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soul, remaining like the memory of bygone bliss. We 

 live, we think, we suffer, we are impressed and we are 

 attracted by sight. And he who is capable of receiving 

 deep impressions through the e^e, can feel as he looks 

 on Nature the same intense enjo)-ment as the musician 

 who listens to the most exquisite harmonies". 



The town of Antibes was, it seems, originally in- 

 habited by the Ligurians. It was called "Deciatium" but 

 later was given the name of "Antipolis", as the town 

 opposite to Massilia. The Via Aurelia passed its walls, 

 and the twelfth Legion was garrisoned here. After the 

 battle of Poitiers, Antibes fell into the power of Clovis, 

 and later was sacked and pillaged by various tribes, 

 until it fell into the hands of Plenry IV. Recognising 

 the strategic importance of its position at the gates of 

 Provence, he bought up the rights of the Grimaldis 

 and other Barons, and took possession of the place. He 

 intended to fortif)- the town ; but it was Richelieu who 

 first began to carry out these plans which were con- 

 tinued by Vauban under Louis XI\', and only completed 

 in the lifetime of Louis XV. The inhabitants of Antibes, 

 mindful of royal favour, remained good Ro^'alists. This 

 they still proved to be in LSI 5, when Napoleon I landed 

 at Golfe fouan after his escape from Elba. Napoleon 

 sent Captain Lamouret with one lieutenant and sixteen 

 Grenadiers to i'\ntibes, to place the Imperial Eagle on 

 the fortilications. But the Commandant of the Eortress, 

 Colonel Cuneo d'Ornano, had these envoys imprisoned 

 and forthwith declared the town to be in a state of siege. 

 On March 11"^ they were compelled b)' Massena to hoist 



