Note 51 — III ON THE SPANISH FRONTIER
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The former importance of St. Jean de Luz (in Basque Donibane Lohitzune) is shown by the lines—
“Saint Jean de Luz, petit Paris Bayonne, son écurie.”
Similar is the proud boast of Almería:
“Cuando Almería era Almería Granada era su alquería.”
Victor Hugo quaintly describes St. Jean de Luz in 1843 as “un village cahoté dans les anfractuosités de la montagne.”