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PILGRIMAGE TO AUVERGNE.
CHAPTER I.
The Bones of St. Omer. — Treasures. — Bethune. — Hortense. — la Picarde.— Female Presence of Mind. — Roman Roads. — Virtue of Holy Water. —Manna,— The Sublime. — Civil
Wars of the 10th Century.—The Castle of Peronne. — Charles the Simple. — Mysterious Opening.
Crossing the Field of the Cloth of Gold between Guines and Ardres, the road from Calais to St. Omer is bordered with fine trees, and, for several miles, runs by the side of a pleasant canal, but there is little to interest the traveller through-out the extent of the ten leagues he has to go before a series of handsome avenues announces the approach to the ancient city once celebrated for its abbey and its churches, but now one of the dullest towns in France. It is, however, worth while to remain a few hours in St. Omer, evenVOL. I. B
