See also:

• CRAU (from a Celtic root meaning " stone ")

CRAU (from a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning " See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone ")  , a region of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, comprised in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Bouches-du-See also:

• RHONE
• RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)

Rhone, and bounded W. by the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from See also:

• ARLES
• ARLES, KINGDOM OF

Arles to See also:

• PORT

Port du Bouc and the Rhone, N. by the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of the Alpines separating it from an analogous region, the Petite See also:

• CRAU (from a Celtic root meaning " stone ")

Crau, E. by the hills around See also:

• SALON

Salon and Istres, S. by the gulf of Fos, an inlet of the Mediterranean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . Covering an See also:

• AREA

area of about 200 sq. m., the Crau is a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying, waterless See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, owing its formation to a sudden inundation, according to some authorities, of the Rhone and the See also:

• DURANCE (anc. Druentia)

Durance, according to others of the Durance alone . Its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is formed chiefly of stones varying in See also:

• SIZE

size from an See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg to a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head; these, mixed with a proportion of See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• SOIL

soil, overlie a subsoil formed of stones cemented into a hard See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass by deposits of calcareous mud, beneath which lies a See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of loose stones, once thesea-bed . Naturally sterile and poor in See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, the Crau is adapted for See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture by the See also:

• PROCESS

process of warping, carried out by means of the Canal de Craponne, which See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th See also:

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

century; about one-See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the region in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east has thus been covered by the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deposits of the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Durance . The soil also responds in places to deep cultivation and the application of artificial See also:

• MANURES

manures . By these See also:

• AIDS

aids, uncultivated See also:

• LAND

land, which before supplied only rough and scanty pasture for a few See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, has been fitted for the growth of the See also:

• VINE

vine, See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive and other fruits; where See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation is practicable, See also:

• WATER

water- meadows have been formed . The dryness of the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is unfavourable to the See also:

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

production of cereals .