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A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS
STRANGE SURVIVALS
SONGS OF THE WEST
A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG
OLD COUNTRY LIFE
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES
OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
A BOOK OF GHOSTS
THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW
A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES
A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES

AND

(_Uniform with this Volume_)

A BOOK OF BRITTANY
A BOOK OF CORNWALL
A BOOK OF DEVON
A BOOK OF NORTH WALES
A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
A BOOK OF THE RHINE
A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA

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A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES

by

S. BARING-GOULD

Author of “A Book of Brittany,” “A Book of the Riviera,” etc.

IT IS THE SOUL THAT SEES; THE OUTWARD EYES
PRESENT THE OBJECT, BUT THE MIND DESCRIES.

_LONGFELLOW_

With Twenty-Five Illustrations

Methuen & Co. 36 Essex Street W.C. London

First Published in 1907

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PYRENEAN CHAIN 1

II. GASCONY 15

III. BAYONNE 30

IV. S. JEAN-PIED-DE-PORT 51

V. ORTHEZ 66

VI. PAU 85

VII. OLORON 114

VIII. THE VAL D’OSSAU 124

IX. LOURDES 134

X. THE LAVEDAN 152

XI. LUZ AND CAUTERETS 162

XII. TARBES 175

XIII. BAGNÈRES 189

XIV. THE VAL D’AURE 201

XV. LUCHON 214

XVI. COUSERANS 236

XVII. FOIX 245

XVIII. LA CERDAGNE 264

XIX. THE CANIGOU 272

XX. PERPIGNAN 286

INDEX 305

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LA VALLÉE DU LYS _Frontispiece_
PAGE
MAP OF THE PYRENEES 1

NATIVES OF ROUSSILLON 4

THE CASCADE, GAVARNIE 7
From a photograph by Messrs. Levy and Sons, Paris

THE CATHEDRAL, BAYONNE 32

THE COAST, BIARRITZ 44

SAN SEBASTIAN 48

PAS DE ROLAND 54

THE BRIDGE, ORTHEZ 66

PAU 85

THE CASTLE, PAU 92

ROOM OF JEANNE D’ALBRET, CASTLE OF PAU 100

BETHARAM 112

THE BASILICA, LOURDES 134

THE TEMPLAR CHURCH, LUZ 167
From a photograph by Messrs. Levy and Sons, Paris

LA BRÈCHE DE ROLAND 169
From a photograph by Messrs. Levy and Sons, Paris

CHOIR OF S. BERTRAND DE COMINGES 220

CLOISTERS, S. BERTRAND DE COMINGES 226

LA CASCADE D’ENFER, LUCHON 232

LE LAC D’OO 234

VERNET LES BAINS 274

CHÂTEAU DE ROUSSILLON 286

GATEWAY OF THE CITADEL, PERPIGNAN 291

CATHEDRAL INTERIOR, PERPIGNAN 294

THE CLOISTERS OF ELNE 298

NOTE.--The illustrations are from photographs by Messrs.
Neurdein frères, of Paris, except where other acknowledgment is
made.