Part 1

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TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTH OF FRANCE,

AND

IN THE INTERIOR OF THE PROVINCES

PROVENCE AND LANGUEDOC, IN THE YEARS 1807 AND 1808,

BY A ROUTE NEVER BEFORE PERFORMED, BEING ALONG THE BANKS OF

THE LOIRE, THE ISERE, AND THE GARONNE,

THROUGH THE GREATER PART OF THEIR COURSE.

MADE BY PERMISSION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PINKNEY, OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE RANGERS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. PURDAY AND SON, NO. 1, PATERNOSTER-ROW, AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS: BY B. McMILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1809.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

Anxiety to see France--Departure from Baltimore--Singular Adventures of the Captain--Character--Employment during the Voyage--Arrival at Liverpool--Stay--Departure for Calais

CHAP. II.

Morning View of Port--Arrival and landing--A Day at Calais--French Market, and Prices of Provisions

CHAP. III.

Purchase of a Norman Horse--Visit in the Country--Family of a French Gentleman--Elegance of French domestic Economy--Dance on the Green--Return to Calais

CHAP. IV.

French Cottages--Ludicrous Exhibition--French Travellers--Chaise de Poste--Posting in France--Departure from Calais--Beautiful Vicinity of Boulogne

CHAP. V.

Boulogne--Dress of the Inhabitants--The Pier--Theatre--Caution in the Exchange of Money--Beautiful Landscape, and Conversation with a French Veteran--Character of Mr. Parker's Hotel--Departure, and romantic Road--Fete Champetre in a Village on a Hill at Montreuil--Ruined Church and Convent,

CHAP. VI.

Departure from Montreuil--French Conscripts--Extreme Youth--Excellent Roads--Country Labourers--Court for the Claims of Emigrants--Abbeville--Companion on the Road--Amiens,

CHAP. VII.

General Character of the Town--Public Walk--Gardens--Half-yearly Fair--Gaining Houses--Table d'Hotes--English at Amiens--Expence of Living,

CHAP. VIII.