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from fire that calls for plenty of open space ; nor even the need of 

 light, it is the frame of the picture. I think no one will dispute 

 with me that the people of the ancient city of Marseilles have not 

 only fine buildings, but they are beautifully framed. 



The Palais Lougchamp (Fig. 91) contains not only a fine 

 museum of natural history (and Marseilles is a port to which many 

 such specimens come), but also the civic art gallery. Both are 

 open free every day, except Mondays and Fridays, from 9 to 12 and 



92. CHATEAU BORELV ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. 



from 2 to 4 in winter, and 5 in summer. A beatiful park contains 

 the Chateau Borely (Fig. 92) in which is the civic archaeological 

 museum. Right in the city it affords a delightful promenade to 

 those who are not attracted by the interest of the collections ex- 

 hibited in the museum. Surely Marseilles is to be congratulated 

 on these two institutions. 



On July 28th w r e were in Monte Carlo early in the afternoon. 

 At that season this usually gay town was as quiet as a New Eng- 

 land town on Sunday. Shops were closed for the season, and the 

 hotels seemed empty, but the gardens were as beautiful as if crowds 

 were there to admire them, and the glimpses of the Mediterranean 

 prepared us for the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco which was 

 the object of our visit to this part of France. It was visible from 

 our hotel at Monte Carlo and early Monday morning we drove to 

 that marble palace. [ 2 53] 



