VIEW FROM THE CAP D'ANTIBES. 



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the Cap d'Antibes one of the 



most loveh- spots on the Riviera. Its 



beauties can be seen to full advantapfe 



from the hilh" ridge on which 



the lighthouse and the modest 



~^ little chapel of Notre Dame 



dc Bon Port stand. The 



outlook from this spot in clear, 



sunn)" weatlier is trul\- magnificent. 



.^Hfet^ ,#j=T j/m.'%^<s>,. "^"'■'^ Cap d'Antibes stretches 



^Bs ^l^r ' w- ■/, ^^^^ so ^''■^ '^'■'^ ^'^'■'^ t'^'^ open sea 



tliat one can surve\- tlie whole 

 coast from it as from a ship. It 

 divides the Cjolfe Jouan from tlic 

 Bale des Anges and overlooks both 

 bays. To tlie \'\est the wide view is 

 closed by the Esterel range, which rises 

 steeph' from the sea with varied outline. 

 The Esterel reminds one in its contour of the Sieben 

 Gebirge, the pride of the Rliinelanders; and this resem- 

 blance max be explained h\ the volcanic origin of both 

 ranges. Cannes, which is onh' an hour's walk from the 

 Cap d'Antibes, is concealed by the tongue of land 

 called La Croisette. The island of Ste. Marguerite — 

 one of the lies de Ivcrins — lies out to sea be\-ond this 

 spit of land. We can clearly see the fort in which the 



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