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  A BOOK OF
  THE CEVENNES




  BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  MEHALAH
  THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS
  THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
  STRANGE SURVIVALS
  SONGS OF THE WEST
  A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG
  OLD COUNTRY LIFE
  AN OLD ENGLISH HOME
  YORKSHIRE ODDITIES
  HISTORIC ODDITIES
  OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
  THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW
  FREAKS OF FANATICISM
  A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES


  UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

  A BOOK OF BRITTANY
  A BOOK OF DARTMOOR
  A BOOK OF THE WEST
     I. DEVON
    II. CORNWALL
  A BOOK OF NORTH WALES
  A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
  A BOOK OF THE RHINE
  A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA
  A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES




[Illustration: THE TAMARGUE FROM LA SOUCHE]




  A BOOK OF
  THE CEVENNES

  BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

  "ILLE TERRARUM MIHI PRÆTER OMNES
  ANGULUS RIDET, UBI NON HYMETTO
  MELLA DECEDUNT, VIRIDIQUE CERTAT
              BACCA VENAFRO;
  VER UBI LONGUM, TEPIDASQUE PRÆBET
  JUPITER BRUMAS."

                   _Hor._ Od. ii. 6.

  [Illustration]

  WITH FORTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
  EIGHT OF WHICH ARE IN COLOUR, AND A MAP


  London
  John Long
  Norris Street, Haymarket

  [_All rights reserved_]




  _First Published in 1907_


  Illustrations reproduced by the Hentschel-Colourtype Process




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                          PAGE

     I. THE CRESCENT                                                  1

    II. LE VELAY                                                     15

   III. LE PUY                                                       34

    IV. ROUND ABOUT LE PUY                                           60

     V. L'AUBERGE DE PEYRABEILLE                                     84

    VI. LES BOUTIÈRES                                               103

   VII. THE VOLCANOES OF THE VIVARAIS                               114

  VIII. THE CANON OF THE ARDÈCHE                                    137

    IX. THE WOOD OF PAÏOLIVE                                        153

     X. THE RAVINE OF THE ALLIER                                    161

    XI. THE CAMISARDS                                               177

   XII. ALAIS                                                       203

  XIII. GANGES                                                      221

   XIV.