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use, been especially hollowed out for them and is still known as 

 " La Table des Pions." On this plateau, tradition says, fairies 

 dance. From Pleinmont they traversed the old Chemin du 

 Roi, passing the Roque Poisson and the Sablons until they 

 reached Perelle Bay, and there, in a little field called the 

 Biloterie, right on the sea-shore, stood a small boulder, about 

 two feet high, which has now entirely disappeared under a 

 mass of shingle. It must have been another boundary stone, 

 as it stood just on the edge of Fief St. Michel, where it touches 

 Fief le Comte ; near by must have stood the Croix de Lihou, 

 which was also situated on the sea-shore. Round this stone the 

 Chevauchee had to march in solemn procession before they 

 resumed their journey. 



The procession then traversed the Mont Saint or Holy Hill, 

 still consecrated to the Fairies in the popular mind, passing en 

 route the old house called Les Jenemies. At the door of this 

 house stood a small boulder about two feet high and two feet 

 round, which was also used as a mounting stone. By immemo- 

 rial custom this stone, on the approach of the Chevauchee, had 

 to be rolled inside the building. Nearly opposite this house 

 once stood La Croix Jenemie. The Chevauchee then proceeded 

 under the granite promontory known as the " Roque ou Le Coq 

 Chante " and its next halt was at the Grande Moulins or King's 

 Mills. On their arrival the Mill was put in motion and the 

 Miller came out with a plate in each hand, one containing 

 wheat flour which had at that instant been ground by the Mill. 

 The Miller then placed himself on a large flat stone which 

 stood in the courtyard in front of the Mill and the procession 

 made a tour round him. When this Mill changed hands in 

 1908 the contract stipulated that the future proprietors were 

 " tenus de remplir tous et tels servitudes auquels le dit Moulin 

 est tenu et assujette toutes les fois que la Chevauchee de Sa 

 Majeste Court, et ce comme d'anciennete." W 



From this contract we learn that the Mill itself was 

 situated on the boundaries of Fiefs St. Michel and Groignet. 

 This stone therefore must have formerly been a boundary stone 

 and its sanctity may be inferred from the fact that, though it 

 quite blocked the way of carts coming up to the door, never- 

 theless, flat though it was, no cart might go over it, but had to 

 -back round it to discharge its freight. 



The procession then proceeded by St. George, the Haye du 

 Puits, Saumarez, Les Landes du Marche< 2 > and the Clos-du- 

 Valle, and made their final halt originally at the Court-house of 

 St. Michel, but in later days at the neighbouring farm-house of 

 the Cognon, where they were again rejoined by the Governor, 



(1) Contract in Greffe. 



(2) Somewhere near this spot once stood a certain stone, on which, so the Assize 

 Roll of 1299 tells us, one Robert Le Marchant "longtemps an service du Roi" stood 

 to read ascertain Proclamation, and from this stone he was thrown down by John 

 de Vivier. 



