VIEW FROM THE FONT ST. LOUIS. 



is indeed of unsurpassed beaut}- (Fig. p. 265). The old town 

 rests upon a small projection of land between two deep 

 blue bays. The closeh' packed houses rise on it one 

 above another. All are built in the Italian st}de, with 

 Loggias, balconies and terraces, but varying in size and 

 colour, and united without apparent s)'stem into a single 

 confused mass. But all details are lost in the bright 

 sunshine, when the whole town stands out almost white 

 in the distance. The church, with its slender belfry, rises 

 from the mass of houses. And in what grand surroundings is 

 this picture set ! On the western horizon the rugged 

 chain of the Esterel is fainth' outlined. On this side of 

 them the coast falls back and the bold Tete de Chien 

 above Monaco forms the next headland. This mighty 



rock seems to mount guard over 

 the lonp; stretch of coast. 

 Cap Martin lies like a 

 reen velvet ribbon upon the 

 ue sea, and behind Mentone 

 e jagged giants, blue-grey 

 in the brilliant sunlight. 

 White villages gleam among 

 the foliage on the slopes, 

 nd in the valleys below the 

 r-gre}' of the Olives har- 

 monises with the dark shades of 

 the Lemons. Rich as the colour- 

 ing of a kaleidoscope are the 

 ArtarL ^^W \ ^^'^^s of the raviue at our feet. We 

 Ar!^H°!iaL. % & look down upou a garden which 



