We have the romantic regions of the Caussesand the Tarn gorges still to explore.
The little-known region of the Causses is "the Cevennes of the Cevennes," but Stevenson in his travels did not visit the innermost Cevennes, and was during most of his journey only on the outskirts of the real country of the Camisards.
The Causses have also this peculiar to them: that the ravines by which each is cut off are steep and sudden.
Those standards of measure which (I have said) the Causses so easily disturb would not return to me.
Each of the four Causses is a waste; but the Causse of Mende is utterly bereft of men.
Once an uninterrupted table-land, the causses are now isolated from one another by deep rifts through which run the Tarn, the Dourbie, the Jonte and other rivers.
Towards the west the lessercausses of Rouergue and Quercy attain respectively 2950 ft.
The inhabitants (Caussenards) of the higher causses cultivate hollows in the ground which are protected from the violent winds, and the scanty herbage permits of the raising of sheep, from the milk of which Roquefort cheeses are made.
In the end, I most heartlie pray your Lordship, not to be absent from Edinburgh the nynetene of this instant, for sick causses as I will not wraitt.
No Superintendent may be transferrit at the plesour or requeist of ony one Province; no, not without the consent of the whole counsall of the Churche, and that for grave causses and considderationis.
Thir to be electit at the dayis appointit, unless that the countreyis quhairto thay war to be appointit could in the menetyme fynd out men mair abill and sufficient, or ellis schaw sick causses as mycht inhabill thame from that dignitie.
Little paths, laboriously cut about the sides of the Causses on either side, lead to the hanging vineyards, fields and orchards, so marvellously created on these airy heights, inaccessible fastnesses of Nature.
We now enter the defile or détroit, at which point grace and bewitchingness are exchanged for sublimity and grandeur, and the scenery of the Causses and the Tarn reach their acme.
Every minute we obtain wider and grander horizons, the three Causses being now in view, their distant sides shining like gigantic walls of crystal; deep blue shadows here and there indicating the verdant clefts and valleys we know of.
The scenery of the Causses may be described as a series of exhilarating surprises, whilst many minor attractions contribute to the stranger's enjoyment.
This entire chapter is a necessary preparation for no matter how hasty a journey in the Lozère; equally to be recommended is the study of the Causses by M.
Touring it through the Causses seemed, indeed, beset with difficulties.
Again and again we fancy we can descry crumbling watch-towers, bastions, and donjons on the banks of the Tarn, so fantastic the forms of the Causses on either side.
Alike as to formation, aspect, and climate, the Causses are unique in France.
Such a comparison may convey some feeble notion of the threeCausses just named, two of which belong to the Lozère.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "causses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
