A1X-LA-CHAPELLE. 



city, and its picturesque neighbourhood, offer to 

 our acceptance. 'Tis here, with reason, that num- 

 bers after numbers flock from every part to seek 

 relief, and to stay departing health. 



T have seen disabled saints and sinners, handed 

 out of their carriages, as though they themselves 

 had been inanimate, or bales of merchandise ; and 

 in the course of a fortnight, I have observed those 

 very same members of ailing mortality, first, on 

 crutches, — then with two sticks ; and then in 

 another week, without any borrowed support ; 

 hobbling pretty gingerly towards the Eliza foun- 

 tain ; near which, amid strains of instrumental 

 music, La Belle Julie, in her well-known establish- 

 ment, would regale them with a delicious cup of 

 coffee, quite free from chicory. 



Thus, with copious draughts of water, and pure 

 baths at moderate charges, the visitors have a very 

 fair chance of regaining their health ; provided 

 they will assist these potent adjuvants, by due 

 attention to the state of their stomachs ; and not 

 derange them with delicacies which tempt them 

 on every side. But, hereby hangs a tale ; — a tale 

 which at once lets us into a secret, why expected 

 cures too often end in utter disappointment. 



Aix -la- Ohapelle is famed for its sumptuous 

 cheer. Her hotels may be said to have been plan- 



