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Castor was specialh' fond, ^\'as fetched. He devoured 

 one lialf at once \\ith e\ident satisfaction; the other half 

 we took with us. So we set out, Ca^stor taking the lead 

 and suiting- liis pace to ours, and tree|uenth- looking 

 round to see whether we were following. We \\alked 

 along beside the railwaA'-embankment in a westerly' di- 

 rection and soon reached the entrance to the valley 

 which sepin-ates the Pic d'Aurele frohi the cliffs of Cap 

 Roux. The sea runs up into this ^'alley, forming one 

 of the man\- inlets which are called "calanques'' here. A 

 raih\ a\ bridge spans the inlet. ^^ e thought we should 

 hiive to ]5ass under the bridge, but Castor led us up 

 across the line, \\ithout paying any attention to the wire 

 tence. We found that we had to follow his example, 

 for paths led up to the embankment on either side. The 

 wire fence seems there onh* to be stepped over and to 

 sllieid the railway' comparn in case of accidents. This 

 is the case all along the line; numerous paths approach 

 the rail on either side, and if -sou enquire the way even 

 the guard ol tlie line will advise you to climb over the 

 iron fence. Castnr led us further north-west along the 

 slopes ol Ca]i Roux; he did not strike into any of the 

 paths whicli lead steeph' up the mountain side, but kept 

 steadil}' on\\ard. The \'alle}' now turned to the \\'est, and 

 we ke|3t along the north slope of the hill. Near the 

 ])ath is a stone hut, which is used b^■ the foresters as a 

 shelter, and close to it a spring flows from the mountain 

 side. Here L'astor turned aside to the right and look 

 a steep ])ath u]) the hill. At first the path \\as good, 

 but alter a while we reached loose stones and rocks. 



