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. LE VIGAN 237 XV. L'AIGOUAL 248 XVI. THE LAND OF FERDINAND FABRE 262 XVII. THE HÉRAULT 282 INDEX 305 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR THE TAMARGUE FROM LA SOUCHE _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by Artige frères. LACEMAKER, LE PUIS 25 LACEMAKERS 102 From a photograph by Margerite-Brémont.