. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . cross in its mouth. It has been broken, andrepaired with silver plates on the face of the volute andat the back. Round its base, above the knop, is anoctagonal silver strip, toothed on the upper edge, withan inscription in letters of a later period : honorBONUS, or ONUS. The cure seemed to think that thecrozier was of very little importance, but we found itquite as interesting as the more developed art of the bridge has been ascribed to both the twelfthand the fifteenth centuries, but it has
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . cross in its mouth. It has been broken, andrepaired with silver plates on the face of the volute andat the back. Round its base, above the knop, is anoctagonal silver strip, toothed on the upper edge, withan inscription in letters of a later period : honorBONUS, or ONUS. The cure seemed to think that thecrozier was of very little importance, but we found itquite as interesting as the more developed art of the bridge has been ascribed to both the twelfthand the fifteenth centuries, but it has been severaltimes restored, finally in modern times by corbellingout the footpaths. On the middle keystone downstreamare several shields, with coats of arms, among whichare those of Bishop Gabriel de S. Estevan, indicating arestoration by that prelate in 1690, about which timethe semicircular arches were probably rebuilt, thecentral one being a little flattened. It was originallyfortified, the gate, with its portcullis, standing on thethird pier. All the piers have beaks both up and down. A SPANISH GIPSY, ST. LIZIER. To face page 176. SPANISH GIPSIES 177 stream, and four of the original five arches are stillopen. The river is cut up with many weirs and withrocky prominences. Of the medieval houses, only oneof the fifteenth or sixteenth century survives, a wooden-framed building close to the lower cathedral. Manywith little character, of the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies, may be seen, and a few doors of the periodof Louis XIII. Here and 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 f
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