Nice and its climate : with notices of the coast from Marseilles to Genoa / by Edwin Lee ; translated from the French, with additional observations on the influence of climate on pulmonary consumption.

  • Lee, Edwin, -1870.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Nice and its climate : with notices of the coast from Marseilles to Genoa / by Edwin Lee ; translated from the French, with additional observations on the influence of climate on pulmonary consumption. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    THE BHONFi. SteaiTiers leave early in tlie morning, and likewise in the middle of the day, for Valence, arriving in five or six hours. The railroad will, in the course of the present year, be com- pleted from Lyons to Avignon ; it has just been opened between Valence and the last- named town, though, as but twelve hours are required for the descent by steamboat from Lyons, many persons will doubtless prefer this mode of travelling, in order to enjoy the scenery, which is interesting, and in some parts resembles that of the Rhine below Mayence, the banks being disposed in terraces for the cultivation of the vine, and picturesque vuins ever and anon crowning the summit or occupy- ing the acclivity of an eminence. Above. Valence, and especially between Lyons and Vienne, the country is very fertile. On ad- vancing southwards, however, its character is changed, approximating more to the aridity of Provence, and a marked change is likewise perceptible in the climate. The river is crossed by munerous suspension bridges, the only stone bridge, which is of great antiquity, being at St. Esprit. From the rapidity of the current at this point, accidents were formerly not of unfrequent occiirrence ; and when the steamers are delayed so much as not to be able to pass the bridge by daylight, they always remain the night at St. Esprit, on account of the difficulty of the navigation, especially when the water is