Cap Gris-Nez

The channel fogs come up very quickly.

We hear foghorns all around us and quite distinctly the big siren of Cap Gris Nez, which sends out its long wailing note over the sea.

It is very powerful and is heard at a long distance.

The shops on the quay are an unfailing source of interest to me.

Chapter 11.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Part 2.

Cap Gris Nez.

We made a lovely excursion one day to Cap Gris Nez, just at the end of a wild bit of coast about 25 kilometers from Boulogne.

"'The English schooner?' he asked.

"'She was lost sight of at sundown, citoyen,' replied Desgas, "'but was then making west towards Cap Gris Nez.' "'Ah, good,' muttered Chauvelin.

"'And now, about Captain Jutley, what did he say?' "'He assured me that all the orders you sent him last week have been implicitly obeyed.

All the roads which converge to this place have been patrolled night and day ever since, and the beach and cliffs have been most rigorously searched and guarded.' "'Does he know where this Père Blanchard's hut is?' "'No, citoyen.