Two Summers in Guyenne - A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside (Electronic book text)

I had left the volcanic mountains of Auvergne and had passed through Mont-Dore and La Bourboule following the course of the Dordogne that flowed through the valley with the bounding spirits of a young mountaineer descending for the first time towards the great plains where the large towns and cities lie with all their fancied wonders and untasted charm.