< 



Al.l'l 



act-bark uudvr lh core of the ehepherd*' wive*, 

 rv^, d<H-k* are di*t: 



pertuna* ; UK bayU * chief .hepberd Uke. po**e- 

 oUn, wlwBc* be am direct all tut (ubunluutm, v 

 keep waUrh end ward over the .beep inoeasanllj t.. ; 

 the ..)>.. Th* wuiueii, children, MM old i. 

 containing the few cooking uten*il, milk-pail's the |)t 

 MM* ,trw. the common bad of the whole fa: 

 ,*rp*rr the food for the ahepherda, and con 

 huu. Weekly excuraion* are made t> Uie 

 provide the homely ingredient* of their simple atutcnance. 

 we al driven up to the** pasture*, and cheeee n- 

 nude frum their milk, and from that uf the goaf* and < 

 the tojoutn. The abepherd* arc all" 

 thirty, beaid** the nuniervu* goaU which they rear <: 

 account Thi Minple nomadic pi>le form a separate race a* it 

 alway* intenuarnr with each other; and hare 

 guTernmeot A. uirrige take place earhr. and their opcn-eii 

 of life, free from extreme* of beat and cold, i* fv.>- 

 familie* are extremely uuiueroua. The ahephcrd* empl\ 

 in kn ijiag on a nwtic flute; they are rery weather-wise, 



and can tell the time at any hour of the day or night. In the 

 k* commence their deacent to winter in 

 the plain*h. 'h they had left in the 



Among mineral*. It '.Un.uth, and barytee, are f.mid. 



Trace* of diver n place*; and uf irvn in '!. 



of Baraaloonette rj-rtaJ. j*per, milphitr, an.l 



are ahw found. I-igi 'Kher mineral | 



are jet, marMe, Jpwiii. . alate, frentone, potten' clay, 4. 



There are mineral pring* 'Imari, and Mrenl alt 



*pring In other localities of the d.-|rt uienL 



The oommero* of the detrtuirnt u confined to the local requirenienU. 

 Smne article* of produce, *uch u dried (ruito, cbecae, wool, a imall 

 quantity >T 'ilk. hooey, bee*' -wax, clover- and uther gram-aocda, are 

 J- MauufwturcK an unimportant, and chieBy for h"iue uae; 

 the principal are ooatve woollen*, laonol bideo, kidjeather, < 

 and cap*. The department ha* 15 iron foundries, SS5 worluhopa of 

 Tariuua kind*, and 519 wind- and water-mill*. 



The total curface of the department meaaure* 1,715,139 acre*, 

 I into 8S5.4M parcel*. Of tl... ...... 3^,'.>?9 acre, are arable; 



45,257 are craat land : SI. 191 are laid out in vineyard*; 271.151 are 

 .-I with fomrt* ; S41 acre* are occupied a* orchaida, nunerioa, 

 and gardao*; 8540 ar* planted with aldon, and oaior and willow 

 riUwa; 73 art under manne* and canal* fur irrigation; 756,578 

 on*M of h*th and mountain-parture ; 2121 are occupied with 

 UtOdina. -h nd, ctreeU, quaraa, path* ; 49.0M with 



river*, lake*, and *tram*; 8209 acre* are totally barren; and 150 

 acre* are under churchea, or laid out in cemetorie*. 



., .,*./ 7 lepartmeati* divided into fire rrondUw 



meats, which with their mlbdivuiiun* ami ||iulation are at follow* :- - 



An 



4. 



.. .. ,.,. 









ut, and of the . the 



' in a *eparat aj 

 II. noarth -uiull 



if the A**e, It mile* S K, fnmi 1 



. IHgne. on the right 



lh* Aa*. population MA; 



famoo* for it* ravcada*, it* cavei 



BeaoT'itr, *ai<I to havabotn founded by CharlemafD* ; near which oro 

 two mck*. loOf ualUd by an iron cbaa in payment f KOIIIO 



uaknwn Totary "f rhirabr, pvpulatkm llli -give name to canton*. 



n importance are the following 



from I>wpx. near the left bank of the Durance, and at the f 

 hill, the slope of which is covered with a *erie* of conical rock*, b 

 MO tababttanla. The remam* foutxl here imrre that the ait* wa 

 penjaleJ by on aadeot city. The town wa* formerly *ituatl on U..- 

 lull wUeb iv, *h>ltn and oommand* it; It wa* then girt with 

 rampart* Banked with t..wm and pierced by two gate*. 



' th* lith o-nUtry th* inh*b,Ui.U l^an tu buil.1 oi.ui.U the 

 rampw1and nearer th* rlrar. and thu* the preaent town aroo 

 part* ^ Uw . -o ar* ery ill 1 



IM*|p. in -- '.,}, mountain*, and fertile in corn, 



^^K and win*. DM a popaUliop of Sftll. Thi* i.laor 

 an otxieat - The OH^ rmiark*Ur remain, are four 

 cnlniMM of gny (raniU, with capital* -- 





ive, 



till ' 



Th. 



I-B are 



of hid rice. It ix regularly 

 covered in with ilntea or larch |.l,inl 

 each other at right angles, ai 

 though rather unaightly, are 

 Ti aud safe ' 



ccond arronduseinciit is named from itfl i ! 

 the *eat of a tribunal of first instance, and of a college. 

 miles N .-lit bank of th.- I 



. which is here about ami: 



2207. Th' foiimleil on. it w said, an 



, who 



are 

 rr arcade*, v. 



^ >v .-,;;:; xv ;";;:,'e,r;,r;^ 



|i;ut!v fori:. 

 v is a i ' 



VIII. 

 litre of the general and i < 



xilk, coal 



In miles S. from 

 1 iu a 'he foot uf high 



i:er ]iaxtui with thick 



curio 



l.ake 



abounding in cxi 



forcet*, ha* an ancient church 



populatinu 1513. On the top of 



of Allot, whii'h i sun-o Unce from ita shore by 



rock* between 400 and 500 T ul han an area of 500 



This Uke contain* excellent truir c>, 10 miles \V. from 



Baroelonnette, is a village I milt round an extensive square 

 913. On a hill m-ar it is an Alpin. 



.m ISarcel' i'baye, 



hut a)..: 1714. 



irrondi*Bcinent u naim-.l fr Uanr, 



situated 20 miles S. K. from l>igne, in a valley on the right bank of 

 ''i in hurt' upturned by a briilije of a finale arch. 



.ibiitinentH of thin briilge in formed by a rock above 300 feet 

 high, and crowned l.y the rhap. 1 . : n . .-n; to whii h 



i* by a difficult path. Tin I l.y 



decaying wall* flanked with to'teiiiu; i.. \M-I--. i* ill l.uilt, with narrow, 

 ilirty. and irreguhkr street*. It ha-i a nee, a 



college, an agricultural aociety, anil 



town and the river there U a wide "pace neatly k : >riu<l 



with a fountain. The neighbouring mountains abound ith 



.-ing a great variety ol 



fruit, ami particular!;, ..I [ 



nk f ;li.' \ 



.IWKrf, 10l:. littU. 



population 1792 ; ti 



left bani. 



give name to c. 



(trong forU and ramparta flanko 



cbeeae, made 

 niauufacturo* of ooane 

 from it 

 duratioi 



. . . 



ha* been claa*ed among the hi*toi 

 taeaeai 



I i . \ 



. 'f t\\ O 



u hag aomo 



near it, and 



distance 



IllltiUll, th : 



1 c>i(;ht 



.. ' 

 ome , -i ill- 



aoame, ana Kunlm 



h*jnttd, wool, pottery, bone*, and catt 



