_A brief definitive gazetteer of the natural and geological divisions included in the ancient provinces and present-day departments of southern France, together with the local names by which the pays et pagi are commonly known_ Gévaudan In the Cevennes, a region of forests and mountains Velay A region of plateaux with visible lava tracks Lyonnais-Beaujolais The mountain ranges which rise to the westward of Lyons Morvan An isolated group of porphyrous and granite elevations Haute-Auvergne The mountain range of Cantal Basse-Auvergne The mountain chains of Mont Dore and _des Dômes_ Limousin A land of plateaux, ravines, and granite Agenais Rocky and mountainous, but with its valleys among the richest in all France Haut-Quercy A rolling plain, but with little fertility Bas-Quercy The plains of the Garonne, the Tarn, and the Avéyron Armagnac An extensive range of _petites montagnes_ running in various directions Landes A desert of sand, forests, and inlets of the sea Béarn A country furrowed by the ramifications of the range of the Pyrenees Basse-Navarre A Basque country situated on the northern slope of the Pyrenees Bigorre The plain of Tortes and its neighbouring valleys Savoie A region comprising a great number of valleys made by the ramifying ranges of the Alps. The principal valleys being those of Faucigny, the Tarentaise, and the Maurienne Bourbonnais A country of hills and valleys which, as to general limits, corresponds with the Department of the Allier Nivernais An undulating region between the Loire and the Morvan Berry A fertile plain, slightly elevated, to the northward of Limousin Sologne An arid plain separated by the valleys of the Cher and the Indre Gatinais A barren country northeast of Sologne Saintonge Slightly mountainous and covered with vineyards--also in parts partaking of the characteristics of the _Landes_ Angoumois A hilly country covered with a growth of vines Périgord An _ensemble_ of diverse regions, often hilly, but covered with a luxuriant forest growth Bordelais (Comprising Blayais, Fronsadais, Libournais, Entre-deux-mers, Médoc, and Bazadais.) The vine-lands of the Garonne, La Gironde, and La Dordogne