. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . there in the narrow and steepstreets are bits of loggias, which remind one of Italy. We came back to St. Girons on the other side ofthe stream ; the road runs very near to it, and the viewwas very attractive, with snowy mountains closingthe vista, and the foreground of rushing water tumblingover the rocky ledges. Moreover, we came across aparty of gipsies from the other side of the frontier,accompanied by bears and monkeys. The womenwere fine creatures, though sadly in need of washing !This did not a
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . there in the narrow and steepstreets are bits of loggias, which remind one of Italy. We came back to St. Girons on the other side ofthe stream ; the road runs very near to it, and the viewwas very attractive, with snowy mountains closingthe vista, and the foreground of rushing water tumblingover the rocky ledges. Moreover, we came across aparty of gipsies from the other side of the frontier,accompanied by bears and monkeys. The womenwere fine creatures, though sadly in need of washing !This did not affect their value as picturesque foregroundincidents, however, especially in the case of the motherof the party, and of the eldest daughter. The Valley of the Lez. The three streams, the Lez, the Baup, and the Salat,unite at the town of St. Girons, which is a good starting-point for a trip up the Lez Valley to Sentein, a littletown containing a fortified church of the fourteenthcentury, the last town on the French side of the valley is to be one of the three means of rapid 23. V7,^^-Aliv SPANISH GIPSY, ST. LIZIER. THE PILE OF LUZENAC 179 communication with Spain which are planned to becompleted in a few years, the line, after piercing thePyrenees, continuing to Lerida, which will probablydestroy the character of the valley before very long,though the work is rather behind that in the OloronValley. We saw men busy with spade and pick com-mencing the grading of the embankment above LesBordes, though lower down the valley the engineeringwork was not so evident. Shortly after leavingSt. Girons the piers of the old bridge may be seen alittle above the railway bridge. The arches are gone,and the road has been diverted, a sign of the changeswhich rapid locomotion causes in the appearance of thecountry. The first object interesting to the archaeolo-gist occurs at Luzenac, some four miles from St. Girons,a Roman structure known as the Pile of Luzenac,a square tower wit
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