. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . PLAN OF CHAPEL OF THE CRECHE,S. MICHEL DE 34 266 THE VALLEY OF THE TET AND CANIGOU is the door of the Abbots house, composed of carvedfragments which bear a certain resemblance in styleto the narthex at Serrabona. I was told by the hotelkeeper at Prades (in 1909) that an American camethere the year before, and bought all the ancientmarbles he could find. He bought the S. MichelArcade at the baths* and the upper part of a door,which he reconstructed in cement, and offered 6,000francs for the do
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . PLAN OF CHAPEL OF THE CRECHE,S. MICHEL DE 34 266 THE VALLEY OF THE TET AND CANIGOU is the door of the Abbots house, composed of carvedfragments which bear a certain resemblance in styleto the narthex at Serrabona. I was told by the hotelkeeper at Prades (in 1909) that an American camethere the year before, and bought all the ancientmarbles he could find. He bought the S. MichelArcade at the baths* and the upper part of a door,which he reconstructed in cement, and offered 6,000francs for the door at S. Michel de Cuxa, but theproprietor wanted 10,000. How many of these carv-ings are still to be seen in the district I cannot 1704, when the abbey was united to the Bishopricof Elne, nine arches were still standing. The vegetation in this valley is most luxuriant. AtPrades I saw a bay-tree as high as a house. AtPerpignan were great bushes of cytisus 9 or 10 feethigh, and other flowering shrubs and creepers insimilar proportion. Irrigation is managed most intelli-gently, full advantage being taken of the variation inthe level
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