. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. Roman Ruins (Le Palais Gallien) at Bordeaux. 404 BY THE GARONNE good fortune that has protected so many of the build-ings from the destructive influences of war, fanaticismand the presumption of those who in all ages wouldabolish the past if they could, and re-fashion the worldaccording to their own ideas. The Roman periodis only represented by a fragment of the amphi-theatre, now called the Palais Gallien. But what apicturesque fragment this is, and how well it intro-duces the visitor to the study of the Romanesque,the Gothic, and the
. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. Roman Ruins (Le Palais Gallien) at Bordeaux. 404 BY THE GARONNE good fortune that has protected so many of the build-ings from the destructive influences of war, fanaticismand the presumption of those who in all ages wouldabolish the past if they could, and re-fashion the worldaccording to their own ideas. The Roman periodis only represented by a fragment of the amphi-theatre, now called the Palais Gallien. But what apicturesque fragment this is, and how well it intro-duces the visitor to the study of the Romanesque,the Gothic, and the Renaissance buildings, of whichhe will find such characteristic examples here! Theinterest of the Englishman will be increased by theknowledge that some of the most notable of theGothic edifices were raised when to his countrymenBordeaux was a continental Herdsmen on Stilts. IN THE LANDES The morning sunlight was flashing on the broadGaronne, the rigging and hulls of the big vesselsanchored or moored in the river, and touching withwarmer gold the sails of the little craft that lookedbut half awake on the still sleeping water. It wasseven oclock, and I was waiting at Bordeaux forthe first train that would take me to Arcachon. Crowds of working-people were hastening towardsthe Southern Railway Station from all roads andpaths. A little wooden bridge that spanned theline resounded with the incessant tramp of bootsand sabots, the toes of which were all turned oneway. Up one side of the bridges curve and downthe other they went, men, women, and childrenhelter-skelter. The women and girls wore a ker-chief of silk, generally bright-coloured, folded around the back part of the head, with one end left hanging 465 H H 466 IN THE LANDES as low as the shoulder—the characteristic coiffure ofthe Bordelaise, which, with all its picturesquenesshas th
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