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A TOUR THROUGH OLD
PROVENCE

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A   TOUR   THROUGH
OLD   PROVENCE

BY
A. S. FORREST


WITH 108 ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE AND LINE
DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR


LONDON
S T A N L E Y   P A U L   &   CO.
31 ESSEX STREET W.C.{4}

PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

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FOREWORD

Southwards from Valence, the Rhone flows swiftly and silently through afertile and picturesque valley, the river broadening as the valleywidens. The undulating valley is filled with vineyards and farms, amidstwhich are scattered houses and villages innumerable, with here and thereon rising ground the ruins of an ancient castle or the grey mass of acity or town of some importance. From the banks of the river, as far asthe eye can reach in every direction, the land was known in Cæsar’s timeas Provincia or The Province, although the term Provence is in thesemodern times only applied to the extreme south-eastern portion.

The wayfarer, in this land of sunshine and fertility, passing throughits villages and visiting its towns, will continually meet with thoserelics, ruins, and remains which are left like footprints by races,dynasties, and empires long since passed away. Some of these footprintsare nearly effaced, but others stand out to-day in{6} clear and distinctoutline, recall

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