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7 8 9 Faraman and Ambaroun are hamlets in Camargue. Aigui Morto is in the department of the Gard. It was at the port of this town that St. Louis twice embarked for the Holy Land. Here also Francis I. and Charles V. had an interview in 1579.
10 11 Centaury and Salicorne. The Centaurea solstitialis, a species of star-thistle, abounds in the fields of Crau after harvest. Salicornia fructicosa it a species of samphire.
12 Tamarisk, the Tamarix gallica of Linnæus.
13 Sylvaréal, a forest of parasol-pines in Petite Camargue.
14 "Columbine," the name of a large and superior sort of grape.
