CHAPTER XI.

Towers--Religion--Maria Belandelle--Storm--Protestant Retreat--Solemn Dinners--"Half-and-half"--Go to sleep!--The Brewery--Gas Establishment--Château of La Font--The Mystery explained--Triumph of Scenery over Appetite--Slave Trade--Charles le Bien Servi--Liberality of Louis-Philippe--Guiton--House of Le Maire Guiton--The Fleets--The Fight--The Mayor and the Governor.

Rochefort--The Curious Bonne--Americanisms--Convicts--The Charente--"Tulipes"--Taillebourg--Henry the Third--St. Louis--False Security--Romegoux--Puytaillé