Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . ave et xnipnmp pa-. •<?,< oner ADebes ST. MALO. 25. Route. 195 English Church, at Param^ (p. 196). — Work among the Britiehseamen freciuenting the port is carried on by the S(. Andrews WatertideMission. St. Malo, a fortified seaport with 10,647 inhab., occupies a re-markably picturesque situation, on a rock (formerly an island) risingbetween the harbour and the mouth of the Ranee, flanked on theleft by St. Servan, and facing Dinard on the opposite bank. St. Ma
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . ave et xnipnmp pa-. •<?,< oner ADebes ST. MALO. 25. Route. 195 English Church, at Param^ (p. 196). — Work among the Britiehseamen freciuenting the port is carried on by the S(. Andrews WatertideMission. St. Malo, a fortified seaport with 10,647 inhab., occupies a re-markably picturesque situation, on a rock (formerly an island) risingbetween the harbour and the mouth of the Ranee, flanked on theleft by St. Servan, and facing Dinard on the opposite bank. St. Malo derives its name from the Welsh monk St. Malo or St. Blaclouwho became its first bishop in the 6th cent., but its importance, formerlymuch greater than at present, dates from a considerably later period. The in-habitants of St. Malo early distinguished themselves as bold traders in time ofpeace and as daring privateers in time of war. Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)who discovered Canada in 1534, was a native of St. Malo: the famous ad-miral Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736) was at first a privateersman from the sameport; Sufcouf (17^3-1827), well
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