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 420 The Chevaiicliec dc St. Michel.

pions had their repast seated on the grass on a circular grass plateau which had, by ancient use, been especially hollowed out for them, and is still known as "La Table des Pions." On this plateau, tradition says, the 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, for 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 immemorial 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 pro- montory 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 and the other barley 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 auxquels le dit Moulin est tenu et assujette