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Brittany & Its Byways

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A travel account by a resident observer who records journeys through Brittany with practical routes and vivid descriptions of towns, coasts, and antiquities. The writer documents ports, fortifications, dockyards, churches and abbeys, local architecture, culinary customs such as cider and seafood, and the dress and habits of inhabitants. Historical notes and regional legends are interwoven with accounts of specific excursions to places like Cherbourg, Querqueville and Barfleur and their surrounding headlands. Illustrations, plans and chronological lists accompany observations on antiquarian remains and landscape, providing both practical guidance for visitors and informed commentary for readers interested in local history and topography.


Transcribers' Notes

The following substitutions were applied to the text by Project Gutenberg proofers and transcribers—

On page 7: "recals" —> "recalls"
On page 25: "John IV Duke of Britanny" —> "Brittany"
On page 93: "slighest" —> "slightest"
On page 104: "calvarys" —> "calvaries"
In Ill. 22: "Creisker" —> "Creizker"
On page 144: "mackarel" —> "mackerel"
On page 149: "out out" —> "out"
On page 167: twice "d'Angoulme" —> "d'Angoulême"
On page 178: "Erdevan" —> "Erdeven"
On pages 196/197: several extra double quotes removed
On page 212: "ballustrades" —> "balustrades"
On page 270: "promonotory" —> "promontory"
On page 272: "corronation" —> "coronation"
On page 303: "in in" —> "in"