. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. STE. MARIA DE RIPOLL (page 222) To face page 174 THE PORT OF VENUS 175 million vines and the snowy crests of the Canigou, we raninto the crowded streets of Perpignan, into the stress andmurmur of the city, and our journey was at an end. CHAPTER II THE PORT OF VENUS. PORT VENDRES It was a Maymorning, the sixthof that blessedmonth, and thetrain, as it ranthrough the beau-tiful and historiccountry from Per-pignan, past vine-yards and orchardsand market-gar-dens, stayed for amoment under thewalls of Elne, wh
. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. STE. MARIA DE RIPOLL (page 222) To face page 174 THE PORT OF VENUS 175 million vines and the snowy crests of the Canigou, we raninto the crowded streets of Perpignan, into the stress andmurmur of the city, and our journey was at an end. CHAPTER II THE PORT OF VENUS. PORT VENDRES It was a Maymorning, the sixthof that blessedmonth, and thetrain, as it ranthrough the beau-tiful and historiccountry from Per-pignan, past vine-yards and orchardsand market-gar-dens, stayed for amoment under thewalls of Elne, which, in spite of all its vicissitudes, still risesnobly above the plain. It is of the grey lucent tint whichis so well rendered in Perraults fine picture of Hannibalconfronting the Gauls at Ruscino. Presently we crossed the Tech, leaving at Elne the rail-road which traverses the valley to Amelie and Arles-sur-Tech, a very tempting road. We now approached theAlberes and the sea, and at Port Vendres I alighted from thetrain. I walked down to the quay and the little blue harbourwhich lay framed amidst the brown-green hills and com-manding forts. Out beyond the port, the Mediterranean,under the lash of the mistral, was crested with white foam,and the fishing fleet of Collioure was out at sea, its whitesails catching the sun. The port was like a blue m
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