FRENCH COLOMBIER 



convenient as a means of easy access to the 

 nests. 



Of such circular pigeon-houses a very fine 

 example will be found in the courtyard of the 

 Manoir d' Ango, at Varen^eville, near Dieppe, 

 not Varangeville, as it is sometimes incor- 

 rectly spelled, owing to confusion with a place 

 so named in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The manoir, 

 now a farm, is, like its former owner, worthy 

 of a passing word. 



Jean Ango, or Angot, who flourished ex- 

 ceedingly in the first half of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury, came of a wealthy Dieppe family; they 

 were shipowners of enterprise, and their flag 

 flew in many quarters of the world. Jean was a 

 man of means. D uring a progress made through 

 Normandy by Francois I., he entertained that 

 joyous monarch with a lavish hospitality; the 

 reward was his appointment as the governor 

 of Dieppe. 



In his new office he was very zealous for the 

 town. A Dieppe vessel having been attacked 

 and pillaged by the Portuguese in time of peace, 

 the warlike governor fitted out a fleet, sailed 

 to and up the Tagus, and then spread such fear 



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