1S4 VALESCURE. 



was decided upon, joint stock companies bought up ever\- 

 spot on the shore commanding beantikil ^'ie\vs. and all 

 points on tlie heights whicli ^A-ere remarkable eitlier for 

 their health\' position, odour of Pines, or any other 

 advantage. In St. Aigulf too, across there in the Alon- 

 tagnes des Maures, the woods are al'readA- divided into 

 lots and intersected hv "'Grand Boulevards", and not onh- 

 embellished with fine names but also pro\'ided with lamps. 

 It is true that the lamps are not glazed and that not one 

 of them has ever been lighted ; some of them have been 

 knocked over hv storms and some b\' human hands, and 

 now lie rusting, a sad picture of deca\ where life has 

 never been. Among them the largest and most striking 

 notice boards stand forth bearing coloured inscriptions 

 and plans \\ith information about the sale of land I'jlots, 

 Will \^alescure ever prosper.' It is quite likeh"; it 

 alreadA' shows signs of animation. "La nature severe et 

 riante, Todeur des pins agreable et salutaire", (thus Steplien 

 Liegeard extols the place), ha\e enticed the artiste, Suzanne 

 Reichemberg ol the '"Comedie Francaise". and the no 

 less renowned singer ol the Parisian "Opera Comique', 

 Miolan Carvalho, to settle here. "J'hfe place is pleasant, 

 surrounded as it is b)' evergreen woods, witli a cheerful 

 outlook upon the sea and over the mountains. A\'e breath- 

 ed more freeh' when we had left these "(jrand Boule- 

 vards" behind and were passing through a part of the 

 country less disllgiired by speculators. The sun rose in a 

 blue - gre\' mist like a red. ravless prb ; then it came 

 forth trom the mist and shone brightly' in tlie cloudless 

 sky, and the earth seemed to be flooded with liglit. 



