A tour through the Pyrenees . CHAPTER VI. THE INHABITANTS. I. On the eig-hth of Aug-ust, at nine oclock in themorning-, the piercing- note of a flageolet wasto be heard at half a leag-ues distance from Eaux-Bonnes, and the bathers set out for Aas. Theway there is by a narrow road cut in the Monta-gneVerte, and overhung with lavender and bunchesof wild flowers. We entered upon a street sixfeet in width : it is the main street. Scarlet-cappedchildren, wondering at their own magnificence,stood bolt upright in the doorways and looked onus in siU;nt admiration. The public square, at theside of the
A tour through the Pyrenees . CHAPTER VI. THE INHABITANTS. I. On the eig-hth of Aug-ust, at nine oclock in themorning-, the piercing- note of a flageolet wasto be heard at half a leag-ues distance from Eaux-Bonnes, and the bathers set out for Aas. Theway there is by a narrow road cut in the Monta-gneVerte, and overhung with lavender and bunchesof wild flowers. We entered upon a street sixfeet in width : it is the main street. Scarlet-cappedchildren, wondering at their own magnificence,stood bolt upright in the doorways and looked onus in siU;nt admiration. The public square, at theside of the lavatory, is as large as a small room; Chap. VI. THE INHABITANTS. 187 it is here that dances take place. Two hogsheadshad been set up, two planks upon the hogsheads,two chairs upon the planks, and on the chairs two
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