то

WILLIAM MACLURE, ESQ.

THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,

BY

HIS SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Departure from England. Havre de Grace-Custom-

house-Provisional Passports - Fair of Ingonville-

Beauty of the Women-An Auberge Passage of the

Seine-Honfleur- The Côté de Grâce- The Diligence

Picturesque Scenery Arrival at Caen at Midnight-

The Hôtel d'Angleterre - Searching for Lodgings—

Shops and Streets - Ruined Churches,

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CHAPTER II.

Taking a House - Coarseness of Manners The Calvaries

-The Public Promenades-Vicinity of Caen-French

Leases--Sarrazin, or Buck-Wheat-Mr Armstrong, the

Factotum of the English at Caen Cormelles le Royal

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- Road to the Village - The Curé- House at Cor-

melles,

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CHAPTER III.

Living in a Norman Village-Grave of Bochart - Burial

of Heretics

Manners of the Peasantry

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- Brandy

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Drinking-Winter Costume. Curious Custom of the

Lacemakers-Forests of Normandy Burning of Coal

Prejudices of the French-Wooden Shoes The

- Female Peasantry Making Love-

Chaufferette

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The Trousseau Early Rising

Public Library of Caen,

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CHAPTER IV.

Opening of the Cour Royale-Abbey Church of St Etienne

- Tomb of William the Conqueror - Women excluded

from the Sanctuary, or Choir, in Catholic Churches

Haunters of Courts of Justice. Female Valets of the

Cour Royale - Advocate-General's Speech-Excursion

to Mondeville-Curious Custom A Christening-

Choice of the Names of Children Regulated by Law,

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CHAPTER V.

Excursion to Vieux, an ancient Roman city-Singular

Ferry-boat-The Church-The Curé's Niece- Sarco-

phagi-The Cabaret-Cider Brandy-Guide to the

Antiquities-Dinner at the Cabaret-Markets of Caen

-Woodsellers and Woodcutters-Butter and Cheese-

Peasant Girls-Public Scales and Weights-Desecrated

Chapel Commencement of Winter-Snow-Intensity

of the Cold-The Wolves come out of the Forests.

Winter Studies-Christmas Eve-Midnight Mass,

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CHAPTER VI.

Caen during a Snow Storm-Norman Lamplighters-Fires

of the Epiphany-King of the Bean-Marriage Season

-A Village Wedding-Illegitimate Children-Conversa-

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