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TABLE OF CONTENTS M. BETHAM-EDWARDS THIS VOLUME, THE THIRD OF MY PUBLISHED TRAVELS IN... CONTENTS. PART I. _MY FIRST JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE CAUSSES_. CHAP. I. FROM LE PUY TO MENDE ... PART II. _MY SECOND JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE CAUSSES._ I. THROUGH THE MORVAN II.... III. FROM LYONS TO AVIGNON BY THE RHÔNE ... XV. LE ROZIER TO MILLAU AND RODEZ ... INTRODUCTORY. Literally discovered in 1882, its first explorers being two members... PART I. _MY FIRST JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE CAUSSES._ CHAPTER I. FROM LE PUY TO MENDE. More fortunate than a friend whose pocket was lately picked... Once securely packed, we stood no more chance of being... Many of the landscapes now passed recall scenes in Algeria,... CHAPTER II. MENDE. The Revolution, be it ever remembered, abolished all these; torture... The poor girl found so many eyes following her, that... CHAPTER III. A GLIMPSE OF THE CAUSSES. 'Would you like a cup of tea?' I asked. We get magnificent views of Mende and the Valley of... CHAPTER IV. ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF. And the reply would be: No sooner were we fairly on our way to St.... CHAPTER V. RODEZ AND AURILLAC. The railway takes us direct to Aurillac, chef-lieu of the... In front of the well-built, roomy dwelling-house was a fruit... Many more interesting facts I learned, my host chatting leisurely. CHAPTER VI. THE LAND OF THE BURON. Here, as near Aurillac, modern agricultural methods, machinery and artificial... More attractive than the interior of the cheese-maker's hut--often dark,... MY SECOND JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE CAUSSES. CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE MORVAN. What a contrast it presented to the lightness, brilliancy, and... Auxerre, although possessing a cathedral, is not a bishopric, its... From many points of view this region of survivals is... A town perched on a height two thousand feet above... But the most curious monument at Autun is the so-called... CHAPTER III. FROM LYONS TO AVIGNON BY THE RHÔNE. The day promises to be splendid, but mists as yet... Our next halting-place is Condrien, on the right bank, celebrated... At Arras, on the right bank, is seen another picturesque... After Le Teil is passed the clouds gradually clear. We... CHAPTER IV. AVIGNON AND ORANGE. Strange to say, chemical science has proved as disastrous to... The streets, which on our arrival an hour before were... It may be as well to add here that the... 'And what was the fountain like?' I asked, when, after... ... CHAPTER V. LE VIGAN. I had heard nothing in favour of Le Vigan. The... 'Do, M. le Curé,' pleaded the English lady, after drawing... How many makable places, if I may coin such a... Alas! a pound of silk is no longer worth twelve... CHAPTER VI. NANT (AVEYRON). 'If these ladies,' he said in country fashion, thus addressing... Gradually winding upwards from the green hills surrounding our favourite... A winding stone staircase led from the street to the... 'A relation, I suppose, and you are showing her about?' As will be seen, the agriculture in this part of... CHAPTER VII. MILLAU (AVEYRON). We took train to Mende. It is one of those... CHAPTER VIII. FROM MENDE TO ST. ÉNIMIE. 'Voilà la capitale de Sauveterre!' soon cries our driver, pointing... After quitting the village, which has a deserted look as... CHAPTER IX. ST. ÉNIMIE. Having dined, we made inquiries as to the morrow's journey... 'NOTICE TO TOURISTS. CHAPTER X. THE CAÑON OF THE TARN. St. Chély, our first stage, comes to an end in... Again the weather, although most favourable for to-day's excursion, betokened... We now enter the defile or détroit, at which point... CHAPTER XI. SHOOTING THE RAPIDS. To each series of currents follows a stretch of glassy... Sorry, then, were we to come in sight of the... CHAPTER XII. LE ROZIER. That long wet day passed like an hour. Towards sunset... The detesters of peasant property, single-minded persons who love the... There is also another cause which in part accounts for... CHAPTER XIII. MONTPELLIER-LE-VIEUX. We could not miss the way, our driver said, and... 'Have you any neighbours?' I asked. CHAPTER XIV. MONTPELLIER-LE-VIEUX (_continued_). Pale and trembling, I pointed to the horrible staircase by... And then the wonderful deliciousness and invigorating quality of the... We had not noticed the fact that the six bedchambers... CHAPTER XV. LE ROZIER TO MILLAU AND RODEZ. 'Peasant property or no, they manage these things better in... I may add that the only traces of volcanic action... If the reader now turns to a map of France,... CHAPTER XVI. RODEZ, VIC-SUR-CÈRE REVISITED.--A BREAKFAST ON THE BANKS OF... I do not know why the Puy de Dôme should... How merry are all! How all too swiftly fleet the...
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