The Counts d'Albon took the title first in 1140, and their estates were not called the Terra Dalphini, or Dalphinatus, till 1291.

The first Dauphins bore a castle, not a dolphin.] [Footnote 93: The old historian Gollut speaks of the _clairets_ and _clerets_ as red wines.] [Footnote 94: The 'Times' of Oct.

4, 1864, stated that almost no raw silk was offered at the last markets at Valence and Romans, and but for foreign supplies the mills must have been closed.

The small amount that was offered sold at from 68 to 72 francs the kilogramme, while foreign cocoons from Calamata fetched only 22 francs at Marseilles.] [Footnote 95: Pausanias says that silkworms are apt to die of indigestion, the cocoons lying heavy on the stomach.] [Footnote 96: T.xxxv.pp.

244, &c.] [Footnote 97: M.de Thury calculated that the thickness of the roof at the lower part of the cave was about 60 feet of rock.