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  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC. 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  o 
  Noriega 
  

  

  A 
  MOUNTAIN 
  HIGHWAY 
  IN 
  Till- 
  BASQUIv 
  PROVINCES 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  Basque 
  provinces 
  have 
  an 
  area 
  equal 
  to 
  about 
  twice 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Rhode 
  

   [sland, 
  with 
  a 
  population 
  slightly 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  700,000. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  feature 
  of 
  Spanish 
  railways 
  

   is 
  thai 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  different 
  gauge 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  France, 
  for 
  strategical 
  reasons. 
  # 
  However, 
  

   plans 
  were 
  ordered 
  drawn 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  for 
  a 
  double-line 
  standard 
  gauge 
  railway 
  from 
  

   Madrid 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  border. 
  

  

  