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At 4 miles east, are the Gothic remains of a Church, on the site of the abbey, founded 684, by St. Wandrille, kinsman of Clovis, and called Fontenelle, but burnt in 1230. Theodoric, son of the last Merovingian king, died here. The buildings round it are used for a cotton factory. St. Saturnin's little Norman chapel is near; and there was another, Caillouville, so full of statues that it was called the "gathering of paradise." Across the river (4 kil. south), in Brotonne forest, is the old château of Meilleraye, or Meslerèe, seat of Madame de Mortemarte. At 4 kil. south-west of Caudebec, is the pretty village of Villequier, and its spire Church, in a gap of the river.]

Motteville (5 miles), in the wide and fertile plain of the Pays de Caux, or Vexin Normand, as it was called, was the seat of Madame de Motteville, who wrote the Memoirs of Anne of Austria. Coaches go to Yerville, St. Laurent, Luneray (35 kil.), on one road; and to Doudeville and St. Valery-en-Caux (38 kil.) on another.

Leaving this, you come to Flamanville tunnel, 541 feet long, the first of a series between this and Rouen. Then

Pavilly (7 miles), up the Austreberthe, in a pretty spot, has an old château, Esneval, of the 13th century (now a cotton work), and a church, in which the first wife of Diane de Poictiers' husband is buried. Population 3,160.

[At 15 kil. south-south-east, are the fine Norman ruins of the abbey church of Jumièges, founded 661, by St. Philibert, and rebuilt in the 11th century. It has two conspicuous towers over the west front, and parts of the central towers, &c. To this abbey the Confessor sent Harold to renew his promise of the kingdom to William. Charles VII. was here when his mistress, Agnes Sorel, died at Mesnil château (3 miles south-east) now a farmhouse, near the river, opposite Mauny forest.] Barentin (1 mile) lower down the Austreberthe (which falls into the Seine at Duclair cliffs, 11 kil. south-south-west, in the forest of le Trait-to which a coach runs) has some cotton works, and a population of 3,070. Beyond this is a great viaduct, on twenty-seven arches, 108 feet high, 1,640 feet long, as rebuilt by the contractors, after

a fall in 1846. To this succeeds the tunnel of Nôtre Dame des Champs, 7,218 feet long (under Poville hill); then a cutting 105 feet deep, in some parts; and at length,

Malaunay (5 miles) and its viaduct, at the junction with the Dieppe line (see Route 8) which comes down the valley of the Cailly.

ROUTE 10-A.

Paris to St. Cloud and Versailles. This is one of the three or four Lignes de Banlieue, or short lines, in the environs of Paris, which branch out of the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest. For the short line to Sceaux, see Route 34. See also, BRADSHAW's Guide to Paris,

By rail to Versailles (rive droite, i.e., right or north bank of the Seine, opened 1839), and St. Germain (opened 1839), 35 minutes past every hour, from the terminus, Rue St. Lazare. Omnibuses meet all the trains. Distance to Versailles, 23 kil. or 14 miles; to St. Germain, 18 kil. or 11 miles. The stations to Versailles are:

Asnières, Courbevoie,

Puteaux,

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Sèvres, Ville d'Avray, Versailles. Asnières, as in Route 8.

Courbevoie (at the bridge to Villiers), has a large barrack and a church, rebuilt 1789. Population, 5,100. The Marquis de Fontanes' seat is one of the best about here. Here Francis II. and Marie Stuart parted. A little further on, over the river (here crossed by Peronnet's beautiful stone bridge, built 1772, 750 feet long, of five arches, each 120 feet span) is Neuilly (see Route 10-C.)

Puteaux, on the border of the Seine, has a population of 4,350.

Suresnes, in a pretty spot. Population, 3,200. Its vines and roses were at one time equally celebrated. In front is Mont Calvaire, or Valerian, 590 feet above sea level. A suspension bridge crosses the Seine to the Longchamps walk in the Bois de Boulogne.

St. Cloud, on a well-wooded hill side, close to the Seine (by which steamers come up), in a charming spot, is so called after Clovis's grandson, St Clodoald, who was murdered here. It was burnt by the English, 1358; here Henry III. was

assassinated, 1389; and Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I., died here, 1670, in great poverty.

The Palace, built 1572, by Gondy, a banker, having been bought by Louis XIV., was given to his brother, the Duke of Orléans, and rebuilt by Mansard, &c. It makes three sides of a square, with a principal front of 170 feet long, and had many painted and gilt saloons full of pictures, statuary, Sèvres china, tapestry, &c., most of which was ruined, 1870, when the Palace was set fire to by the French to prevent its occupation by the Germans. Louis XVI. gave it to his queen; Bonaparte, when consul, carried out the revolution of 18 Brumaire (10th November, 1799,) here; the capitulation of Paris was here signed, 1815, when it was occupied by Blücher; and hence Charles X. issued the famous ordonnances against the press, 1830, which ended in another revolution. It was one of the principal residences of the Emperor Napoléon.

The private grounds and Grand Park were laid out by Le Nôtre, and are open to the public. In the latter, are the water-works and cascades, with a jet d'eau, rising 140 feet, and Napoléon's Lantern of Diogenes, a copy of that at Athens, whence there is a fine prospect. A three weeks' fête is held in September. The unfinished church has two paintings. A fourteen-arch bridge leads over to Boulogne, in the Bois or wood of which the English encamped, 1815. It is noted for its duels, races, its new waterfall, and the Longchamps promenade. A tunnel under the park opens out,

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Sèvres on the left, near the bridge, towards Passy. It was founded 560, and has a population of 6,330, with a church full of new stained windows, and the government factory of porcelain, or Sèvres china, established 1755. The show rooms are open daily; there is also a fine museum of china, pottery, &c., of all ages and countries, to be seen, by order. The line here runs close to the rive gauche, or south-bank line, past

Ville d'Avray, Chaville, Grand Montreuil (where Gen. Hoche was born), to the main line of the Chemin de l'Ouest at

Viroflay, leaving the old line to go on to the terminus in Rue Duplessis, at

Versailles (see Route 15),

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Asniéres, as in Route 8. The small branch to Argenteuil (Route 8) turns off before Colombes (department Seine) where our present branch turns off from the Rouen line. Coaches to Bézons, Houilles.

Nanterre was the birth-place of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, and is noted for its sausages and cakes. The rest of the line to St. Germain is worked on the atmospheric plan, by two fixed engines here, and others at Châtou and St. Germain.

Rueil (department Seine-et-Oise) to the left, has a large barrack, and a church, partly as old as the 13th century, in which are monuments of Josephine and her daughter, Hortense; the latter placed here by her son, the Emperor Napoléon. Population, 5,000.

Malmaison, the favourite seat of Napoléon and Josephine (who died in it, 1814), now belongs to Queen Christina. It is a plain building, and includes Napoléon's library and cabinet (near the lodge), in which he was nearly captured, 1815, by Blücher's cavalry, but his guards having time to break down the wooden bridge of Châtou, he fled to Rochefort. Coach to Bougival (5 kil. south) near La Jouchère château, once the seat of Louis Bonaparte and Count Bertrand. At La Celle-St. Cloud is the château, given by Louis XV. to Madame de Pompadour, with that of Beauregard, in a fine spot, on a hill.

Châtou, in Vesinet wood, where the railway crosses the Seine, resting on Ile Chiard, is to the right. To the left are Croissy and Les Gabillons, Coaches to Le Pecq and Neauphile-le-Château. [Beyond (across the river) are seen the Port Marly waterworks, and aqueduct, on 36 arches, 2,165 feet long, 70 feet high, erected at great cost, for supplying Versailles. The viaduct

strikes towards Louveciennes on the hill side, and Maisons pavilion, which belonged to Madame du Barri. Louis XIV.'s seat at Marly was pulled down at the Revolution.] Vesinet. Here a short branch turns off to Le Pecq bridge, opposite St. Germain, but the main line goes round by another bridge to the old palace. ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, or ST. GERMAINS, 18 kil. west of Paris, in a healthy spot on the slope of a hill, is celebrated for its royal Château, begun by Louis-le-Jeune, 1143, but rebuilt and enlarged by Francis I. and Louis XIV., who was born here; as were Henry II. and Charles IX. It was the residence of Mary Stuart (in her youth), Henry IV., and of James II. of England, who died here, 1701, and was buried in the Italian church, which contains a monument to him by George IV. It is a large heavy pile; and after being used as a barrack and military school, is now turned into a military penitentiary. James's body having been

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embalmed had been removed to the convent of English Bernardines at Paris for interment in England, when the sans culottes, at the Revolution, broke open the coffin, but it was at length safely restored to St. Germains, where it now lies. noble shaded terrace, begun by Henry IV., is above 100 feet broad, and 7,870 feet long, and commands a fine prospect. The forest to the north was called Laia when the monastery of St. Germain was founded in the 11th century. It covers 8,000 acres, and two fairs are held in it-one near the Château des Loges. La Muette pavilion is used for a racing stud, under the management of Prince, of Newmarket.

Population, 13,500. Many English live here. Church Service on Sunday.

Good hotels, but all dear. Café du Pavillon d'Henri IV.

Coaches to Marly, Maule, Meulan, Poissy. At Cambourcy (2 kil.), near Marly forest, are some fine chestnuts, and the domain of Ketz, called the Desert.

ROUTE 10-C.

(Lignes de Banlieue.)

Paris to Auteuil.

skirting the inner side of the fortifications. Embar-
cadère in Rue St. Lazare; trains every half-hour.
The stations are-

Les Batignolles, Neuilly (Porte Maillot), Passy,
Courcelles, Avenue de l'Impératrice, Auteuil.

At Auteuil it connects with the Chemin de Ceinture, or circular line of Paris, which unites all the stations, and passes from Auteuil to Pont du Jour, Montrouge, Bel Air, Menilmontant, Avenue de Clichy, &c., round to Batignolles, a circuit of more than 24 miles, within the fortifications. It leaves the main line close to the Entrepôt.

Les Batignolles, near the Barrière de Clichy and Parc des Monceaux, a flat spot now largely built on, with a population of nearly 30,000. Omnibuses, called "Batignolles," run to the Palais Royal.

Courcelles, a suburban village.

Neuilly, or Porte Maillot, near the Avenue de Neuilly, outside the Triumphal Arch and Champs Élysées. The avenue leads to Château de Neuilly, the favourite seat of Louis Philippe, much injured by the mob in 1848. It was built 1755, by Comte d'Argenson, in the Italian style; and, at various times, was inhabited by Talleyrand, Princess The house and Borghese, and Prince Murat. grounds were beautifully laid out by the king, who was offered the crown here, 1830. A pillar marks where he was shot at just before that event. A bridge crosses the Seine. Nearer Paris, outside the triumphal arch, is a Chapel, on the spot where his son, the Duke of Orléans, was killed, when driving to the Château, 13th July, 1842. It contains two statues by his sister, Marie of Würtemburg.

The Bois de Boulogne lies beyond the fortifications, and is a pleasant spot, ornamented with trees, several pieces of water, with a waterfall, &c. There was once a cell here to Nôtre Dame, of Boulogne-on-the-Sea, from which the name is derived. It contains

Longchamp promenade, near the Seine. Before the Revolution there was an abbey close to Suresnes, founded by St. Louis's sister, Isabelle, which the ladies of Louis XIV.'s court used to attend in Passion Week; and hence arose the custom of appearing here in gay equipages at that time of

A line about 3 miles long, out of the Rouen line, the year, when the spring fashions appear,

Avenue de l'Impératrice (or Avenue Bois de Boulogne), near the Porte Dauphine.

Passy, on the slope of a hill by the Seine, is celebrated for its residents. Franklin lived here, 1788, and gives name to a street; also Abbé Raynal who died here, 1796; the Comte d'Estaing, who fought with Rodney; and Piccini and Bellini, the composers. It has a Ranelagh Garden, near the site of La Muette Château, and a good iron spa, which is useful in indigestion, &c. An omnibus runs to the Palais Royal. Population, 5,200.

Auteuil, near Bois de Boulogne, &c., was the favourite residence of Bileau, Molière, Racine, Lafo: taine, Condorcet, Helvetius, Count Romford, and others. Boileau's house is still shown in the sixth street, to the left, from the church, on the St. Cloud road. A château occupies the site of Molière's. The spire church of the 12th century

has the tomb of Nicolai; and there is a pillar to Chancellor d'Aguesseau in the Place. Population, 4,300.

St. Cloud lies across the Bois de Boulogne. Sèvres is also near at hand A steamer from Pont Royal touches here.

ROUTE 11.

Paris to Mantes, Evreux, Caen, and
Cherbourg.

By rail, opened throughout in 1858; 230 miles. Two or three trains daily, 10 hours to 13 hours. A single line of rail for the most part. To

[PACY-SUR-EURE (6 kil.), a decayed town on the Eure, once fortified, and given up by Richard I., with other places, as a ransom, to Philippe Auguste, 1196. Its church is ancient. About 20 kil. south, higher up the river, is the battle field of Ivry (see Route 8).]

A tunnel, of 978 feet, opens on a fine panorama, in the centre of which, 10 miles further, stands

EVREUX,

67 miles from Paris.

HOTEL.-Du Grand Cerf (Stag).

OBJECTS OF NOTICE.-Cathedral-St. Taurin's Church-Belfry Tower-Bishop's Palace. Population, 12,270. Capital of department Eure, seat of a diocese, &c., and once the head of a county, which in Norman times gave name to the D'Evreux, or Devereux family (now represented by Lord Hereford) in England. It stands in a hollow, among orchards and gardens, on an island made by the Iton. The old Roman town of Aulerei Eburovices (of which name the present is a corruption), was at Vieil Evreux (9 miles off), where pieces of an aqueduct, baths, &c., have been found. The present town was burnt or harassed many times between 1119 and 1441, when it was finally taken from the English by the French. It has good walks, broad streets, and several old-fashioned houses of wood and plaster.

The Cathedral is cross-shaped, and in various styles, from Norman downwards, to the 16th century, the oldest part being that built by Henry I., of

Mantes, as in Route 8, descending the Seine, England. It has a tower of about 260 feet, a good 35 miles. A buffet; wait 20 minutes.

Hotels.-Grand Cerf; De la Chasse Royal. Leaving the main line, with the Forest and Château de Rosny (once Sully's seat), to the east, our line passes through Boissy-Mauvoisin tunnel, 2,282 feet long, to

Breval (8 miles), near the wood of that name, and the river Randon, which it crosses several times, and then reaches

Bueil (6 miles), on the Eure, which gives name to the department we here enter, a part of Normandy.

Boisset-Pacy (6 miles) station, is properly Boisset-les-Prévanges, from which there is a coach to Passy,

north portal, and Lady chapel, with the rose and other windows beautifully stained, besides some good carving in the choir.

St. Taurin's Church (which was part of an abbey founded in the 7th century, and now a priest's seminary), has a very ancient specimen of the Byzantine style (like the Norman) in the south transept, and the saint's curious chasse, or ornamented shrine, as old as the 13th century. St. Gille's old church is now used as a stable. The Tour de l'Horloge, or belfry, was built 1472-97, by Pierre Moteau; it is 144 feet high, to the top of the spire, and has been partly restored. Two inscriptions in black letters are traced on it. Other buildings are the préfecture (over the hospital), the

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