See also:

• MINORCA (Menorca)

MINORCA (Menorca)  , the second in See also:

• SIZE

size of the See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish islands in 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, known as the Balearic Islands (q.v.), 27 M . E.N.E. of See also:

• MAJORCA (Mallorca)

Majorca . Pop . (1900), 371,512; See also:

• AREA

area, 26o sq. m . The See also:

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

coast is deeply indented, especially on the See also:

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

north, with numerous creeks and bays—that of See also:

• PORT

Port Mahon (17,144) being one of the finest in the Mediterranean, if not the best of them all, according to the popular See also:

• RHYME

rhyme " Junio, Julio, Agosto y puerto Mahon Los mejores puertos del Mediterraneo son " " See also:

• JUNE

June, See also:

• JULY

July, See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August and Port Mahon are the best harbours of the Mediterranean " (see PORT MAIION) . The ports Addaya, Fornelle, Ciudadela and Nitja may also be mentioned . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island is uneven, See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and rising irregularly towards the centre, where the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain El See also:

• TORO

Toro—probably so called from the Arabic tor, a height, though the natives have a See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of a See also:

• CORO

Coro or See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull—has an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 1207 ft . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is not so equable as that of Majorca, and the island is exposed in autumn and See also:

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

winter to the violence of the north winds . Its See also:

• SOIL

soil is of very unequal quality; that of the higher districts being See also:

• LIGHT

light, See also:

• FINE

fine, and fertile, and producing See also:

• REGULAR

regular harvests without much labour, while that of the plains is chalky, scanty, and unfit for pasture or the plough . Some of the valleys have a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good alluvial soil; and where the hills have been terraced they are cultivated to the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit . The See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat and See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley raised in the island are sometimes sufficient for See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption; there is rarely a surplus . The Hedysarum coronarium, or zulla, as it is called by the Spaniards, is largely cultivated for See also:

• FODDER

fodder .

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• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

Wine, oil, potatoes, See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp and See also:

• FLAX

flax are produced in moderate quantities; See also:

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

fruit of all kinds, including melons, pomegranates, See also:

• FIGS

figs and almonds, is abundant . The See also:

• CAPER, FLAVIUS

caper plant is See also:

• COMMON

common throughout the island, growing on ruined walls . Horned 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, See also:

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

sheep and goats are reared, and small See also:

• GAME

game abound . 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 of various kinds is plentiful . In the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Mercadal and in See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• SANTA

Santa Agueda are found fine See also:

• MARBLES

marbles and porphyries; See also:

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

lime and See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate are also abundant . See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

Lead, See also:

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

copper and See also:

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

iron might be worked were it not for the scarcity of See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel . There are manufactures of the See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, hemp and flax of the island; and formerly there was a good See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building; but See also:

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

agriculture is the See also:

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

chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . An excellent road, constructed in 1713-1715 by Brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• KANE
• KANE, ELISHA KENT (1820–1857)

Kane, to whose memory a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected at the first milestone, runs through the island from south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to north-See also:

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

west, and connects Port Mahon with Ciudadela . Ciudadela (8611), which was the See also:

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

capital of the "island till Port Mahon was raised to that position by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English, still possesses considerable remains of its former importance .