Chap. IV. 
SECTION III. 
The T R AV E L s of Philip Skippon, Efq; afterwards Sir Philip SkippoH^ 
and the Reverend Mr. ^ohn Ray^ through the heft’ Part of the King- 
dom of Prance ; interlperfed with a great Variety of hiftorical, po- 
litical, philofophical and mechanical Remarks and Obfervations. 
ColUEled from Jo u r n a l s of thofe ingenious Perfons, 
i. An Introductory Account of Sir Philip Skippon, and of the SubjeSt of this Section. Pheir Depar- 
ture from the Territories of Geneva, and their Arrival in thofe of France. 2 . An elegant and exalt 
Defcription of the City ^ Lyons, particularly of the Cathedral Church oj St. John, the famous Clock 
there, and the Cabinet of Curiof ties belonging to Mr. StvviQv. 3. Their Journey to and Defcription 
of the ancient City oJ Grenoble, and of the mofi remarkable Things therein. 4. A very curious and 
circumftantial Relation of the Grand Chartreufe, and of the Manner in which the Monks live there, 
g. Their Journey from Grenoble to Orange, with an Account of the principal Places they met with, 
and oj the Face of the Country between thofe two Ctttes. 6 . The City of Orange particularly de- 
fcribed, in the State it was then in under the Minority of the late King W illiam the Third. 7. Their 
Journey from Orange to Avignon : A Defcription of this lafi-mentioned City, and of the moft remark- 
able Edifices therein. 8. The Country between Avignon andWi{mts defer ibed. A fidl Account of this 
City, and of the Antiquities there. 9. An Accoimt oj the City oj Montpelier, and the Obfervations of 
€ur Travellers there. The Hifory of the ManuJaSlure oj' Verdigreafe. The Art of Bleechmg Wax, 
10. A particular Defcription of the ConitSTio Alkermes. The Method of making Oil from Olives. 
The Burning Fountain at Peroul. 1 1 . Their Excurfon from Montpelier t'o Frontignan. The Method 
of making Raifins of the Sun, and other Raifins. 12. Their Travels along the Sea-Coafl, with an 
Account of what they obferved mof remarkable in their Journey. 13. Another Jour72ey of theirs, 
with fome Account of the great Cities of Marfeilles and Toulon. The Method of Planting and Curing 
Capers. 14. Their Journey from Lyons to Paris, and a fort Account of the principal Places they 
pajfed through upon the Road. 15. Defcription of Paris by Mr. Skippon, interfperfed with many 
curious Particulars. 16. Remarks upon the Yttcizh. Nation, and a particular Account of a very fn- 
gular TranfaElion during the ProteSlorate of Oliver Cromwell. 17. The State and Revenue of the 
Clergy of 18. Mr . s Return /o England. jp. Obfervations upon the foregoing 
SeSHon. 
1. \A 7 E are now, according to our Promife, to re- 
Y V fume the Thread of Mr. Ray's, Travels, who, 
in his Return from Italy, paflfed through the Kingdom 
«f France *, but for the Reafons which have been al- 
ready affigned, his Accounts of that Country are far 
Jefs copious and diftinft than thofe he has left us of 
Italy : Yet this is in fome Meafure fupplied by the 
Journal of Philip Skippon, Efq; afterwards Sir Philip 
Skippon, whom we have mentioned before, and who 
was the Companion of Mr. Ray, from the Time they 
left England till this Gentleman left him, for the Sake 
of returning more fpeedily to England, at Paris. Sir 
Philip Skippon was a Gentleman of great Parts and 
Learning, as appears from the excellent Journal of his 
Travels, which being drawn up with regard to his 
private Ufe only, and not for the publick View, is an 
exceptionable Teftimony of his Candour, good Senfe, 
and Impartiality. ‘He was a Man of an ample Fortune, 
and travelled purely for the Sake of Improvement and 
Amufement. He was therefore extremely inquifitive, 
where-ever he ca,me, into all that might furnifh him 
with Knowledge or Pleafure ; and he kept fo exaft an 
Account of every Thing he faw, and defigned with his 
own Hand, fo accurately, every Engine or Machine, 
that he thought worthy taking Notice of, that one 
cannot help wondering, confidering the Pains he took 
in viewing Things, how he found Time to deferibe 
them fo carefully, and to accompany them with his 
Refiedtions. 
At his Return Home, he led a retired, or at leaft a 
ftudious Life, as appears from the Books which com- 
pofed his Library, and are now difperfed. In the Ti- 
tle Pa2;e of each of them is his Name, and the Year 
when they were bought or given to him, written in a 
very fair Italian Hand j and many ot them have very 
learned Notes, Judicious Corfedlions, or pertinent and 
pleafing Remarks upon their Margins. Thus much t 
thought due to the Memory of this Gentleman, as ha- 
ving feen many of thofe Books, and poflefs’d fome. 
We will now come to the proper Bufinefs of the Sec- 
tion, and open it from his Journal, which is much 
more exadl and full than what Mr. Ray thought fit to 
publifh i though nothing can be better than the Ac- 
counts of the latter, which he thought proper for pub- 
lick View ‘, and therefore we have brought both into 
this Sedlion for the Reader’s Conveniency, in their Or- 
der of Time ; fo that they are intermixed but not 
blended, that it may be feen to which of thefe Authors 
the Accounts, Remarks and Obfervations belono-. 
Wednefday, July 19, (fays Mr. Skippon) we hired 
Horfes of the Chafe Marin, for four Crowns a Piece, 
(our Diet included) and allowed for the Carriage of our 
Portmanteau’s two Sols for every four Pounds Weight, 
above what was allow’d, and left Geneva about Eleven of 
the Clock, then paffed over Pont d'Arve, where there is 
a Geneva Guard, and over the Bridge is the Duke of Sa~ 
voy's Guard, that fearches for Salt, &c. We went 
through two or three Villages, belonging to Geneva, 
and, after two or three Leagues riding, ferried over 
the Rofne, paying five Sols a Man. Half a League fur- 
ther we came through Coulonge, a Village where the 
French King’s OfEcers fearch Paffengers, Portmanteaus 
Half a League from thence we rode in a narrow 
Palfage between the Mountains, divided by the Rofne 
on the left Hand of us^ and paffing through a fmall 
Port called Clufa, (where fix or feven Fremh Soldiers 
keep Guard) were examined whence we came, kFc. 
About two Leagues thence we obferved the Place wFere 
the River Rhofne, in the Winter-time, runs under great 
Stones for about half a Stone’s Caft, after it paffed 
through 
