De la Riboissière (of Ille-et-Vilaine).

Pongerard, Mayor of Pennes (of the Ille-et-Vilaine). General de Préval.

The department of the Isle-et-Vilaine commences here.

Rennes is the chief city of the Isle-et-Vilaine, and in former times was the capital of Bretagne.

It is a large ancient built town, standing on a vast plain, between the rivers Isle and Vilaine.

Arriving at the first post, we crossed the river Vilaine, and between this and Rondun passed the river Bruck, and ascended a high mountain between Rondun and La Bréharaye.

At this place we quitted the department of the Isle-et-Vilaine.

It's that vilaine Pupasse!"

On taking in hand the government, he recalled to it the former advisers of his father, Charles V., Bureau de la Riviere, Le Mercier de Noviant, and Le Begue de Vilaine, all men of sense and reputation.

For all his council be takes with him only La Riviere, Le Mercier, Montaigu, and Le Begue de Vilaine.

"All!" said the Duke of Berry, "De Clisson, La Mviere, Noviant, and Vilaine have been haughty and harsh towards me; the time has come when I shall pay them out in the same coin from the same mint."

Finding himself at once pursued by the English squadron, he sought shelter in the difficult channels at the mouth of the Vilaine.

The admiral ran ashore in the Bay of Le Croisic and burned his own vessel; seven ships remained blockaded in the Vilaine.

When the conditions demanded by England were at last transmitted to Versailles, the English flag was floating over the citadel of Belle-Isle, the mouth of the Loire and of the Vilaine was blockaded.

ST. MALO (12), a strongly fortified seaport of France, on the Brittany coast (department of Ille-et-Vilaine), at the mouth of the Ranee; the old town is built over the Rocher d'Auron, an islet connected with the mainland by a causeway 215 yards long; there is a good harbour, and a considerable amount of shipping is done; potatoes, dairy-produce, and some cereals are exported.