[38] Vide Cooke's Views.
[39] A similar dignity was conferred by some heathen poet, I believe, on the ποτνια συχη (the august, or god-like fig).
[40] The word Oc, according to tradition, meant in the old patois of the country "yes:" hence the original derivation of "Langue d'Oc."
[41] Vide Cooke's Views.
[42] The celebrated fair of Beaucaire, which may be almost called the carnival of the Mediterranean, is held in this meadow yearly.
[43] Vide Cooke's Views.
[44] For an account of the Tarasque, or fabulous dragon, which infested the country, and the ceremonies commemorative of it, see Miss Plumptre's tour. The name of Tarascon, she says, is derived from this animal.
[45] I do not except even John Bull's favourite yew peacocks and dragons, at least when they decorate the garden of a poor man.
[46] Vide Cooke's Views.
[47] Vide Cooke's Views.