The Garden of Hyères. A description of the most southern point of the French Riviera.

  • Smith, Adolphe.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Garden of Hyères. A description of the most southern point of the French Riviera. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    on this score. The real advantage to be derived from the Calais-Douvres ” will be experienced when the sea is slight. Then delicate persons and bad sailors may cross with impunity. They would be ill in a smaller and less steady vessel even when the sea is almost calm; but in the twin-ship, the greater comfort, the freedom from overcrowding and bad ventilation combined with the absence of motion enable them to cross the dreaded channel without any objectionable consequences. Unfortunately the “Calais-Douvres” is so huge a vessel and the cost of setting her in motion so great, that it does not pay to work the ship unless there is a considerable number of travellers; hence the vessel does not run in winter. As, how- ever, persons who are ordered to winter in the South on account of their health,should leave England before November, and not return till after the beginning of April, they will still be able to profit by this new and excellent ship. i Paris once reached, the question arises whether it is expedient to travel straight on to Hyeres without halting on the road. The quickest train leaves Paris at 7.15. p.m., and reaches Hyeres station at 1.26. p.m., next day. If there beany question of travel- ling second or third class, a slower train must be taken and the necessity of a break on the journey becomes the more imperative. In fact,if possibles day or two of rest at Lyons and at Marseilles would render the journey far more enjoyable; only invalids travelling late in the season must be on their guard against the treacherous, dangerous climate, of damp, cold, foggy Lyons. OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS. From Paris to Lyons the scenery is not of a very striking description; but there are some points well worth noting. Not to mention the immediate outskirts of Paris, that recall the historic days of the great siege; Matsons Alfort, where the French often fought; Villeneuve St. Georges, one of the advance posts of the German cordon; the forts of Charenton and Ivry frowning on either side of the line, the train soon nears the