The wall of division--A triple chain--Contrasts--Deforesting-- The Catalan of Roussillon--The Basque of Navarre--Roman roads-- The three ports--Central ridge--Trough to the north--Watershed-- Glacial moraines--Lakes--Cirques--Abrupt termination of the lower valleys--Cave dwellers--Dolmens--That of Buzy--Landes of Pontacq--The Iberian stock--Development of language--Auxiliary verbs--The Basque villages and people. The Pyrenees stand up as a natural wall of demarcation between two nations, the French and the Spaniards, just as the mountains of Dauphiné sever the French from the Italians. It has been remarked that these natural barriers are thrown up to part Romance-speaking peoples, whereas t…
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