. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. St. Ouen—Gaiden. well. Journeying by express trainfrom Havre to Rouen, the sceneryas seen from the car window is verybeautiful; rolling country, with suchvegetation as we see at home, bring- ROUEN: A DAY LY THE NORMAN CAPITAL 43 ing forcibly to mind the dear oldNew Hampshire hills. The peas-ants of Normandy, though, havemade their land blossom as evenour industrious farmer fails to do. Being- possessed of the variousitems which a naval officer considersnecessary for the proper doing ofa city, a guide book, a map of t
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. St. Ouen—Gaiden. well. Journeying by express trainfrom Havre to Rouen, the sceneryas seen from the car window is verybeautiful; rolling country, with suchvegetation as we see at home, bring- ROUEN: A DAY LY THE NORMAN CAPITAL 43 ing forcibly to mind the dear oldNew Hampshire hills. The peas-ants of Normandy, though, havemade their land blossom as evenour industrious farmer fails to do. Being- possessed of the variousitems which a naval officer considersnecessary for the proper doing ofa city, a guide book, a map of thestreets, plenty of time and patience,and, like Baity Josselin, a power offeeling the north, our little partyof three started out on foot in a driv- •. • I, \ 5 - ^1 Church of St. Maclou. ing rain. One of the crowd said hefelt like a fool, that feeling beingstrongly developed by the absence ofa mackintosh from his outfit. Beingassured that the Rouenese were usedto such sights, he, at last, allowedhimself to be persuaded out of therailroad station, but he carefully keptin rear of the camera all day just thesame, to make sure that no docu-mentary evidence against him, wouldever be offered to his friends at might be expected, Rouen is I i I ( .... - The Big Clock. filled with tributes to the memory ofths valiant Maid of Orleans. Nearthe railroad station, we found theBoulevard Jeanne dArc and the RueJeanne dArc, two of the principal ? I t - ?
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