FIG. 141. ST TROPEZ.
The town still possesses some trade, and there is a fair number of coasting vessels in the harbour, to which, with their large brown sails, they give a peculiar and pleasing effect ([Fig. 141]). Some of the houses shew signs of having seen better days, but the whole place has a somewhat decayed and crumbling appearance. The town is surmounted by a castle, which was constructed in 1793, on the top of the hill to the south. It is surrounded with high walls loopholed for musketry and strengthened with bastions. The traffic in fish seems to be considerable, and is carried on in a dark vaulted market place, where the fish are exposed for sale, and where they are kept cooler than in the open air. The entrance to this fishy cave is somewhat picturesque ([Fig. 142]).
FIG. 142. ENTRANCE TO FISHMARKET, ST TROPEZ.
FIG. 143. GRIMAUD FROM THE PLAIN.