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 rock which is at present above the bridge, causing it to be called the Rocher bridge. A rough rock staircase which has no meaning is attached to this rock behind. D'Hezecques speaks of a staircase as having been within the grotto leading up to its entrance on the high ground on the montagnes—has it been moved to the lower end of the grotto?

There is now no isolated rock standing up as we saw it behind the running man;—only mounds covered with shrubs and trees. But in the archives there is a note saying that in 1788 rocks were placed in various parts, and one is especially mentioned, "pièce donnant au bord du lac de l'ancien côté des rochers au long du chemin de l'emplacement de la Ruine sur la conduitte en bois à la deuxième source du Ravin." This would have been the path we were on in 1901.

It is easy to suppose that between the years 1901-4 trees were cleared away from the rough ground on the north side of the house, which in