﻿THE 
  LAND 
  OF 
  THE 
  BASQUES 
  

  

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  A 
  MOUNTAIN 
  VILLAGE 
  IN 
  ASTURIAS, 
  WEST 
  OP 
  THE 
  BASQUE 
  PROVINCES 
  

  

  Photographs 
  from 
  Pio 
  Noriega 
  

   A 
  MASS 
  FOR 
  THE 
  SHEPHERDS 
  IN 
  THE 
  PICOS 
  DE 
  EUROPA 
  

   The 
  Cantabrian 
  mountain 
  ranee, 
  extending- 
  from 
  the 
  Pyrenees 
  along 
  northern 
  Spain, 
  

   attains 
  almost 
  an 
  Alpine 
  altitude 
  between 
  Santander 
  and 
  Oviedo. 
  in 
  the 
  Astunan 
  provinces. 
  

   The 
  snow-capped 
  mountains 
  are 
  called 
  Pico 
  or 
  Pefias 
  de 
  Europa, 
  their 
  highest 
  point 
  being 
  

   8,668 
  feet. 
  The 
  highest 
  altitude 
  attained 
  by 
  the 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  Basque 
  provinces 
  is 
  about 
  5.000 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  