Along France's river of romance: . c of theupper Loire is to be noticed here—the remains of thepriory of Confolens, founded in 995. Below Beauzacthe river for some way becomes extremely narrow,then opens out at a spot where there is a bathing pool,then sinks once more through a stickle, and enters thedefile of Pont de Lignon. Pont de Lignon, the nextstation, is noticeable for its great stoneworks; herethe Loire is joined by the Lignon du Sud, the mostimportant river in the department, after the Loireand the Allier. It has its rise in the commune ofChaudeyrolles, north of Mt. Mezenc. After
Along France's river of romance: . c of theupper Loire is to be noticed here—the remains of thepriory of Confolens, founded in 995. Below Beauzacthe river for some way becomes extremely narrow,then opens out at a spot where there is a bathing pool,then sinks once more through a stickle, and enters thedefile of Pont de Lignon. Pont de Lignon, the nextstation, is noticeable for its great stoneworks; herethe Loire is joined by the Lignon du Sud, the mostimportant river in the department, after the Loireand the Allier. It has its rise in the commune ofChaudeyrolles, north of Mt. Mezenc. After Pont deLignon, the narrow valley soon opens out into the wide,fertile plain of Bas-en-Basset, formed by the alluviumwashed down by the Loire. At the top of it is theembouchure of the Ance du Nord. The station is inthe middle of the plain, between the two towns ofBas and Monistrol-sur-Loire, of which the larger is 72 THE LOIRE Monistrol, with just over five thousand has three thousand. Monistrol is a pretty
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