Chapter XXX: Section XXVIII: Gisors to Dieppe Via Beauvais,

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86¼ MILES

(138½) KILOMETRES)

DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE

Kil. Miles. =Gisors= to Trie-Château =4= 2½ =Trie-Château= to La Houssoye =12= 7½ =La Houssoye= to St. Martin-le-Nœud =11½= 7¼ =St. Martin-le-Nœud= to Beauvais =6= 3¾ =Beauvais= to Le Pont-qui-Penche =11= 7 =Le Pont-qui-Penche= to Gournay-en-Bray =20= 12¼ =Gournay-en-Bray= to Le Pont-Rouge =10= 6¼ =Le Pont-Rouge= to Forges-les-Eaux =11= 7 =Forges-les-Eaux= to Les Hayons =18= 11¼ =Les Hayons= to Les Grandes-Ventes =16= 10 =Les Grandes-Ventes= to Dieppe =19= 11¾

NOTES FOR DRIVERS

=Gisors to Beauvais.=--Level as far as the steep, winding descent
near =Auneuil=.

=Beauvais to Dieppe.=--The two hills of any consequence are at (1)
Torcy; (2) Valley of the Varenne.

PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE

[_This is an alternative route to that described through Rouen, and the information is therefore restricted to the smallest space._]

=La Houssoye.=--Church partly fourteenth century, with stalls and
sculptured wainscot of sixteenth century.

=Beauvais.=--A considerable town, famous for its carpets and
tapestries. Cathedral consists of choir and transepts only;
commenced in 1227, after a great fire. Had the nave been completed,
it would have been the most stupendous Gothic building in the
world. Palais de Justice, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
formerly an episcopal palace. Church of St. Étienne, twelfth
century; nave dates from 1545.

=Gournay-en-Bray.=--Great butter-making town; Church of St.
Hildebert, eleventh to thirteenth century, with massive walls and
Romanesque pillars and arches.

=Forges-les-Eaux.=--Has mineral springs, containing carbonate of
iron, manganese, etc.; the Établissement, where the waters are
taken, stands in a beautiful park; casino, hotels, and
concert-rooms.

=Pommeréval.=--Village, with ruined château; sixteenth-century
church, altar-screen with bas-reliefs.

=Les Grandes-Ventes.=--Village, with Classic church, dating from
1545.

=Torcy-le-Grand.=--Church of sixteenth century; ruins of
fourteenth-century castle on island in the Varenne; Fontaine de St.
Ribert pilgrimage.

=Arques-la-Bataille.=--Famous for its castle, which the English held
as late as 1449; the great keep was built by William of Arques in
the eleventh century. The Battle of Arques was fought in 1589
between Henri IV., with about 5,000 men, and Mayenne, with an army
of 30,000 defenders of the League. Owing to the marshy ground, the
guns of the castle, and his own personal courage, Henri won a great
victory.

HINTS ON TOURING IN FRANCE

BY JOHN L. KIRK, B.A.

I. THE QUESTION OF EXPENSE

The main route described in this book was taken from Havre to Mentone by the author and four other persons, one of whom drove and acted as mechanic. From Mentone to Havre four only were carried.

A rough summary of the expenses is given below:

Hotel and incidental expenses, £ s. d. including sight-seeing and tips Fr. 1782.80

Motor expenses Fr. 446.15 ----------- Total Fr. 2228.95 = 48 10 0

Add to this the amounts shown in the motor
‘In Addition’ list 13 13 0

Grand total for all, except wear and tear
of tyres and machinery, for the twenty-eight
days taken to cover the route 62 3 0
===========

DETAILS OF THE ABOVE

_Expenses connected with the 15-20 H.-P. Car, running 2,347 Miles in 28 Days_

Petrol (590 litres) Fr. 259.35 Oil (44 litres) 53.40 Harbour dues at Havre (landing and embarking) 15.00 Number-plates for French numbers 5.00 Spanish customs and formalities 23.80 French formalities 16.20 Repair to luggage-carrier 4.50 Tyres (carriage of spare tyres and repairs) 22.80 Garage, cleaning, etc. 43.10 Italian stamp duty 3.00 ---------- Total Fr. 446.15

_In Addition_

Sea transit-- £ s. d.
Southampton to Havre 3 0 0
Havre to Southampton 3 0 0
Insurance for one month 4 15 0
French driving licence (Fr. 20)[L] 0 16 0
Subscription to Touring Club de France,
including two guide-books 0 8 0
Name-plates 0 4 0
Maps and road-books 1 10 0
Wear and tear and depreciation in tyres, etc. _x_ _y_ _z_
-------------
£13 13 0
+ _x_ _y_ _z_
Fr. 446.15 = 17 17 0
-------------
£31 10 0
+ _x_ _y_ _z_

II. TOURING SEASON

October to end of April.

III. MOTOR CLUB

To facilitate matters, it is advisable to join the Royal Automobile Club (Secretary, J. W. Orde, 119, Piccadilly, W.); or the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland (Secretary, Rees Reffreys, 1, Albemarle Street, W.); or the Automobile Association (8, New Coventry Street), and the Touring Club de France, 65, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, Paris.

These bodies supply information as to Customs formalities, routes, and all such matters, and issue a paper called a _Triptyque_, which enables one to pay the Customs deposit through them, and thus obviate the necessity of depositing the money with the Customs abroad. These clubs also issue valuable handbooks, giving the names of hotels and repairers, also a list of Channel routes and their services, fares, and cost of car transport.

IV. CLOTHING

It is advisable to always carry loose-fitting wind-and weather-proof overcoats. A woollen overcoat, with the above over it, is warmer and far less fatiguing than the heavy leather-lined motor coats often in use. Provide boxes and bags that are water-and dust-proof, or have covers that are.

Given a certain knowledge of the principles of a modern reliable motor-car, it is possible to undertake a Continental tour unaccompanied by a driver or mechanic. By so doing, the man of moderate means can take a holiday abroad _en automobile_ cheaper than he can at home, once he has got his car across the Channel.

Nevertheless, the owner should try to come to a definite understanding, before leaving home, with the makers of the car regarding the prompt despatch of any spare parts that may be necessary through accidents or breakdowns on the road.

Having decided to embark on such a trip, it is essential for the owner of the car to personally see that all tools, etc., are carefully packed and locked in their respective compartments, and that the machine has a thorough overhaul, at which the prospective man at the wheel is present.

The compiler of these notes assumes, of course, that the intending tourist has had some experience of touring at home before plunging into the unknown.

V. CARRY ON THE CAR

1. The usual kit of tools.

2. A hack-saw and blow-lamp.

3. A good supply of inner tubes and a spare cover.

4. A coarse funnel to strain the oil (the oil obtained in France often contains rubbish and the petrol water).

5. A petrol-funnel and a wash-leather bag to prevent water getting into the petrol tank; a densometer to take the specific gravity of petrol.

6. Overalls for dirty work, plenty of dusters, and some soap.

7. A sponge and wash-leather; also a coil of stout window-cord.

8. Tins of grease; spare tin of petrol and oil.

9. An electric inspection-lamp to fit to accumulators.

10. A tyre-pressure tester.

_The following Books should also be carried_

1. Royal Automobile Club, Motor Union, foreign handbook; also Touring Club de France’s _Annuaire Général_.

2. ‘Faults, and How to Find Them,’ by J. S. V. Bickford, B.A. 2s. 6d. Iliffe and Sons, Limited, 20, Tudor Street, E.C.

3. A catalogue of the particular car taken abroad, containing sectional drawings of the car’s parts.

4. ‘The Autocar Automobile Dictionary,’ by Sigmund Krausz. 3s. 6d. Iliffe and Sons, Limited, 20, Tudor Street, E.C.

5. A set of Taride maps, on cloth, covering the route.

6. ‘The Motor Routes of France,’ by Gordon Home. 5s. A. and C. Black, 4, Soho Square, W.

7. Burroughs Wellcome and Co.’s ‘Tabloid Brand’ Motor-Car First-Aid Case.

VI. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR FRANCE

1. A circulation permit (Permit de Circulation) and registered number must be obtained for car.

2. The driver must obtain a driving certificate (Certificat de Capacité), when two photographs of his head and shoulders, about 1½ inches by 1¾ inches, must be produced.

3. Name-plates must be placed on the dash-board facing the driver, about the size of a visiting-card, and have inscribed on them--

(_a_) Full name and address of owner of car.

(_b_) Name, horse-power, and engine-number of car.

4. _Lighting Regulations._--Three lamps must be carried. The front one, on left (off) side, to show a green light; the tail-light to be on left side, and to efficiently illuminate the number-plate. These lamps must be lit not later than fifteen minutes after sunset.

5. _Rule of Road._--Keep to right, overtake on left.

6. A bell or horn must be used, but the use of sirens is forbidden.

7. There is a uniform speed-limit of 30 kilometres (about 18 miles) per hour, but this is rarely, if ever, enforced, except in and about the towns. Special speed-limits are often in force in towns and villages, notices to this effect being displayed.

8. Octroi duties for petrol have to be paid on entering Paris and some of the larger towns. The officials, except in the case of Paris, require you to pay only on the spare petrol--_i.e._, that not in the petrol-tank proper.

* * * * *

With regard to the daily mileage covered, as shown in the log, the writer thinks that to properly enjoy the tour, and to do justice to what there is to see _en route_, one should take at least twice the twenty-eight days, especially if the party consists of more than two or three. Otherwise, for a man driving and looking after his own car, no matter how reliable, the trip might become too arduous for enjoyment, the opportunities for sight-seeing, as this book demonstrates, being enormous.

If possible, all night-driving should be avoided. In the dark one cannot see the broken glass and rubbish in the villages, nor is it easy to find the right road.

Even with a certain amount of night-driving the tour described in this book was accomplished with a very small outlay in tyres, which were Dunlops. Five new covers and an old one on the Stepney wheel and eight air-tubes were found to be ample, owing to the excellent manner in which they stood the strain of rough surfaces and sometimes fast driving.

FRENCH ROAD WARNING NOTICES

_Ralentir_ Drive slowly. _Ralentissez_ Reduce speed. _Passage à niveau_ Level-crossing. _Cassis or caniveau_ Shallow drain across road. _Cylindre de vapeur_ Steam-roller. _Attention!_ Warning.

ITALIAN ROAD WARNING NOTICES

_Rallentare_ Drive slowly. _Arresto_ Stop. _Cunetta_ Open drain. _Passaggio a livello_ Level-crossing. _Discesa pericolosa_ Dangerous hill. _Strada interrotta_ Road up. _Svolta pericolosa_ Dangerous turning.

FRENCH ROAD SIGNS

Sharp turning to the right

Sharp turning to the left

Turning with descent

Dangerous crossing

Steep ascent

Steep descent

Winding descent with sharp turning

Archway

Level-crossing (_passage à niveau_)

Rails projecting above the road

Shallow drain across road (_cassis_ or _caniveau_)

Bad paving (_mauvais pavé_)

Humpy road

LOG OF A 15-20 H.-P. CAR FROM

+-------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+-------+------+ | | =1st | =2nd | =3rd | =4th | =5th | =6th | | | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.=| +-------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+-------+------+ |Place of departure | Havre | Rouen |Chartres |Beaugency|Amboise|Loches| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Place of arrival | Rouen |Chartres|Beaugency| Amboise |Loches |Couhé-| | | | | | | |Vérac | | | | | | | | | |Daily mileage | 60 | 71½ | 61 | 58½ |56½ | 80 | | | | | | | | | |Weather |Cloudy | Rain | Much | Much | Rain |Slight| | | | | rain | rain | | rain | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Expenses of | | | | | | | | running motor | 36.20 | 2.00 | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | |Petrol quantity | | | | | | | | (litres) | 70 | -- | -- | 60 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | |Petrol price | 31.50 | -- | -- | 25.00 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | |Oil quantity | | | | | | | | (litres) | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | |Oil price | 18.75 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | |Non-stop runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | + | | | | | | | | | |Stops due to | -- | -- | French | Ran | -- | -- | | | | | number- | out of | | | | | | | plate | petrol | | | | | | | loose | | | | | | | | | | | | |Lamps used (+) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | + | | | | | | | | | |Tyres (Dunlops): | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Four grooved, one steel studded, one spare | | | | | grooved, and one on Stepney wheel| | | | | +-------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+-------+------+

+-----------+-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+--------+--------+ | | =15th | =16th | =17th | =18th | =19th | =20th | =21st | | | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | +-----------+-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+--------+--------+ |Place of |Carcassonne|Béziers | Nîmes | Aix-en | Agay |Mentone,|Mentone | | departure| | | |Provence| | St. | | | | | | | | | Remo, | | | | | | | | | etc. | | | | | | | | | | | |Place of | Béziers | Nîmes | Aix-en | Agay |Mentone|Mentone | St. | | arrival | | |Provence| | | |Raphaël | | | | | | | | | | |Daily | 55 | 77 | 105 | 82 | 77 | 44 | 67 | | mileage | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Weather | Hot and |Hot and | Sunny | Sunny | Sunny | Sunny |Slightly| | | sunny | sunny | | | | | cooler | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Expenses of| | | | | | | | | running | | | | | | | | | motor | 4.50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.00 | 12.10 | | | | | | | | | | |Petrol | | | | | | | | | quantity | | | | | | | | | (litres) | 50 | -- | -- | 50 | 40 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | |Petrol | | | | | | | | | price | 22.50 | -- | -- | 25.00 | 15.20 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | |Oil | | | | | | | | | quantity | | | | | | | | | (litres) | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |Oil price | 2.50 | -- | 3.00 | -- | -- | -- | 7.50 | | | | | | | | | | |Non-stop | | | | | | | | | runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | | | | | | | | | | |Stops | | | | | | | | | due to | -- | -- | -- |Leaking | -- | -- |Clutch- | | | | | |petrol- | | | ball | | | | | | pipe | | | race | | | | | | | | | adrift | | | | | | | | | | |Lamps | | | | | | | | | used (+) | + | -- | + | -- | + | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | |Tyres | | Nail- | | | | | | | (Dunlops):| -- |puncture| | | | | | | | | of | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | |studded | | | | | | | | | tyre | | | | | | | Three grooved, one steel studded, one spare | | | | | grooved, and one on Stepney wheel | | | | | +-----------+-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+--------+--------+

MARCH 24 TO APRIL 25, 1909.

+---------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+ | =7th | =8th | =9th | =10th | =11th | =12th | =13th | =14th | | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | +---------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+ | Couhé- | Bergerac | About |Biarritz|Pamplona|Biarritz| Pau |St. Girons | | Vérac | |Biarritz| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Bergerac | Biarritz | About |Pamplona|Biarritz| Pau | St. |Carcassonne| | | |Biarritz| | | | Girons | | | | | | | | | | | | 130 | 160 | 9 | 75 | 82 | 79 | 97 | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | Cloudy, | Sun all |Sun all |Sun all |Hot sun |Hot sun,|Hot sun,| Cloudy, | | sunny | day | day | day | and | no | no | bright | |intervals| | | | clouds | clouds | clouds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | -- | 16.00 | 16.80 | 3.00 | 9.50 | 2.00 | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60 | -- | -- | 60 | -- | 60 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | | 27.00 | -- | -- | 30.00 | -- | 27.70 | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.50 | -- | -- | 2.50 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | -- | Magneto | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | |spark-gap | | | | | | | | |screw-head| | | | | | | | | worn off | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + | -- | -- | + | + | -- | + | -- | | | | | | | | | | | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+

+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------------+ | =22nd | =23rd | =24th | =25th | =26th | =27th | =28th | =Totals.= | | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | Day.= | | +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------------+ | St. |Tarascon| Orange | St. |Moulins | Melun | Les | -- | |Raphaël | | |Étienne | | |Andelys| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Tarascon| Orange | St. |Moulins | Melun | Les | Havre | -- | | | |Étienne | | |Andelys| | | | | | | | | | | | | 128 | 33 | 118 | 109 | 150 | 119 | 82 |Total miles, | | | | | | | | | 2,347 | | | | | | | | | | |Very hot| Cloudy,|Cloudy, |Cooler, | Cloudy | Sunny | Sunny |Rain on only | | and | bright |bright, |but fine|at times| and | and | five days | | sunny | | shower | | |clouds |clouds | | | | |in night| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | 11.30 | 3.00 | -- | 1.50 | -- | 7.50 | = Fr. 130.40| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35 | -- | -- | 60 | -- | 40 | 5 | = Litres 590| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13.30 | -- | -- | 25.20 | -- | 15.20 | 1.75 | = Fr. 259.35| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | = Litres 44 | | | | | | | | | | | -- | 7.00 | 3.00 | 1.90 | 2.50 | 2.25 | -- | = Fr. 53.40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | = 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | Lubricating tube blocked with | -- | -- |Two only were| | | dirty oil | | | real stops | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | = 9 | | | | | | | | | | | Back | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |Two punctures| |grooved | | | | | | |and one burst| | | | | | | | | tyre | | tyre burst, having had a severe | | | | | | glass-cut; front, nail-puncture | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------------+

A LIST OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN FRENCH HISTORY, AND OF THE KINGS OF
FRANCE AND THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND IN PARALLEL COLUMNS

INDEX

Abadie, Paul, 154, 156, 159

Abbeville, 2, 22, 23

Abderahman, 135

Acquigny, 48, 49

Adour, River, 179, 180, 181, 184, 220

Agay, 304

Agde, 254

Aigues-Morte, 273, 277

Aigues, River, 341

Aix-en-Provence, 292-297

Alaric, 107

Albigensian war, 258

Alcuin, 125

Alençon, Jean, Duc d’, 130

Aleth, Bishop of, 40

Allaines, 73

Allier, River, 363, 365, 368

Allonnes, 73

Alluye, Baron Florimond d’, 102

Almandoz, Spain, 208

Ambleteuse, 25

Amboise, 82, 105, 107-110

Amfreville, 44

Amfreville-les-Champs, 415

Andance, 351, 353, 354

Andelle, River, 393

Andely, Le Grand, 408-410

” Le Petit, 410-415

Andoain, 215

Anet, 88

Angoulême, 152, 154-156

Anjou, Counts of, 107, 131

Anne de Bretagne, 104, 132

” of France (daughter of Louis XI.), 367

Annonay, 348, 353

Antibes, 306, 309-311

Apricale, 307, 321

Arc, Joan of, 40-43, 76, 79, 85, 142, 369, 385

Arc, River, 297

Arga, River, 213

Arize, River, 249

Arles, 273, 285-289

Arques-la-Bataille, 418

Arques, River, 23

Arras, 348, 353

Artenay, 74

Attila, 76

Aude, River, 257, 260, 262, 266

Auvergne Mountains, 355, 360, 362

Avignon, 329-337, 350

Avre, River, 57

Azay-sur-Indre, 125

Baigts, 219, 221

Balbigny, 360

Balne, Cardinal de la, 53, 130

Barbaira, 255, 261

Barbazan-Debat, 239

Barère, 239

Baring-Gould, the Rev. S., 221, 238

Barry, Madame du, 388

Bartholdi, 277

Basques, the, 180, 181, 196-198, 213

Bayonets, invention of, 186

Bayonne, 176, 180-187, 219

Béarn, Pierre de, 223

Beaucaire, 325, 327, 328

” Canal, 277

Beauce, Jean de, 66

Beaugency, 81, 83-85

Beaulieu, 306, 316

” Abbey of, 141

Beauregard, 81

Beauvais, 418

Beauvronne, River, 160

Bèbre, River, 362

Bedford, John, Duke of, 34

Béhobie, 195, 203-205, 217

Belesme, Robert de, 402

Bellegarde, 283

Benedict XII., Pope, 335

Bergerac, 166-169

” Cyrano de, 168

Bernadotte, King of Sweden, 233, 234

Bernay-en-Ponthieu, 22

Berneval, Alexandre de, 39

Berri, Counts of, 107

Berthier, General, 350

” Madame, 90

Berwick, James FitzJames, Duke of, 368

Bessay, 363

Béziers, 255, 266-269

Biarritz, 176, 187-192

Bidart, 200

Bidassoa, River, 203, 204, 217

Biscay, Bay of, 180

Black Prince, the, 140

Bléré, 114

Bleriot, M., 24

Blois, 81, 93-104

” Stephen, Count of, 103

Blosseville Bonsecours, 416

Bohier, Antoine, 112

” Thomas, 112

Bois d’Enemets, Château de, 408

Boivre, River, 140

Bolbec, River, 9

Bonheur, Rosa, 409

Bonny-sur-Loire, 374

Boos, 416

Bordighera, 307, 321

Bossuet, Jacques, Bishop of Meaux, 394

Bouconvilliers, 397

Boulogne, 21, 26

Bourbon Condé, Duchesse de, 59

” Antoine de, 231

” Dukes of, 367

Bourg-Argental, 348, 354

Bourgogne, Agnes de, 367

Boussière, La, 376

Bouteville, Comte de, 407, 408

” Madame de, 408

Bracieux, 81, 90

Brantôme, 153, 159, 160

Brézé, Louis de, 34, 130

” Pierre de, 35

Briare, 115, 374, 376, 377

Briçonnet, Cardinal, 265

Bridan, 68

Brignoles, 293, 299, 303

Brittany, 40

Broglie, Princesse de, 106

Brougham, Henry, Lord, 304, 308

Bruce, David, 414

Buckingham, Duke of, 202

Burgundy, Marguerite of, 414

Cæsar, Julius, 25, 74, 301

Cagnes, 309

Calais, 23, 24

Calvin, 230

Calvinus, Sextius, 294

Campagne, 176

Camporosso, 320

Cannes, 306-309

Cannet, Le, 309

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 17

Carcassonne, 162, 254-261

Carinus, Emperor, 263

Carmargue, the, 277, 285

Carnutes, tribe of, 75

Carrara marble, 68, 367

Carus, Emperor, 263

Casimere, Marie, 104

Casteljaloux, 168, 171, 172

Castellane, Marquise de, 336, 337

Castile, Blanche of, 393, 403, 405

Cauchon, Bishop, 42

Caudebec-en-Caux, 11-14

Caux, Plateau of, 416

Cénon, 134

Cevennes (mountains), 261, 276, 348, 353

Chabannes, Jacques de, 362

Chalon sur Saône, 346

Chambiges, Pierre, 389

Chambord, Château de, 86-91

Chambourg, 125

Champaigne, Philippe de, 394

Chancelade, 161

Chapelles, Comte de, 407, 408

Charente, River, 149, 151, 154

Charité, La, 373

Charlemagne, 30, 69

Charles V., Emperor of Germany, 108

” the Bad of Navarre, 223, 414

” the Bald, 45, 49

” le Bel, Blanche, wife of, 414

” the Bold, 127

” VII., 16, 35, 128, 132

” VIII., 36, 107, 120, 132

” IX., 39, 88, 182, 204, 224, 231

” Martel, 135

Chars, 397

Chartres, 62-71

Châteaubourg, 347, 352

Chateaubriand, F. R., Vicomte de, 409

Château Gaillard, 277, 403, 411-415

Château l’Évêque, 153, 160, 161

Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, 115

Châtellerault, 117, 134-137

Chatenay, 387

Châtillons, the, 103

Chaumont-en-Vexin, 397, 398

Chaumont-sur-Loire, 81, 105

Chaunay, 149

Chécy, 115

Chenonceaux, 110-114

Cher, River, 111

Cheverny, 91, 92

Choisy-le-Roi, 386, 387

Ciran, 132, 133

Clain, River, 135, 137, 140, 148

Clarendon, Lord, 368

Clement V., Pope, 332

” VI., Pope, 336

” VIII., Pope, 77

Clermont, 249

Clermont-de-Beauregard, 166

Colbert, 6

Coligny, Admiral, 60

Condé, Princes of, 5, 60, 281

Condeau, River, 166

Conflans-St. Honorine, 7, 392

Constantine IV., 136

Conti, Princes of, 5

Cormeilles-en-Vexin, 396

Cormery, 125

Cornas, 351

Corniche d’Or, 294, 303

Corniche, the upper road, 314-316

Cosne, 374

Couhé-Vérac, 149

Coursan, 266

Crau, the, 289, 290

Crécy, 22

Creuse, River, 133

Crusades, the, 56, 277, 405, 406

Crussol, Château of, 348

Cussay, 133

D’Albret, Henri, 230, 232

” Jeanne, 224, 230-233

D’Amboise, Cardinal Georges, 35-37, 106

Dangé, 134

Dangu, Château of, 407, 408

D’Arc, Jeanne, 369, 385

Dax, 179

Dearmer, the Rev. P., 407

Denis-Dupont, 102

Depuis, Charles Fr., 399

Descartes, 133

Devereux, family of, 55

Diane de Poitiers, 35, 106, 112, 114, 131

Dieppe, 21

Dieulafoy, M., 412

Dignac, 156

Dijon, 347

Dolceacqua, 320

Donzère, 342, 343

Dordogne, River, 166, 168, 169

Doux, River, 352

Dreux, 57-60

” de Mello, 128

Dronne, River, 159

Drot, River, 169

Duclair, 18

Du Guesclin, Bertrand, 140, 141

Dunois, the Bastard of Orleans, 83-85, 103

Dupin, Fermier Général, 113

Durance, River, 325

Duval, Nicholas, Seigneur de Viennois, 409

Edward the Confessor, 17

” III., 22, 140

” VII., 184, 189, 191

Elbeuf, 45

Eleanor of Aquitaine, 141

Elizabeth, Queen of Spain, 182-204

Epte, River, 393, 402-404, 407

Estérels, the, 315

Eugénie, Empress, 187

Eure, River, 48, 49

Evreux, 48, 49-55

Eymet, 169

Eze, 314

Faisans, Île des, 203

Fanjeaux, 253

Félibres, the, of Périgord, 157

Feurs, 359, 360

Flassans, 300

Foix, 248

” Gaston Phœbus, Count of, 174

” Louis de, 181

Fontainebleau, 380

” Forest of, 380

” Palace of, 381

Fontenay, 378

Fontenelle, 14

Forges-les-Eaux, 418

Fouillouse, La, 359

François I., 88, 89, 93, 104, 107, 112, 130, 132, 181, 381, 389, 409

” II., 109, 113

Fréjus, 301, 302

Frenaye, La, 11

Freycinet, 344

Froissart, 222

Fuentarrabia, 217

Fulbert, Bishop, 64

Gabriel, 77, 102

Gamaches, Plains of, 413

Garonne, River, 171, 240-244

Gaston Phœbus, Count of Foix, 222, 223, 230, 232

German troops in France, 14, 76, 120

Gers, River, 239

Gien, 115

Gigean, 255

Gisors, 47, 396, 397, 399, 402-407

Goujon, Jean, 40, 46

Gournay-en-Bray, 418

Graham, General Sir T., 216

Grappin, Robert, 405

Grasse, 309

Graville, 6, 7, 392

Grégoire, M., 39

Grisnez, Cape, 25

Guillaume le Tellier, 13

Guillon le Roy, 4

Guise, Cardinal de, 96

” François, Duc de, 59

” Henri, Duc de, 45, 66-100, 104

Harfleur, 4, 7-9

Harquency, 408

Havre, 3-6, 8

Headlam, Cecil, 64

Henri II., 35, 39, 88, 112, 113, 114, 381, 389, 406

” III., 39, 96, 344, 380

” IV., 6, 13, 39, 45, 46, 54, 60, 76, 77, 100, 120, 231, 381, 411, 418

Henry Plantagenet, 34

” I., 53, 55, 56

” II., 114, 120, 141

” V., 7, 14, 384

” IV., of Castile, 204

Hérault, River, 270

Hers, River, 252

Heuqueville, 415

Hilduard, 69

Hill, Sir Rowland, 182

Holy Land, the, 17, 277, 405, 406

Hope, Sir John, 182-184, 191

Houeillès, 168, 172

Hugo, Victor, 409

Huguenots, the, 6, 29, 76, 84, 120, 163, 168,
202, 222, 224, 238, 243, 341, 380

Hugues IV., 156

Hundred Years’ War, 48, 171

Huns, the, 76

Hurault de Cheverny, Philippe, 92

Ibos, 237

Igoville, 45

Indre, River, 125

Innocent VI., Pope, 332, 336

Irene, Empress, 69

Irun, 217

Irurita, 207

Isère, River, 352

Isle, River, 160, 161, 165

Isolabona, 321

Iton, River, 49, 51, 54

Ivry, Battle of, 54, 58, 60

James II., 25

” Colonel W. H., 185-186

Jean de Berry, 147

” of France, 415

Jeanne D’Arc, 40-43, 76, 79, 369, 385

John, King of England, 55, 128, 141, 413

John XXII., Pope, 333

Jumièges, 15-18, 132

La Beauce, Plain of, 72

La Belle Rivière, 157

La Borde, 265

La Boussière, 376

La Charité, 373

La Fouillouse, 359

La Haye-Descartes, 133

La Houssoye, 418

La Mortola, 319

La Napoule, 294, 304

La Pacaudière, 361

La Palisse, 362

La Rochebeaucourt, 156

La Tricherie, 137

La Turbie, 315

La Vacherie, 415

Lacave, 245

Lacy, Roger de, 413

Laffolye, M., 243

Lambesc, 325

Lamonzie-Montastruc, 153

Landes, Les, 176-180

Lannemezan, 239-240

Lapalud, 342

Lascarte, 215

Laville, the Jesuit, 165

Le Boullay-Mivoye, 61

Le Cannet, 309

Le Loup, 309

Le Luc, 300

Le Muy, 300

Le Roulx, 20, 43

Le Veneur, Bishop Ambroise, 54

“ ” Gabriel, 54

Les Grandes Ventes, 418

Les Thilliers-en-Vexin, 408

Legasa, 207

Lemercier, Jacques, 395

” Pierre, 395

Leo III., Pope, 136

Leonardo da Vinci, 108

Lérins, Îles de, 311

Lescure, 248

Lèze, River, 250

Lézignan, 262

Lhez, 239

L’Hôpital, 360

Lierville, 397

Lieusaint, 386

Ligueil, 132, 133

Lillebonne, 9-11

Lisieux, 12

Livron, 344

Loches, 16, 127-132

Loing, River, 377, 379, 380

Loire, River, 82, 93, 105, 360

Longboël, Forest of, 416

Longueville, Duke of, 5, 86

Loriol, 344

Louis VII., 120

” IX. (St.), 277, 389, 393, 394, 403

” XI., 106, 107, 110, 128, 130, 132, 204, 404

” XII., 36, 46-48, 93, 100, 103, 104, 107, 132

” XIII., 39, 88, 177, 368, 397, 407, 408

” XIV., 88, 200, 204, 388, 394

” XV., 386, 387, 388, 394

” XVI., 132, 387, 388

” le Gros, 83

” le Jeune, 381

” Philippe, 39, 58, 59, 380

Lourdes, 234-237, 372

Louviers, 28

” Treaty of, 402, 411

Lunel, 276

Lyon, 346

Macon, 346

Macquoid, Mrs., 13

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 14

Maintenon, Marie de, 388

Malaunay, 21

Mane, 245

Mansard, François, 100, 104

Mansle, 150

Mareuil-sur-Belle, 157

” Arnant de, 157

Marguerite de Valois, 100, 156, 230

Marie Antoinette, 387

Marie Casimire, 104

Marie-Thérèse, Infanta of Spain, 200

Marines, 396

Marius, 295, 297

Marmande, 170, 171

Maromme, 2

Marot, Clément, 230

Marquise, 2

Marsillargues, 277

Martin, Cap, 315, 317

Marville-Moutier-Brulé, 60

Mary, Queen of Scots, 109, 113

Mas d’Azil, 249, 250

Massieu, Maître Jean, 42

Matilda, Empress, 39

Maure Mountains, 300

Maurice, Archbishop of Rouen, 34

Maurilius, Archbishop, 31

Mayenne, 60, 418

Mazarin, Cardinal, 5

Medici, Catherine de, 88, 96, 104, 106, 109, 113, 182, 204

” Marie de, 394

Mediterranean Sea, 270

Melun, 382, 384, 386

Menay, 250

Mentone, 317-319

Mercœur, Françoise de Lorraine, Duchesse de, 113

Merdanzo, River, 321

Mesves, 374

Meung-sur-Loire, 81, 83

Meylieu-Montrond, 359

Mèze, 271

Midi, Canal de, 269

Midouze, River, 177

Mirabeau, statue of, 377

Miramont, 170

Mirepoix, 252

Mistletoe, 105, 378

Mistral, family of, 350

Molière, Jean B. P., 270

Monaco, 306, 316, 317

Monsec, 159

Mont-de-Marsan, 171, 173, 176

Mont Pilat, 355

Montagnac, 270

Montagne, Étienne de, 120

Montargis, 377

Montastruc, 166

Montbard, 347

Montdragon, 341

Monte Carlo, 317

Montélimar, 343, 344

Montfort, Simon de, 258, 260, 268

Montgéron, 386

Montgomery, Gabriel, Comte de, 113, 173, 222, 224, 231, 238

Montlhéry, Battle of, 35

Montmorenci, Henri, Duc de, 59, 60, 368

Montpellier, 274-276

Montréal, 253

” Château de, 220

Montrejeau, 240

Montreuil-sur-Mer, 2, 21

Morin, Pierre, 110

Mormant, 376

Mornas, 341

Mortola, La, 319

Mosnier, Jean, 92

Moulins, 365-368

Moux, 261

Myennes, 374

Naintré, 134

Nampont St. Martin, 22

Napoleon I., Emperor, 302, 350, 381, 382

” Prince Louis, 26

” III., 189

Napoule, La, 304

Narbonne, 262-266

Narvate, 207

Neaufles, Château de, 402, 403, 407

Nemours, 379, 380

” Duc de, 380

Nepveu, Pierre, 88

Neufchâtel-en-Bray, 23

Neulise, 360

Nevers, 369-372

” Counts of, 371

Nice, 310-314

Nicholas, Abbot, 39

Nîmes, 278-283

Nivelle, River, 200, 201, 202

Nogent-sur-Vernisson, 376

Nonancourt, 50, 56

Norsemen, the, 4, 15, 17, 29, 30, 38, 118

Nouan sur-Loire, 86

Numerian, Emperor, 263

Oise, River, 392, 393

Ondres, 180

Orange, 337, 340

Orb, River, 267, 269

Orgon, 328

Oriflamme, banner of the, 393

Orleans, 74-79, 83

” Charles d’, 103

” Duc d’, 109

” Duchesse d’, 58, 59

” Gaston d’, 94, 104

” Louis d’, 103

Orthez, 222-225

Ospedaletti, 322

Ouzouer-sur-Loire, 115

Pacaudière, La, 361

Pactius, Prior Thomas, 131

Pailhès, 250

Palisse, La, 362

Pamiers, 251

Pamplona, 210-213, 223

Paris, distant view of, 392

Pascal II., Pope, 373

Patay, Bishop Gilles de, 77

Pau, 227-234

” Gave de, 221, 222, 226, 228

Pavia, Battle of, 362

Pelisanne, 291

Périgueux, 160, 161-165

Petrarch, 332

Peyrehorade, 220

Pézenas, 270

Philibert of Châlons, 340

Philip III. of Spain, 392

” IV. of Spain, 392

Philippe I., 392

” Auguste, 53, 55, 56, 128, 141, 393, 402, 406, 413, 414

” de Savoie, 130

” de Valois, 76

” le Hardi, 277

Phocæan Greeks, 286

Phœnicians, the, 287, 290

Pierre-Trouée (Cromlech), 398

Pierrelatte, 342

Pilat, Mont, 355

Pinas, 240

Piolenc, 341

Pius VI., Pope, 349

“ VII., Pope, 374

“ IX., Pope, 237

Plaine du Forez, 359

Plessis-les-Tours, 107

Pliny, 270

Poitiers, 139-148

“ Anne de, 389

“ Battle of, 415

Poland, Stanislas Leczinska, King of, 90, 104

Pommeréval, 418

Pompogne, 172

Pontacq, 234

Pont de l’Arche, 45, 46

Pontoise, 392-396

Pontoux, 178

Pougues-les-Eaux, 372-373

Pouilly, 374

Poulain, Nicholas, 404

Pourrières, 293, 297

Poussin, Nicholas, 410

Provence, Marguerite de, 393

Puy, Le, 353

Puyôo, 221

Pyrenees, the, 177, 180, 228, 234, 239, 251, 253

Quirinus, 63

Ratuma, 28

Reignac, 125

René, King of Provence, 295, 296, 328

” of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count, 340

Rey, General, 216

Rhé, Île de, 202

Rhone, River, 285, 332, 341, 348, 352-355

Richard I., 17, 34, 39, 55, 56, 128, 403, 411, 412

Richelieu, Cardinal, 6, 408

Riquet, Pierre-Paul, 268

Roanne, 360

Robert de Croixmare, Archbishop of Rouen, 36

Robert, Archbishop of Rouen (1037), tomb of, 69

” of Jumièges, Abbot, 17

Rollo, 4, 29, 30, 33, 34

Romans, the, 161, 262, 279, 280, 281, 286, 287, 307

Roquebrune, 315

Roquemaure, 337

Rouen, 28-44

Roussel, Abbot Jean, 39

Ruffec, 139, 149, 150

” Ph. de Voivre, Marquis de, 155

Sabarat, 250

St. Aignan, 77

St. André, 56, 60

St. Armand de Rouen, Abbesses of, 416

St. Arnoult, 11

St. Austreberthe, Abbey of, 21

St. Bartholomew, Massacre of, 40, 182, 224

St. Blaise, 124

St. Cannat, 291, 324, 325

St. Crespin, 45

St. Cyr, 348, 353

St. Étienne, 355-357

St. Euverte, 77

St. Front, 162

St. Gaudens, 242-244

St. Gautier, Abbé of Meulan, 396

St. Georges-de-Boscherville, 19

St. Géours-de-Marenne, 179

St. Germain-en-Laye, 388

St. Germain-en-Laye, Château de, 389

St. Gilles, 283

St. Girons, 247, 248

St. Hilaire, 141

St. Honorat, Île de, 311

St. Honorine, 6, 7

St. Ignatius de Loyola, 212

St. Jean de Luz, 186, 194, 200-202

St. Justin, 173

St. Laurent-des-Eaux, 85

St. Laurent-l’Aigouze, 277

St. Liphard, 83

St. Lizier, 246, 247

St. Maclou, 40

St. Marguerite, Île de, 311

St. Martin Boscherville, 19, 20

” Omonville, 23

” of Tours, 107, 118, 121

St. Martory, 244, 245

St. Maximin, 298

St. Mellon, 28, 29

St. Nicholas-de-Pont-St. Pierre, 415

St. Ours, 127

St. Pé-de-Bigorre, 227

St. Péray, 350

St. Philibert, 17, 18

St. Pierre-le-Moutier, 369

St. Raphaël, 302, 303

St. Rémy, 325, 326

St. Romain, Archbishop of Rouen, 29

St. Romain de Colbosc, 9

St. Sebastian, 263

St. Sennoch, Château de, 133

St. Vallier, 353

” Conte de, 131

St. Victoire, Mont, 293, 297

St. Victrice, 29, 30

St. Vincent-de-Tyrosse, 180

St. Wandrille, 9, 13-15, 17

St. Wulmer, Abbey of, 21

Salat, River, 245

Salon, 290-291

Samer, 21

San Ampeglio, Capo, 322

San Remo, 307, 322

San Sebastian, 215-217

Sangatte, 24

Sanqueville, 21

Sant’ Esteban, 207

Saracens, the, 135, 141

Sarras, 353

Saulce, 340

Saxe, Marshal M. de, 89

Scott, Sir Walter, 409

Seine, River, 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 19, 28, 44, 288, 291, 292, 293

Selby Abbey, 32

Sénas, 325

Sens, 347

Seyches, 171

Sforza, Ludovic, Duke of Milan, 130

Sichel, E., 97, 232

Sillory, Chancellor, 396

Smollett, Tobias, 313

Sologne, the, 88, 91

Sorel, Agnes, 16, 128, 132

Soubirous, Bernadette, 235-237, 372

Soult, Marshal, 182, 217, 221, 224

Soumoulou, 234

Souppes, 379

Southampton, 4

Stopford, Major-General, 184

Strabo, 290

Syrian castles, 277-412

Tancarville, Raoul de, 19

Tarascon, 327, 328

Tarbes, 234, 237-239

Tartas, 176

Terry, Mr. (of Chenonceaux), 114

Texier, Jean, 65

Thau, Etang-de-, 270

Théoule, 304

Thibaut le Tricheur, 103

Thierry, Bishop, 65

Thomer, 56

Tiberius, Emperor, 338

Tolosa, 239

Tonnere, 347

Torcy-le-Grand, 418

Tôtes, 2

Tournay, 239

Tournon, 351, 352

Tourriers, 159

Tours, 110-127

” Battle of, 135, 136, 141

Tourves, 299

Touvre, River, 151

Trencavel, Vicomtes de, 257, 258

Trianons, Les, 388

Trie-Château, 398

Truyes, 125

Turks, the, 313

Tyre, Archbishop of, 406

Urban II., Pope, 348

” V., Pope, 332

Urrugne, 203

Valence, 348-350

Valescure, 302

Varennes-sur-Allier, 363

Varin, Quentin, 410

Vauban, 6

Velate, Col de, 195, 208, 209

Veliocassians, the, 28

Vence, 309

Vendranges, 360

Ventimiglia, 319, 320

Vera, 217

Versailles, 387

Veuves, 107

Vexin, old province of, 392, 393

Vibraye, Marquis de, 92

Victoria, Queen, 187

Vienne, 346

” River, 134, 135

Vigorce, Simon, Archbishop of Narbonne, 260

Villava, 210

Villefranche, 315

Villeneuve-les-Avignon, 336

Villeneuve, St. Georges, 386

Viollet-le-Duc, 258, 265, 367, 409

Visigoths, the, 118, 243, 257, 259

Vivarais Mountains, 348

Vivonne, 139, 148

Vonne, River, 148

Webster, Dr., 197

Wellington, Duke of, 181, 182, 201, 213, 224, 225

William Longsword, 17, 33

” the Norman, 31

” II. (Rufus), 402

” I., Stadtholder, 340

” III., Prince of Orange, 340

Wimereux Harbour, 25, 26

Winchester Cathedral, 20

Yainville, 18

Ymonville, 73

Young, Arthur, 244, 269

Zurbaran, Francisco, 392

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[A] Although its appearance might suggest otherwise, the writer and four others (including ladies) were given an excellent dinner, clean rooms, and every possible attention at this little hotel. The car was put into a lofty barn at the end of the courtyard.

[B] _Contemporary Review_, September, 1909.

[C] April, 1909.

[D] These towers do not appear to be disused windmills, but, having omitted to make inquiries locally, the writer is unable to describe their uses. None of the French topographical writers on this part of France appear to consider them worthy of comment.

[E] They were an invention of Sir William Congreve in 1803.

[F] Fiona Macleod.

[G] Eagles are not uncommon in the Pyrenees. The writer noticed a large bird in the Pass of Velate which he took to be an eagle, but owing to the failing light it was impossible to be certain.

[H] Joanne gives the date 1765, but it is incorrect.

[I] The people in the neighbourhood of Albi were known as the Albigenses. They were of superior intelligence and education, and denounced the vices of the priesthood, the sacrifice of the Mass, Purgatory, and image-worship, and were therefore regarded as heretics.

[J] This is mentioned by Hare and Baedeker, but the writer has not seen it.

[K] The author would refer the reader to his volume ‘Along the Rivieras of France and Italy’ (Dent).

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