. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ^ Southampton !^ F^. TIIS UAPPK CO . LONbON. FlO. 60.—France. Cominiinications. paratively recent days the only large centres of popula-tion. In the case of Paris, even to-day there are no reallylarge towns until the edges of the Paris basin are regards its industries, it should be noted that Paris,like London, lies away from coal and iron. It is famousfor articles of fashion and art, ^. jewellery, millinery,gloves, etc. 212 EUROPE Dijon deserves special mention as a railway lies in the Sao
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ^ Southampton !^ F^. TIIS UAPPK CO . LONbON. FlO. 60.—France. Cominiinications. paratively recent days the only large centres of popula-tion. In the case of Paris, even to-day there are no reallylarge towns until the edges of the Paris basin are regards its industries, it should be noted that Paris,like London, lies away from coal and iron. It is famousfor articles of fashion and art, ^. jewellery, millinery,gloves, etc. 212 EUROPE Dijon deserves special mention as a railway lies in the Saone valley, and commands an easy routeacross the Cote dOr to the basin of the Seine (seeFig. 60). It is, therefore, the meeting-place of routesfrom Switzerland, from Brindisi and from Marseilles. France has also an excellent system of canals, whichsupplement the rivers and connect one river-basin toanother, so that it is possible to transfer goods fromone part of the country to another without break ofbulk. Those carrying the greatest tonnage connectthe ports of Calais and Dunkirk with the
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