Few Englishmen or Englishwomen are intimately acquainted with the little town of Le Puy.  It is the capital of the old province of Le Velay, which also is now but little known, even to Fren...

 Few Englishmen or Englishwomen are intimately acquainted with the little town of Le Puy.  It is the capital of the old province of Le Velay, which also is now but little known, even to French ears, for it is in these days called by the imperial name of the Department of the Haute Loire.  It is to the south-east of Auvergne, and is nearly in the centre of the southern half of France.