4 the new prison of St. Joseph, and the Abattoir, at Perrache. Here, also, is the Artillery Arsenal, built -1840-50, by Baltard, on the banks of the Saône, a large establishment, where everything necessary for 'an army is made. The corn and wine markets are also worth notice, as well as the large hotel des monnaies (or mint), in the old Ursuline convent, and the Manutention Civile, near St. André's Church, in the Guillotière. This last is an institution peculiarly French, for regulating the price of bread. Of institutions for promoting science, &c., there are the Academies of sciences, belles lettres and arts; agricultural, Linnæan, and medical societies. There is also a Condition des Soies, or test house for silk, in Rue Polycarpe, first established by the Republic. On Quai de Flandres, or Bourgneuf, is a wooden figure, placed there in 1849, replacing an older one, of the Homme de la Roche, in honour of Jean Cléberger, a benefactor of the town. A tour de la belle Allemande (tower of the beautiful German) at Rochette, opposite Vacques, is said to commemorate his wife. The faubourg de Serin is the dépôt for Beaujolais wines. Further up the Saône, in a charming spot, is Ile Barbe, an island covered with trees and the buildings of St. André's old abbey, Charlemagne's house (?), a church, &c., and joined to the main land by suspension bridges. The Lyonnais always visit this at Easter and Whitsuntide. At Fort de la Motte, on the east side of the Rhône, . Henry IV. was married to Marie de Medici. The ROUTE 20-Continued. Lyons to Avignon, Marseilles, and Toulon The main line, opened throughout in 1856, runs close to the east side of the Rhône, in the direction of the high road, and generally within sight of the river. The St. Étienne line follows the west bank as far as Givors. The Rhône is navigable with difficulty above Lyons, but the descent is easy and rapid, though obstructed by sand banks. To Avignon (about 150 or 160 miles), 9 hours is allowed; but to ascend it, against the cur rent, takes 45 hours; a barge takes 14 days. A number of suspension bridges cross this beautiful stream, which flows with a rapid winding course, and a breadth nearly uniform, to Avignon, between hills covered with corn-fields, vineyards, and mulberry-trees. and often crowned by the picturesque remains of many old feudal castles. Many parts of it resemble in character the Lower Rhine. It divides the departments of Isère, Drome, and Vaucluse, from those of Ardèche and Gard, which were formerly comprised in the provinces of Dauphiné, Vivarais, &c. From the station in Cours Napoléon, the line crosses the Rhône to the suburb of La Guillotière, St. Foy and its heights are perceived in the west, crowded with country seats. The first station out of Lyons is St. Fons (31 miles) or St. Fond. Feysin (3 miles) or Feyzin, opposite Irigny, is seat of the Comtesse de Brison-Chaponay, whom Fountain of Rozet, near Roche Cardon, in the neigh-the first village in Dauphiny, and has a college and a bourhood, stands in a wood, which Rousseau used to frequent. On a little brook behind St. Foy, are remains of a Roman aqueduct. Pavements, &c., are occasionally found; one as late as 1843, in Rue Jarente. Some of the eminent natives of Lyons are the emperors Caracalla and Claudius; Germanicus; St. Ambrose; Philibert de l'Orme and Perrache, the architects; Coustou and Lemot, the sculptors; Jussieu, the botanist; Louise Labé, or la belle Cordière, a poetess of the time of Francis I.; Bichât, the surgeon; Mad. Récamier; Roland, the Girondist minister; J. B. Say; Jacquard, buried in Oullins church; Marshal Suchet, &c. Herod, the tetrach, was banished to Lyons by Caligula, A.D. 43. Josephine and her daughter visited here, before the Revolution. Its Gothic church is modern. Guillaume de Peyrat, almoner to Henry IV., was a native. naison, which has a Roman miliary, or mile-stone. Near this, on the Rhône, is SOLAISE, opposite Verstanding on the ancient way to Vienne, with the figures, VII., on it. [ST. SYMPHORIEN D'OZON, two miles south-east of Solaise, contains part of an old castle of the counts of Savoy, who fortified the town in 1200.} château which belonged to Marshal Bourg, of the Serezin (31 miles), near which is TERNAY, with a time of Louis XIV., and St. Mayeul's Romanesque priory church, founded in the 12th cent., but much disfigured. It stands opposite to Grigny on the west bank. Through a valley which hides the river, to Chasse (3 miles), having regular communication with Givors station on the west bank. It stands opposite Ile Blanche and other islands in the river. Chasse or Seyssuel, as it was called, gave name to the Saxeolum wines, of which Pliny speaks. There are corn market, two hospices, &c. with a house in the ruins of a château of the Vienne archbishops. Estressin (5 miles). Close to the next station, Vienne, there is a tunnel of 2,640 feet, and a viaduct over the Gère, on two arches of 52 feet span, with another on 35 arches, over the port, at its mouth. Vienne (1 miles). Hotels.-Du Nord; De la Table Ronde. AT OBJECTS OF NOTICE.-Museum-Temple of Augustus-Arcade du Forum-Aiguille-Aqueduct Cathedral-Church of St. André le Bas. This very old town, a sous-préfecture in department Isère, and once the seat of a diocese, is at the Gère's mouth, at the suspension bridge to St. Colombe, in an amphitheatre of vine-covered hills. The Gère turns many mills for linen, cotton, iron, paper, glass, hemp, &c. It was the Vienna Allobrogum, or chief town of the Allobroges, and came to be an important Roman city, " "pulchra Vienna," of Martial, "Vienna opulenta," of Ausonius; but declined after the Burgundian kings sold it to the archbishops. Traces of Roman works are left on Mont Pipet, Mont Arnauld, Mont Salomont, &c.; the last having remains of a middle-age castle. The Musée, where many Roman marbles, inscriptions, &c., are collected, was itself a temple to Augustus and Livia, afterwards used as a church; it is something like the Maison Carée at Nismes; was restored in 1858, and contains also a library of 6,500 vols. Near the theatre is an ancient portico, now called the arche de triomphe, or Arcade du Forum. Its principal arch is 49 feet by 25. Outside the Porte d'Avignon, is the Plan de l'Aiguille (needle), a pillar of unknown history, 52 feet high, composed of a quadrangular pyramid, resting on four open arches, with Corinthian pillars at the corners. It is usually called Pilate's Tomb. Remains of quays on the river, of aqueducts, of an amphitheatre, &c., have been noticed. The large Cathedral church of St. Maurice, near the river, is partly of the 11th and 12th cents., the latest addition being in 1515; it has two towers, a sculptured portal, approached by 22 steps, and a balustrade, a high vault on 49 pillars, a tomb of Bozon, King of Arles (1200), a fine altar by Sloozt, &c. In 1312, a council met here by order of Philippe le Bel, to pronounce against the Knights Templars. Renaissance style, in Rue Marchande. Archelaus was banished from Judea to Vienne, by Augustus, in the year 9, A.D.; and to this place also, Pontius Pilate was banished, by Tiberius, about 38, A.D. It became the seat of one of the earliest Christian churches, in Gaul. The new quay is about 1,600 yards long; steamers run hence to Lyons, besides those from Avignon, which touch here. At Pont l'Evêque, on the Gère, lead mines are worked. The road to Grenoble is 86 kil., by way of La Détourbe, La Frette, &c. Opposite Vienne are ST. COLOMBE and ST. ROMAINEN-GAL, both abounding in Roman traces, which turn up now and then. Three Roman bridges, they say, at one time joined St. Colombe to Vienne; it was afterwards noted for its religious houses. In the Cordeliers' convent, which still exists, Philippe le Bel and Philippe de Valois staid at their visits to Vienne, 1312 and 1343. Further south is ST. CYR, nearly opposite to the old church of Notre Dame de l'Ile, which belonged to a priory of the 12th cent., the cloisters of which are standing. The line deserts the river for several stations from Vienne. The next to it is Vaugris (3 miles), to the north-west of which, across the river, is AMPUIS, which was known as Ampucius in the 6th cent., and has a seat of the old family of Maugiron. The red wines of Côte Rotie begin here, and at Tapin (1 mile further); and it is known also for its apricots and melons. The Côte Rotie vineyards, first planted, they say, by the Emperor Probus, extend to St. Péray, near Valence. Mont Pilas in the distance (south-west), 3,500 feet high, is round topped, and frequently covered with snow. Les Roches (4) miles), near the villages of Auberive, Clonas, &c., has a pop. of 2,000 souls. From it a road leads by a suspension bridge to CONDRIEU, on the west bank, noted for its white wines, which rival champagne. Its pop. (4,000) are hardy Rhône sailors and bargemen. It was founded by Archbishop Reynaud in the 12th cent., and gave origin to the families of Cardinal d'Arces and Marshal Villers. St. Pierre and Limony, further on, are also known for their wines. begins. Le Peage de Roussillon (5 miles), has a château, in which Charles IX ordered the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar. Here, according to a St. André-le-Bas Church, which was partly made | common belief, the real "climate of the South" out of a Roman temple, was the burial place of the Burgundian kings, as far back as 993; it has a light, Romanesque tower, and some ancient cloisters. There are remains of St. Pierre's monastery, founded in the sixth cent. ; also an old college of the Jesuits, a Salaise (2) miles). On the west bank, is Servières, which had the misfortune to be ravaged by the cholera in 1832, and the floods of 1840-1. It has a good trade in wine and timber. A suspension bridge joins it to SABLONS, a place in department Isère, which has an old château, and Peyraud on the west, opposite the little river Dolon, which runs up to Charnas. St. Rambert (22 miles) close to the river, again. Here the branch line to Grenoble, of the Dauphiny Company, turns off. [It was opened 1858. Distance, 56 miles; five trains a day, 3 to 3 hours. The stations are as follows:Beaurepaire (12 miles). La Cote St. Andre (10 miles). St. Etienne de St. Geoirs (4 miles). Rives (3 miles). Here the road from Bourgoin Moirans (4 miles). Here, orat Voreppe, con- St. Robert (7 miles). Then Between St. Rambert and the next station is CHAMPAGNE and its curious Romanesque church, half fortified, once part of a Benedictine abbey, founded by the Dauphins, and built out of a Roman temple. It is covered with quaint carvings. Andancette (31⁄2 miles), which has a tower of the old counts of Grésivaudan, is brought into communication (by a suspension bridge) with ANDANCE on the west, which was ravaged by both sides, in the religious wars of 1575. It stands among vineyards. The Roman Figline is near this, as proved by traces of a bridge, aqueduct, &c. Coach to Annonay. [ANNONAY (26 kil. south-west), an old town in the Ardèche, among rocks, and on the Déone, where the Canse joins it, is the Roman Annoneum, and is noted for the manufacture of gloves, excellent paper, and white silk. Mulberry trees are planted all round it, and both rivers are lined with factories; some belonging to the Montgolfiers, of the same family as the brothers Joseph and Stephen (natives), who went up in their first balloon here, 5th June, 1783. An obelisk to their honour stands in Grand Place. It has a suspension bridge, and a library of 12,000 volumes. Pop. 13,220. Boissy The factories for preparing glove skins occupy pared annually, of which one-half are sent to Hotels.-Du Midi; du Nord.] Before the next station you pass near Ponsas, an the ruined tower of Château Pilate, so called after Pontius Pilate, who, they say, drowned himself here after his banishment to Vienne. St. Vallier (4 miles), at the Galaure's mouth, a place of 3,000 souls, who make silk and pottery. It has a Roman pillar, and belonged to the brother of Diane de Poictiers, whose Gothic château, on the cliffs, with large gardens laid out by Le Nôtre, is now the seat of M. de Chabrillan. The old château des Rioux, to the north, is used as a factory for chemicals; that of St. Barthélemy de Vals, up the Galaure, stands most picturesquely over a narrow gap, called Rochetaillée. A suspension bridge leads over to Sarras; and thence a road goes to Annonay. Hotels.-Post; Grand Sauvage. Serves (3 miles), opposite Arras. The scenery improves in character, and the Dauphiny Alps appear. Soon after we pass Crozes, standing behind the Coteau (hill) de l'Hermitage, where the famous Hermitage wine is grown, so called from a hermit's cell at the top. Tain (5 miles) is the Roman Teyna, and has, in the Place du Taurobole, an altar, found in the 16th cent., at the top of the Coteau de l'Hermitage, just mentioned. Trade in wine, silk, grain, &c. Pop., 3,000. The church was part of the Benedictine priory in which Charles the Dauphin was married to Jeanne de Bourbon, 1350. Excellent grey granite is quarried at Pierre Aiguillon. Two suspension bridges cross the river. Conveyances to Tournon and Romans. [TOURNON, on the west side of the Rhône, below the Doux's mouth, is a sous-préfecture in department Ardèche, and has at the Mairie remains of the old Castle of the Comtes de Tournon (one of the most ancient names in French history), and the Ducs de Soubise. Cardinal Tournon, prime minister under Francis I. and three other kings, whose life was written by Henry Terna, a native of this town, founded a College here, 1542. It was the first held by the Jesuits, in France, attracted many scholars, and was not given up till 1766. It is now a Lycée, surrounded by fine gardens. The castle is near the two suspension bridges to Tain, one of which, built 1825, by M. Seguin, is the oldest in the country. Pop., 4,870. Hotels.-De l'Assurance; du Louvre, A road from here to St. Agréve and Le Puy. ROMANS (18 kil. east), in a pretty spot on the Isère, across which is a stone bridge to Péage, i. e. a ferry. It was founded in the 9th cent., and has parts of its old walls left, with a church of the 10th cent. Here Humbert II., the last native dauphin, made over his dominions to Philippe of France, 1349. Pop., 10,000. Tanning in various forms is the chief employment, and it is also noted for its wine, truffles, liqueurs, &c. At 12 kil. further is LES FAURIS, where a road turns off by the suspension-bridge over the Isère, on to Pont-en-Royans, so called after a bridge, said to be Roman, thrown across the torrent of the Bourne. About 16 miles to the south-east, is the castle of La Chartronnière, in the beautiful alpine valley of St. Jean-en-Royans.] La Roche de Glun (5) miles), opposite Glun, in Ardèche, carries on a trade in wine, wax, shot for sportsmen. &c., and is named after a rock, crowned by the old castle of a feudal seigneur, who used to take toll of passers by. Pop., 2,100. Cross the Isère, which passes Châteauneuf a little above and joins the Rhône opposite Chateaubourg, so called after a château, lately restored, and once held by Barac de Pierregourde, who figures in the civil disputes of this part. Mont Blanc (80 miles off) may be seen here in clear weather. Cornas, a little further south, is noted for its red wines. Beyond it are the heights of St. Péray and its old castle. These give name to a variety of the Côte Rotie wines, the district of which terminates here. Cross the Isère by a handsome viaduct, the centre arch 118 feet wide. At 5 miles from La Roche is VALENCE. A buffet 65 miles from Lyons, 1531 from Marseilles. The cafés are in Place d'Orléans, &c. Chief town of department Drôme (in the old province of Valentinois in Lower Dauphiné), seat of a diocese, &c., and of an artillery school, where Napoleon studied, 1785. It stands on the east bank of the Rhône, here crossed by a large suspension bridge, built 1828, which offers an extensive prospect. It was the capital of the Sigalauni, called Valentia by the Romans, who have left remains of pavements, &c. Like other old places, it suffered from the Visigoths, Huns, and subsequent invaders. After being held by the bishops as a county, it became the head of a duchy, which was united to the French crown under Charles VII. Protestantism took root here from the first; so that in the religious wars, the Baron des Adrets made it his head-quarters, after slaying the Roman Catholic governor at his own door. Here, also, Pius VI. died a prisoner, 1799, at the Hôtel du Gouvernement. The streets are narrow and dirty. Parts of the old fortifications are left, having their bastions on the town side, and so placed, it is said, by Francis I., to overawe the citizens. The Citadel commands a view of St. Péray Castle, and the mountains of Vivarais opposite. Another view is to be had from the Polygon, or Champ de Mars. In Place des Clercs stands a bronze monument to General Championnet, a native. Nearthis, in Grande Rue, you see M. Auriel's library, a curious half Gothic house, called Maison des Tétes, with statues, heads, and other carvings, about it. Bonaparte lived at No. 4, in the same street. St. Apollinaire's Cathedral, having been often burnt and restored, is a mixture of various styles (beginning with Romanesque), between 1098 and 1604. It is now in the hands of restorers. It is marked by a tall square clock tower, burnt 1822, and rebuilt 1838; and holds a marble cenotaph to Pope Pius VI., with his heart and a bust by Canova, besides a painting of St. Sebastian, by Carracci, &c. Among the side chapels is that called the Pendentif Chapel, a small square building, with a hanging vault on four piers, built 1548, by Canon Mistral, in the Renaissance style, and having the arms, &c., of his family, with many good carvings. The bishop's palace is ancient A handsome palais de justice was built, 1826. The public library contains 22,000 vols.; there are a Gothic theatre, baths, &c. One of the Scaligers was, by some accounts, professor of the university here, before its removal to Grenoble. About 1661, Racine, in a letter to la Fontaine, says, that when he travelled south of Lyons, the Provençal patois prevailed to such a degree, that he could neither understand the people, nor make himself intelligible to them. The women are rather noticeable for their good looks and liveliness. L. Joubert, the physician, and Comte de Montalivet, were born here. Trade in silk gloves, Valence handkerchiefs, leather,wine, olive oil, &c. Conveyances by steam, up and down the Rhône, to Lyons, Avignon, &c.; by coach to St. Etienne, Grenoble, Privas (Route 29), Gap, St. Die, &c. [Valence to Gap, distance 142 kil., or 88 miles. LA PAILLASSE (9 kil.) down the Rhône. CREST (16 kil.), on the Drôme, the old capital of the Valentinois, under Roche Courbe hill, had a castle, which took part with the Albigenses against Simon de Montfort, of which there a fragments. Pop. 5,100. General Digonnet was SAILLANS (15 kil.), up the Drôme. About 13 kil. south is the picturesque hermitage of Félines, in a very solitary spot, reached by 50 steps in the rock. POULAIX (7 kil.) DIE (9 kil.), or St. Die, on the Drôme, a souspréfecture of 4,000 souls, among the mountains, was the Dea Vocontiorum of the Romans, who left some relics, which are collected at the old bishop's house. Porte St. Marcel, a triumphal arch, in the ancient walls on the Gap road, is worth notice. It was the head of the Diois comté, (joined to Dauphiny, 1189), and seat of a diocese till the time of Louis XIV., when the cathedral Church (ruined in the religious wars) was rebuilt; length 265 feet by 75 broad, without a single pillar. Trade in silk, oil, fruit, and excellent white wine, called Clairette de Die. Hotels.-St. Dominique; des Trois Faisans (Three Pheasants). In the neighbourhood are, Montagne de Glandasse (2,620 yards high), where the bear, chamois, white hare, &c., are found; But de St. Genie (1,650 yards); Montagne de Fordurles (near St. Julien, 10 kil. off), on which are a grotto and lake, where a June cattle fair is held; Montagne de Solore, and its grottoes; the Mont Inaccessible (10 kil.), which only the chamois can reach, but which a Sieur de Domjulien scaled, 1492. by the help of ropes, to please Charles VIII., and planted crosses on the top.-Bouvante, 20 kil. north-east, is a fine spot among the mountains of the Royanais, near the head of the Bourne. AIX (6 kil.), on the Drôme, where the Bes joins from above Chatillon, which has caves no one can descend, because of the carbonic acid gas given out. Luc (10 kil.), the ancient Lucus-August, has a Roman tomb for its public fountain. PAURIÈRES (10 kil.), still on the Drôme, is the only good pass through the mountains here. LA BAUME-DES-ARNAUDS (12 kil.), in department Hautes-Alpes, so called from a grotto near it, and a fine cascade, down which the water falls 70 or 80 feet. At 48 kil. further is GAP (see Route 25):] The beautiful suspension bridge, from Valence, leads over to Guilheraud, and the château de Crussol, the old ruined seat of Geraud Bastet, and his descendants, finely seated on a parapet of cliffs; the gables of its keep are called the Cornes de Crussol, by Rhône sailors. About 1 mile further is St. Peray, celebrated for its light, sparkling wine, and also for its stone quarries. In the latter, were found, in Louis the Dauphin's time, the bones of "a man 23 feet long;" most likely, a fossil of the saurian tribe. Beauregard château, which was a prison, is now turned into a wine store. Soyons, to the south, with three islands in front, has a slanting tower left of its old castle, and was once noted for an abbey, founded in the 12th cent., but moved to Valence. Islands begin to abound in the river from this point, and its banks become more irregular. Views of the Dauphiny Alps, on the east, and of the Cevennes mountains to the west, are obtained across the fertile plain, which borders the Rhône on both sides. Etoile (6 miles), opposite Ile St. Marcel. Pop. 3,300. Charmes, on the west of the Rhône, a little way up the small river Embroye, has, on the rocks behind it, the ruined chapel of a castle-one of the many which lined this river in feudal times. [BEAUCHÂTEL, (2 miles from this), on the river Eyrieux, is so called after a castle which belonged to the bishops of Valence, and has a wire suspension bridge across its little but rapid stream, which tumbles into the Rhône close by.] Livron (5 miles) is on the Drôme, which falls into the Rhône, 3 miles below. It stands on the Marseilles road, and has a population of 4,000, with some part of a château besieged by the Roman Catholic leader, Bellegarde, and demolished by Louis XIII. On the opposite bank of the Rhône stands La Voulte. [LA VOULTE, behind a group of islands, called Ile de Roussillon, de Tintebat, de la Baraque, &c. Pop. 2,000, engaged in the foundries, &c., which now occupy the rather fine remains of a Castle (called La Volta, in the romance language, because the Rhône turns round the rock it stands on), of the house of Levy and the princes of Rohan. There used to be in the old chapel a picture of the Virgin appearing to her relation, the ancestor of the Levys, as he stood with his cap in his hand. A label out of his mouth was inscribed, "Je vous salue, ma cousine" (I salute, you, cousin), to which she was made to answer," Couvrez vous, mon cousin" (Cover yourself, cousin!)] Cross the Drôme by a viaduct (below Boucher's bridge, constructed for the road), to Loriol (2 miles), which is chiefly supported by the carrying trade along this route. Pop. 3,580. It is the Roman Aureolum, founded, some say, by Aurelian. Faujas, the naturalist, died at his house of St. Fond |