The Antiquary, Vol. 17
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Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 17: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past; January June My earliest archæological recollections arc associated with the ruined Church of St. Bertin, and the Scytho - Keltic giant - counterpart of the Gog and Magog of Guildhall - called "Le bon Dieu de Theroucnne;" but preserved in the Cathedral of St. Omer. I also took interest as a boy (for these first reminiscences belong to the epoch of the occupation of Northern France by British troops) in a colony of Flemings, who dwelt apart in a suburb, on a canal (all communication being by boat), and in an extensive marsh, once celebrated for its floating islands, and designated with its ruined monastery as Clair-Marais, or "Clear Marsh." As a student at Edinburgh University, excursions were made on foot with Mr. Macadam, of road-making celebrity, to Loch Leven Castle; in a boat with Charles Darwin to the ruined bawns or castles on the islands of the Firth of Forth; to the Bass Rock - the subject of a delightful monograph - and to Holy Island, beloved by Scott for its memories of St. Cuthbert. Bamborough Castle, renowned in our civil wars, also came in for exploration. Longer and more pretentious excursions were made, but always on foot, to other parts of Scotland - mostly made familiar by the pen of the Wizard of the North, and by easier approach. Some little incidents occurred on these trips. Once, exploring the basement of a ruinous untenantcd castle, I saw what appeared to be a figure crouched in a corner. I approached, raising my geological hammer as if to strike - the figure did the same. I then found out it was my own shadow doubled up by a single ray of light, and then suddenly developed as I stepped forward. Another time, visiting a castle on Culloden Moor, to which a tenement was attached, I was followed for miles over the moor by a pig that seemed to have taken a fancy to the Sassenach. As a friend of the late Dr. Hibbert-Ware, at that time resident in Edinburgh, I also took an interest in the question of "Vitrified Forts" - apparently the remains of beacons of old. Installed in the Quartier Latin at Paris, I positively gloated over reminiscences of the old Sorbonne, Cluny and the Collège de France; refreshed my memory at the Old Conciergerie and Palais de Justice ; and reverenced Notre Dame, whilst attending to Dupuytren in shirt-sleeves and oilskin apron at the Hotel Dieu. In intervals off study I often sought out the emplacement of spots renowned in history and romance - the Tour de Nesle and its legend of horrors as depicted by Brantome; the Chatelets, the Temple, Vincennes, St Germains, now the site of the richest prehistoric museum to be met with ; Versailles, and Marie Antoinette´s charming little dairy. But is there a street in Paris, or a village in its neighbourhood, that has not its reminiscences - some pleasant to recall, but most of them of a sad and painful nature ? A long summer pedestrian tour took me to Fontainebleau, with its contrasted reminiscences of the Court of Le grand Monarque, and Le grand Napoleon - the one humbled by a woman, the other by a Pope. Then by Orleans, Blois, Tours, Poictiers, and Angouleme, all overflowing with the memory of ancient loves, heroism, or crime ; to Bordeaux, and its Landes, Bayonne, and the more secluded sites at the foot of the Pyrenees, amongst which Pau carries off the palm for historical interest. The return journey was more varied and picturesque, if possessing less archæological interest than the previous route. But it embraced Toulouse, Aurillac, the Auvergne, and the upper valley of the Loire, with its centres of population, Moulins and Nevers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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