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spirators came to the determination that they would 

 take the life of Charles V. when he should come to 

 invade the province. The instrument employed on the 

 occasion, which seems to have been a bungling affair, 

 something like the " infernal machines" of a later day, 

 destroyed the royal carriage; but as the king happened 

 to be on horseback at the moment, he escaped without 

 injury. The seven devoted individuals defended them- 

 selves for some time with desperate valour; but, over- 

 powered by numbers, five soon fell mortally wounded, 

 and the other two were immediately executed on the 

 spot. 



These rivers at Le Muy are good trout-streams. The 

 Argens runs a course of thirty or forty miles; and, in 

 conjunction with its tributaries, flows through an exceed- 

 ingly interesting country. The villages on the banks of 

 these waters are the most enchanting things imaginable. 



On the south-western side of the mouths of the Rhone, 

 the streams adapted for angling, which flow into the 

 Gulph of Lyons, are neither large nor numerous, but 

 they are exceedingly good. 



At Montpelier, where there is a school of medicine, 

 and the first public walk in Europe, the Place de Peyrou, 

 the angler will fall in with the river Lez, which has but 

 a small range, and will yield but little sport. The 

 climate in this district is proverbially fine, and, time out 

 of mind, invalids have been sent from all parts of Europe, 

 to enjoy the benefits of its mild and pure air. 



At no great distance, on the side nearest the Ehone, 

 the angler will cross a stream called the Vidourle, which 

 traverses about thirty or forty miles of country, and is a 

 good fishing water. The country people affirm, that 

 trout of a very large size are occasionally caught here 

 with the May -fly. 



