Bretagne or Britt any

one of the Provinces into which France was divided. It now forms the Departments of Finistere, Cotes-du-Nord, Morbihan, and Loire-Inferieure. In ancient times,’ under the name of Armorica, it was the central seat of the confederated Armor i can tribes, who were of Celtic and Kymric origin. Traces of them still remain in the old Kymric dialect of the three most westerly Departments, and in the numerous so0- called Druidical monuments. The Breton has generally a tinge of melancholy in his disposition; but often conceals, under a dull and indifferent exterior, lively imagination and strong feelings. The greater number of the people are found to be ignorant and coarse in their manners, and their agriculture is of a very rude character, by no means calculated to develop the natural resources of the country. The Duchy of Bretagne was incorporated with France in 1532, by Francis L., to whom it had come by marriage, and subsequently shared in the es general fortunes of the kingdom, but retained a local parliament until the outbreak of the Revolution. During the Revolution Bretagne, which was intensely loyal, was the arena of sanguinary conflicts, and especially of thé movements of the Chouans, who reappeared as recently as 18382. The Bretons are also intensely Roman Catholic, and have made violent resistance in 1903 to the enforcement of the law closing unauthorized religious establishments.