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 In Barnstaple, Fontaine mentions the surnames of Mausy (the French pastor) and Juliot. He had boarders at Taunton — one named Travernier (from Plymouth), and another, Garaché. At Cork the Huguenot names are Abclin, Caillon, P. Reneu, P. Cesteau, M. Ardouin, and John Hanneton. He had dealings with three London merchants, Renue, Thomas, and Gourbould. At Bear Haven, he had reason to praise two French soldiers, Paul Roussier and Claude Bonnet.

In the French Register at Portarlington, the surname of La Lande occurs — for instance, Monsieur Aulnis de La Lande. It is probably to him that Fontaine, among the reminiscences of his own school-days, makes the following allusion:—

“Mr. de La Lande, who now lives at Port Arlington in Ireland (1722), was at Rochelle in Mr. Arnauld’s school, at the same time I was there (1664- 1666). We became the greatest friends, and we desired some mode of showing it to each other. We decided at last that when either of us should be taken to the room for chastisement, the other should follow and call Mr. Arnauld names for his cruelty, which would of course irritate him, and then we should be both punished together. . . . The object was fully accomplished. . . . Mr. Arnauld tried to discover what had prompted such conduct, but we would not have disclosed it for the world. Some of our schoolfellows, however, let out the secret. He tried various expedients to conquer our resolution, but in vain. At one time he punished the innocent, and allowed the guilty to go free; this pleased us mightily, for we were able to testify our affection by saving each other from the rod. At last his mother-in-law, my Aunt Bouquet, persuaded him to adopt the following plan. His habit was to keep a record of the faults of each pupil, and to administer the rod when a certain number had been committed. So when one of us two had reached the limit, the punishment was delayed until the other had filled up his measure, and then both were whipped at the same time. This plan worked well, and made us circumspect, to spare each other.”

Many of the Fontaines and their connections became refugees, as appears from the following notes, which may be called their “Refugee Pedigree:” —

