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du Cap has thus upwards of seventy hectares of land 

 covered with Maquis. Ilerr Sella has also obtained for 

 his guests access to the extreme point of the Cap, on 

 which are the ^Moorish building-s. I was delighted to 

 hear this news. ^Vt a time when all propert^• on the 

 Riviera di Ponenle is being parcelled up into pettA' frag- 

 ments, and when the primitive vegetation of the Medi- 

 terranean region is fast disappearing all along the coast, 

 it is a matter of congratulation that one of the most 

 favoured spots has been rescued for the enjo)anent of 

 those who delight in Nature. The Cap too, remoAed as 

 it is Irom the beaten track, and \\ith its hilh- winding 

 roads, suffers less from the plague of motors than the 

 large towns on the coast which are coimccted bA" straight 

 and comparatively level roads. May the Cap d'Antibes 

 long attract those visitors who delight in the sccner\- and 

 the botany of the Mediterranean region, and are in search 

 of bracing air and rest on the Riviera. 



In spring-time the peaks of the Maritime Alps 

 are often veiled in cloud, but they now stand out 

 sharply against the clear background of the skA'. It 

 was always a fresh joy to me to look from the window 

 in the early morning at the snowA' chain of the Alps, 

 and to see how the^' changed to purple in the light of 

 the sunrise. 



I always went out carh' to enjo\' the magnificent 

 view over land and sea from the hill of Notre Dame 

 de Bon-Port, often returning through the Mai.|uis. Ikit 

 I found that it is not ah^-ays ad\'isablc to take a short 

 cut through the tang-led undergrowth. You ma\' come 



