an ancient MS. consulted by M. Langevin--are of about
the date of 1222; when the church was consecrated by the Bishop of
Coutances. The open space towards the south, now called _La Place aux
Chevaux_, was the old burying ground of the church. There was also a
chapel, dedicated to St. Gervais, which was pillaged and destroyed by
the Hugonots in 1562. I should add, that the South-East exterior
(behind the chancel) of this very curious old church at Guibray,
resembles, upon a small scale, what M. Cotman has published of the
same portion of St. Georges de Bocherville. _Recherches sur Falaise_,
p. 49-53. Monsieur le Comte de la Fresnaye, in his _Notice Historique
sur Falaise_, 1816, 8vo. will have it, that "the porch of this church,
the only unmutilated portion remaining of its ancient structure,
demonstrates the epoch of the origin of Christianity among the Gauls."
"At least, such is the decision of M. Deveze, draftsman for Laborde;
the latter of whom now Secretary to the Count d'Artois, instituted a
close examination of the whole fabric." p. 5-6. I hope there are not
many such conclusions to be found in the magnificent and meritorious
productions of LABORDE.

[172] This fair lasts full fifteen days. The first eight days are devoted
to business of a more important nature--which they call the GREAT
WEEK: that is to say, the greatest number of merchants attend during
the earlier part of it; and contracts of greater extent necessarily
take place. The remaining seven days are called the LITTLE WEEK--in
which they make arrangements to carry their previous bargains into
effect, and to return home. Men and merchandise, from all quarters,
and of all descriptions, are to be seen at this fair. Even Holland and
Germany are not wanting in sending their commercial representatives.
Jewellery and grocery seem to be the chief articles of commerce; but
there is a prodigious display of silk, linen, and cotton, &c.: as well
as of hides, raw and tanned; porcelaine and earthen ware. The live
cattle market must not be forgotten. Langevin says that, of horses
alone, they sometimes sell full four thousand. Thus much for the buyer
and seller. But this fair is regularly enlivened by an immense
confluence of nobility and gentry from the adjacent country--to
partake of the amusements, which, (as with the English,) form the