ST. JUSTIN
is an old and very picturesque little town. It was greatly damaged by Montgomery in 1569, but has still some remains of its ramparts perched above the road. The thirteenth-century church stands near a monastery of the Templars.
It is here that one notices the first of the Basque type of house, with the wall of its gable-end deeply recessed to form a shady verandah with a balcony to the upper floor. The ordinary old cottage of timber-framing still appears among these of a more southern type, designed for comfort during great heat.
More perspectives through the forest succeed, and bring one to the rather uninteresting town of
MONT-DE-MARSAN
There is a quaint view of houses built above the river, and inside the big rectangular building of the old barracks stands the lower part of the keep of Nou-li-Bos, built in the fourteenth century by Gaston Phœbus, Count of Foix, to terrify the inhabitants.
BORDEAUX TO TOULOUSE AND PAMIERS OR CARCASSONNE
Those who land their cars at Bordeaux can (1) pick up the route at Casteljaloux (86 kil.) or at Mont-de-Marsan (129 kil.), or (2) they can go to Toulouse (262 kil.) and join the route at Pamiers (322 kil.) or Carcassonne (364 kil.). See the large folding map at the end of the volume.
| Kil. | Miles. | ||
| 1. | Bordeaux to Podensac | 31 | 19¼ |
| Podensac to Langon | 14 | 8¾ | |
| Langon to Casteljaloux | 41 | 25½ | |
| or Langon to Mont-de-Marsan | 84 | 52¼ | |
| 2. | Langon to La Réole | 18 | 11¼ |
| La Réole to Marmande | 20 | 12¼ | |
| Marmande to Tonneins | 18 | 11¼ | |
| Tonneins to Agen | 38 | 23½ | |
| Agen to Moissac | 41 | 25½ | |
| Moissac to Montauban | 30 | 18¾ | |
| Montauban to Toulouse | 52 | 32½ | |
| Toulouse to Pamiers | 60 | 39½ | |
| Toulouse to Carcassonne | 102 | 63½ |