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A Book of the Cevennes

Chapter 32: Transcriber's Note:
By S. Baring-Gould
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About This Book

The author offers a panoramic guide to the Cévennes and adjacent uplands, blending geological and topographical description with practical route suggestions. Chapters traverse districts such as Le Velay, Le Puy, the Vivarais, Ardèche and Hérault, describing gorges, volcanic cones, plateaus, villages, and notable landmarks. The account interweaves historical sketches, notably the Camisard movement, with observations of local customs, industries, and rural life. Illustrated with photographs, color plates, and a sketch map, the narrative aims to orient travellers while evoking the region's varied scenery and places suitable for excursion.

Transcriber's Note:

  • Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note.
  • Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
  • Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
  • Footnotes were moved to the end of chapters and numbered in one continuous sequence.
  • Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that references them. The list of Illustrations paginations were changed accordingly.
  • Other corrections:
    • p. 14: Footnote 2: 'Nos' de Lavène replaced by 'Mos' de Lavène.
    • p. 63: 'beseiged' replaced by 'besieged' (In 1590 he besieged Espaly again).
    • p. 69: 'protusion' replaced by 'protrusion' (upon their protrusion from the volcanic vent).
    • p. 76: 'irresitible' replaced by 'irrestistible' (proved an irresistible attraction).
    • p. 79: 'pronouned replaced by 'pronounced.' (pronounced absolution).
    • p. 94: 'aleep' replaced by 'asleep' (thinking that I was asleep).
    • p. 100: 'Payrabeille' replaced by 'Peyrebeille' (on his way to Peyrebeille).
    • p. 121: 'clientelle' replaced by 'clientele'(they have also their clientele).
    • p. 128: 'wonful' replaced by 'wonderful' (it is really wonderful what changes).
    • p. 83 Footnote 5: 'Vivavais' replaced by 'Vivarais' (Pays Volcaniques du Vivarais).
    • p. 139: 'abrubtly' replaced by 'abruptly' (the crag that falls abruptly).
    • p. 156: 'Grott' replaced by 'Grotte' (reach the Grotte of the Chouans).
    • p. 197: 'insurgeuts' replaced by 'insurgents' (when the insurgents saw).
    • p. 225: 'Christian' replaced by 'Christina' (Queen Christina of Sweden).
    • Pp. 248, 306: 'Valerauge' replaced by 'Vallerauge.'
    • p. 264: 'Courbeson' replaced by 'Courbezon' (He produced Les Courbezon in 1862).
    • p. 264: 'Orbe' replaced by 'Orb' (Bédarieux is on the Orb).
    • p. 305: 'Belzunce' replaced by 'Belsunce' (Belsunce, Mgr. de, 174).
    • p. 305: 'Chassizac' replaced by 'Chassezac' (Chassezac, River, 139, 154).
    • p. 308: 'Rouve' replaced by 'Roure' (Roure, Baron de, 198).
    • p. 308: 'Hippolite-du-Fort' replaced by 'Hippolyte-le-Fort' (S. Hippolite-le-Fort, 223-4).
    • Advertisements, p. 24: Number 21 in the list is missing. Also, the sequence starting with no. 1 on p. 24 is continued on p. 23 with no. 58. These were not corrected.