The church has an imposing effect.
Soon after this, the banks of the river become rocky, and are full of caverns, inhabited in a similar manner to those which so much struck me on the Loire; but they by no means present so singular or picturesque an appearance.

The remains of the ancient stronghold of Castets look well placed on a height in this neighbourhood; but the scattered ruins which cover a hill near, are more interesting than any, although there are now but little traces of a fortress once the theme of minstrels and romancers.

This is no other than the castle of the Four Sons of Aymon.
The little port of Gironde is remarkable for a dreadful event which happened there in the last century.

There was formerly a ferry where the bridge now extends; and one day the ferryman insisted on being paid double the usual fare.

There were no less than eighty-three passengers on board his boat, all of whom resisted the imposition.