A Book of the Cevennes

by S. Baring-Gould

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A BOOK OF
THE CEVENNES

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

• MEHALAH
• THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS
• THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
• STRANGE SURVIVALS
• SONGS OF THE WEST
• A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG
• OLD COUNTRY LIFE
• AN OLD ENGLISH HOME
• YORKSHIRE ODDITIES
• HISTORIC ODDITIES
• OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
• THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW
• FREAKS OF FANATICISM
• A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

• A BOOK OF BRITTANY
• A BOOK OF DARTMOOR
• A BOOK OF THE WEST
• I. DEVON
• II. CORNWALL
• A BOOK OF NORTH WALES
• A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
• A BOOK OF THE RHINE
• A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA
• A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES

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THE TAMARGUE FROM LA SOUCHE

A BOOK OF
THE CEVENNES

BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

"ILLE TERRARUM MIHI PRÆTER OMNES
ANGULUS RIDET, UBI NON HYMETTO
MELLA DECEDUNT, VIRIDIQUE CERTAT
BACCA VENAFRO;
VER UBI LONGUM, TEPIDASQUE PRÆBET
JUPITER BRUMAS."
Hor. Od. ii. 6.

WITH FORTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
EIGHT OF WHICH ARE IN COLOUR, AND A MAP

London
John Long
Norris Street, Haymarket
[All rights reserved]

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First Published in 1907

Illustrations reproduced by the Hentschel-Colourtype Process

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		Page
I.	[The Crescent]	1
II.	[Le Velay]	15
III.	[Le Puy]	34
IV.	[Round about Le Puy]
V.	[L'Auberge de Peyrabeille]	84
VI.	[Les Boutières]	103
VII.	[The Volcanoes of the Vivarais]	114
VIII.	[The Canon of the Ardèche]	137
IX.	[The Wood of Païolive]	153
X.	[The Ravine of the Allier]	161
XI.	[The Camisards]	177
XII.	[Alais]	203
XIII.	[Ganges]	221
XIV.	[Le Vigan]	237
XV.	[L'Aigoual]	248
XVI.	[The Land of Ferdinand Fabre]	262
XVII.	[The Hérault]	282
	[Index]	282

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