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exacted payment from Italy for her help against the 

 Austrians, she grabbed too much. Mentone must 

 return to Italy. 



The natural frontier follows the line of water- 

 parting between the tributaries of the Paillon and of 

 the Vesubia on the west, and those of the Bevera 

 and of the Roya to the east. This line runs almost 

 due north from the Cap d'Ail (or Aglio) close to 

 Monaco, by the Tete de Chien, Turbie, Mts. Agel r 

 Baudon, and Ours, between Escarene and Sospello, 

 to the Carmette and the Aution ; thence to the crest 

 of the Alps, leaving to France the head- waters of the 

 Fenestra and Boreon torrents, which in fact can hardly 

 be approached from Italy. 



I find this confirmed by Francis Gal ton. It is 

 well known, he says, that when you cross the high 

 ground between Nice and Mentone, the country to 

 the east is wholly Italian in its colours and its aspect; 

 whereas that to the west of Turbie is unmistakably 

 French. By "French" of course he means "Provengal." 



