The international geography . rade with Great Britain, West Africa,and South America. The splendour of itsmonuments attests the antiquity of its originand - the power of its commercial , the capital of the old province of Beamand the birthplace of Henri IV., in the midst ofa wine-growing region, is the most importantof the Pyrenean towns, some of which, likeCauterets and Bagneres-de-Luchon, arq muchfrequented watering-places on account of theirthermal springs. Toulouse, half way betweenBordeaux and Cette, on the most easterly curveof the Garonne, is in the centre of rich grain-gr
The international geography . rade with Great Britain, West Africa,and South America. The splendour of itsmonuments attests the antiquity of its originand - the power of its commercial , the capital of the old province of Beamand the birthplace of Henri IV., in the midst ofa wine-growing region, is the most importantof the Pyrenean towns, some of which, likeCauterets and Bagneres-de-Luchon, arq muchfrequented watering-places on account of theirthermal springs. Toulouse, half way betweenBordeaux and Cette, on the most easterly curveof the Garonne, is in the centre of rich grain-growing plains, whence there is easy accessto the Central Plateau and to Languedoc. The South-East.—In the basin of the Saone D/;ow, the capital ofthe old province of Burgundy, stands at the junction of the routes fromthe west and north by the valleys of the Yonne and the Marne and at thecommencement of the vineyards of the Cote-dOr^ Besan^on, encircled bya curve of the Doubs, is the key of the Jura, the plateaux of which are. Fig. 128.—Lyons. France 253 covered with pasturage while the valleys shelter numerous sinaU industrialtowns largely engaged in watch-making. Lyons is ranged upon the lowerslopes of the eastern wall of the Central Plateau at the junction of theSaone and the Rhone, where the lake-dotted plateau of the Dombes meetsthe mountainous Dauphine. It is the second town in France for popula-tion, for industrial activity, and the enterprise of its capitalists ; in the silktrade it is unsurpassed. The neighbouring town of St. Eticnne combinesmining and the making of fire-arms with the manufacture of ribbons. Thewhole valley of the Rhone and the plain of Languedoc are dotted with oldRoman towns, forming regular stages on the first great road built in Gaul :of these are Vienne, Orange, Avignon, the papal city ; Bcaucaire, the gloryof the south in the Middle Ages ; Nimes, which still retains many finememorials of the past; and the old commercial and university town ofMo
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