. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. waterfaring to satisfy us for the had passed about forty weirs and had voyageda distance that could not be reckoned in miles onaccount of the winding of the stream. BY THE LOWER DORDOGNE ANDTHE GARONNE The nooks and corners wheregreat men of the past spent theirlives quietly and thoughtfully often;r lie far enough from the beaten waysto provide the romantic tramp witha motive that he may need toexcuse his singularity in faring onfoot over a tract of country whichlacks the kind of picturesquenessthat would mark it out as a te
. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. waterfaring to satisfy us for the had passed about forty weirs and had voyageda distance that could not be reckoned in miles onaccount of the winding of the stream. BY THE LOWER DORDOGNE ANDTHE GARONNE The nooks and corners wheregreat men of the past spent theirlives quietly and thoughtfully often;r lie far enough from the beaten waysto provide the romantic tramp witha motive that he may need toexcuse his singularity in faring onfoot over a tract of country whichlacks the kind of picturesquenessthat would mark it out as a territoryto be annexed by the tourist sooneror later. Having found myself,almost unexpectedly, in the districtof Michel de Montaigne, after cross-ing the Double, I reckoned that lessthan a days quiet walking wouldbring me to the village of St. Michel-Bonnefare—better known in theregion as St. Michel - Montaigne(pronounced there Montagne, as thename was originally spelt),close to the castle or manor-house where the contemplative Perigourdin gentleman 405. A Street atSt. Emilion. 406 BY THE LOWER DORDOGNE was born, and where he wrote his Essays in a tower,of which he has left a detailed description. Thenthere was another lure : the battlefield of Castillon, afew miles farther south, where the heroic Talbot wasslain, and where the cannon that fired the fatalstone announced the end of the feudal ages. Wemay travel over the whole world of literature with-out going beyond our house and garden. Even theblind may read, and thus bring back to themselvesthe life of the past: but how the indolent mind ishelped when spurred by the eyes impressions!The eye awakens ideas that might otherwise sleepon for ever, by looking at scenes filled with thelivine interest of a Montaisrne or a Talbot. I mieht have 2fot to within four miles or there-abouts of the Castle of Montaigne, by using therailroad that runs up the valley of the LowerDordogne, but I preferred to start on foot fromMontpont. This mann
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