things in, which may be liable to be wanted in the night, without being obliged to open the trunks, etc. Persons who have no carriage of their own, should at least have á portmanteau, or for greater convenience, a sac đẹ nuit. 21. Another indispensable article to travellers, is a strong box for their money, jewels, bills of exchange, etc. These sometimes contain pens, ink, paper, and visiting cards, in the latter of which, written or printed, the traveller should never be deficient. In great cities, the name of the inn, or the number of the house where the traveiler is, must be mentioned.. These cards often prevent a great deal of trouble, when travellers are examined at the gates. The cassettes or strong boxes, for security, should be attached to the sides or the bottom of the carriage, or in one's chamber at the inn. Most of these eassettes are provided with an escritoire, basons, bottles, razors, soap-dishes, etc. 22. The rouleau de voyage is a modern luxury, and renders the movement of a carriage infinitely more easy. It is made of beep-skin, five or six inches thick, covered with hair, and filled with goose-down, and is used as a pillow to sleep on, and with the assistance of straps, as a garment for wear. 23. A traveller who uses his own carriage, ought to confine himself to one trunk, vache, or cassette; con sidering how many objects may be stowed in the pockets of the coach, the traveller would find more than these extremely embarrassing. 24. Servants should always have a quantity of linen, needles, aud thread, and things necessary to light a fire. 25. A person travelling post without delay, and who eats, drinks, and sleeps in his carriage, will, whatever be may lose in his prospects, gain it again in his pocket. As for what is given to the guards, keepers of public edifices, gardens, museums, etc. for a sight of these places, people will save considerably by not going alone, but with the company they may find at their inns. 26. Ever so short a stay in great towns and cities is always dear; but may be considerably reduced by making proper arrangements. One part of these is to take a ready furnished lodging, where you may practise cennomy without apprehension or embarrassment... 16 27. The Traveller at his Inn. It is an uncontroverted rule, that inns most frequented are those whose charges are most reasonable. We may add, that the traveller, whose deportment is civil and obliging, will always be better served than the rude and overbearing. To know the best inns, is to listen to the voice of common fame, but by no means to depend upon the eulogies of the postillions. 28. A traveller who has no servant, will do well to take a note of the name of the inn, and that of the street, at which he puts up, as there are sometimes two houses of this description of the same name.evima 29. It is of the greatest importance for a traveller to have a bed to himself, and a bed-chamber, if he can ; as it is a common practice all over the continent to put thee or four beds in a room, he cannot be too much upon his guard against becoming the dupe of a bedfellow. 30. When you intend to be absent, you should take care to leave your trunks, etc. well secured, to prevent their being searched, for various purposes; and when you go out, to leave the key of your chamber in the care of the landlord, or one of the principal waiters, as this step renders them responsible for your property. 31. In large places, a valet de place is sometimes indispensable. If no price be fixed for his services, you must agree with him for his wages. If you employ him to make any purchases for you, you must take care that there is no collusion between him and the dealer, to wrong you. 32. Innkeepers are in the habit of asking their guests what they would choose to have for dinner, etc.; but your best way is to enquire what they have in the house; otherwise, if you order any thing particular, they will make you pay for that and the ordinary provision into the bargain. 33. If you are in a bad inn, never eat any ragouts, as these may be made up of scraps and leavings, or other unwholesome matters: rather ask for roast meat, hot or cold; for eggs, milk, etc. In such places put up also with ordinary wine; for if you ask for other kinds, it is generally drawn from the same cask, and you only lose your money for your painsuikangge medier Tuge 34. Every traveller who is alone, may live at a much cheaper rate and much more agreeably in a table d'hôte, or by dining at a restaurateur's, than if he is served in his own chamber. 35. At most inns it is best to pay your bills every day, or at furthest every three days. This is a method not very pleasing to many innkeepers; but it is the best way to prevent being fleeced, because your host is always under some apprehension, that if not well treated, you will change your house. It is not necessary to ask what is the sum total of the charge: but to keep and give in a specific account of all you have had. In most inns it is necessary, the moment you step into them, to enquire into the price of the bed, the table d'hote, etc. unless you would pay three or four times more than the value. INTRODUCTION.-France-Divisions Climate-Na- tural Productions-Agriculture-Trade and Ma- nufactures-Revenue-Laws Manners. Plan of a Tour.-Expense of Living in France, Manner of Travelling.-French Coins, Weights, and Mea- sures, etc., Hints to Travellers, etc. ....... CHAPTER I-Route from Paris to Lyons, by the Bourbonnais-by Burgundy.-Account of Sens, C Auxerre, Autun, Châlons-sur-Saone-Macon- Lyons. Route by Troyes and Dijon.-Account of Dijon-Excursion to Besançon.-From Dijon CHAPTER II.-Description of Lyons and its Envi- rons.-Excursions to Chambery and Grenoble.- Description of Grenoble. Voyage down the Rhône, from Lyons to Avignon. - Description of Vaucluse, Carpentras, Cavaillon, etc. CHAPTER III.-Route from Avignon to Nice.-De- scriptions of Aix, Marseilles, and Toulon.-Ex- cursion to Hyères.-Description of Nice.-Return to Brignolles.-Excursion to Digne.-Return to CHAPTER IV.-From Aix to Montpellier-Tarascon. -Excursion to Arles.-Description of Nismes and Montpellier.-From Montpellier to Toulouse- Béziers-Narbonne-Carcassonne-Description of Toulouse.-Visit to Bagnères and Barréges, in the Pyrenees.-Route from Toulouse to Bagnères de Bigorre Auch-Tarbes-Bagnères-Barréges.- Ascent of the Pic-du-Midi.-Fall of Gavarnie.- Return to Barréges.-Route to Bordeaux, by Pau CHAPTER V.-Route from Toulouse to Bordeaux- Montauban-Agen.-Description of Bordeaux- Shepherds of the Landes.-From Bordeaux to CHAPTER VI.-Tour of the Loire.-Description of Nantes-Angers-Saumur-Tours-Blois-Orleaus.-Route from Orleans to Paris-From Angers to Paris, by La Flèche, Le Mans, and Chartres 479 CHAPTER VII.-A Tour through Lower Normandy and Britanny.-From Paris, through Evreux and Caen, to Cherbourg.-Road from Cherbourg to Avranches.-The Mont-Saint-Michel.-Road from Avranches to Brest-From Brest to Rennes, the capital of Britanny, through Quimper, Lorient, and Vannes.-Return from Rennes to Paris...... 502 CHAPTER VIII-A Tour through Champagne, Lorraine, and Alsace.-From Paris, through Soissons and Reims, to Châlons-sur-Marne.-From Châlons to Nancy, the capital of Lorraine.-From Nancy to Strasbourg, the capital of Alsace.-From Strasbourg along the Rhine to Huningen.-From Huningen, through Vesoul, Langres, and Chaumont, to Châlons-sur-Marne.-Return from Châlons to Paris... CHAPTER IX.-Description of a Tour through Auvergne.-Route from Moulins to Clermont.-Environs of Clermont.-The Puy-de-Dôme.—Excursion to the Monts-d'Or.-Route from Clermont to Saint-Flour.-Excursion to the Monts-du-Cantal 620 APPENDIX. The various routes from Paris to Havrede-Grace, Dieppe, and Calais. 654 5-6 |