FlC D'AURELE. 211 



"Via Aurelia" was given to the whole road which extended 

 from Rome, through Genoa, into GauL We know ah 

 the details of this road from tlie ''Peutinger'sche Tafel", 

 a thirteenth century cop}-, which we owe to a monk of 

 Colmar, of an Itinerary dating frofn the time of the 

 Roman Empire. Konrad Celtes, of Worms, discovered 

 this Cvyp\' and entrusted it to the worth^' collector of 

 antiquities, Konrad Peutinger of Augsburg, to be published ; 

 this however was prevented b\' liis early deatli. Later 

 on tliis important document was acquired b^' the Court 

 Library of Vienna , and has since been repeatedly 

 printed. 



We climbed straight up from the i-l6tel du Tra\'as, 

 crossing the railwa^' line in tlie customar\' manner, and 

 soon readied a broad road ^^■hicll skirts tlie mountain in 

 a westerly direction. We had to follow this road for 

 some distance ^\'ith tlie green valley' ^^'hicl^ separates the 

 Pic d'Aurele Irom Cap Roux, always in front of us. On 

 the northern slopes of Cap Roux the dark red rocks are 

 sharply outlined, and among them is clearly seen the 

 tower which guards the cave of St. Honoratus. We 

 chose the first footpath which turned upwards towards 

 the summit of the Pic d'Aurele. The mountain is only 

 about 1,000 feet high, and can therefore be climbed 

 Avitliout much exertion. The view troin the top is similar 

 to that which we enjoyed from Cap Roux, onh- less 

 extensive. For Cap Roux conceals the whole coast to the 

 west, and only the valley on its northern side permits of 

 a peep through to the Montagues des Maures. We see 

 Frejus lying in the valley of the Argens, and now easily 



