Perpignan 



corporal, carrying a gigantic key or two. The chatelain led 

 me up through a sort of cloister into another higher and 

 smaller court, and thence up into the high tower. 



There is a fine view from the top. Perpignan lies towards 

 the southern angle of a fertile little province, inclosed 

 between the sea and the mountains. The blue Mediter- 

 ranean rounds the horizon beyond about three leagues of 

 hamlet-chequered plain with white towers, olive-groves, 

 and vineyards. 



At about the same distance the Pyrenees come up from 

 the sea ; and, growing taller and taller as they advance 

 inland, curve round to the sea again about Narbonne. 



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