Rambles on the Riviera

PART II.

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I. MARSEILLES TO TOULON 177

II. OVER CAP SICIÉ 202

III. THE REAL RIVIERA 226

IV. HYÈRES AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD 239

V. ST. TROPEZ AND ITS “GOLFE” 254

VI. FRÉJUS AND THE CORNICHE D’OR 271

VII. LA NAPOULE AND CANNES 292

VIII. ANTIBES AND THE GOLFE JOUAN 305

IX. GRASSE AND ITS ENVIRONS 319

X. NICE AND CIMIEZ 330

XI. VILLEFRANCHE AND THE FORTIFICATIONS 348

XII. EZE AND LA TURBIE 359

XIII. OLD MONACO AND NEW MONTE CARLO 370

XIV. MENTON AND THE FRONTIER 398

APPENDICES 409

INDEX 431

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ON THE RIVIERA _Frontispiece_

“IT WAS SEPTEMBER, AND IT WAS PROVENCE” facing 8

A YOUNG ARLESIENNE facing 36

ABBEY OF MONTMAJOUR AND VINEYARD 39

BAKER’S TALLY-STICKS 48

ST. RÉMY facing 48

A PANETIÈRE 52

THE BULLS OF THE CAMARGUE 59

LES SAINTES MARIES facing 60

ÉGLISE DE LA MADELEINE, MARTIGUES facing 70

HOUSE OF M. ZIEM, MARTIGUES facing 74

MARTIGUES 77

LOUP 86

ISTRES facing 92

THE KILOMETRE WEST OF SALON 102

BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE TO MARSEILLES (MAP) 108

FOS-SUR-MER 111

CHATEAUNEUF facing 112

ROADSIDE CHAPEL, ST. PIERRE 114

FLOWER MARKET, COURS ST. LOUIS 129

A CABANON facing 134

MARSEILLES IN 1640 (MAP) 141

NOTRE DAME DE LA GARDE AND THE HARBOUR OF MARSEILLES facing 148

ENVIRONS OF MARSEILLES (MAP) 150

CHÂTEAU D’IF facing 150

LES PENNES facing 160

ROQUEVAIRE 166

CONVENT GARDEN, ST. ZACHARIE facing 170

MARSEILLES TO TOULON (MAP) 176

CASSIS facing 180

LA CIOTAT AND THE BEC DE L’AIGLE 185

ST. NAZAIRE-DU-VAR facing 198

FISHING-BOATS AT TAMARIS facing 208

IN TOULON’S OLD PORT facing 212

TOULON TO FRÉJUS (MAP) 220

IN LES MAURES facing 222

COMPARATIVE THEOMETRIC SCALE 230

THE TERRACE, MONTE CARLO facing 234

THE PENINSULA OF GIENS facing 242

RUINED CHAPEL NEAR ST. TROPEZ facing 258

FRÉJUS TO NICE (MAP) 277

ST. RAPHAËL facing 278

MAISON CLOSE, ST. RAPHAËL 280

ON THE CORNICHE D’OR facing 284

OFFSHORE FROM AGAY facing 286

ON THE GOLFE DE LA NAPOULE facing 292

CANNES AND ITS ENVIRONS (MAP) 301

JOUAN-LES-PINS 306

ANTIBES AND ITS ENVIRONS (MAP) 313

ST. HONORAT 317

FLOWER MARKET, GRASSE facing 322

GOURDON 328

NICE TO VINTIMILLE (MAP) 331

A NIÇOIS 334

NICE facing 338

OLIVE PICKERS IN THE VAR facing 344

ENVIRONS OF NICE (MAP) 345

CAP FERRAT facing 348

VILLA OF LEOPOLD, KING OF BELGIUM 356

EZE 360

AUGUSTAN TROPHY, LA TURBIE 364

A ROQUEBRUNE DOORWAY facing 368

MONTE CARLO AND MONACO (MAP) 371

THE GAME 383

OVERLOOKING MONACO AND MONTE CARLO facing 390

THE RAVINE OF SAINT DÉVOTE, MONTE CARLO, facing 396

PONT SAINT LOUIS 406

THE PROVINCES OF FRANCE (MAP) 409

THE ANCIENT PROVINCES OF FRANCE (MAP) 411

ENSEMBLE CARTE DE TOURING CLUB DE FRANCE (MAP) 420

THE “TARIDE” MAPS 421

THREE RIVIERA ITINERARIES (MAPS) 423

COMPARATIVE METRIC SCALE (DIAGRAM) 427

THE LOG OF AN AUTOMOBILE 429