The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère

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Matilda Betham-Edwards. The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère

The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère

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THE ROOF OF FRANCE

PART I

CHAPTER I

FROM LE PUY TO MENDE

CHAPTER II

MENDE

CHAPTER III

A GLIMPSE OF THE CAUSSES

CHAPTER IV

ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF

CHAPTER V

RODEZ AND AURILLAC

CHAPTER VI

THE LAND OF THE BURON

PART II

CHAPTER I

THROUGH THE MORVAN

CHAPTER II

THROUGH THE MORVAN (continued)

CHAPTER III

FROM LYONS TO AVIGNON BY THE RHÔNE

CHAPTER IV

AVIGNON AND ORANGE

CHAPTER V

LE VIGAN

CHAPTER VI

NANT (AVEYRON)

CHAPTER VII

MILLAU (AVEYRON)

CHAPTER VIII

FROM MENDE TO ST. ÉNIMIE

CHAPTER IX

ST. ÉNIMIE

CHAPTER X

THE CAÑON OF THE TARN

CHAPTER XI

SHOOTING THE RAPIDS

CHAPTER XII

LE ROZIER

CHAPTER XIII

MONTPELLIER-LE-VIEUX

CHAPTER XIV

MONTPELLIER-LE-VIEUX (continued)

CHAPTER XV

LE ROZIER TO MILLAU AND RODEZ

CHAPTER XVI

RODEZ, VIC-SUR-CÈRE REVISITED.—A BREAKFAST ON THE BANKS OF THE SAÔNE

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Matilda Betham-Edwards

Published by Good Press, 2019

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All this time we seemed to be climbing a mountain; we are, in reality, ascending the steep, wooded sides or walls of the Causse de Mende, prototype on a smaller scale of the rest—a vast mass of limestone, its summit a wilderness, its shelving sides a marvel of luxuriant vegetation.

Every step has to be made at a snail's pace, the precipitous slopes close under our horses' hoofs being frightful to contemplate. This drive is an excellent preparation for an exploration of the Lozère. We are always, metaphorically, going up or coming down in a balloon.

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