See also:

• GALATZ (Galalii)

GALATZ (Galalii)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

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

department of Covurlui; on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, 90 m . W. by N. of its mouth at See also:

• SULINA

Sulina . Pop . (1900) 62,678, including 12,000 See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . The Danube is joined by the Sereth 3 m . S.W. of See also:

• GALATZ (Galalii)

Galatz, and by the Pruth io m . E . Galatz is built on a slight See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence among the marshes which See also:

• LINE

line the intervening See also:

• SHORE

shore and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, beside the western bank of the Pruth, the shallow See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere called See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Bratych (Brate.gul), more than 5o sq. m. in extent . With the disappearance, towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 19th See also:

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

century, of most of its older quarters in which the crooked, See also:

• ILL

ill-paved streets and insanitary houses were liable to be flooded every See also:

• YEAR

year, the city improved rapidly . Embankments and See also:

• FINE

fine quays were constructed along the Danube; electric tramways were opened in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main streets, which were lighted by See also:

• GAS

gas or See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity, and pure See also:

• WATER

water was supplied . The higher, or See also:

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

north-western See also:

• PART

part of the city, which is the more open and comfortable, contains many of the See also:

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

chief buildings . These include the prefecture, consulate, See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military hospitals and the offices of the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Danube (q.v.) .

The See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of the See also:

• LOWER

lower Danube resides at Galatz . There are many Orthodox See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and other churches; the most interesting being the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, in which is the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the famous Cossack chief, Mazeppa (1644-1709), said to have been rifled of its contents by the Russians . Galatz is a See also:

• NAVAL

naval station, and the headquarters of the III. See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

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, protected by a line of fortifications which extends for 45 M . E. to See also:

• FOCSHANI (Rumanian Focrani, sometimes incorrectly written Fokshani or Fokshan)

Focshani and is known as the Sereth line . But the main importance of the city is commercial . Galatz is the chief Moldavian See also:

• PORT

port of entry, approached by three waterways, the Danube, Sereth and Pruth, down which there is a continual See also:

• VOLUME

volume. of See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic, except in See also:

• MID

mid-See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter; and by the See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways which intersect all the richest portions of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Textiles, machinery, and See also:

• COAL

coal make up the bulk of imports . Besides a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum and See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, Galatz ranks first among Rumanian cities in its export of See also:

• TIMBER

timber, and second to See also:

• BRAILA (in Rumanian Braila, formerly IBRAILA)

Braila in its export of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain . It possesses many saw-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• PASTE (O. Fr. paste, modern pate, Late Lat. pasta, whence also in Span., Port. and Ital., from Gr. 1r&vrrl or 1raara, barley porridge, or salted pottage, ir&ao'ety, to sprinkle with salt)

paste-mills, See also:

• FLOUR

flour-mills, roperies, chemical See also:

• WORKS

works and petroleum refineries; manufacturing also See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• WARE

ware, See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire, nails, See also:

• SOAP

soap and candles . Vessels of 2500 tons can 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 at the quays, but cargoes consigned to Galatz are often transhipped into lighters at Sulina . The See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping trade is largely in See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign hands, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal owners being See also:

• BRITISH

British .