Chapter I: Preface

The following notes were made during three summer tours in Brittany, in two of which the Author was accompanied by the Artist.

_Breton Folk_ is not a description of the antiquities of Brittany, nor even a book of folk-lore. It is a series of sketches of a “black-and-white country” under its summer aspect; of a sombre land shrouded with white clouds, peopled with peasants in dark costumes, wide white collars and caps, black and white cattle and magpies.

The illustrations, one hundred and seventy in number, have been drawn by the Artist from sketches made on the spot, and, apart from their artistic qualities, have the curious merit of truth. They have been engraved with the utmost care by Mr. J. D. Cooper.

CONTENTS.

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I.— THE WESTERN WING 1

II.— ST. MALO—ST. SERVAN—DINARD—DINAN 6

III.— LAMBALLE—ST. BRIEUC—GUINGAMP 27

IV.— LANLEFF—PAIMPOL—LANNION—PERROS-GUIREC 45

V.— CARHAIX—HUELGOET 58

VI.— MORLAIX—ST. POL—LESNEVEN—LE FOLGOET 69

VII.— BREST—PLOUGASTEL—CHÂTEAUNEUF DU FAOU 83

VIII.— QUIMPER—PONT L’ABBÉ—AUDIERNE—DOUARNENEZ 100

IX.— CONCARNEAU—PONT-AVEN—QUIMPERLÉ 123

X.— HENNEBONT 143

XI.— LE FAOUET—GOURIN—GUÉMÉNÉ 152

XII.— STE. ANNE D’AURAY—CARNAC—LOCMARIAKER 171

XIII.— VANNES 190

MAP OF BRITTANY, AND POSTSCRIPT FOR TRAVELLERS, _at end_.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Cavaliers and Roundhead _Frontispiece_

Vignette _Title page_

A Breton Gate iii

Sketching iv

Carrying Corn v

Vignette vi

Old Château vii

Sheep sheltering from the Wind xii

CHAPTER I.

Hill and Dale 1

On the Road 5