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celebrated for their beauty, but we could not visit 
them. Next day avery bad road led us to Bri- 
gancienes, most beautifully situated in a valley ; 
and after dinner we rode through one of the most 
picturesque countries I ever saw: woods of pines, 
thickets of myrtle, aloes, cistus, rosemary, noble 
cascades of every varied form, all combined to de- 
light and surprise us. The following day dined at 
Brignolle, famous for the Prunes de Brignolle, 
which we have corrupted into Prunellas; and the 
same night arrived at Cottignac, where we went on 
purpose to see Monsieur Gerard, one of the most 
famous European botanists of the Linnzan school, 
author of the Flora Gallo-Provincialis. He re- 
ceived us in the most polite manner, and devoted 
the next day entirely to us; gave me copies of two 
letters of Linnzus to him, with leave to publish 
them, as well as his to Linneus. I learnt a great 
many things from him, and we settled a plan of 
future correspondence. November 13th, slept at 
Draguinan, and next day at Frejus, where are re- 
mains of a Roman amphitheatre, and of a very no- 
ble aqueduct. 15th, our road lay over a very high 
mountain, from the top of which we had the finest 
and most extensive prospect I ever beheld. Frejus, 
at our feet, was almost imperceptible; on one side 
was the beautiful Mediterranean quite calm; on the 
other, hills rising o’er hills, clothed with myrtle, 
juniper, and pines, (not nasty black Scotch pines) ; 
and beyond all, the Alps of Piedmont covered with 
snow, and glittering in the sun. Towards evening 
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