Along France's river of romance: . the conscription which sought to sendthem to defend their country on its eastern repulsed the soldiers of the Convention sent toforce their compliance with the order and chose fortheir leader the pious sacristan of Le Pin-en-Mauges,Cathelineau, called the Saint de VAnjou. The tomb ofCathelineaus successor, Bonchamps, is in the churchof St. Florent. A line of sand at the foot of the hill gives quite a marineappearance to the village, which is added to by thefishermen often seen here in the act of drawing in theirlong nets. Opposite St. Florent is
Along France's river of romance: . the conscription which sought to sendthem to defend their country on its eastern repulsed the soldiers of the Convention sent toforce their compliance with the order and chose fortheir leader the pious sacristan of Le Pin-en-Mauges,Cathelineau, called the Saint de VAnjou. The tomb ofCathelineaus successor, Bonchamps, is in the churchof St. Florent. A line of sand at the foot of the hill gives quite a marineappearance to the village, which is added to by thefishermen often seen here in the act of drawing in theirlong nets. Opposite St. Florent is Varades, a mile anda half away, which is connected with the town by anomnibus service. Once again the cliff, high and verdant, turns away THE VALLEE DANJOU 289 from the stream, which now flows majestically betweenlow banks. Then come a succession of islands, largeand small, their banks bordered with long lines ofstately poplar trees—a wide and splendid , after Ille Briand, Ille Kerguelen, Ille Boire- ^•-S^<^J. St. Florent-le-Vieil Rousse, rile aux Moines and Ille Lefevre, and manylesser islets, rises the little port of Ancenis. Of all delicious places in a most lovely district,Ancenis is surely the most charming. It has aboutfive thousand people, and a garrison to lend it a touchu 290 THE LOIRE of colour and gaiety. Its streets run, narrow and wind-ing, up the hill; and there is a view across the river—more than a quarter of a mile wide here—from someold ramparts, from which it is hard to tear oneself Loire just below the town is sprinkled with islands ;and the valley is a mile in breadth, enclosed by a seriesof low hills whose summits are crowned with the horizon, here and there, pointed stone spiresdetach themselves. When you look at Ancenis fromthe left bank, before crossing the long suspension bridge,the grouping of the little town appears the port are the remains of the old castle—someramparts, two dismantle
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