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Tra^'ellers coming fr^m France to tlie Italian side of the 

 Riviera \vere compelled to sta\- several da\s in Cannes, 

 which was free of infection, before tlie-\- were allowed 

 to cross the boundar\' at the \ ar. Among tliese trav- 

 ellers was Lord Brougham, who had recenth' resigned 

 the oflice of Lord ClianccUor of England, and, much 

 depressed by the loss of his dearh'-loved daugliter, \\'as 

 hurr^'ing to Italy. Cannes, where he AA'as unwillingh' 

 detained, pleased liim so much that he decided to remain 

 there. He purchased some land and bnill a castle wlucli 

 he called Eleonore Louise, after his daughter. Ilis example 

 was followed b\' a great number of his countr\'-men, 

 and English visitors of tlie upper class gradualh- moved 

 from Nice to Cannes. 'rhe\' were followed b\- the French 

 aristocrac\', and Cannes rapidh' dev=elopcd into one of 

 the leading health resorts on the Riviera. 



CHAPTER \]1. 



During the season in Cannes there is such an influx 

 of wealth\' strangers that it is not surprising to Unci the 

 number of fashionable shops increasing each \'ear. Near 

 the rail^va^■ crossing, in a small and luost unpretenlioiis 

 wooden cottage, a little shop "S'et remains unchanged, in 

 which a now aged man offers articles of "^Moe wood" 

 for sale. The material which he "works has realU' 

 nothing id do with either Aloe or wood, but is the 

 tough and ver\' light tissue from the llowering stem of 

 Agaves. It comes Ironi the llower-scapes ol .loaTC 

 amcriraiut that we see in spring on the Ri\'iera, either 

 growing Irom the midst of their giant liesh\' leaves, or 



