hain had become a part of the unyielding massif, and the folding did
not extend beyond its foot.

As the division between the basins of the Loire and the Garonne to the
west and those of the Saone and Rhone to the east, the Cevennes send
many affluents to those rivers. In the south the Orb, the Herault and
the Vidourle are independent rivers flowing to the Golfe du Lion;
farther north, the Gard--formed by the union of several streams named
Gardon--the Ceze and the Ardeche flow to the Rhone. The Vivarais
mountains and the northern Cevennes approach the right banks of the
Rhone and Saone closely, and on that side send their waters by way of
short torrents to those rivers; on the west side the streams are
tributaries of the Loire, which rises at the foot of Mont Mezenc. A
short distance to the south on the same side are the sources of the
Allier and Lot. The waters of the north-western slope of the southern
Cevennes drain into the Tarn either directly or by way of the Aveyron,
which rises in the outlying chain of the Levezou, and, in the extreme
south, the Agout. The Tarn itself rises on the southern slope of the
Mont Lozere.

In the Lozere group and the southern Cevennes generally, good pasturage
is found, and huge flocks spend the summer there. Silkworm-rearing and
the cultivation of peaches, chestnuts and other fruits are also carried
on. In the Vivarais cattle are reared, while on the slopes of the
Beaujolais excellent wines are grown.

The chief historical event in the history of the Cevennes is the revolt
of the Camisards in the early years of the 18th century (see CAMISARDS).

CEYLON, a large island and British colony in the Indian Ocean, separated
on the N.W. from India by the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Strait. It lies
between 5 deg. 55' and 9 deg. 51' N. and between 79 deg. 41' and 81 deg.
54' E. Its extreme length from north to south is 271-1/2 m.; its
greatest width is 137-1/2 m.; and its area amounts to 25,481 sq. m., or
about five-sixths of that of Ireland. In its general outline the island
resembles a pear, the apex of which points towards the north.

Coast.

The coast is beset on the N.W. with numberless sandbanks, rocks and
shoals, and may be said to be almost connected with India by the island
of Rameswaram and Adam's Bridge, a succession of bold rocks reaching
almost across the gulf at its narrowest point. Between the island and
the opposite coast there exist two open channels of varying dept