[Illustration: GATEWAY OF BRIDGE] When the high altar was moved about twenty skulls were unearthed. In 1850, when the present paving was laid, thirty-two mortuary stones were removed from the nave. The chapels were built by rich parishioners, who placed their tombs there and dedicated the altar to the patron saint of their family. The apse was constructed in 1835, and the work of building finished in 1895. Notre-Dame recalls Saint-Sulpice in Paris, and its interior is worth visiting. The first chapel on the left has a fine eighteenth century railing. In the last chapel, off the nave on the left, the reredos above the altar should be noted. A bas-relief depicts Saint-Jerome kneeling beside a lion. In the south branch of the transept is a fine mortuary stone in black marble, showing a knight standing with hands joined, his foot on a greyhound. The four pillars at the intersection of the choir and of the transept are decorated with sculpture. [Illustration: MILLS AND OLD RAMPARTS] _After having visited the church, take on the opposite side of the Square the Rue du Pont leading to the monumental gateway_ reproduced above, which dates from the seventeenth century and formed part of the old enclosure. _Turn to the right along the side of the Marne by the Quai des Fontaines as far as the mills. Turn to the right again, take a few steps from the Place des Moulins alongside the river in order to obtain the picturesque view of the old ramparts shown in the photo below. Take the Rue des Moulins, which is continued by the Rue d'Enfer, and at the barracks turn to the right into the Rue des Minimes, then into the Rue des Sœurs. In the middle of the latter turn to the left, in order to glance at the old wooden market-buildings. Pass round them to the left and regain the Place d'Armes by the street opening on to the market on the opposite side to that by which we entered. Cross the "Place," and take the Rue Domine de Verzet which skirts Notre-Dame on the left. Opposite the town-hall_ (the old monastery of the Récollets, which dates from the end of the seventeenth century and contains the Library and Museum), _turn to the right, into the Petite Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, then to the left into Boulevard Carnot. Leave this in the middle of the Place Carnot in order to take the Faubourg de Saint-Dizier on the left._ VISIT TO THE FIELD OF OPERATIONS OF THE FOURTH AND THIRD FRENCH ARMIES =II.--FROM VITRY-LE-FRANÇOIS TO BAR-LE-DUC= (82 km.) Via +Vauclerc+, +Écriennes+, +Favresse+, +Étrepy+, +Heiltz-le-Maurupt+, +Pargny+, +Maurupt+, +Cheminon+, +Trois-Fontaines+, +Sermaize+, +Vassincourt+. (See map inserted between pp. 212-213)