pe, or the fountain of Duke Peter, as it is called, is of later
dater date, being in the style of the Renaissance. It consists of three
circular basins in tiers. On the lower are sea-horses, which, with their
wings, support the second basin, and Naiads uphold the third. On the top
is a figure of the Virgin with her arms extended.

The women of Guingamp wear high muslin caps, dark petticoats, and black
stockings. Knitting-pins in hand, they work away at their stockings
whether walking, talking, or with a load of butter on their heads, as they
do throughout all Brittany. When not at work, their knitting-pins are
stuck in their hair. Knitting and spinning are the occupation of their
lives. When the Breton's idol, Du Guesclin, was a prisoner to the Black
Prince, and was asked how he could raise the large sum named for his
ransom, Du Guesclin replied, that "the women of Brittany would rather spin
for a year and ransom him with their distaffs, than that he should remain
prisoner."

"Quand vous etiez captif, Bertrand, fils de Bretagne,
Tous les fuseaux tournaient aussi dans la campagne;
Chaque femme apporte son echeveau de lin;
Ce fut votre rancon, messire Du Guesclin!"
_Les Bretons_, A. BRIZEUX.

Guingamp was given by Duke John V. to his son Peter, who resided here and
rebuilt the castle. When attacked by his mortal illness, the physicians
attributed his malady to witchcraft, and declared it could only be
remedied by counter-spells. The Prince refused to have recourse to such
means, saying, "I had rather die by the will of God, than live by the will
of the Devil."--"J'aime mieux mourir de par Dieu, que de vivre de par le
Diable."

We walked to the small chapel of St. Leonard, picturesquely situated on a
little eminence. It was built by Charles of Blois, on his return from his
captivity in England, and dedicated by him to St. Leonard, the
patron-saint of prisoners--a contemporary of Clovis, from whom he obtained
permission to set free all the captives he should find in the prisons. In
the month of May, people who are attacked with fever repair to St. Leonard
to seek, upon the walls of the chapel or on the calvary attached to it,
snails as cures for their malady. They must gather them themselves, pound
them, and put them into little bags, which they wear round their necks. As
soon as the fever leaves them they bury their bags at the foot of the
walls of the chapel, and, if they fail t