



Produced by David Widger








A TOUR THROUGH THE PYRENEES

By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine


Translated by J. Safford Fiske

With Illustrations by Gustave Dore

New York Henry Holt And Company 1875


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The Publishers take pleasure in acknowledging their indebtedness to Mr.
Henry Blackburn for valuable hints in the arrangement of this volume.




CONTENTS.

     BOOK I.--THE COAST.
                                                   PAGE
     CHAPTER I.--BORDEAUX.--ROY AN...................3

        "    II.--LES LANDES.--BAYONNE..............12

        "    III.--BIARRITZ.--SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ.....35

     BOOK II.--THE VALLEY OF OSSAU.




     CHAPTER I. --DAX.--OR THEZ.....................57

        "      II.--PAU.............................85

        "      III.--EAUX-BONNES...................117

        "      IV.--LANDSCAPES.....................138

        "      V.--EA UX-CHAUDES...................169

        "     VI.--THE INHABITANTS.................186

     BOOK III.--THE VALLEY OF LUZ.




     CHAPTER I.--ON THE WAY TO LUZ.................225

        "    II.--LUZ..............................250

        "    III.--SAINT-SAUVEUR.--BAREGES.........266

        "    IV.--CAUTERE..........................290

        "    V.--SAINT-SATIN.......................315

        "    VI.--GAVARNIE.........................326

        "    VII.--THE BERGONZ.--THE PIC DU MIDI...352

        "    VIII.--PLANTS AND ANIMALS.............367

     BOOK. IV.--BAGNERES AND LUCHON.




     CHAPTER I.--FROM LUZ TO BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE...389

        "    II.--BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE..............412

        "    III.--THE PEOPLE......................420

        "    IV--THE ROAD TO BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON....468

        "    V--LUCHON.............................485

        "    VI.--TOULOUSE.........................509




     LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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     THE PINES.....................................003

     THE RIVER AFTER A STORM.......................005

     THE PINES NEAR ROYAN..........................007

     THE BROAD RIVER...............................009

     BORDEAUX......................................010

     TAIL-PIECE....................................011

     LES LANDES....................................012

     LES LANDES (SECOND VIEW)......................014

     TAIL-PIECE....................................016

     A STREET IN BAYONNE...........................017

     BAYONNE HARBOR................................019

     PE DE PUYANE..................................022

     THE BURNING CASTLE............................025

     HEAD-PIECE....................................035

     THE PIERCED ROCK..............................036

     TAIL-PIECE....................................039

     THE VILLA EUGENIE.............................040

     CLIFFS NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ.................042

     COAST NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ..................045

     TAIL-PIECE....................................046

     LOUIS XIV. AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA................047

     THE POLITENESS OF TO-DAY......................048

     THE POLITENESS OF OTHER DAYS..................049

     "JE VOUS LE RENDS."...........................053

     A SPLENDID CREATION...........................054

     DAX...........................................057

     DAX (SECOND VIEW).............................059

     CASTLE OF ORTHEZ..............................061

     FROISSART.....................................062

     A HOME OF LEGENDS.............................063

     "THAT STOUT CORNIFIC DOCTOR"..................066

     COUNT DE FOIX AT SUPPER.......................068

     THE COUNT DE FOIX'S HOSPITALITY...............071

     A FRENCH "CONDUCTOR"..........................072

     "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DO NOT KILL GASTON"........074

     GASTON IN THE TOWER OF ORTHEZ.................076

     COUNT DE FOIX.................................077

     TAILPIECE.....................................078

     CHAPTER-HEADING...............................079

     THE VALLEY OF OSSAU...........................082

     A DESTRUCTION OK SENTIMENT....................084

     AVENUE OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU..................085

     ARMS OF HENRY IV..............................087

     COURT OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU...................088

     PAU...........................................090

     JEANNE D'ALBRET...............................092

     A MORNING'S SPORT.............................094

     IN THE STREETS Of EAUSE.......................097

     SULLY.........................................100

     MARGUERITE OK NAVARRE.........................104

     ENTERTAINING THE LADIES.......................106

     THE PARK AT PAU...............................108

     PROTRACTING A REVERIE.........................109

     PIC DU MIDI OSSAU.............................111

     AN EXHORTATION................................113

     NEAR GAN......................................114

     THE VALLEY OK OSSAU...........................115

     ROAD TO EAUX BONNES...........................116

     THE PROMENADE.................................117

     NEAR EAUX BONNES..............................118

     A RAINY DAY AT EAUX BONNES....................119

     TAKING THE WATERS.............................121

     TAKING THE WATERS (SECOND VIEW)...............122

     "MUSIC HAITI CHARMS"..........................123

     A NATIVE GENIUS...............................125

     DOLCE  FAR NIENTE.............................126

     OUR AMATEURS..................................127

     THE BEECHES...................................128

     THE SUMMIT OF