:

EMBRUN

Embrun of Chaillot appear in Switzer-See also:

LAND

land as the gris de Taveyannaz. At several places the upper layers of the Flysch are See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-stained, as in the region of Leman and at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Dent du Midi; it is then styled the " Red-Flysch." Lenticular intercalations of See also:

GABBRO

gabbro, See also:

DIABASE

diabase, &c., occur in the Flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees. Large See also:

EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic blocks of See also:

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

granite, See also:

GNEISS

gneiss and other crystalline rocks in coarse conglomerates are found near Vienna, near Sonthofen in See also:

BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria,nearLakeThun (See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild Flysch) and at other points, which have been variously regarded as indications of glaciation or of coastal conditions. FOtA (pronounced Fhwtcha), a See also:

TOWN

town of Bosnia, situated at the confluence of the Drina and Cehotina See also:

rivers, and encircled by wooded mountains.

Pop. (1895) 4217. The town is the See also:

head-quarters of a thriving See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in See also:

SILVER

silver See also:

FILIGREE (formerly written filigrann or filigrane; the Ital. filigrana, Fr. filigrane, Span. filigrana, Ger. Drahtgefiecht)

filigree-See also:

WORK

work and inlaid weapons, for which it was famous. With its territories enclosed by the frontiers of See also:

MONTENEGRO

Montenegro and Novi Bazar, Foca, then known as Chocha, was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of almost incessant border warfare during the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. No monuments of this period are See also:

LEFT

left except the Bogomil cemeteries, and the beautiful mosques, which are the most See also:

ancient in Bosnia. The three adjoining towns of Foca, Gorakda and Ustikolina were trading-stations of the Ragusans in the 14th See also:

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

century, if not earlier. In the 16th century, Benedetto Ramberti, See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador from See also:

Venice to the See also:

PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte, described the town, in his Libri Tre delle Cose dei Turchi, as Cozza, " a large See also:

settlement, with See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good houses in See also:

TURKISH

Turkish See also:

style, and many shops and merchants. Here dwells the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Herzegovina, whose authority extends over the whole of See also:

SERVIA

Servia.

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