“ Sheep, pigs, poultry and, in a minor degree, silk-worms, are also sources of profit. The manufacturing industry is represented by flour-mills, metal- foundries, tanneries, various kinds of silk-mills, and manufactories of linen, wool and paper. The principal exports arc fruit, wine, flour, truffles from the Rouergue, poultry, phosphates and litho- graphic stone. Imports include raw materials for textile industries, timber, iron, wood-pulp, coal and agricultural produce. The canal of the Garonne traverses the department lor 48 m. and the Garonne and the Tarn furnish 82 m. ”

“ Cereals, especially wheat, maize and oats, occupy more than two-thirds of the arable land of the department. The vine is everywhere cultivated and large quantities of grapes are exported as table fruit. Potatoes are also grown. Plums and apricots are abundant. The breeding of horses, especially for cavalry purposes, is actively carried on ”

“ Other towns of interest are St Antonin, which has tanneries and manufactures of rough fabrics and is archacologically important for its possession of a massive hdtel de villc of the 12th century, the oldest in France ”