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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 Convenæ,^{[p 1]} which name signifies people assembled from different countries to dwell in one place. Here is the city of Lugdunum,^{[p 2]} and the hot springs of the Onesii,^[1] which are most excellent for drinking. The country of the Auscii^[2] likewise is fine.

2. The nations between the Garonne and the Loire annexed to the Aquitani, are the Elui,^[3] who commence at the Rhone. After these the Vellæi,^[4] who were formerly comprehended amongst the Arverni,^[5] but now form a people to themselves. After these Arverni come the Lemovices,^[6] and Petrocorii,^[7] and after them the Nitiobriges,^[7] the Cadurci,^[7] and the Bituriges,^[7] surnamed Cubi. Along the ocean we meet with the Santoni, and Pictones,^[8] the former dwelling by the Garonne, as we have stated, and the latter by the Loire. The Ruteni and the Gabales^[9] are in the vicinity of the Narbonnaise. The Petrocorii and Bituriges-Cubi possess excellent iron-works, 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 Convenæ.

3. The Arverni are situated along the Loire. Nemossus, their metropolis, is built on the same river.^[10] This river having flowed past Genabum,^{[p 3]} an emporium of the Carnutes,^[11] 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,