Chapter 7

ST. SAUVEUR.

Pont de Pescadère--Sassis--Gave de Gavarnie--St. Sauveur--Hôtel de France--Pont Napoléon--Napoleon's pillar--Bee orchids--Chapel of Solferino--The view from thence--Ne'er a hermit but for gold--Luz cemetery--Luz post-office--Short cuts--Pharmacie Claverie--Jardin à l'Anglaise--Ascent of Pic de Bergons--Villenave--The shepherds' huts--Lunch--Snow, its use and abuse--On foot--"Excelsior"--Dangerous footing--The last crest but one--The view--Gavarnie and Argelès in sight--A lazy guide--A "fast" bit--Mountain flowers--Mr. Sydney to the fore--A short walk and a good view--To Sazos and Grust--The bathing establishments--Sazos: the old church--The belfry--Chiming extraordinary--Various promenades--Gems of hill and vale