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lock train for Cannes. The route lay through rocky defiles, with numerous tunnels, for we were cutt

ung lieutenant-colonel of artillery, first made his mark in the capture of the place by storm from the English in 1793. Englishmen, however, d

, signifying "the arranged" islands, a name indicative of their position in a line from east to west. The town of Hyèr

oast for a time, winding through the Montagnes des Maures, with an endless su

ood view, looking downwards. This amphitheatre, though not nearly so large as the coliseum at Rome, is far more perfect. This was the port where, in 1799, Napoleon landed on his

-great rocky glens and chasms, with here and there glimpses of the beautiful Mediterranean. It was about here th

e, overlooking great ravines. Their churches perched on the highest pinnacle, the wonde

and its exciting pleasures, and the dweller in these isolated, peaceful, silent mountain homes! To some the latter life would be intoler

trunks, give quite a foreign tone to the landscape. Also the orange trees, with their green and golden fruit and ench

and its beautifully grained wood is highly valued for cabinet purposes. Then the bamboo, which, growing by the water-side, is so refreshing to hear whispering in the breeze, is used for very many purposes, being at once so light and strong; for carrying great burdens, for aqueducts, house-building, musical instruments, and for numerous other purposes and articles useful and

lustering the walls, and growing almost wild in the hedges, loading the air with their sweet perfum

green

early blossoms,

lizard rustle

ds sing welco

in hue, and man

sing step, and

soft breeze i

f the violet's

of heaven, seems co

ing, blending, and slowly settling into the neutral tints of evening. By six o'clock we were at the Hotel Windsor,

gardens, well stocked with flowers of all kinds, roses being most conspicuous, while the perfume of the orange trees ascends from the val

s in the bedrooms, and the young ladies in the room next to ours strummed away till a very late hour at night, when we wished to sleep, tired with the day's travel, and anxious to rise early the next morning. We thought two good pianos in the drawing-room below

re so fortunate as to meet an old friend, who was staying at the same hotel. Under his kind pilotage we h

, being a miniature Bay of Naples,-but without its Vesuvius. It is, however, so shallow that the coasting vessels that use it are obliged to anchor at some

iron mask" was confined from 1686 to 1698, and which has more recently been the prison of Marshal Bazaine. St. Honorat has its nam

eptible. The greatest rise and fall of tide in any part of this great inland sea does not exceed about six feet. Here it appears always high water; the long stretches of sand, shingle, and rock that provide such delightful str

ery great in one short hour after sunset. Indeed, those who come here

ere are such prosaic things as defective drains. This is more detectable in the evening

by the kind and thoughtful attention of the landlord, we felt the absence from dear home at this joyous time less than we might otherwise have don

, for instance, where a single tiny insect of the Zebra species nearly drove me out of my senses when suffering from fever. Probably, however, the mosquito only visits Cannes in the summ

n, and the delicious perfume of the roses and orange blossoms rising from the gardens beneath. The birds flitting about, with joyous song; the lovely blue sea in the distance; and abov

to the appetizing air; and it was a pleasure to see our fellow-guests sunning

small place indeed, but can now boast of its sixty large hotels; and new roads and boulevards are being opened in all directions

of the hill, which is surmounted by a picturesque old castle. At the north end, high up at the back of Cannes, is the charming little village of Le Cainet: a new boulevard is now opened connecting the two. This is the warmest part, and the most suitable for patients. There are many exceedingly pretty and luxuriously appointed villas nestled amidst the trees and gardens, looking refre

ant clusters of red berries, is to be seen overhanging the roads. After sunset its pepper may distinctly be smelt, almost

, were both astonished and gratified at the natural beauty of the position, and the cultivated loveliness, of this truly peaceful resting-place of those of our dear country who had come to this little paradise on earth, alas! to die. But, then, what a beautiful spot to die i

re lay the lovely valley beneath, the grand semicircle of Esterel hills and the snow-capped Alps outlining the azure sky; and behind us the broad, blue sea, rippling its w

provide luncheon, our tall friend cramming half a yard of bread into each of his tunic pockets, which caused him to cut rather a comical figure, especially as he wore knickerbockers; and he was consequent

different views and aspects of the snow-clad Maritime Alps giving us from time to

Navarre, and afterwards greatly improved by Vauban under Louis le Grand. Their erection had the salutary effect of draining the marshy ground, and rendering the air healthy; but the sanitary arrangements both here and elsewhere ar

lorious sea view. The snowy Alps rising majestically on the opposite shore, and a fine old Genoese fort, with wedge-shap

iness of the town and the inadequacy of hotel accommodation. Nowadays doctors call all kinds of places "health resorts," but they should first of all make sure that the sanitar

inner man, as travellers are sometimes prone to do when so deeply interested in the objects around them. Later, in the cool of t

me of the formation of the second French Republic in 1848, when the cry of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity!" was in every one's mouth, Lord Brougham somewhat

Eugene Rimmel, and also Dr. Piesse, of Piesse and Lubin, have large flower farms near Cannes and Nice, from which their perfumes are produced. This to some extent accounts for the neglect of the fruit itself, which frequently lies scattered unheeded on the ground. Whilst returning from the expedition to the cemetery, we had passed whole terraces of orange and lemon trees covered with whi

g little English cemetery and the trip to Antibes. We were indeed sorry to leav

table, and moderate in charge, and hope some

er parts of the coast, they should be seen from the sea fro

train for Nice, arrivin

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