ta ALLIER. 



for Uw indicant tick. The bathing establishment is also supplied with 

 cold miner*! waters from two neighbouring springs. The springs, 

 thing MU! ' " lc gvorn- 



midst of a hand 



wiUra are 



M< of paralytic or rheumatic affections, diseases 

 muscuUr contractions and old wound*. The season In 



in a barrai district on the Arcolln, 10 mile* 1 

 giro name to a canton. Dompirm, on the left ban 

 well-built market -t.>wn. 17 mile- ' 



inti Near this place fon 



. founded by lluiclurd nn.l (inillaume de I 

 Lurrii-Ltrf, a market-town, with a population of 2761, situ 



from Moulin*, in a well-wooded 



ponds, which are the resort of v.t-t mr d on the approach 



of winter. There an- ! 

 kaolin quarries, and a considerai 



cattle, gypsum, and charcoal. ifontet-tnt^-Muinrt, a small village, 

 of COO inhabitant*, owes its origin to a mono.-' 

 about 1150. It stands on ai depart- 



ment, 16 mile* S.W. from Moulin !-Kal, 10 miles S.S.E. 



from Moulin*, is the a canton: population. VJ-J-J. 



Sanriyiiy, one of the oldest t bonnais, but now 



plan- enough, is situated 7 Moulins, on the i 



Limoges, on the slope of a hill above the meadowy bonks of the 

 Queusne: population, 2350. Tho town is surrounded by ol.l 

 The ditches have been tilled up, and ore converted into g 

 Souvigny i* said to hare existed in A.D. 400, when it was called I 

 Vallis, which was subsequently changed for Silviniarum. 

 Bourbon, to whom the territory of Souvigny was gi\ 

 Simple, founded a Benedictine monastery here in 916. ' 'I 

 Bourbon had a residence here; and on taking possession of their 

 seigniory, took oath in the abbey church to render impartial justice to 

 their vassal*. This church, one of the most remarkable architectural 

 and historical monuments in the Bourbonnais, was almost . 

 rebuilt in 1 457 ; the abbey buildings (with the exception of the abbot's 

 bouse, which is now an inn) and the castle of the Bourbons have dis- 

 appeared. The church U a handsome decorated gothio structure, 

 consisting of a nave with double aisles and choir ; in two chapels ad- 

 joining the latter, but separated from it by stone screens, beautifully 

 carved in flamboyant tracery, are buried many members of the house 

 of Bourbon, whose monuments were almost entirely destroyed by the 

 revolutionists in 1793. Anne of France, daughter of Louis XL, and 

 her daughter Susanna, wife of the Constable de Bourbon, lie here. 

 Qlass-botUes an made at Souvigny, which also trades in agricultural 

 produce and cattle. There are large iron-works at Messargc, near 

 Souvigny. Lt-Venrdre, a small town, situated 16 miles N.W. from 

 V"'tlir"i on the left bonk of tbc Allier, which is here crossed by a 

 suspension-bridge, has beet-root sugar- works and 1278 inhabitants. 



The second arrondissement has for its chief town Gannal, an ill- 



l.uilt place, finely situated on the Andelot, at the foot of some hills 



li vines and timber-trees, 30 miles S. from Moulins : popu- 



town was formerly surrounded by walls and ditches, 



^^^Eware filled ' \ n AngiiKtinion abbey formerly stood 



- town near the spot on which the chapel of Sainte-Procnle now 

 stands. Near the town are remains of an old feudal residence of the 

 Bourbon*, which i* now used as a prison. Oannat has a tribunal . 

 instance, tan-yards, and some trade in corn, wine, and cattle. t'l. 

 untamed Lt-CkAtta* from the strong castle of the Sires de Bourbon 



rly crowned a high hill near it, is situated 10 miles N.\.\V. 

 from Qannat on Uie Bouble, a small river or rather torrent which 



The ruins of the castle, which 

 .pi,. 



one of UM four palaces in each of' which Louis, son of Charlemagne 

 and kin? of AquiUine, had to spend three months annually, is situated 

 in a rich country, on the right bank of the Sioule and has 2395 

 inhabitant*. The palace is said to have passed in 971 to the Benedic- 

 tine Abbey, which LouU Ir Debonnaire founded here in 806. Charles 

 VII took Ebn-uil ml) .wn has a good trade in flour, which 

 is ground in large mills driv, ,,tle. There are several lime- 

 kilns here. SKurolla, 6 m. in Qannat: population, 1189. 

 SL-Pomrfain, a market-town habitant*, is situated 16 miles 

 :n Oannat, at the l.inn.n with the Sioule. Tin. 

 ":. ' 4 h.,.,,1 of this! an i tan for 



' ' : . ' ' ' !...:',. QtuW, 



UM town which sprung up around it was named after him. The 



lurch dates from the 10th century. The trade in win- 

 iry, tub. and cattle is considerable. There are large flour mills on 

 UM Siotd*. : lime is burned. 



,.5* *** "? olli '>ent the chief town La-Pidiae is prettily 

 Ion U Bebre, 25 ,(!, S.S.E. frojn Mo , uins, .,: 



rilt Uie rum* of an old castle : population, I ' 1 . The 

 WHo WiBrt tb.'bmtS'o? *" . Ch * b " I1D< "> n nai of Prance, who 



S?" ^Tii < li W ' U ' whk * ^ll'Zdin.r"T f | 



An old bridg* CTOSJSSS UM Bebn at this place. There 



was dismantled ) I'rancU L, are still imposing. The j.eoplc 



of the country treat it as a quarry. Ebrcttit, the traditionary seat o 



ALLlKli. 



i some trade in corn, hemp, .n..l liiu n ; l>ot and shoes and c 

 art, the seat of the tribunal 



lli-re ill A.l>. 



Allier, 10 mile.* S.W. fnni La-PalisM, at a point where the val 



the Jolan ... : whieh > 



shelter thst screen these valleys are 



almost who!' - at Cusset 



i ,n r/ irdi Lou 



father .. death of Chart. 



t.iwi-r^. Of these forti! 1 



of tile tower*. TlliT.llllp:lrt- 



wulk. Ciw- 



quorri' 12 n 



has a j 



Jaliyny, 12 miles N i. 



has 689 inhabitants. At Bert, a hamlet near it, coal-mines are w 



t-df-iloniay:!', "ituut.-d .in the |. 



ainl the lli'-l.re. I'J mil. - S. from 1 - a pi.pula' 



Iron and lead mines are !i. 

 to whi' ' 



river scenery. I'mr/m..*. 1*' 



Yallancon, a small be Allier, whieh flows nt a li' 



west of the town, is n market town \\ 



formerly surrounded with wall*, of whieh there are utill some re; 

 A large chateau in the nei^hli.mrhoo.l w.i-: beijiieathcd to the p 

 a lady w itlmut children iu the 18th century. 



d. 



In the fourth arroudissemeut the chief t>i\vn .)/ be seat 



of a tribunal of first instance and of a tt the 



eonimi-neeiiii-n'. "I the 1, U7 mile-' S.YV. fr.im Moulins: 



population, 5740. The town is built on ' hill whieh 



g.'iitly down to tlie ri^lit bank of the Cher. I i by a hand- 



some atone bridge. It is an ancient place nd w, 11 built. The 

 lordship of the town Iwlonged to th '...n from the 10th 



century. Its situation near the frontier of the Kn^'li-h provinces in 

 France exposrd it frequently to the attacks of the English, who took 

 it in 1171 and kept it till 11SS. when it was reeoii , .1 b\ 1'i 

 Augustf. In the wars of the 14th century it again suffered. Tile 

 town was strongly fortified, being surround. -.1 by 

 very thick walls pierced by only fonrgat.-s and Hanked with to towers. 

 The Bourbon castle on the hill was also strongly forti' 

 built by Duke Louis II., who died in it. A part of tin 

 and some of the towers are still standing. Of 

 the keep and a few towers; :;11 the rest is in ruins. The iml:: 

 products of llontlucon are lim n. >i. chemical 



products, &c. Ccrilly, on the right bank of T 

 N.N.I'., from Montlueon, is a well-built market town, with a popi. 

 of 2387. Gypsum is qu a small 



town of 1310 inhabitants, situated near i 



witli the Marmande, :n : om a castle built 



here by Archnmbault XI. Iferiuon, 14 miles N. by K. from 

 Iu9on, on the right bank of the Amuiice, was formerly surrouudi d by 

 high and strong walls pirived by three gates and wa- further def 

 by a strong castle, the ruins of which are still seen on .. 



W a poor place, with only 13S2 inhabitants. miles 



N.W. from Montlueon population, 2918 WT ly fortified, 



and had a eollcgiate cliureh, which was destroyed in the fir,-t I'reneh 

 revolution. .Vn, .;'/.!', S. ..I'M. rijjht bank of th. 



'iron: population, 1704. M town 



of 1612 inhabitjinta, is situated in a rich untry on the Ugh 



. iw. en tin Allier and the Cher. 1 



Besides the above town . the four following .1. :on: 



Comnwn'r;/, situated S mile- S. K. from U 

 name to on. ..f the most im; -1 fields in I 



go it was :i mere village; it is now a busy town with several 

 '(Toe-houses, and 4800 inhabitants, who arc 



en i-.-d ehielly in Hi. important coal-ID u-works. A rail- 



road, 9 miles long, connects th. n, with tie 



Canal. Dion, 18 i D .m Moulin-, on the lateral canal of the 



has marble quarries, and 1513 inhabitant*. 

 4 miles S. by I'., from Montlueon p 

 for its hot springs sin. 



ile xi/e lieiv. ig remains. The 



It was sacked by Constiuitius II., but 

 restored by Julian and hi- successors. Cl.vis and after ho 



. reduced it to complete ruin. Among the wrecks of its 

 splendour still remain some portions of on ampin'! 

 .mji. The town stands near the li. "i 

 midway up a hill, which commands a vi.\ v o! 

 It contains several hotels, an hospital for t; 



making up fifty beds, and a large bathing establishment with sixty 

 bathing rooms be- baths, vapour-baths, and four reservoirs. 



There are four springy at Ndris, all of which rise with force into a 

 vast oval basin divided into three compartments, whence the wters 

 are conveyed to the bath-house and to several private houses iu w hich 



