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National Geographic : 1915 Nov
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Photo and copyright by Underwood & Underwood FAMOUS AISLES OF STONE MADE BY PREHISTORIC MEN: CARNAC, FRANCE "In even rows, the stones-from 4 to 16 feet in height-stretch across the desolate gray moor literally by the thousand. What story do they tell? Was this the burial ground of a nation? Do these unresponsive monuments hide the untold tale of a terrible field of blood and the wiping out of an army of thousands?" (see text, page 419). THE MARRIAGE MART AT PONT I/ABBE Pont 1'Abbe has an amusing side-show to its pardon in the marriage mart that draws its own interested crowd. Any young woman who wishes a husband poses against the churchyard fence with her similarly wistful sisters, and love lorn swains march up and down the line, inspecting with the sheepish gravity the occasion requires. Once suited, however, the Breton views his new property as a little less valuable than one of his great "beefs," or steers. The weddings themselves are vastly more human and interesting than our own, and in them all the childlike gaiety of a simple and unaffected people comes out spontaneously. The dual ceremony in church and town hall-once over, the newlyweds and their attendant friends 413
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