Castles and chateaux of old Navarre and the Basque Provinces, including also Foix, Roussillon and Béarn (1907)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L.C. Page & Company · leaf 496
except that their features are more regu-lar and delicate. They are descendants of theSaracen hordes which overran most of southernGaul, and here and there found a foothold andleft a race of descendants to tell the story. TheSaracens of the Basque country were not war-like invaders, but peaceful… … The Basques 391 and customs — seemingly pagan — which havenothing in common with either the Basques orthe French. They are commonly considered aspariahs by other dwellers roundabout, but theyhave a certain individuality which would seemto preclude this. They are more like the holymen of India, than…
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