As accidents might occur in consequence of the great extent and ruined state of the galleries and arches of this singular building, the proprietor has lately closed up the entrance, and there is now no possibility of exploring; but the wonders of this place have been described by different writers who have occupied themselves with the antiquities of Saintes, of which there is so much to be said and seen that it is almost a dangerous subject to touch upon.

Certainly it is a town which presents a wide field of enquiry and interest to archaeologists, and as it now lies in the highway to Bordeaux, the curious may be attracted to its walls, and will be rewarded by their visit.
Then, perchance, may be fitly described by a Gally Knight, the Camp _de Cesar_, the _Terrier de Toulon_, the _Tour de Pyrelonge_, the Aqueduct of _Font-Giraud_, the Cavern of _Ouaye-a-Metau_, the _Grand-Font-du-Douhet_, the _Font-Morillon_, the _Plantes des Neuf-puits_, all works of the Gauls and Romans, of which, wells and arches, and baths and subterranean temples, still excite the astonishment, not only of the peasants who are constantly stumbling on their remains, but of the antiquary who ventures into the long galleries and ruined chambers which speak to him of the glories of a people who once swayed the country they rendered powerful and beautiful by their architecture, the traces of which time itself cannot entirely sweep away.
We found, on visiting St.Eutrope on our return, that little interest attaches to the church itself, scarcely any part of its interior having been spared by the numerous hostilities which it has had to undergo; some parts of the exterior are, however, beautiful, and the crypt lost none of its interest on a second view.

It is, after that of Chartres, the most perfect and the most extraordinary in France, and formerly extended as far again as at present.

The fine bold circular arches, of different sizes and heights; the massive cylindrical pillars, the rich sharp capitals, and _still fresh_ gothic character of the cornices, astonish the beholder; it is undergoing restoration in parts, which appears sufficiently judicious.

So solemn and silent was the sacristan who conducted us over this subterranean church, that we imagined for some time he was dumb, till we were undeceived on his expressing his pleasure at the small donation we bestowed on him for his trouble; as it is somewhat difficult, at the present day, in France, to meet the exalted expectations of the numerous guides who exhibit to English travellers the lions of their towns, we were amused at the satisfaction betrayed by our silent cicerone.
The once beautiful church of Notre Dame, or Ste.