Chapter II: Part II: I. the Loire in Brittany 99

II. NANTES TO VANNES 116

III. THE MORBIHAN--VANNES AND THE “GOLFE” 140

IV. AURAY AND THE MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF MORBIHAN 159

V. MORBIHAN--LORIENT AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD 179

VI. FINISTÈRE--SOUTH 187

VII. FINISTÈRE--NORTH 221

VIII. THE CÔTES DU NORD 249

IX. THE EMERALD COAST 271

X. ON THE ROAD IN BRITTANY--MAYENNE, FOUGÈRES, LAVAL, AND VITRÉ 309

XI. RENNES AND BEYOND 329

XII. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND PARDONS 341

APPENDICES 359

INDEX 373

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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CONSTABLE’S TOWER, VANNES (_See page 147_) _Frontispiece_

THE LOIRE AT NANTES facing 4

DEVICE OF ANNE OF BRITTANY 17

ANNE OF BRITTANY 18

BRETON POST-CARD 21

ST. BRIEUC facing 30

CROISIC facing 42

MAP OF BRITTANY facing 44

THE MAIN ROADS OF BRITTANY 48

TRAVEL ROUTES IN BRITTANY 55

ST. POL DE LÉON facing 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

DOUARNENEZ facing 88

PORNIC 113

DONJON OF CLISSON facing 114

ST. NAZAIRE 123

ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS OF GUÉRANDE (DIAGRAM) 126

CHÂTEAUBRIANT facing 128

CHILDREN OF REDON 133

TOUR D’ELVEN facing 138

MARKET-WOMAN, VANNES 142

THE COUNTRY NEAR VANNES 143

ANCIENT CITY WALLS, VANNES (DIAGRAM) 147

CHÂTEAU OF SUSCINO facing 148

GENERAL PLAN OF CHÂTEAU OF SUSCINO (DIAGRAM) 149

PLOËRMEL facing 152

SHRINE OF ST. ETIENNE, JOSSELIN 154

CHÂTEAU DE JOSSELIN facing 156

INTERIOR OF MARKET-HOUSE, AURAY facing 160

SHRINE OF ST. ROCH, AURAY 162

THE LINES OF CARNAC 168

THE LINES OF CARNAC facing 168

MAP OF CARNAC AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY 170

QUIBERON facing 172

HENNEBONT facing 182

QUIMPERLÉ facing 188

MARKET-HOUSE, FAOUËT facing 192

MARKET-DAY 193

ROSPORDEN 196

STONE CRUCIFIX, CONCARNEAU facing 198

CONCARNEAU 199

PONT AVEN facing 202

ENVIRONS OF PONT AVEN (MAP) 204

FROM THE MUSEUM AT QUIMPER 207

CAPE DE LA CHÈVRE facing 214

WOMAN OF CHATEAULIN 217

CAMARET facing 220

LANDERNEAU facing 224

CALVARY, PLOUGASTEL facing 228

LIGHTHOUSE OF CRÉAC’H, OUESSANT facing 236

ROSCOFF 239

MA DOUEZ 244

CARVED WOOD STAIRCASE, MORLAIX facing 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. MALO facing 272

HOUSE OF DUGUAY-TROUIN, ST. MALO 281

TOWER OF SOLIDOR, ST. SERVAN facing 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

MAYENNE facing 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 VITRÉ facing 322

TOWER OF ST. MARTIN, VITRÉ 323

CHÂTEAU DE ROCHERS 325

ARMS OF MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ 327

MONASTERY OF ST. MÉLAINE, RENNES 331

HUELGOAT facing 340

PARDON OF ST. JEAN DU DOIGT facing 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