_Bastides_ (Vol. v., pp. 150. 206.).--Dumas, in his _Pictures of Travel in
the South of France_, says, that Louis XIV. while at Marseilles, observing
the charming houses which surrounded the town, with their white walls, red
tops, and green blinds, inquired by what name they were called in the
language of the country: "They call them _Bastides_," replied Fostea de
Piles. "Good!" says the King; "I will have a Bastide." He built a fort to
check the Marseillaise.
Again, Tarver, in his _Dictionary_, has:
"BASTIDE, a small country house (this word is used in the south of
France, in Provence especially.)"
Did Louis intend a pun between _Bastide_ and _Bastille_?