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being found in diggings scarcely beneath the surface of the earth, the remainder consisting of dust and lumps, which likewise require but little working. In the interior and mountainous parts [of Aquitaine] the soil is superior; for instance, in the district near the Pyrenees belonging to the Convenae, ^note which name signifies people assembled from different countries to dwell in one place. Here is the city of Lugdunum, ^note and the hot springs of the Onesii, ^note which are most excellent for drinking. The country of the Auscii ^note likewise is fine. 2

The nations between the Garonne and the Loire annexed to the Aquitani, are the Elui, ^note who commence at the Rhone. After these the Vellaei, ^note who were formerly comprehended amongst the Arverni, ^note but now form a people to themselves. After these Arverni come the Lemovices, ^note and Petrocorii, ^note and after them the Nitiobriges, ^note the Cadurci, ^note and the Bituriges, ^note surnamed Cubi. Along the ocean we meet with the Santoni, and Pictones, ^note the former dwelling by the Garonne, as we have stated, and the latter by the Loire. The Ruteni and the Gabales ^note are in the vicinity of the Narbonnaise. The Petrocorii and Bituriges-Cubi possess excellent ironworks, the Cadurci linen-factories, and the Ruteni silver- mines: the Gabales likewise possess silver-mines. On certain amongst the Aquitani the Romans have conferred the rights of Latin cities; such for instance as the Auscii, and the Convenae. 3

The Arverni are situated along the Loire. Nemossus, their metropolis, is built on the same river. ^note This river having flowed past Genabum, ^note an emporium of the Carnutes, ^note situated about the middle of its course, discharges itself into the ocean. A great proof of the former power of the Arverni, is the fact of the frequent wars which they sustained against the Romans,