It was taken by the French emigrants to Canada, where it existed not long ago.

The crown of the sacramental bread used to be reserved for the family of the seigneur or other communicants of distinction.
{7} A church in the suburbs of Agen, celebrated for its legends and miracles, to which numerous pilgrimages are made in the month of May.
{8} A long time ago the inhabitants of the town of Agen communicated with the other side of the Garonne by means of little boats.

The first wooden bridge was commenced when Aquitaine was governed by the English, in the reign of Richard Coeur-de-lion, at the end of the twelfth century.

The bridge was destroyed and repaired many times, and one of the piles on which the bridge was built is still to be seen.

It is attributed to Napoleon I.that he caused the first bridge of stone to be erected, for the purpose of facilitating the passage of his troops to Spain.