Chapter II: Part III: I. the Seine Valley--Preamble 157

II. THE SEINE BELOW ROUEN 171

III. THE SEINE FROM ROUEN TO PONT DE L’ARCHE 203

IV. THE SEINE FROM PONT DE L’ARCHE TO LA ROCHE-GUYON 229

V. IN THE VALLEY OF THE EURE 262

VI. THE PAYS DE CAUX 286

VII. THE COAST WESTWARD OF THE SEINE 314

VIII. THE COTENTIN 361

IX. THE NORMAN COUNTRY-SIDE 393

APPENDICES 427

INDEX 443

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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MONT ST. MICHEL (_See page 385_) _Frontispiece_

A DILIGENCE 21

ROAD PLACQUES, TOURING CLUB DE FRANCE 28

ROAD SIGNS IN FRANCE 30

A BERLINE DE POSTE 33

EXPLANATION OF THE MAPS OF THE ETAT MAJOR 36

LYONS-LE-FORÊT facing 44

CHAPELLE STE. CATHERINE 47

MAP OF NORMANDY facing 48

A WOMAN OF NORMANDY facing 84

HARVEST-TIME IN NORMANDY facing 104

NORMAN HORSES facing 106

RAISING THE SUGAR-BEET 111

A NORMAN FARMHOUSE facing 128

A PEASANT’S CART 134

DONJON OF ARQUES (DIAGRAM) 138

CHÂTEAU GAILLARD, LES ANDELYS facing 138

ANCIENT MANOR D’ARGOUGES 146

AN INN BY THE SEINE facing 158

CAPE DE LA HÈVE 173

TOWBOATS ON THE SEINE 181

QUAY OF CAUDEBEC-EN-CAUX facing 184

JUMIÈGES facing 188

THE ARMS OF AGNES SOREL 189

A ROUEN CAFÉ 199

ROUEN FROM BON SECOURS facing 210

SOME SEINE SKETCHES 214

PONT DE L’ARCHE facing 222

ANCIENT PLAN OF CHÂTEAU GAILLARD 239

THE SEINE AT PETIT ANDELYS facing 240

COLLEGIATE CHURCH, ECOUIS facing 244

GISORS facing 246

A SEINE HAMLET 249

THE TWO CHÂTEAUX OF LA ROCHE-GUYON facing 260

HÔTEL DU GRAND CERF, LOUVIERS facing 264

GARENNES facing 272

SONG OF THE PAYS DE CAUX (MUSIC) 287

A PIGEON-HOUSE 289

THE HARBOUR OF FÉCAMP facing 294

THE CLIFFS OF YPORT facing 296

TRÉPORT facing 304

A CAUCHOISE OF YVETÔT 312

HONFLEUR facing 318

IN THE CIDER-APPLE COUNTRY 323

A NORMAN CIDER-PRESS facing 326

DIVES-SUR-MER facing 334

TOWER OF GENS D’ARMES 338

CLOISTER OF THE CAPUCIN CONVENT, CAEN facing 340

TINCHEBRAY 343

WALLED FARM 346

PORT-EN-BESSIN 348

OLD WOODEN HOUSES, LISIEUX facing 350

CHÂTEAU OF FALAISE (PLAN) 351

DONJON OF FALAISE facing 352

STREET UNDER THE CHURCH OF THE TRINITY, FALAISE 356

A COTENTINE facing 360

MILLET’S HOME, GRUCHY 365

THE ROCK OF GRANVILLE facing 380

BAY OF MONT ST. MICHEL (MAP) 384

MONT ST. MICHEL IN 1657 385

PORTE DU ROI, MONT ST. MICHEL facing 386

CLOCK TOWER, VIRE 392

IN THE CHURCH OF STE. FOY, CONCHES facing 400

RUGLES 403

THE APIARY OF LA TRAPPE facing 408

CHÂTEAU D’ALENÇON 413

ARGENTAN 416

MARKET-PLACE, NEUBOURG 417

ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN 420

INTERIOR OF ABBEY OF BERNAY 424

THE PROVINCES OF FRANCE (MAP) 427

ITINERARY OF NORMANDY, I. (MAP) 433

ITINERARY OF NORMANDY, II. (MAP) 434

PROFILE MAP OF NORMANDY 435

THE COAST OF NORMANDY (MAP) 436

NATURAL CURIOSITIES OF NORMANDY (MAP) 437

ARCHITECTURAL CURIOSITIES OF NORMANDY (MAP) 438

ROAD MAP, NORMANDY COAST 439

ROAD MAP, THE SEINE VALLEY 440

ROAD MAP, ACROSS NORMANDY 441