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Rh The Mézenc, the highest of the Cevennes, rises out of a dreary plateau. It is, says M. Paulett Scrope:—

The desolate tableland over which one travels to reach Mézenc is well described by Georges Sand in her novel Le Marquis de Villemer, and the backward and unprogressive character of the inhabitants has not altered since her time.

The carriage is left at the village of Les Estables, a