GARCIA  GUTIERREZ-See also:

• GARDA, LAKE OF (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

GARDA, See also:

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

LAKE OF Sommieres it forms the western boundary of the See also:

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

department . The See also:

• HERAULT

Herault has its source and See also:

• PART

part of its course in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• GARD

Gard . The See also:

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

Canal de See also:

• BEAUCAIRE

Beaucaire extends from the See also:

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

Rhone at Beaucaire to Aigues-Mortes, which communicates with the Mediterranean at Grau-du-Roi by means of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand-Roubine canal . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is warm in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, colder in the See also:

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

north-west; it is rather changeable, and See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain-storms are See also:

• COMMON

common . The See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and violent north-west See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind known as the See also:

• MISTRAL
• MISTRAL, FREDERIC (183o– )

mistral is its worst See also:

• DRAWBACK

drawback . See also:

• LES

Les Fumades (near Allegre) and Euzet have See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs . The See also:

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

chief 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 crops are See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat and oats . See also:

• RYE

Rye, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and potatoes are also grown . Gard is famed for its See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, its breed of small horses, and its See also:

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

sheep, the See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool of which is of a very See also:

• FINE

fine quality . In the rearing of See also:

• SILK

silk-See also:

• WORMS

worms it ranks first among See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French departments . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees are the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive, mulberry and See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut . The See also:

• VINE

vine is extensively cultivated and yields excellent red and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white wines .

The department is 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 in minerals, and the mines of See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

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

iron, See also:

• LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite, See also:

• ASPHALT, or ASPHALTUM

asphalt, See also:

• ZINC

zinc, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead and See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, which are for the most part situated in the neighbourhoods of See also:

• ALAIS

Alais and La Grand'-See also:

• COMBE, ANDREW (1797-1847)
• COMBE, GEORGE (1788-1858)
• COMBE, or COOMB
• COMBE, WILLIAM (1741–1823)

Combe, constitute one of the chief See also:

• SOURCES

sources of its See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . See also:

• GREAT

Great quantities of 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 are obtained from the salt marshes along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . The quarries of See also:

• BUILDING

building and other 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 employ a considerable number of See also:

• WORK

work-men . The See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries are productive . The manufactures are extensive, and include those of silk, of which Alais is the chief centre, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and woollen fabrics, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, ironware, hats (Anduze), See also:

• LIQUORICE

liquorice, gloves, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, earthenware and See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . There are also breweries and distilleries, and important metallurgical See also:

• WORKS

works, the chief of which are those of Besseges . The exports of Gard include coal, lignite, See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

coke, asphalt, building-stone, iron, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, silk, hosiery, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, grapes and truffles . The department is served by the See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris-See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon railway . It is divided into the arrondissements of See also:

• NIMES
• NIMES, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Nemausensia)

Nimes, Alais, See also:

• UZES

Uzes and Le See also:

• VIGAN

Vigan, with 40 cantons and 351 communes . The chief See also:

• TOWN

town is Nimes, which is the seat of a bishopric of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon and of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . Gard belongs to the 15th military region, which has its headquarters at See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles, and to the academie (educational See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier . Nimes, Alais, Uzes, Aigues-Mortes, Beaucaire,See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Gilles, Besseges,La Grand'-Combe and See also:

• VILLENEUVE, PIERRE CHARLES JEAN BAPTISTE SILVESTRE (1763-r8o6)

Villeneuve-les-Avignon are the principal places .

Opposite the manufacturing town of See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont-St-Esprit the Rhone is crossed by a fine See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge more than r000 yds. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long built by the Pontiff brethren . Le Vigan, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town with several old houses, carries on silk-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning .