HOUSE OF DU CHAYLA, AT PONT DE MONTVERT

"Du Chayla's house still stands, with a new roof, beside one of the bridges of the town; and if you are curious you may see the terrace-garden into which he dropped."—R. L. S.

The Country of the Camisards


"These are the Cevennes with an emphasis: the Cevennes of the Cevennes."—R. L. Stevenson.


I.

The word Camisard in the south of France, like Covenanter in Scotland, recalls

"Old, unhappy, far-off things,

And battles long ago."