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Constable’s Tower, Vannes (See [page 147])[ Frontispiece]
The Loire at Nantesfacing [4]
Device of Anne of Brittany[17]
Anne of Brittany[18]
Breton Post-card[21]
St. Brieucfacing [30]
Croisicfacing [42]
Map of Brittanyfacing [44]
The Main Roads of Brittany[48]
Travel Routes in Brittany[55]
St. Pol de Léonfacing [60]
The Breton Tongue[62]
Gilles de Laval[66]
Young Bretons[78]
From the Artist’s Sketch Book[80]
La Coiffe Polka[81]
Ironing Coifs[83]
Breton Types[85]
Douarnenezfacing [88]
Pornic[113]
Donjon of Clissonfacing [114]
St. Nazaire[123]
Ancient Fortifications of Guérande (Diagram)[126]
Châteaubriantfacing [128]
Children of Redon[133]
Tour d’Elvenfacing [138]
Market-woman, Vannes[142]
The Country near Vannes[143]
Ancient City Walls, Vannes (Diagram)[147]
Château of Suscinofacing [148]
General Plan of Château of Suscino (Diagram)[149]
Ploërmelfacing [152]
Shrine of St. Etienne, Josselin[154]
Château de Josselinfacing [156]
Interior of Market-house, Aurayfacing [160]
Shrine of St. Roch, Auray[162]
The Lines of Carnac[168]
The Lines of Carnacfacing [168]
Map of Carnac and the Surrounding Country[170]
Quiberonfacing [172]
Hennebontfacing [182]
Quimperléfacing [188]
Market-house, Faouëtfacing [192]
Market-day[193]
Rosporden[196]
Stone Crucifix, Concarneaufacing [198]
Concarneau[199]
Pont Avenfacing [202]
Environs of Pont Aven (Map)[204]
From the Museum at Quimper[207]
Cape de la Chèvrefacing [214]
Woman of Chateaulin[217]
Camaretfacing [220]
Landerneaufacing [224]
Calvary, Plougastelfacing [228]
Lighthouse of Créac’h, Ouessantfacing [236]
Roscoff[239]
Ma Douez[244]
Carved Wood Staircase, Morlaixfacing [246]
Procession of Sailors, St. Jean du Doigt[247]
Old House, Tréguier[253]
House of Ernest Renan, Tréguier[254]
Shrine of St. Yves, Tréguier[256]
A Binou Player[261]
Binic[267]
Ramparts of St. Malofacing [272]
House of Duguay-Trouin, St. Malo[281]
Tower of Solidor, St. Servanfacing [284]
Plans of the Tower of Solidor[285]
The Valley of the Rance (Map)[292]
Duguesclin[293]
Rez-de-Chaussée of Donjon, Dinan (Diagram)[295]
Coif of Miniac[307]
Mayennefacing [310]
Plan of the Ancient Walls and Towers Of
Fougères		[314]
Beucheresse Gate, Laval[319]
Plan of Vitré in 1811, Showing City Walls[321]
Château de Vitréfacing [322]
Tower of St. Martin, Vitré[323]
Château de Rochers[325]
Arms of Madame de Sévigné[327]
Monastery of St. Mélaine, Rennes[331]
Huelgoatfacing [340]
Pardon of St. Jean du Doigtfacing [352]
The Provinces of France (Map)[359]
The Ancient Provinces of France (Map)[361]
Comparative Metric Scale (Diagram)[364]
Sketch Map of Circular Tour in Brittany[366]
Architectural Names of the Various Parts Of
A Feudal Château (Diagram)		[367]
Tide and Weather Signals in the Ports of
Brittany (Diagram)		[368]

PART I.

RAMBLES IN BRITTANY

CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY

THE regard which every one has for the old French provinces is by no means inexplicable. Out of them grew the present solidarity of republican France, but in spite of it the old limits of demarcation are not yet expunged. One and all retain to-day their individual characteristics, manners, and customs, and also a certain subconscious atmosphere.

Many are the casual travellers who know Normandy and Brittany, at least know them by name and perhaps something more, but how many of those who annually skim across France, in summer to Switzerland and in winter to the Riviera or to Italy, there to live in seven-franc-a-day pensions, and drink a particularly vile brand of tea, know where Brittany leaves off and Normandy begins, or have more than the vaguest of vague notions as to whether the charming little provincial capital of Nantes, on the Loire, is in Brittany or in Poitou. A recollection of their school-day knowledge of history will help them on the latter point, but geography will come in and puzzle them still more.