Chapter 2

MODERN TROGLODYTES

Troglodytes of the Etang de Berre--The underground town of Og, King of Bashan--Trôo--Sanitation--Ancient mode of disposing of refuse--The talking well--Les Roches--Chateau de Bandan--Chapel of S. Gervais--La Grotte des Vierges--Rochambeau--Le Roi des Halles--La Roche Corbon-- Human refuse at Ezy--Saumur--Are there still pagans among them?-- Bourré--Courtineau--The basket-makers of Villaines--Grioteaux--Sauliac --Cuzorn--Brantôme--La Roche Beaucourt--The Swabian Alb--Sibyllen loch-- Vrena Beutlers Höhle--Schillingsloch--Schlössberg Höhle--Rock village in Sicily--In the Crimea--In Egypt--In volcanic breccia--Balmes de Montbrun--Grottoes de Boissière--Grottoes de Jonas--The rock Ceyssac-- The sandstone cave-dwellings of Corrèze--Their internal arrangement-- Cluseaux--Cave-dwellings in England--In Nottinghamshire--In Staffordshire--In Cornwall--In Scotland--The savage in man--Reversion to savagery--The Gubbins--A stone-cutter--Daniel Gumb--A gentleman of Sens--Toller of Clun Downs