220 CANA L NEAR CANNES. 



Frejus hv means of a covered aqueduct, which had to 

 pass through a tunnel — the tunnel of Roquetaillado — 

 tit't-\' -N'ards long. The modern canal which leads to Cannes 

 is considerabh- inferior to the Roman aqueduct, for it is 

 not covered in and is therefore unprotected against pollution. 

 From La Maure this canal can be follo\ved in a north- 

 westerh' direction ior miles. A foot-patli runs beside it, 

 and it rises so imperceptibh' as to appear almost level. 

 It continues in winding curves along the hill-side and 

 commands varied views of Cannes and the Esterel. Soon 

 we find ourselves above Le Cannet, a village north of 

 Cannes, three kilometres from the sea, and well sheltered 

 hv hills from the winds. \ ou look down on big hotels, for 

 Le Cannet is a resort for those invalids to whom the sea 

 breeze is injurious. Further on towards the north Mougins 

 crowns an isolated hill S50 feet high. It is a picturesque 

 spot, composed of compact masses of houses with but few 

 windo'i'is facing outwards. Thither the OxA-bii are said 

 to have once retreated when the Romans occupied the 

 coast. It is onh' half an hour's walk from Mougins to 

 the tower of Castellars, which commands b\' far the most 

 extensi\'e view of the chain of Alps. 



All the hills which separate Le Cannet from \^allauris 

 can be easih' reached from the path along the canal. 

 From their summits we can sec, be^■ond Mougins, Grasse 

 bathed in sunshine at the foot of the gre\- limestone 

 hills; and to the east in the hollow below lies X'allauris. 

 Farther away ^-ou can see Golfe Jouan, ^Vntibes, Nice 

 and the coast-line in the haz\' distance; and above the 

 hills that shelter Vallauris, adding a magic finishing 



