THE ROUTE TO TARASCON--CASTLE OF KING RENÉ--BEAUCAIRE--NÎMES--MONTPELLIER--AN ACCIDENT--NARBONNE, ANCIENT AND MODERN 22 CHAPTER V. THE APPROACH TO CARCASSONNE--ITS PICTURESQUENESS--ITS RESTORATION AND HISTORY 29 CHAPTER VI. THE ROUTE TO TOULOUSE--GREAT MACHINES ON THE ROADS OF FRANCE--DELIGHTS OF AN AUTO--TOULOUSE--ITS UNIVERSITY--THE CHÂTEAU DE ST. ELIX 36 CHAPTER VII. THE DEATH OF A DOG--ENCOUNTERS ON THE HIGHWAY--TRAVELLERS BY THE WAY--PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCES--LOURDES--HER SUPERSTITION AND HER VISIONS 43 CHAPTER VIII. PAU AND THE LIFE THERE--DELIGHTFUL ROADS--ANCIENT ORTHEZ--MADAME AND HER HOTEL--THE CHÂTEAU OF BIDACHE AND ITS HISTORY 49 CHAPTER IX. THE ROUTE TO BIARRITZ--BIARRITZ--THE HÔTEL DU PALAIS 58 CHAPTER X. THE ROAD TO THE MOUNTAINS--ST. JEAN-PIED-DE-PORT--ST. JEAN-DE-LUZ--MARRIAGE OF LOUIS XIV--ISLAND OF PHEASANTS--THE ROADS IN SPAIN--THE SOLDIERS OF SPAIN--SAN SEBASTIAN 62 CHAPTER XI. DEPARTURES FOR THE NORTH--CRAZY CHICKENS--GRAND ROADS--DAX--RIDES THROUGH THE FORESTS--FRENCH SCENERY AND PEOPLE--MARMANDE--AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF FRANCE AND ITS WORK 69 CHAPTER XII. RAPID MOTION--BEAUMONT--RACES AND DASHES--CADOUIN AND ITS CLOISTERS--THE ROUTE TO TULLE 76 CHAPTER XIII. THE GREAT COURSE OF BELMONT--DIFFICULT STEERING--THE "CUP GORDON BENNETT"--THE MOUNTAINS TO CLERMONT-FERRAND 82 CHAPTER XIV. CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN IN AN AUTO--THE CHÂTEAU OF TOURNOËL--ITS HISTORY--DESCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN 86 CHAPTER XV. ANCIENT TOWN OF RIOM--THE ROUTE TO VICHY--CHÂTEAU DE BOURBON-BUSSET--VICHY--THE LIFE THERE--DANGER OF SPEEDING--ARRIVAL AT BOURGES 95 CHAPTER XVI. ANCIENT BOURGES--ITS CATHEDRAL--HOUSE OF JACQUES COEUR--LOUIS XI. AND THE HÔTEL LALLEMENT--THE HÔTEL CUJAS--THE RIDE TO MEILLANT--ITS SUPERB CHÂTEAU--ITS LEGEND 102 CHAPTER XVII. DEPARTURES FROM BOURGES--THE CHÂTEAU OF MEHUN--THE DEATH OF CHARLES VII--THE VALLEYS OF TOURAINE--ROADS BY THE LOIRE--ENTRANCE TO TOURS 113 CHAPTER XVIII. RIDE TO LOCHES--AN ACCIDENT--THE CASTLE OF LOCHES--ITS HISTORY--THE CAGES OF LOUIS XI.--THEIR COST TO THE KING--AGNES SOREL--THE MISTRESSES OF FRENCH KINGS VERSUS THEIR QUEENS 116 CHAPTER XIX.