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cherie; the botanic gardens of Mont Pelé; the quarries of Marquise and Ferques. A good mineral spring on the Wimille road.

Conveyances to Calais, St. Omer, &c.

[From Boulogne, on the road to Calais (to which the telegraph is laid down), you pass through a flat, sandy, and marshy soil, to

church has a fine tall buttressed door-way. The

Montreuil peaches are celebrated.]

Rue (10 miles), in department de la Somme, is reached after crossing the Authie, and has the Church of St. Esprit, with a front richly sculptured, besides its carved pillars, roof, &c. It is still a place of pilgrimage, and stands on a little stream which runs up

WIMILLE (4 kil.), where the two unfortunate æro-to the field of Crécy, a few miles east, and Monties nauts, Rosier and St. Romain, are buried. In forest, where Charles, the favourite son of Francis trying to cross the Channel, 1785, they fell from I., died of the plague, 1545. A coach to Le Crotoy, a height of 3,000 feet. Lower down the stream is down the Somme. the small port of Wimereau. MARQUISE (9 kil.), on the Slack, which has a fine linden tree and marble quarries, is near Ambleteuse, where James II. landed, 1688, in his flight from England. Pop., 2,600. Near it are the quarries of Ferques and Landretun, with some remains of Beaulieu Abbey (founded 1150), and Druid stones near the former. LE HAUT BUISSON (9 kil.)

Noyelle (7 miles) is then reached, with a view of the sea.

At 13 kil. further is Calais (see Route 1). A railway
is projected from Boulogne to Calais and the
Marquise quarries, which will shorten the direct
Calais route to Paris by 35 miles.]

Leaving the Boulogne terminus, near Place Bellevue, you ascend the Liane.

Pont de Brique (4 miles). Beyond this is Clocheville, where Napoleon once lodged; then Hardelot forest, and Condotte, with abundance of game and rabbits. Next comes

Neufchatel (4) miles); and

Etaples (8 miles), a decayed fishing port, on a sandy plain, at the Canche's mouth, which the Romans used, having some good old houses, and remains of a château, built 1160. Pop., 2,300. The viaduct across the river is 984 feet long. The flat, marshy sea border of this part of Boulonnais was in old times appropriately called Marquenterre.

Montreuil-Verton (7 miles), or Verton; Montreuil being some distance off, as under. Coach | to Hesdin, beyond which lies Agincourt. [MONTREUIL-SUR-MER (8 kil. east), a. sous-préfecture of 3,950 souls, and fortified town of the second class, on a hill by the Canche, where Cæsar built a fort, called Vinacum. It was rebuilt 878, by Heltgaut or Hergot, along with the abbey church and castle, and called Monastoriolum, whence comes the modern name. The houses, divided into Haute and Basse Ville, are of brick. A large citadel, with a view of the river and flat sea-coast, replaces the castle, of which the gate towers are left; and St. Saulve's Abbey is now the Hôtel de Ville. The flamboyant

From this a branch line of six miles strikes off across the river, to

St. Valery-Sur-Somme, a small bathing place, from which William the Conqueror sailed to England in 1066. Pop., 3,700. Notice the fishermen's chapel and the ruins of Tour de Harold. Hotel.-Les Armes de France.

This line brings Tréport within six hours of Paris.
Coaches to that bathing place, to Eu, and Cayeu.
[Along the road to Dieppe you pass the Eu
(34 kil, west-south-west) and its Château, the
noble seat of the Dukes of Guise and of Louis
Philippe, who, on his visit to England, em-
barked at Tréport (a little below Eu), which has
some fine old mills and a curious church. Here
Queen Victoria landed, 1843.

The Chateau d'Es, standing in a vast park, contains
a large collection of portraits made by the king,
70 principal apartments, 250 inferior ones, with
stables, &c., for 130 horses and 60 carriages.
Hotel.-De Commerce.

At 30 kil. further is Dieppe (see Route 8.)]
From Noyelle it is 7 miles to

ABBEVILLE,

49 miles from Boulogne, 120 from Paris. A buffet for refreshments.

HOTELS.-Tete de Bouf; St. Jacques; De France; Du Lion Noir; Du Commerce.

A sous-préfecture and large fortified town, of 19,200 inhab. on the river Somme, in department Somme, and the old province of Picardy, about 18 miles from the sea. Under the name of Abbatis Villa, it belonged to St. Riquier's Abbey; and was given up to the English as part of king John's ransom, after the battle of Crécy; but it soon returned to the possession of its own sovereign.

Some of the streets are pretty good, but the greater part are old fashioned, narrow, and ill-paved. Its houses are chiefly brick, with a few stone buildings, and several ancient looking ones, of wood. Trees are planted on the ramparts, but the view is not very

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cherie; the botanic gardens of Mout Pelé; the quarries of Marquise and Ferques. A good mineral spring on the Wimille road.

Conveyances to Calais, St. Omer, &c.

[From Boulogne, on the road to Calais (to which the telegraph is laid down), you pass through a flat, sandy, and marshy soil, to WIMILLE (4 kil.), where the two unfortunate æronauts, Rosier and St. Romain, are buried. In trying to cross the Channel, 1785, they fell from a height of 3,000 feet. Lower down the stream is the small port of Wimereau. MARQUISE (9 kil.), on the Slack, which has a fine linden tree and marble quarries, is near Ambleteuse, where James II. landed, 1688, in his flight from England. Pop., 2,600. Near it are the quarries of Ferques and Landretun, with some remains of Beaulieu Abbey (founded 1150), and Druid stones near the former. LE HAUT BUISSON (9 kil.)

At 13 kil. further is Calais (see Route 1). A railway is projected from Boulogne to Calais and the Marquise quarries, which will shorten the direct Calais route to Paris by 35 miles.]

Leaving the Boulogne terminus, near Place Bellevue, you ascend the Liane.

Pont de Brique (4 miles). Beyond this is Clocheville, where Napoleon once lodged; then Hardelot forest, and Condotte, with abundance of game and rabbits. Next comes

Neufchatel (4 miles); and

Etaples (8 miles), a decayed fishing port, on a sandy plain, at the Canche's mouth, which the Romans used, having some good old houses, and remains of a château, built 1160. Pop., 2,300. The viaduct across the river is 984 feet long. The flat, marshy sea border of this part of Boulonnais was in old times appropriately called Marquenterre.

Montreuil-Verton (7 miles), or Verton; Montreuil being some distance off, as under. Coach to Hesdin, beyond which lies Agincourt. [MONTREUIL-SUR-MER (8 kil. east), a. sous-préfecture of 3,950 souls, and fortified town of the second class, on a hill by the Canche, where Cæsar built a fort, called Vinacum. It was rebuilt 878, by Heltgaut or Hergot, along with the abbey church and castle, and called Monastoriolum, whence comes the modern name. The houses, divided into Haute and Basse Ville, are of brick. A large citadel, with a view of the river and flat sea-coast, replaces the castle, of which the gate towers are left; and St. Saulve's Abbey is now the Hôtel de Ville. The flamboyant

church has a fine tall buttressed door-way. The Montreuil peaches are celebrated.]

Rue (10 miles), in department de la Somme, is reached after crossing the Authie, and has the Church of St. Esprit, with a front richly sculptured, besides its carved pillars, roof, &c. It is still a place of pilgrimage, and stands on a little stream which runs up to the field of Crécy, a few miles east, and Monties forest, where Charles, the favourite son of Francis I., died of the plague, 1545. A coach to Le Crotoy, down the Somme.

Noyelle (7 miles) is then reached, with a view of the sea.

From this a branch line of six miles strikes off across the river, to

St. Valery-Sur-Somme, a small bathing place, from which William the Conqueror sailed to England in 1066. Pop., 3,700. Notice the fishermen's chapel and the ruins of Tour de Harold. Hotel.-Les Armes de France.

This line brings Tréport within six hours of Paris. Coaches to that bathing place, to Eu, and Cayeu. [Along the road to Dieppe you pass the Eu (34 kil, west-south-west) and its Château, the noble seat of the Dukes of Guise and of Louis Philippe, who, on his visit to England, embarked at Tréport (a little below Eu), which has some fine old mills and a curious church. Here Queen Victoria landed, 1843.

The Chateau d'E, standing in a vast park, contains
a large collection of portraits made by the king,
70 principal apartments, 250 inferior ones, with
stables, &c., for 130 horses and 60 carriages.
Hotel.-De Commerce.

At 30 kil. further is Dieppe (see Route 8.)]
From Noyelle it is 7 miles to

ABBEVILLE,

49 miles from Boulogne, 120 from Paris. A buffet for refreshments.

HOTELS.-Tete de Bouf; St. Jacques; De France; Du Lion Noir; Du Commerce.

A sous-préfecture and large fortified town, of 19,200 inhab. on the river Somme, in department Somme, and the old province of Picardy, about 18 miles from the sea. Under the name of Abbatis Villa, it belonged to St. Riquier's Abbey; and was given up to the English as part of king John's ransom, after the battle of Crécy; but it soon returned to the possession of its own sovereign.

Some of the streets are pretty good, but the greater part are old fashioned, narrow, and ill-paved. Its houses are chiefly brick, with a few stone buildings, and several ancient looking ones, of wood. Trees are planted on the ramparts, but the view is not very

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