_goîtreux_ of the mountains go to pray. Yes, the shadow of this great type of sorrow extends over all the land. There are several chapels of _Notre Dame de Pitié_ in the ecclesiastical province of Auch that are particularly renowned. One of these is the beautiful chapel of _Notre Dame de Garaison_, in the Diocese of Tarbes, dear to every Catholic heart in the land, embosomed among the hills of the Hautes Pyrénées like a lily in the green valley, whose Madonna was solemnly crowned in 1865, by the authorization of Pope Pius IX., in the presence of forty thousand people. At the very entrance is a _Pietà_, melting the heart with the sight of the pale, inanimate Christ and Mary’s incomparable woe. “_Ay filh, tan mortal dolor!_” Within are dim Gothic arches, large gilt statues of the twelve apostles, and the holy image of the _Mère des Douleurs_, before which we went to pray amid devout pilgrims. At one side is the fountain of healing waters; behind is a garden of roses; and on the other side are cloisters shaded with acacias, in the centre of which is the white Madonna standing serene and holy in the peaceful solitude with outstretched arms, as if calling on all: “Dites, dites une oraison A la Vierge de Garaison Vous qui en ces lieux amène la souffrance, Bon pèlerins, Accablés de chagrins, Pour que vos cœurs s’ouvrent à l’espérance. Dans ce séjour, Dites avec amour, Dites, dites une oraison, A la Vierge de Garaison!”[49]