Touraine and Brittany, Their Celtic Monuments and Ancient Castles, Ocean and Sea-Bathing Stations, Places of Pilgrimage, the Loire from Orleans to the Ocean; Illustrated by Twelve Coloured Maps and Fourteen Plans (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...Houle is essentially a fishing station, but its special industry is the rearing of oysters, brought from Arcachon when one year old and planted here in 600 beds, covering a space of about 430 acres. The breeding beds of Arcachon cover 15,000 acres, and one-yearold oysters cost 2 francs the thousand. See Black's South-West France, under Arcachon. To the left, with face to the sea, are the Rochers-de-Cancale, frowning dark masses of rock rising vertically out of the sea, at one time the haunt of large lobsters. Auray has also oyster beds. Separated from St. Malo by a small bay is St. Servan (pop. 12,500). Hotels: the high-class hotel of St. Servan is the Belle Vue in the Rue Dauphine, fronting the sea, good cuisine, and always full early in the season. Similarly situated in the Rue Dauphine and on the creek or Anse des Bas-Sablons is the H. Union, which those with moderate purses may prefer. Both are good and both are close to the bathingplace and the Casino. In the Grande Rue is the Hotel Pelican. There are besides several very good "pensions," or boarding-houses, also an Episcopal and a Wesleyan church. Frequent trams between St. Servan and St. Malo, passing at about half-way the railway station and the Casino of St. Malo. The nearest way for foot-passengers between the two towns is by the Pont-Roulant, which crosses every 10 minutes (fare 1 sou) the narrow channel between the Avant Port and the Port de Maree, not far from the sailing place of the English steamers. The Pont-Roulant is a small platform 20 ft. high, on four iron legs or rods shod with small grooved wheels or casters, running on rails and pulled from side to side by an endless chain worked by a steam engine on the St. Servan side. When the tide is out the causeway is uncovered and pa...