FROM
THE GARONNE TO THE RHONE;
OR,
NOTES, SOCIAL, PICTURESQUE, AND LEGENDARY,
BY THE WAY.
By ANGUS B. REACH,
AUTHOR OF "THE STORY OF A BUCCANEER," ETC.
LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCLII.
LONDON:
HENRY VIZETELLY, PRINTER AND ENGRAVER,
GOUGH SQUARE, FLEET STREET.
TO
CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., LL. D.,
MY EARLIEST AND KINDEST LITERARY FRIEND,
These Pages
ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
Page CHAPTER I. The Diligence—French Country Places—The English in Guienne—Bordeaux—Old Bordeaux—A Bordeaux Landlord—A Suburban Vintaging—The Vintage Dinner
1-20 CHAPTER II. Claret v. Port—The Claret Soil—The Claret Vine—Popular Appetite for Grapes—Variable qualities of the Claret Soil—French Veterans—The "Authorities" in France
21-38 CHAPTER III. The Claret Vintage—The Treading of the Grape—The Last Drops of the Grape—Wanderings amongst the Vineyards—Wandering Vintagers—The Vintage Dinner—The Vintagers' Bedroom—The Claret Chateaux—The Chateau Margaux
39-57 CHAPTER IV. The Landes—The Bordeaux and Teste Railway—M. Tetard and his Imitator—Start for the Landes—The Language of the Landes—A Railway Station in the Landes—The Scenery of the Landes—The Stilt-walkers of the Landes—A Glimpse of Green
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