The Pont-Keuf.- it ^a- it In the 17th and 18th cent, the Pont-Neuf was 

 the favorite rendez-vous of news vendors, jugglers, showmen, loxingers, and 

 thieves. To this motley crowd Tabarin, a famous satirist, used to spout his 

 witticisms, from a platform which he set up between Nos. 13 and 15 in the 

 Place du Pont-Neuf. One of the first hydraulic pumps, the » Samaritaine ' , was 

 erected on this bridge (model at the Muse'e Camavalet). Near by are the 

 swimming-baths of 'La Samaritaine'. Down below, behind the statue of the 

 king, is the Jardin Henri IV or Jardin du Vert-Galant. The best view of the 

 bridge is obtained from this garden or from the banks of the Seine. Second- 

 hand book stalls line the quays. 



Opposite the equestrian statue, a few paces distant, is the Place Dauphine 

 (Called Place de Thionville under the Revolution), partly surroimding which 

 are some 17th cent, houses of brick, v/ith festoons of white stone. 



